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@ Silver

Sex and reproduction are ( obviously) natural human functions, so of course they'd continue.
I don't see a regression to the dark ages concerning the aspect of child birth ( at least not in most cases) as due to simple advancements in knowledge most people have a working understanding of how the birth process works, now of course the instances of child birth related death would probably increase due to complications that, while in a hospital are no big deal, would be problematic in say a bomb shelter or a warehouse..

Also, concerning the discomfort from menstruation...I would assume that pain killers (in some form or other) will still be available/ stockpiled....but yes I'd imagine it could be a problem for some.

And , as in current times, you won't get a mini-you everytime you have sex...just when the conditions are right, and of course condoms will still be hanging in every drugstore to aid in preventing unwanted pregnacy.


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oh,you know. in a basement...cooking ponies into cupcakes....

CptJake wrote:Really? Most people will be armed. I suspect a chick with a 12 gauge who is not scared to use it kind of turns off the douchebags that prey on the weak and helpless.



true but there will be lots who wont. it could go either way i guess. its not like i want it to happen,but im saying it probably will. not everyone will have a gun,and if that douche bag puts a gun to the back of your head,your not gonna have a choice. if i could id go around and get rid of scum like that,but if we are ever in a zombie situation,ill be to busy trying to live myself.

Deathshead420 wrote:As your leader, I encourage you, from time to time and always in a respectful manner, to question my logic. If you're unconvinced a particular plan of action I've decided is the wisest, tell me so! But allow me to convince you. And I promise you, right here and now, no subject will ever be taboo … except, of course, the subject that was just under discussion. The price you pay for bringing up either my Chinese or American heritage as a negative is – I collect your f g head. [Holds up Tanaka's head] Just like this f r here. Now, if any of you sons of bitches got anything else to say, now's the f g time! [Pause] I didn't think so.
 
   
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lord commissar klimino wrote:
dajobe wrote:definitely, my goal would be to acquire so many minis that i could have a full scale epic game in a parking lot using the 40k minis! that would quite literally be EPIC, lol


a parking lot...dang that alot. who you gonna play against,a zombie? if you win he leaves,if he wins he eats you. oh cool,were now betting on 40k games. my tunas on-wait,what army do you have?


if i found a zombie that was willing to play, yes, luckily, zombies are newbs at 40k by nature. They all play as the IG and only have normal guardsman with lasguns, so i think i could take them DOWN because i will have gathered 50 titans by the time i got there(stole them from dead people!). I have an IG army, Ultramarine army, Tau army and Necron. But i have always wanted to play orks, or Dark angels...or any army.

and if i win, then he has to jump off the grand canyon ridge. If he wins, i whip out my shotgun and shoot him in the face!

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oh,you know. in a basement...cooking ponies into cupcakes....

dajobe wrote:
lord commissar klimino wrote:
dajobe wrote:definitely, my goal would be to acquire so many minis that i could have a full scale epic game in a parking lot using the 40k minis! that would quite literally be EPIC, lol


a parking lot...dang that alot. who you gonna play against,a zombie? if you win he leaves,if he wins he eats you. oh cool,were now betting on 40k games. my tunas on-wait,what army do you have?


if i found a zombie that was willing to play, yes, luckily, zombies are newbs at 40k by nature. They all play as the IG and only have normal guardsman with lasguns, so i think i could take them DOWN because i will have gathered 50 titans by the time i got there(stole them from dead people!). I have an IG army, Ultramarine army, Tau army and Necron. But i have always wanted to play orks, or Dark angels...or any army.

and if i win, then he has to jump off the grand canyon ridge. If he wins, i whip out my shotgun and shoot him in the face!


im going to get an IG army.have it planned out. just dont have money....and i think he would win. all that red beams would slowly melt them from the constant heat or just blind them so they cant see. then again you can just trample them.

Deathshead420 wrote:As your leader, I encourage you, from time to time and always in a respectful manner, to question my logic. If you're unconvinced a particular plan of action I've decided is the wisest, tell me so! But allow me to convince you. And I promise you, right here and now, no subject will ever be taboo … except, of course, the subject that was just under discussion. The price you pay for bringing up either my Chinese or American heritage as a negative is – I collect your f g head. [Holds up Tanaka's head] Just like this f r here. Now, if any of you sons of bitches got anything else to say, now's the f g time! [Pause] I didn't think so.
 
   
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NEVAR! the void shields on my titans can take INFINITE las bolts!

