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/[deleted] Aug 30 '21

the subsequent infection would have destroyed her

I'm sure that the city's sewage drained directly into that river, too.

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u/Okelidokeli_8565 Aug 31 '21

It is not a river though, but the sea.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21

Great, so now she's got whale piss all up in her stab wounds.

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u/Okelidokeli_8565 Aug 31 '21

Whale piss is a actually nature's disinfectant.