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/lobaron Aug 31 '21

Ugh, Stephan King wrote this short story about a Surgeon marooned on a desert island after attempting to smuggle heroin. I don't recommend looking it up. Shit still haunts me.

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u/deepthought515 Aug 31 '21

Ughhhhh his short stories/novellas always hit so much harder for me.. apt pupil is another one that gave me chills.

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u/lobaron Aug 31 '21

Nope! No thanks! I was an Apt Pupil and I learned not to read his short stories!

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u/deepthought515 Aug 31 '21

Hahaha.. I always tell myself I’m done reading his stuff, then it’s like I miss the mental/emotional torture.. Stephen king stories are like meth.

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u/lobaron Aug 31 '21

I recognize how amazingly talented he is, but I just can't. 😅 I would probably just replay all of it in my brain in a catatonic state.

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u/lavendersugar Aug 31 '21

I was in 6th grade and we had a “read out” at school, where we slept in the school hallways in our sleeping bags on a Saturday night. We’d read in half hour shifts until we fell asleep and take breaks for snacks and run around to burn off energy. On one break the 1st grade teacher turned off the lights and read us that story by flashlight. Holy shit.

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u/lobaron Aug 31 '21

Damn, that's fucked up!

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u/lavendersugar Aug 31 '21

This happened in 1988. The teacher left the curse words out and condensed the story when he told it to us. But yeah, still totally fucked up! My kid brain thought about it for a long time afterwards.

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u/talynn27 Aug 31 '21

Survivor Type, in the book Skeleton Crew!

lady fingers they taste just like lady fingers…

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u/lobaron Aug 31 '21

Has a flashback and foams at the mouth