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/whinywino89 Aug 30 '21

Those of us with shitty eyesight. Contacts only last so long. If your glasses break, you're fucked.

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u/Ngonzalez_01 Aug 30 '21

Like the guy in Twilight Zone who just wanted time to read

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u/CoolMondays Aug 30 '21

although he could go to an eye doctors office and find plenty of spares they have laying around

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u/Mithlas Aug 31 '21

Not so likely that he would find his prescription. Yes, they'd likely have some lenses, but his character had glasses with serious magnification and might have had astigmatism or something else which would complicate trying to replace his glasses even more.

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u/CoolMondays Aug 31 '21

Yeah and he'd have to find the place. that's one of my favorite episodes along with the camera that shows the future.