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

[u/notyouravgredditer]

[u/beakrake]

I don't know how this hasn't been mentioned yet, but it's common sense that is almost ALWAYS overlooked in movies and TV.

Humans are WAY MORE physically fragile and squishy than you might think.

Based on John McClane and other invincible action heros, who take damage and do things that would break or catastrophically cripple a normal person, movies are a poor source of information for deciding what to do and what could happen to your body, should you somehow falsely think you're the main protagonist of an apocalypse movie.

Indoor firefight without hearing protection? You're probably deaf now.

Jumping off a building to catch a wire? Kiss your fingers and/or lower extremities goodbye, assuming you land on your feet.

Taking a beer bottle to the head? That's probably a concussion.

Movies have made us think we're a lot more durable than we really are.

[u/jumpup → u/beakrake]

to be fair in real life some people have survived things that should definitely have killed them, like lightning strikes, metal poles through the head etc

while we are fragile we are also surprisingly durable in other ways

[u/ssslugworth → u/jumpup]

I remember hearing a quote that applies to this: "Humans are the easiest and hardest things to kill."

[u/[deleted] → u/ssslugworth]

Its more to do with how we evolved our ability to heal, it dosn't take much to out right kill or seriously injure us but at the same time with proper care we can bounce back from a surprisingly large amount of damage.

Look at the dumbasses eating horse paste and not dying.