Line #8 Fridge/LifeAfterPeople


1	!! FridgeHorror
2	* If all humans did disappear on the the original airdate in 2008, all the natural disasters since that year would still have taken place... but on the bright side would have killed no one.
3	** All tornadoes, floods, storms, hurricanes and earthquakes since 2008 were never cleaned up afterwards. This gets more horrifying the more years go by.
4	** The Haiti earthquake of 2010, the 2011 Japan Tsunami (and the resulting nuclear meltdown that no one was there to stop), Hurricanes Sandy, Harvey and Irma, etc.... never cleaned up.
5	** Because of damage from the unusual 2011 earthquake on the US East Coast, the Washington Monument wouldn't last nearly as long as depicted in the show.
6	** Also, the flooding in Alberta was not cleaned up any time soon.
7	** However, with humans not creating more greenhouse gases and causing climate change, one must wonder if the disastrous weather phenomenons that have occurred since 2008 would have happened the same exact way, if at all; not to mention the weather changes caused by all the nuclear meltdowns.
8	** Given that several buildings were built and/or officially opened in 2009, the disasters of 2008 would still be witnessed by people.
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10	!! FridgeLogic
11	* One episode featuring a seeing eye dog said that, after about 6 years, most of the dog's training would've been forgotten. They later go on to say that the dog's training would hinder its ability to hunt and it would eventually starve to death. If the dog's training was so strong that it would impede its hunting ability, then it wouldn't have worn off at all by this point. Also, many other dogs would have to relearn their hunting instincts, so there's no reason a seeing eye dog couldn't too, especially if its life depended on it.
12	** This is mostly a subversion for Labrador Retrievers. The reason why don't have the hunting skills of a canine is not because they are trained to be one of the friendliest dogs, but mostly because of their physical structure compared to other dogs.
13	** The seeing eye dog was introduced as the only dog in the neighborhood who 'not only has been inside a supermarket, but knows the way there by heart'. Unfortunately in most cases the dog would be waiting outside by the curb for a bus or taxi that never arrives.
14	*** Initially, maybe, but seeing eye dogs are not robots, and they can ignore their training perfectly well if they really want to, as any person with such a dog can tell you.
15	*** It is also not entirely unheard of for a blind person to simply walk to the nearest shops if they live close enough. The series simply followed one of those.
16	* Why are only the living people taken out? Mummies and modern preserved bodies are left for us to see how they rot.
17	** They're already dead. Only live humans would abandon Earth in this show, not dead ones.
18	** Also, it would be morbid to mention what would happen if everyone simply dropped dead and what would happen to their bodies. They can explain similar events with dead animals. Plus the premise is that all live humans simply stop existing so they can't commit to any one event that could have caused the disappearance/extinction. For instance, if you leave the current live humans in the picture, you have to explain how they died and that could be anything from nuclear holocaust to starvation to plague, etc. You would have to take in account the inevitable riots and conflicts that would arise from panicking humans as extinction drew near. They simply want to look at what would happen if everything everywhere stopped being maintained, not how humanity dies.

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