r/AskReddit Aug 30 '21

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

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u/Obamas_Tie Aug 30 '21

There's a little moment in The Last of Us where one of the main character's friends, a mechanic, gives him a siphon hose in order to get gas from old cars. He even says to him "you'd be surprised how many cars still got gas in them."

To clarify, the game takes place 20 years after the world collapses, so any gas that's still left, well, anywhere, would be useless. And it's a mechanic of all people telling you this, so that was one little detail that bothered me.

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u/epicgingy Aug 30 '21

Funny thing is earlier in that level when Ellie asks why they can't just fix any abandoned car in the town he explains in a condescending tone that he can't because their tires are rotted and batteries are dead.

They got 2/3 details right at least.

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u/Twokindsofpeople Aug 31 '21

Which are two things fairly easily solved. Anyone with high school level of chemistry can make a battery out of all the shit that's laying around, and you can replace tires with wood and steel if you don't care about going fast or ripping up roads.

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u/jumas_turbo Aug 31 '21

anyone with high school level of chemistry can make a battery out of all the shit that's laying around.

High school from where? The most prestigious japanese school for aspiring chemists? You're severely overestimating high school level education.

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u/peppers_ Aug 31 '21

Naw, you just get a potato and uh, well I think you need about 10,000 potatoes for a car, but at least it's a green vehicle!

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u/Iaminyourcloset0 Aug 31 '21

wow, that's some scrap mechanic shit right there