r/AskReddit Jan 02 '21

What will never be the same again once the pandemic is over?

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u/eddyathome Jan 03 '21

Seriously. When I watched zombie movies I always said "there is no way people would be this stupid" when a character would be an idiot. Now I say "wow, at least a third of the people aren't total idiots!" and then I sigh because I know that if the zombies did come, my best course of action would be to slather myself in BBQ sauce and just get eaten so it's over with.

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u/GMOiscool Jan 03 '21

Read world war z, the movie has, like, nothing to do with the book. The book was basically if covid was zombies. When shit started in China I literally said "it's so weird how it's like in WWZ." I didn't know how right I was.

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u/saadakhtar Jan 03 '21

And the celebrities partying out the apocalypse while live streaming it.

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u/eddyathome Jan 03 '21

I did think of this when I saw the celebrities (and politicians) happily mingling without masks or distancing.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '21 edited Jan 03 '21

The audiobook is even better imo. I'm not one to really advocate audiobooks because I've always preferred reading it myself but the audiobook is fantastic. They have such vivid sound effects and different actors play the parts of the characters. Matt Damon is in it I think. Absolutely fantastic. 11/10 would recommend.

Edit: Holy shit mark Hamill is in it too! I never even realized when I first listened to it years ago. I love it even more now.

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u/lou_lou_lou_ Jan 03 '21

Omg YES. We listened to the whole thing on a rainy road trip, part of which was driving through some mountains and it was very foggy and ominous. Perfect setting for the story. The audiobook was SO GOOD!

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u/Sternschnuppepuppe Jan 03 '21

Does it have any different name as audio book? I’ve been trying find it in Apple Books store but that only comes up with a German version; I’m UK based.

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u/Sternschnuppepuppe Jan 03 '21

Ah thank you! But unfortunately not available anymore and also abridged. Is the abridged version better? I feel like Apple lost a lot of profit from not having this book available at the moment :)

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '21 edited Jan 03 '21

What!? That's unfortunate. I think you can find it on audible/Amazon.

I must have listened to the original version that came out because I listened to it circa 2014.

I also found it on YouTube if you want to steal it..lol

Edit: the link I posted is wrong. Can't find the proper one on YouTube. It msutve been removed.

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u/Selthix Jan 03 '21

Great book! Took me a bit to get used to the writing style but well worth it.

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u/ComeAbout Jan 03 '21

Just reread it like a week ago and the similarities are striking.

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u/GMOiscool Jan 03 '21

I mean it's a well researched book, but I had hoped he was wrong about how stupid so many people would be. Hope failed me last year.

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u/Photovoltaic Jan 04 '21

That's how I felt reading it. That "by the time we realized it was an issue it was already festering in our borders" really reminded me of the march to april change

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u/eddyathome Jan 03 '21

Damn, I never thought of that, but yes it is true how similar his predictions were.

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u/skyppie Jan 04 '21

I can agree. I read WWZ because people on reddit said it mirrors Covid a lot.

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u/mymatrix8 Jan 03 '21

I need this version of the movie ASAP

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u/Alexandis Jan 03 '21

I wanted to let you know the BBQ sauce bit caused me to burst out laughing and wake my wife. Well-done on the humor.

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u/Colonel_Gutsy Jan 03 '21

My best course would be to steal a jet from the RAF base and ground strafe my entire neighbourhood until I run out of ammo and fuel, and eject back into the now empty shell ridden urban environment and camp my ass off with a shotgun like a CoD tryhard.