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Yes, during the Zombie Apocalypse, the Zombies themselves would be quite problematic.

That and having no guns.

Medium of Death wrote:Yes, during the Zombie Apocalypse, the Zombies themselves would be quite problematic.

That and having no guns.

Well...yes..the zombies in a zombie apocalypse would be very problematic.
But,it is my steadfast belief that it is the humans in a zombie apocalypse that would be our undoing,people don't cooperate in large groups under the best conditions...throw in an army of walking corpses intent on eating everyone and spreading the virus with every bite,and I doubt humanity will suddenly start pulling together.

Another zombie thread!?

Stormrider wrote:Another zombie thread!?

Yes...obviously the threads spread faster than the zombie virus.

FITZZ wrote:

Medium of Death wrote:Yes, during the Zombie Apocalypse, the Zombies themselves would be quite problematic.

That and having no guns.

Well...yes..the zombies in a zombie apocalypse would be very problematic.
But,it is my steadfast belief that it is the humans in a zombie apocalypse that would be our undoing,people don't cooperate in large groups under the best conditions...throw in an army of walking corpses intent on eating everyone and spreading the virus with every bite,and I doubt humanity will suddenly start pulling together.

Unless you have the biggest stick.



Nobody is messing with her anytime soon.

#1 problem with the zombie apocalypse is that I live in a very dense metro area.

Medium of Death wrote:

FITZZ wrote:

Medium of Death wrote:Yes, during the Zombie Apocalypse, the Zombies themselves would be quite problematic.

That and having no guns.

Well...yes..the zombies in a zombie apocalypse would be very problematic.
But,it is my steadfast belief that it is the humans in a zombie apocalypse that would be our undoing,people don't cooperate in large groups under the best conditions...throw in an army of walking corpses intent on eating everyone and spreading the virus with every bite,and I doubt humanity will suddenly start pulling together.

Unless you have the biggest stick.



Nobody is messing with her anytime soon.

Dear lord...If the zombies ever do show up,I definitely want her on my team.


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agroszkiewicz wrote:#1 problem with the zombie apocalypse is that I live in a very dense metro area.

True..I lived in San Francisco for a few years,your pretty much fethed...
Of course since I now reside five minutes outside of one of the largest cities in the South,which also happens to house the CDC,I guess I'd be fethed as well.

FITZZ wrote:

Medium of Death wrote:

FITZZ wrote:

Medium of Death wrote:Yes, during the Zombie Apocalypse, the Zombies themselves would be quite problematic.

That and having no guns.

Well...yes..the zombies in a zombie apocalypse would be very problematic.
But,it is my steadfast belief that it is the humans in a zombie apocalypse that would be our undoing,people don't cooperate in large groups under the best conditions...throw in an army of walking corpses intent on eating everyone and spreading the virus with every bite,and I doubt humanity will suddenly start pulling together.

Unless you have the biggest stick.



Nobody is messing with her anytime soon.

Dear lord...If the zombies ever do show up,I definitely want her on my team.


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agroszkiewicz wrote:#1 problem with the zombie apocalypse is that I live in a very dense metro area.

True..I lived in San Francisco for a few years,your pretty much fethed...
Of course since I now reside five minutes outside of one of the largest cities in the South,which also happens to house the CDC,I guess I'd be fethed as well.

You do have Coca Cola, no apocalypse is complete without a refreshing soft drink!

@ Stormrider.

Why yes, we do have Coca Cola,in fact I live about ten miles from one of their bottling plants.
Actually,on the street that I live on there is not only a Coca Cola plant,but 2 Wal-Marts,a sporting goods shop,3 pawn shops,2 Army/Navy surplus stores and about five hundred car dealerships,all with in ten miles,all headed AWAY from Atlanta...maybe I would make it.

one thing that has bugged me for as long as ive known how many people work on an aircraft carrier... what happens to them?

think about it. the US has at least 3 carriers deployed at any given time, with support ships, thats well over 20K people, with a very male heavy gender ratio. They could EASILY survive a 28 days infection, and the genetic diversity is such that humanity will not die off due to lack thereof. they are fairly well organized, and well armed. and even in port, there are very few ways on or off the ship.

