Have you ever seen the The Twilight Zone episode called "Time Enough At Last"?

It's about a guy who just wants uninterrupted time to read, which he finally finds in a post-apocalyptic world reduced to rubble by an H-bomb.

Faced with nothing but time and stacks of book to read the man feels like his life is finally perfect, until he ends up stumbling and shattering his only pair of prescription glasses.

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As a nearsighted fellow this episode has always made me wonder what I would do about vision correction after the apocalypse, and apparently it triggered something in Mental Floss' Nick Greene too.

After the flames finally stop raining down and the world has settled into an ashen plain of sorrow I come to a startling realization: My glasses are at home and I’m wearing monthly disposable contact lenses.

I would be at a competitive disadvantage should I ever have to enter "survival mode" without the aid of glasses or contacts. Even the smallest and weakest of children who happen to be blessed with normal eyesight would leap above me on the food chain. I would be susceptible to naturally occurring apocalyptic hurdles and booby traps —a comically obvious net placed on the ground could very easily be my downfall.

He explored the quest for vision correction in a post-apocalyptic world at length, including how long a pair of contacts would last, how to clean them in a filthy world without fresh water, and how long those new pairs waiting to be plundered would last.

Well well well, looks like I'm in business. A pair of factory-fresh lenses will last around three years, so I should be okay until civilization is rebuilt. When that time comes, I can visit my optometrist for a long-overdue checkup.

Read What If You Survive The Apocalypse And Only Have One Pair Of Contacts? at Mental Floss

The kids in Stranger Things are far from normal because they face perilous situations and monsters from another dimension with a brave face on while normal kids, and most normal adults, would beat feet at the first sign of trouble.

They see Eleven slaughter a squad of soldiers with her mind and think "yay, happy ending!" instead of "OMG I'm about to have a serious case of PTSD, after I puke my guts out".

But, as you'll see in this comic by Jacob Andrews, the biggest difference between real life kids and the Stranger Things gang is responsibility and reliability, two words that are not part of a normal kid's vocabulary.

See What A Normal Kid Would Do In Stranger Things here.

We often glance at photos online and think "why would somebody share such a mundane pic and act like it's something special?", our eyes only registering the immediately apparent elements of the photo.

But sometimes you have to stare at an image for a good thirty seconds or more before you are able to absorb all the information present in the pic, and when you see what's hidden in plain sight your mind is blown.

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The legs in the jeans are not what they seem in the photo at the top of the post, and there's something not quite right about that kid's left hand in the pic above. But what's wrong with this little girl's hair?

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I guess she likes her bangs extra crunchy...and venomous. Well, I guess it's time to get going, now where did I put my legs...

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See 24 Photos That Are Normal Until You Actually Look At Them here

There have been many books written about the differences between men and women, but these books take way too long to read.

There have also been many instructional videos created that illustrate the differences between the sexes, but who has time to watch ten minutes worth of commercials for a two minute long explanation?

Nobody does, so when we want to know the difference between men and women we want to know it fast and in a format that's easy to read, like a pie chart.

Pie charts are easy to read, and they make us hungry for a slice of pie with a side of knowledge, so check out these pie charts created by Brightside and you'll become an expert in the differences between men and women in no time!

See 15 Differences Between Men And Women In Infographics here

Don't let people who claim they don't care about looks fool you- good looking people get all the breaks in life, and the lovelorn will often go to extremes to make an impression on someone they find physically attractive.

And yet there are limits to a person's attractiveness, limits usually reached when a hottie does or says something horrendous, and once the smitten party reaches their limit they discover pretty people can turn ugly in a flash.

Sometimes this change of heart comes when the person says something stupid or acts like a jerk, other times things turn ugly when you finally go to their house for the first time. But worst of all are the fine looking folks who try to control you after just a few dates:

Read more What is your "they were attractive until..." story? at AskReddit (NSFW language)

Goku Hope Poster by DNA Creative Design

People the world over can use someone in their corner who gives them hope, and since the politicians seem incapable of giving the people anything but anxiety and heartache these days perhaps it's time we turn to someone from another planet to give us hope. And if anyone can be trusted to do the right thing and relied upon to knock the competition out cold it's Goku, the guy who knows how to deal with despots and crush the dreams of fascist dictators no matter the size, planet of origin or power level.

Spread some fictional hope in a really dark world with this Goku Hope Poster t-shirt by DNA Creative Design, it's sure to bring a tear to the eye of the fans and make people want to believe in aliens again.

Visit DNA Creative Design's Facebook fan page and Instagram, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more mighty geeky designs:

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Squeaky Farms Brand Genuine Animal Milk by PennyTees

When Fat Tony takes over a business from some down on his luck dufus who owes him money he takes it over all the way by "meeting" all the distributors and retailers and slapping his face on the marketing materials. Putting the Fat Tony mark on everything he owns is his version of seller protection, and whether he's suddenly selling cigarettes, TVs fresh off the truck or genuine animal milk you'd better not buy it unless it bears the Fat Tony logo, or else...

Make sure everyone knows you're an associate of Springfield's most powerful businessman by wearing this Squeaky Farms Brand Genuine Animal Milk t-shirt by PennyTees, it's deliciously dorky!

Visit PennyTees's NeatoShop for more fresh designs:

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Corruption by Dracortis

Symbiotes typically try to keep their host alive and well so they can continue to feed and co-exist as long as possible, but the alien race known as the Symbiotes don't really value their host's life- since they can always find a new host. But, as Spidey learned the hard way, Symbiotes don't show their cards up front, and once they've made themselves at home it can be mighty hard to evict them...

