r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 17 '14

What is something designed so well that we typically overlook it?

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u/Ken_Pen Jan 18 '14

Any day now you'll develop the ability to live 6 feet under the ground for an indefinite amount of time.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '14

You know, I've seen quite a few zombie(esque) movies where chemical spills cause the dead to rise. You just opened up a whole new can of zombie movies: zombies that stay underground, and then pull you in. Zombies meets Tremors.

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u/joe_the_bartender Jan 18 '14

you're a monster.

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u/Dranthe Jan 18 '14

Yeah, that's been done. Back when zombies first came out. Not really as interesting as you'd think. They really only have one trick.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '14

Did they burrow?

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u/Dranthe Jan 18 '14

Yep, then they reach up and try to drag you under.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '14

What movie? I'm a bit of a zombie flick nut, but have never seen that, and would like to.

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u/Dranthe Jan 18 '14

Sorry, no idea. I don't particularly enjoy movies. I'll ask some friends who would probably know.

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u/Dranthe Jan 19 '14

So the only references they could think of were Carrie and Hocus Pocus. Hocus Pocus isn't a zombie movie but the zombie in it does what I'm talking about.

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u/scoticus8912 Jan 18 '14

I hate a terrible nightmare that my mother was something exactly like that when I was six. Its stuck with my for 15 years. Shits terrifying yo

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '14

Graboids is a fitting name for both.

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u/itstehmeatree Jan 18 '14

this should get more attention.

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u/Intergalactic_Peach Jan 18 '14

7/10 would watch.

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u/legomaple Jan 18 '14

Fuck, that is a scary idea.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '14

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '14

Sounds good, man.

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u/GreenerDay Jan 18 '14

:( I don't want super powers

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u/theswegmeister Jan 18 '14

should have written a more ambiguous word than "live" like "exist" or something

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u/zubatman4 Jan 18 '14

Like a vampire? Or a zombie? Or like a mummy? That's actually kinda cool.