Comment on If there's a sort of "apocalyptic" event but there are still surviving communities, will people be able to make eyeglasses again, or are people with vision issues gonna be fucked?

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• WoolyNelson@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I have trained my children from a young age that, in case of zombie outbreak or alien invasion, I am to be left behind. I require far too many medications to function in a post-apocalyptic setting.

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  • Stern@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    What oddly specific training. Is there a training regimen for a “Evangelion everyone got turned into Tang” situation too? What about the “Just got spider powers and a Canon event may be coming”?

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    • WoolyNelson@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      They were young and zombie movies were everywhere. In the way of all children, the questions were non-stop. This was also the time I was bedridden, so I convinced them that zombies only went after healthy people.

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    • tgirlschierke@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The whole thing about Instrumentality is forsaking your physical body. Now, once you return to reality and realise your whole city is flooded like in the final scene, that’s when things start to go wrong.

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  • LadyButterfly@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I too am certain to die so my plan is to heroically sacrifice myself. Full on “I got this” while my friends are pulled away screaming “nooooooooooooooooooo!”

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    • WoolyNelson@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I wanted to train my kids to do this, but my spouse rolled their eyes and asked, “Why would we willingly give up a weapon for you to have a last stand?”

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      • LadyButterfly@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Yep! I plan to lead the zombies off while playing a banging tune on my phone.

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• Reyali@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  My partner and I have discussed our wildly different willingness to try to survive in a post-apocalyptic world plenty of times over the years. He would work to survive and would probably thrive more than the average survivor. Me? I’ve always said I’ll likely head to the cough syrup section of the pharmacy.

  This conversation came up earlier today, in fact. Well, I was recently diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. I’m still sorting out the right medication to get it under control and am dealing with a lot of pain, but way less than before starting treatment. I told him with this diagnosis, if society ever collapses in a way that causes me to be unable to get my medication? I’m out.

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  • salacious_coaster@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m on the same page. I’ve spent most of my adult life testing the limits of my skills, wit, and badassery. My conclusion from that is that I am not a badass and have no interest in trying to survive societal collapse.

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  • 5in1k@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I want to see a movie like The Road but it’s kids dragging their parent in an iron lung down the road.

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• magikmw@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  But I'll thrive with my untreated ADHD (unlikely)!

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  • Septimaeus@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I dunno, reading through common ADHD traits sometimes sounds like a description of the perfect post-apoc survivor lol

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    • Sergio@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I always imagined that ADHD was just our minds tuned to being hunter-gatherer survivors, and thus not suited for a sedentary office environment.

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    • Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Yeah, I’m pretty sure it’s an adaptive trait, just one that isn’t useful anymore. It wouldn’t be good for everyone to have ever, but it probably was useful for some people to have. Just like most people are more awake during the day, you’d want some people awake at night to keep everyone safe, so we have “night owls” who are maladjusted to the typical work hours we have today.

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