Big Mek Dattrukk wrote:one thing that has bugged me for as long as ive known how many people work on an aircraft carrier... what happens to them?

think about it. the US has at least 3 carriers deployed at any given time, with support ships, thats well over 20K people, with a very male heavy gender ratio. They could EASILY survive a 28 days infection, and the genetic diversity is such that humanity will not die off due to lack thereof. they are fairly well organized, and well armed. and even in port, there are very few ways on or off the ship.

I'd imagine they'd be fairly well off,at least as far as initial outbreak is concerned,of course there may be some problems with some crew members concerns for their families who would not be on ship,but actually an organized,combat prepared group on a floating,well stocked "island" would have a great chance of survival.

Bromsy wrote:Yeah, it totally depends on the style of zombie. "Infected" type ala 28 days later, it would be a hold up til it blows over situation - by the way, was anyone else super pissed off at the second one and them "looking for a cure". The cure was lots of bullets and fire, and don't let it spread.

They explained that it was important, because the virus could mutate or otherwise get into the population, so it was important to understand what allowed some people to survive, to innoculate everyone. Which was an alright explanation, considering everything else in the movie made little to no sense (what kind of a quarantine involves locking everyone in a single room, with a single locked door as the only barrier to the outside, and then not even bothering to guard that door?)

In a zombie apocalypse, the zombies are a short-term problem. They'll all rot soon enough.

My main problem with it is there would only be six episodes of it and then we'd have to wait for months to find out what happened.

After an initial outbreak (first couple years) scavenging is an ideal and obvious survival technique.

But when stuff runs out and you have to make/build/grow everything yourself you'll be kept very busy and so tied down to the one area, a sweep through of more zombies through the area would laeve you stuffed.

1. Other people.
2. Dentists.
3. Opticians.
4. Plumbers.

I know that 1 contradicts the other 3, but other people are the cause of most concerns, but can we live without the other 3?

Cheers

Andrew

To all the people complaining about plumbing, Id like you to answer me how the rest of our civilization has survived pre toilet invention? Ive never seen a cave painting of the almighty throne is all Im saying. Infact compare the time we HAVE had working plumbing, to how long we HAVNT had working plumbing. Youll realize its not that important.

My main problem with zombie apocalypse in the US is that people might not actually notice.

Milions of Americans becoming braindead? Dubya got elected, so did Obama. Perhaps it's already happened.

Orlanth wrote:My main problem with zombie apocalypse in the US is that people might not actually notice.

Milions of Americans becoming braindead? Dubya got elected, so did Obama. Perhaps it's already happened.

Hey hey hey! This isnt a Mr Mystery thread about hatin some Americuns. Im a bit insulted there

KingCracker wrote:To all the people complaining about plumbing, Id like you to answer me how the rest of our civilization has survived pre toilet invention? Ive never seen a cave painting of the almighty throne is all Im saying. Infact compare the time we HAVE had working plumbing, to how long we HAVNT had working plumbing. Youll realize its not that important.

Spend some time with an open sewer and you may change your mind........

or at least your sinuses.

Andrew

How did civilization survive pre plumbing? We didn't. Look at the aftermath in New Orleans after the flooding, now imagine living in it with no-one to clean it up.

Now you know why plumbing is important.

Orlanth wrote:Milions of Americans becoming braindead? Dubya got elected, so did Obama.

cf. British politics

tbh, zombie apocalypse, why not just shoot yourself in the head? (or another quick, painless suicide method?)
You will either end up living so uncomfortably if you managed to survive, or get eaten by zombies......

I'd miss beer, and ciggarettes. All of the smokes would go stale after a few years, and unlike my friends across the pond I do not like my beer warm and pissy.
I think I'd be able to get by once I got outside of the city, but finding/hunting/scavenging food would be a definite learning curve. I can barely feed myself without the missus and/or microwave as it is.

AndrewC wrote:

KingCracker wrote:To all the people complaining about plumbing, Id like you to answer me how the rest of our civilization has survived pre toilet invention? Ive never seen a cave painting of the almighty throne is all Im saying. Infact compare the time we HAVE had working plumbing, to how long we HAVNT had working plumbing. Youll realize its not that important.

Spend some time with an open sewer and you may change your mind........

or at least your sinuses.

