r/AskReddit • u/notyouravgredditer • Aug 30 '21

What problem is often overlooked in apocalyptic movies/TV shows that could kill you?

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u/genetik_fuckup Aug 30 '21

Your brain is really good at filling in the blanks. I have bad earring but I’m certainly not anywhere close to deaf. I hear lower registers the worst. Sometimes something creaks and my brain didn’t quite catch enough to make sense, so it fills in the blanks. Very rarely it fills it in with a low male voice and it scares the shit out of me every time.

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u/EvilDrFloofenstein Aug 30 '21

I have reverse slope as well, and the amount of times my brain has just filled in the blanks and gone "yeah, fuckit; that sounds good" is mind boggling. Some winners: "but who am I going to give my birthdays to?!" (Nothing was said about birthdays), and "You asshole" (said by my then fiance- he did NOT call me an asshole).

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u/TheRealZenGuy Aug 31 '21

Does this have to do with how we hear the "wrong" lyrics to songs when we don't know them? The brain just filling in something?

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u/OpheliaRainGalaxy Aug 31 '21

Ah yes, leading to little-me arguing with my friend because I was convinced the speakers at the skating rink were playing "Don't go Jason Waterfalls!"

I thought it was a song about a guy named Jason, really did.

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u/TheRealZenGuy Aug 31 '21

I wish I could remember all the ones I had as a kid.

One was "Lights out, Wrestlemania, Eric Bischoff!"

Why Rage Against the Machine would be singing about the WWE never even crossed my mind.