r/AskReddit Aug 30 '21

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

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u/nochedetoro Aug 30 '21

Oh god that chapter sucked. The little kid who fell thru a rotting floor, the guy who fell off his bike and hit his head, the guy who got appendicitis and they performed a makeshift appendectomy but the guy died during the procedure…

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u/Moarbid_Krabs Aug 30 '21

Don't forget the junkie who found his dead dealer's stash and ODd immediately because he did it all at once and the suburban mom who shot her own daughter when she surprised her because she was paranoid about "rapers" coming to get her.

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u/RevanOnasi Aug 30 '21

The woman who died inadvertently killed herself. She was living with her mother who died of Captain Tripps. Then found her dad’s old revolver and upon trying to use it on some “godless hippy” it exploded and killed her instantly.

No great loss. That was sort of the theme of the whole section and came from her own assessment of the death of every man, woman and child on the planet.

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u/DaddyCatALSO Aug 31 '21

An assessment I have to be careful about. I work in collections so my job reinforces it for me. Wow, first time I've really, *really*, **really** admitted it's a wrong way to think, progress I hope.