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oh,you know. in a basement...cooking ponies into cupcakes....

dajobe wrote:NEVAR! the void shields on my titans can take INFINITE las bolts!


the zombie gets angry and throws them off the grand canyon.

but being in the canyon would be good place to be. most zombies will fall in and die,very few would make it alive plus people wouldn't think to go their so you would have good isolation.

Deathshead420 wrote:As your leader, I encourage you, from time to time and always in a respectful manner, to question my logic. If you're unconvinced a particular plan of action I've decided is the wisest, tell me so! But allow me to convince you. And I promise you, right here and now, no subject will ever be taboo … except, of course, the subject that was just under discussion. The price you pay for bringing up either my Chinese or American heritage as a negative is – I collect your f g head. [Holds up Tanaka's head] Just like this f r here. Now, if any of you sons of bitches got anything else to say, now's the f g time! [Pause] I didn't think so.
 
   
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also, the grand canyon is just awesome.

after the zombie throws my titans off the ridge, i pick up my custom made flame thrower and light him and his army on fire!

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@ Silver...

You still make some valid points, with out modern conveniences such as Hospitals the simple act of child birth becomes much more dangerous....hell even a broken bone becomes problematic with out someone knowledgeable in the process of setting .

This is why people with medical knowledge will be extreamlly important.


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you can join me and comissar in our quest to raid all GW and FLGS on the way to grand canyon, and then play 40k agiainst zombies.

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I think there are parts from every aspect of life that would change beyond all recognition if our technology were lost. Something as simple as aspirin is made in labs with raw materials from all over the world.

When the machine of society breaks down, you lose not only the end product, but in many cases the means of acquiring the raw materials, and eventually the means of making the equipment to get the raw materials, etc, etc... In a couple of generations we could essentially be back in the dark ages.

   
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KingCracker wrote:
Gavin Thorne wrote:Plumbing. I'd miss plumbing...

While not a zombie apocalypse, Book of Eli painted a nice portrait of how difficult life would get once society as a whole falls, including the lack of indoor plumbing.



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The turtle seat is sear win!

Yes eventually toliet paper would run out and life wouldn't be as nice...

 
   
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leaves are not bad, ive used them in boy scouts before(because of bad planning) and its all about finding the right kind before you...go. also never ever ever ever, use dry dead leaves, pick em fresh!

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oh,you know. in a basement...cooking ponies into cupcakes....

dajobe wrote:leaves are not bad, ive used them in boy scouts before(because of bad planning) and its all about finding the right kind before you...go. also never ever ever ever, use dry dead leaves, pick em fresh!


yeah...and im pretty sure you dont want to use spiky or poisony leaves

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lord commissar klimino wrote:
Sckitzo wrote:Honestly, if you think the end of the world is going to be a awesome fun time, go spend some time in a third world nation, you'll get a nice up close view of what life is going to be like.


you confuse me. i said that zombies is just a way to make those helpful things you can learn for actual situations fun and stick in your mind better.i never said it would be fun itself. or are you talking about something from a different post?


For the about fun part
lord commissar klimino wrote:
survival would be fun for me...unless i got bored of it. then i would find new entertainment.maybe go hide in the forests or something.but i understand

and also apparently the dust of reality is LSD,so watch out.


That was more directed at the general attitude that a complete collapse of society would be a fun time free of responsibilities and having to do "stuff"

I haven't read The Road yet, so can't comment on the book, but I will say, when your in laws come up, don't suggest it as a movie to watch, I think we all wanted to suck start a pistol by the end of it


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Sckitzo wrote:Honestly, if you think the end of the world is going to be a awesome fun time, go spend some time in a third world nation, you'll get a nice up close view of what life is going to be like.

Frazzled wrote:
See thats the problem.
1. We're talking about shambling undead. There's no seriousness involved. This is strictly Shaun of the Dead. Remember, we're on a board that plays games of toy soldiers...
2. some of us disagree it would be Zombiepocalypse. Some realize it would just be the Zombie Games, and a chance to take a much needed one week vacation. Where I work I pretty much need a zombie outbreak to get an honest day off.


I'm just a kill joy is all, no worries. Maybe it comes from spending to much time on ZS but I tend to get defensive when folks sound like their looking forward to murder and theft, even in a silly joking manner like a ZPAW.

And as for sex, I mentioned this earlier, but their are lots of forms of Birth Control (if your religion allows it) that do not require a trip to the pharmacy or gas station. Though we will be back in the days of child birth being a dangerous and potentially fatal situation, for both mother and child. It also doesn't help that we've deemed narrow hips as "attractive" so we've been slowly breeding out the genetics in women to make child birth easier for the last hundred or so years.

