A Zombie Apocalypse: How awesome would this be?

[Stickwell]

I can't be the only person who'd like a good old fashioned fighting demons apocalypse? Zombies are getting a little boring. Especially since everyone's plan is basically the same and yet everyone thinks they have it right.

Anyway, I'd probably die towards the middle. Not resourceful or able enough with weapons to survive forever, but not an idiot... assuming I'm not just weeping in a corner. That's also kinda likely.

I have an idiot friend who thinks that hes gonna get a group of thirty people and lead them threw all the super markets with in the first week of infection and come out unharmed...
I don't think he understand how hard it is to lose leadership when everyone of his men are getting killed by everyone else with this idea...

 

[Fawcks]

Warning, warning, we have some Debby Downers in this thread. Dropping truth bombs in 3... 2... 1...

First off, loved ones suck. Gunning down zombified abusive mother or zombified drunken father? Awesome.

Second off, yeah, society does kinda suck. Needs a revamp. What better way than to bring back zombies? And what better time than early May, when it'll be a good, what, 6 months before the cold weather returns to kill them off? Good luck making it through summer, a zombie's body is generally practically immortal in some cases (considering these zombies are sent by God, it's plausible that physical restraints on your body don't apply to them).

Third off, dating? Zombie apocalypse happens and you're worried about dating? Okay, fair enough. However, at least now girls might be desperate enough to start looking at you (saying this considering I'm on a website with primarily liberal, gamer members). We all know you predominantly liberal guys have trouble forming lasting relationships because, well, most girls WANT a guy that will be dominant over them / treat them like garbage, and therefore, you'll be continually stuck in the "friend zone".

Fourth off, it'd be incredibly relaxing. Great way to vent frustrations, fun to visit. Frankly, if you're given this versus a silly old earthquake or tsunami natural disaster apocalypse, which would you rather? The choice is obvious.

 

[artanis_neravar]

I forget where I saw it but... Basically it was a scientifically minded point by point column of why a zombie invasion wouldn't work.

The weather would either freeze or dry them out, they can't heal even basic wounds, Bacteria would destroy them, Wild animals would destroy them (humans have no natural weapons and the slow shuffling of zombies makes them easy prey for faster larger mammals) of course the animals thing is dependent on whatever caused it to be limited to humans.

So...even if a lot of people were killed in the initial wave. Survivors wouldn't have to wait more then a year or two for the zombies to die out...again.

Is this it?

http://www.cracked.com/article_18683_7-scientific-reasons-zombie-outbreak-would-fail-quickly.html

OT: If the zombies were actually a viable threat, I would die in five minutes flat.

Yeah that's it.

@artanis_neravar: Granted but we do know how dead bodies react. And a zombie is, in theory a moving did body.

Except that we don't know what's keeping them alive, parasites are extremely adept at keeping the host in a position to survive. Don't get me wrong though, I don't think a zombie apocalypse would or could ever happen

 

[subtlefuge]

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You make a ton of terrible generalizations about people on this forum. And you call us Debby Downers.

 

[artanis_neravar]

Okay, fair enough. However, at least now girls might be desperate enough to start looking at you (saying this considering I'm on a website with primarily liberal, gamer members). We all know you predominantly liberal guys have trouble forming lasting relationships because, well, most girls WANT a guy that will be dominant over them / treat them like garbage, and therefore, you'll be continually stuck in the "friend zone".

Is this a serious comment or a shot at the people who complain about girls only liking jerks? If the first one see the following questions, if the second skip the rest of the questions.
Are you a guy or a girl? do you really believe that girls are that shallow? I have never met a girl who actually likes to treated like garbage

EDIT: Forget this, I just realized why your name was familiar and I think I understand your thought process now

 

[Fawcks]

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You make a ton of terrible generalizations about people on this forum. And you call us Debby Downers.

What, terrible generalizations such as "primarily liberal"? Step into the politics section, tell me I'm wrong.

How about gamers? Uh, this is a gaming website...

Not seeing it, bro.