Add some wicked cool comic color to your geeky wardrobe with this Corruption t-shirt by Dracortis, it's sure to make people marvel at your cool shirt and smile wherever you go!

Visit Dracortis's Facebook fan page, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more mighty cool designs:

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Futuristic Telepathic Alien by Bill Alger

According to this artwork, which was torn straight from a textbook from the year 3000, human beings will possess telepathic powers in the future thanks to the integration of alien DNA- and we'll end up looking super weird because of it. As you can see it's a bit of a trade-off, since the way we look now is much more acceptable in human society than looking like a fetal monkey-lizard hybrid, but having awesome psychic powers that allow us to float through space unharmed would be super cool. So whaddya think? Are you gonna sign up for the xeno-geno therapy when it's offered, or are you going to head underground with the rest of the hairless apes?

Prepare humanity for our strange future with this Futuristic Telepathic Alien t-shirt by Bill Alger, it's the far out way to say "hey, that might be us someday!"

Visit Bill Alger's Facebook fan page, official website and Instagram, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more geek-tastic designs:

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It's not a stretch to think of rock climbers as worshippers of nature, scaling the Earth's exposed bones to show their reverence for the mineral gods, but they usually don't show their reverence for stone in an obvious way.

But thanks to the power of Photoshop and the Instagram account @allmightystone the rock climbers of the world can now show their reverence for rocks the old fashioned way- by worshiping them like the ancient people did.

Remove the rocks from underneath their outstretched arms and you've got a bunch of guys and gals who are praising the natural gods the old fashioned way, minus all the sacrificial offerings and fire.

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Plumbers are often stereotyped as being greedy and lazy, charging a fortune for a half-assed fixit job they know they'll have to come back to actually finish repairing.

But while there are a few bad apples out there underworking and overcharging most plumbers I've met take pride in their work and want to get the job done right the first time- no matter how hard they have to work.

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When Acton Municipal Utility District worker Jimmie Cox showed up at the home of Andrea Adams and found her front lawn turning into a swamp thanks to a burst water line he decided it was time to take drastic action to stop the leak.

So he dived headfirst into the mudhole, proving some plumbers are willing to go above and beyond the call of duty to help out a homeowner in need.

“The hole was about five-and-a-half foot deep. There was a lady running around,” Cox told local news station WFAA.

The photo even caught the attention of Mr. Dirty Jobs himself Mike Rowe, who had nothing but praise for the brave plumber:

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When modern times just don't hold as much appeal as the past people go retro in both style of dress and interests, traveling back in time in their minds while their body is stuck in the here and now.

Some choose to dress of an era, others collect things from their favorite time period, but 35-year-old Ben Sansum of Cambridgeshire, England has chosen to completely immerse himself in the year 1946.

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This BBC News documentary is from 2014, so if you're wondering whether Ben still maintains his 40s vibe you can see in this photo gallery from BBC Radio 4 that he's gone a bit more casual with his look but is still stuck squarely in the 40s.

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These days gamers come from all walks of life, from the stuffy suits of the business world to the jobless slackers who live in their parents' basement, and yet according to this JHALL comic they can still be categorized by gaming style.

The Nintendads choose speed and substance over flash, posting their dope speed runs on Facebook where nobody cares, while the Hipsters think they're changing the virtual world by making games reflect their "unique style".

They care way too much about style for their games to ever have any substance, and yet our morbid curiosity makes us want to see what they come up with next.

The Mobile Minecraft Minors are the newest breed of gamer, and yet they manage to log so many hours on their parents' tablets and smartphones they'll need their own data plan before kindergarten.

See Gamers You Meet In 2017 here

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It's only natural for chefs to have a very clear sense of which foods they like and which ones they can't stand, since they're exposed to all kinds of different foods while working in restaurant kitchens.

Joy Wilson aka Joy the Baker is, well, a baker so she hasn't really worked around weird foods like octopus and squid, which is just fine by her since she can't stand eating any kind of cephalopod.

Gordon Ramsay has a discriminating sense of taste so his won't eat food isn't a specific ingredient as much as a meal served in a certain locale- Gordon will not eat airplane food.

And celeb chef Rachel Ray has a certain food product she abhors that may seem odd to some- she hates mayo. Rachel dislikes the condiment so much she's a lifelong member of the I Hate Mayonnaise Club.

See 10 Celeb Chefs On The Foods They Won't Eat here

Tis the season for SAD to creep into our minds and give us a serious case of the winter blues, SAD as in Seasonal Affective Disorder, and this winter is looking to be bleaker and more angst-inducing than ever.

Now before you start waxing poetic in your journal about the existential angst chilling you to the bone you should figure out whether you're actually suffering from angst, ennui or a bad case of weltschmerz.

Mental Floss' Arika Okrent explores the origin and meaning of these words at length in this article, but we'll just share the short versions here. Let's start with Angst:

Are you dissatisfied and worried in an introspective, overthinking German way? You’ve got angst.

Now for the most emo of the three, Ennui:

Are you tired, so tired of everything about the world and the way it is? Do you proclaim this, with a long, slow sigh, to everyone around you? You’ve got ennui.

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And finally we come to the one that sounds both sad and phlegmy- Weltschmerz:

Do you have sadness in your heart for the world that can never be and sensible shoes? You’ve got weltschmerz.

Read How To Tell Whether You've Got Angst, Ennui, Or Weltschmerz at Mental Floss