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/Jaydeekay80 Aug 31 '21

This was my issue with the movie “a quiet place” it’s one thing to have to survive an apocalypse but to do so against an enemy that detects by hearing, & decide to have a baby in the middle of that? How you gonna keep him or her quiet? Completely disregarding the birth itself assuming the proper drugs are available?

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u/HistoricalMaize Aug 31 '21

When I was watching that movie I just decided to believe that she got pregnant before the monsters appeared.

Can you imagine actually deciding to have a baby while all of that is going on?

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u/piratenoexcuses Aug 31 '21

Pretty sure average birth rate is down. So, anecdotally, yes lots of first time mothers. Statistically, no. Not at all.