Also, the general response to this thread is very characteristically Debby Downer-ish. I propose a zombie apocalypse and everyone jumps on it with replies like "You know that would never work", "All your family and friends would die", "You'd trudge through life without meaning and live a horrible existence", etc.

That's extremely Debby Downer-ish. It's akin to someone opening a thread titled: "What if humans had wings and could fly?" and everyone replying, "Moron, you'd need a wingspan of like, 20 feet to fly, humans are too heavy, there'd be no way to regulate traffic, etc".

Or, if you prefer, a young child posting: "I can't wait to see Santy claus" and everyone responding, "Santa Claus doesn't exist you troll, your parents have been lying to you all this time (probably because they never loved you)".

 

[Fawcks]

Okay, fair enough. However, at least now girls might be desperate enough to start looking at you (saying this considering I'm on a website with primarily liberal, gamer members). We all know you predominantly liberal guys have trouble forming lasting relationships because, well, most girls WANT a guy that will be dominant over them / treat them like garbage, and therefore, you'll be continually stuck in the "friend zone".

Is this a serious comment or a shot at the people who complain about girls only liking jerks? If the first one see the following questions, if the second skip the rest of the questions.
Are you a guy or a girl? do you really believe that girls are that shallow? I have never met a girl who actually likes to treated like garbage

EDIT: Forget this, I just realized why your name was familiar and I think I understand your thought process now

My thought process? Surely you could not have hoped to decode the allmighty Kitsune (err... Fawcks)'s thought processes.

Also, evolutionarily, it makes sense for a girl to want the "bad boy" jerk man, due to the whole fact that during mankind's existence as hunter-gatherers, only the 'dominant' male would mate more as opposed to the 'submissive', nice-guy males. Kinda like why Omega wolves that just take it never get laid.

 

[SeriousSquirrel]

So most if not all of my family and friends are dead? Well, I'd bunker up and sustain of the the large amount of canned food in my kitchen. I'd probably cry a lot too...

I actual have pretty complex plans that I've discussed with my dad and my best friend (both really like discussing it) but don't really feel like posting them.

 

[Jegsimmons]

i would love a zombie apocalypse. its the ultimate test of survival and badaasery and twinkies too.

 

[Tsaba]

Like I told my sister, if I see you, I'm going to make you strip to ensure that there are no bites before I let you in, and if you are bitten, I'm going to kill you right there and then... because I love you... that and I hate zombies.

 

[artanis_neravar]

Okay, fair enough. However, at least now girls might be desperate enough to start looking at you (saying this considering I'm on a website with primarily liberal, gamer members). We all know you predominantly liberal guys have trouble forming lasting relationships because, well, most girls WANT a guy that will be dominant over them / treat them like garbage, and therefore, you'll be continually stuck in the "friend zone".

Is this a serious comment or a shot at the people who complain about girls only liking jerks? If the first one see the following questions, if the second skip the rest of the questions.
Are you a guy or a girl? do you really believe that girls are that shallow? I have never met a girl who actually likes to treated like garbage

EDIT: Forget this, I just realized why your name was familiar and I think I understand your thought process now

My thought process? Surely you could not have hoped to decode the allmighty Kitsune (err... Fawcks)'s thought processes.

Also, evolutionarily, it makes sense for a girl to want the "bad boy" jerk man, due to the whole fact that during mankind's existence as hunter-gatherers, only the 'dominant' male would mate more as opposed to the 'submissive', nice-guy males. Kinda like why Omega wolves that just take it never get laid.

There is a difference between dominant and jerk though, the majority of jerks are actually wimps (in my experience) and I am a nice guy but I have always been the dominate one

 

[Paul Hearding]

I would be woefully unprepared...

And then I'd jump in my car and drive back and forth in a parking garage. We all know that's the most effective way of mowing them down, after all.

 

[Suicidal_Ferret]

I live in two story apartment building with wooden stairs. Less than 2 miles away is a department store, a grocery store, and a hardware store. I am armed with only a WW2 M1 Garand bayonet atm.

