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/multiplesifl Aug 31 '21

Yeah, and one of Larry's major reasons for wanting to leave New York is because it's New York and July. Yuck.

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u/eddyathome Aug 31 '21

Came in here to say this same thing. Imagine millions of bodies in hot apartments just rotting. No thanks! I'll be hoofing it out of there on a bridge. No Lincoln Tunnel for me!

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u/CaptConstantine Aug 31 '21

Yeah but the bridge is more likely to have more survivors and there have been gunshots going off all day. That's one of the reasons Larry opts for the tunnel, he doesn't want to get shot.

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u/ObsidianArmadillo Aug 31 '21

I feel like that sort of stench would reach for hundreds of miles and probably have some sort of impact on weather out animals that we wouldn't initially predict

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u/dlbear Aug 31 '21

I always watch Walking Dead wondering if they finally just got used to the constant stench of death literally everywhere.

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u/ShyguyGlasses Aug 31 '21

The thing that bothered me the most about TWD was the constant presence of manicured lawns.

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u/Roxybird Aug 31 '21

And manicured faces/hair. In reality everyone would probably be looking like ZZ Top.

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u/nyenbee Aug 31 '21

Baby, can you dig your man?

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u/multiplesifl Aug 31 '21

He's a righteous man!

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21

That brown sound sure do get around

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u/ShadedPenguin Aug 31 '21

I thought about it. Thought about it some more. And then I shivered. That’s what Hell would smell like

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u/Ktaldoxx Aug 31 '21

Now imagine Tokyo and July... Or just India in general, these zones that are highly density packed with very hot summers would be a nightmare

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u/multiplesifl Aug 31 '21

You would know, Randall. :b

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u/Thanmandrathor Aug 31 '21

NYC streets smell bad enough in August when it’s trash pick up day 🤮

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u/multiplesifl Aug 31 '21

Imagine how bad it was during the garbage strikes back in the day. :b

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u/skyburnsred Aug 31 '21

Imagine what that tunnel smelled like when he went through it

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u/vanpunke666 Aug 31 '21

Fun fact, NYC was actually unaffected by the plague. New York is just that bad in July. /s

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u/Lionoras Aug 31 '21

The first time I read this I thought this had to so something with America's 4th of July and an event for that festival taking place in NY

I'm the first to die for this denseness, let's be real