Andrew

How did civilization survive pre plumbing? We didn't. Look at the aftermath in New Orleans after the flooding, now imagine living in it with no-one to clean it up.

Now you know why plumbing is important.

Oh dear, I disagree with that very much. But yea I go camping a few times a year, and I mean camping, not sitting around in a $100k hotel on wheels. The smell is bad yes, but totally not the end of the world if it doesnt work.


Speaking of, would the horrible stench of rotting human flesh give US a huge advantage when they are around though? Ive never smelled human flesh rotting, but I have smelled farm animals rot (grew up around farms alot) and that is something you smell from a LONG distance away. Oddly Ive never thought of that aspect until thinking about poop. Its true, the best thoughts DO come when on the john....or speaking about it anyways lol

Manchu wrote:

Orlanth wrote:Milions of Americans becoming braindead? Dubya got elected, so did Obama.

cf. British politics

Agreed. Which is why I have had a metaphorical 'shoot them in the head' policy on neo-socialism through the New Labour years.

rodgers37 wrote:tbh, zombie apocalypse, why not just shoot yourself in the head? (or another quick, painless suicide method?)
You will either end up living so uncomfortably if you managed to survive, or get eaten by zombies......

Not much chutzpah in you is there? Would you really rather off yourself rather than attempt to survive without a few modern creature comforts?
Sure...the zeds might get you in the end...but I can't see just giving up.

KingCracker wrote:Oh dear, I disagree with that very much. But yea I go camping a few times a year, and I mean camping, not sitting around in a $100k hotel on wheels. The smell is bad yes, but totally not the end of the world if it doesnt work.

In that case, you are the minority to the majority of people who live in their air-conditioned coccoon of microwave meals and daytime TV. The smell is not really the problem it's the lack of sanitation, cholera etc. Most people are completely ignorant of that.

Speaking of, would the horrible stench of rotting human flesh give US a huge advantage when they are around though? Ive never smelled human flesh rotting, but I have smelled farm animals rot (grew up around farms alot) and that is something you smell from a LONG distance away. Oddly Ive never thought of that aspect until thinking about poop. Its true, the best thoughts DO come when on the john....or speaking about it anyways lol

Would they? The classical zombie does, but with the exception of 28 days I've never seen a decaying zombie. The process of 'turning' them always seems to preserve them.

Cheers

Andrew

@ AndrewC

In most zombie films that I'm familiar with,the zombies continue to rot,the process is simply slower than it would be with an uninfected/unanimated body.

FITZZ wrote:

rodgers37 wrote:tbh, zombie apocalypse, why not just shoot yourself in the head? (or another quick, painless suicide method?)
You will either end up living so uncomfortably if you managed to survive, or get eaten by zombies......

Not much chutzpah in you is there? Would you really rather off yourself rather than attempt to survive without a few modern creature comforts?
Sure...the zeds might get you in the end...but I can't see just giving up.

If there was any hope of actually being able to do something, but just living to survive seems a bit pointless, it might be 'fun' for a while...If there was nothing, what would you be fighting for?

AndrewC wrote:

KingCracker wrote:Oh dear, I disagree with that very much. But yea I go camping a few times a year, and I mean camping, not sitting around in a $100k hotel on wheels. The smell is bad yes, but totally not the end of the world if it doesnt work.

In that case, you are the minority to the majority of people who live in their air-conditioned coccoon of microwave meals and daytime TV. The smell is not really the problem it's the lack of sanitation, cholera etc. Most people are completely ignorant of that.

Speaking of, would the horrible stench of rotting human flesh give US a huge advantage when they are around though? Ive never smelled human flesh rotting, but I have smelled farm animals rot (grew up around farms alot) and that is something you smell from a LONG distance away. Oddly Ive never thought of that aspect until thinking about poop. Its true, the best thoughts DO come when on the john....or speaking about it anyways lol

Would they? The classical zombie does, but with the exception of 28 days I've never seen a decaying zombie. The process of 'turning' them always seems to preserve them.

Cheers

Andrew

My point is, if people cannot live with out a potty then they deserve to be zombie food. Plain and simple.

And obviously I was talking about the classic zombie. 28Days later "zombies" were just people that were infected by a virus.