My first step in the plan is to get all my friends to my apartment. Then send parties to get food, supplies, and weapons. Canned goods, dried foods, and fresh veggies (early on) from the grocery store; camping goods, medical supplies, amenities from the K-Mart; and axes, sledgehammers, wooden boards, and a ladder from the Home Depot.

Step two is destroy the stairs and the landing outside my door.

Step three is take down the wall between my apartment and my neighbors.

Step four is wait it out with occasional forays.

Step five ???

Step six Profit!

 

[Atsumi_Warrior]

I have never met a girl who actually likes to treated like garbage

Have you ever actually met girls?
They are always in Relationships that we both know are bad.
Their Boyfriends are big hulking Flat faced monsters. who's life goal must be to either win 1st place in the ugly completion.

OT
I also agree that it would be the worst thing that could happen ever. We could never do the things we loved again. "like chill out for days on end and eat oreos"
And i just got with a hot German girl yesterday! so i really REALLY REALLY dont want to die.

BUT! Because i have a sense of humor i would go to my school. well.. my old school i have finished now. but it had only 1 entrance and it is fenced with very sharp iron spikey bar things to keep out "graphers" who enjoy making places look like Shi-
oh yeah... we are not far from a supermarket. only down the road. WE Do not have any guns. so unless someone leaves a door open "im hoping the people who are left have manners" i think we will be find with the heavy things that schools have.

 

[Falconsgyre]

My thought process? Surely you could not have hoped to decode the allmighty Kitsune (err... Fawcks)'s thought processes.

Also, evolutionarily, it makes sense for a girl to want the "bad boy" jerk man, due to the whole fact that during mankind's existence as hunter-gatherers, only the 'dominant' male would mate more as opposed to the 'submissive', nice-guy males. Kinda like why Omega wolves that just take it never get laid.

Evolutionarily, human girls are serially monogamous with extra pair copulations, so they want to be in a long-term relationship with a nice guy and cheat on him for a guy with better genes. Bad boys get to have a lot of sex without a lot of relationships... which may not help the case for being nice.

 

[Virgilthepagan]

I'm with a lot of people here, I'd think a good portion of the apocalypse would be horrifying. I mean, imagine four out of five of your friends just dying on you, then trying to gnaw on your face. And no, you can't pick which ones. The grief of losing loved ones, combined with the absolute terror of being chased by bloodthirsty monsters would be hell just emotionally.

Never mind the whole scavenging for supplies and trying to stay alive bit. I think the apocalypse scratches our inner survivalist fantasy, and for the sake of the post I'll indulge.

My current location's in Washington D.C, and I wouldn't trust my housemates to help me, they're not exactly the get-out-and-survive types, but I'm across the street from the Department of Homeland Security, and next to the walled and steel gated compound for the Japanese Embassy, so I'd probably just hop the fence. If they took me in there's enough active military in D.C to protect the city until we'd stocked up at the embassy.

 

[TilMorrow]

Really? I mean really? Another zombie apocalypse thread? I admit their frequency of appearance has died down over the last 2 months and I have to applaud the fact you were able to link it to something that was thought to happen recently but all the same, overused concept is overused...

Me, I would grab either the giant sword in the hall or my old crutches and beat the undeath outta them then survive on whatever food I can find and gather random companions some of whom will become bait if I don't like them...

Also I believe Bioshock isn't a zombie game.

 

[pwned123456]

I forget where I saw it but... Basically it was a scientifically minded point by point column of why a zombie invasion wouldn't work.

The weather would either freeze or dry them out, they can't heal even basic wounds, Bacteria would destroy them, Wild animals would destroy them (humans have no natural weapons and the slow shuffling of zombies makes them easy prey for faster larger mammals) of course the animals thing is dependent on whatever caused it to be limited to humans.

So...even if a lot of people were killed in the initial wave. Survivors wouldn't have to wait more then a year or two for the zombies to die out...again.

go read the zombie survival guide it explains how it would work

 

[Fawcks]

Also I believe Bioshock isn't a zombie game.

The splicers were fairly mindless, to be fair, attacking anyone on sight, and it definitely gave a feeling of "this civilization got fucked up" akin to that of zombie movies.