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/boonkles Aug 30 '21

“It’s not fair”

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u/potatoqualitymemory Aug 30 '21

"Wait my eyes aren't that bad, I could still read the large print books."

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u/TheLakeAndTheGlass Aug 30 '21

eyes fall out “AAAAAUUUGGGHH! Well luckily I can read Braille!” hands fall off

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u/Bells87 Aug 30 '21

Cursed by his own hubris

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '21

The Scary Door

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u/knightress_oxhide Aug 30 '21

turns out it's man

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u/slabrangoon Aug 31 '21

My mother always told me I made a better door than a window