But yeah, give people nothing else to do in a high stress situation and their going to be at it like rabbits, it's hard wired into us everything else has gone to crap, do something life fulfilling before you die.

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my top 3 problems

1)Ammo will run out someday
2)there are more of them then you
3)forgetting too double tap

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oh,you know. in a basement...cooking ponies into cupcakes....

Nightfall wrote:my top 3 problems

1)Ammo will run out someday
2)there are more of them then you
3)forgetting too double tap


how ill counter those when they come.

1)use melee weapons.and make those acturally very deadlt cannons that use hair spray and stuff.although you only got one shot really.
2)they are slower.they are dumber.dont get backed into a corner and you will be ok.
3)dont forget.and be fast on your feet.


Deathshead420 wrote:As your leader, I encourage you, from time to time and always in a respectful manner, to question my logic. If you're unconvinced a particular plan of action I've decided is the wisest, tell me so! But allow me to convince you. And I promise you, right here and now, no subject will ever be taboo … except, of course, the subject that was just under discussion. The price you pay for bringing up either my Chinese or American heritage as a negative is – I collect your f g head. [Holds up Tanaka's head] Just like this f r here. Now, if any of you sons of bitches got anything else to say, now's the f g time! [Pause] I didn't think so.
 
   
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Nightfall wrote:my top 3 problems

1)Ammo will run out someday
2)there are more of them then you
3)forgetting too double tap


1. team up with someone who knows how to make improvised weapons or use blunt objects as melee weapons
2. unavoidable really, mobs will kill most of us.
3. tbh double tapping is really over emphasised thanks to zombieland, it just wastes ammo most of the time.
   
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Nightfall wrote:my top 3 problems

1)Ammo will run out someday
2)there are more of them then you
3)forgetting too double tap


Not sure about your country, but I would speculate that in the U.S there is enough readily available ammunition to put a round through the head of every man, woman and child in the country...repeatedly.
Now of course that doesn't mean one would have access to all of it, and of course location will also determine availability...however, in less than a ten mile radius from where I live there is a Military base, several pawn shops that sell guns and ammo, 2 Wal-marts loaded with weapons and two ( maybe three) " Hunting/outdoor" stores...ammo is everywhere...getting it would be the issue.

2. You may be outnumbered...but you have intelligence on your side.

3. Despite what the movies may say...one clean head shot will suffice...anything more is a waste of ammo.


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lord commissar klimino wrote:
FITZZ wrote:
lord commissar klimino wrote:
FITZZ wrote:
Wardragoon wrote:Hmm here is a problem....what about erm sex


What about it?..it's not as though humans are going to stop having sex.


...i bet rape will go up though....


Rape isn't sex, it's a despicable act perpetrated by the lowest form of human filth...


true...but it still will be a problem.even more than now probably. when there is no law,filth comes out to play.




I think rape wont happens as much as youd think. Most people will be flesh eaters......and the living will be in smaller pockets. And if there is any type of order then the chances of rape happening would be even lower
   
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KingCracker wrote:
lord commissar klimino wrote:
FITZZ wrote:
lord commissar klimino wrote:
FITZZ wrote:
Wardragoon wrote:Hmm here is a problem....what about erm sex


What about it?..it's not as though humans are going to stop having sex.


...i bet rape will go up though....


Rape isn't sex, it's a despicable act perpetrated by the lowest form of human filth...


true...but it still will be a problem.even more than now probably. when there is no law,filth comes out to play.




I think rape wont happens as much as youd think. Most people will be flesh eaters......and the living will be in smaller pockets. And if there is any type of order then the chances of rape happening would be even lower



Add to that that anyone caught engaging in sexual assault isn't going to have the benefit of trail and prison ( at least as far as I'm concerned) ...that sort of "instant justice" should serve as a deterrent ....or at least get rid of some of the vermin.


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oh,you know. in a basement...cooking ponies into cupcakes....

Skycrawler wrote:Speaking of vermin and scum... I say we create a corp of necrophiles just for "combating" the zombies...

Poors shambling feth-heads won't knw what hit 'em.


ewww...

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I agree with Fitzz in that while there would be a lack of public law system, i think that most people of the zombie wasteland would lighten their ammo load just a little for the rapists(shoot them).

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dajobe wrote:I agree with Fitzz in that while there would be a lack of public law system, i think that most people of the zombie wasteland would lighten their ammo load just a little for the rapists(shoot them).


Personally it would depend, if they were a convicted rapist I probably wouldnt waste a bullet on them, however if they got surrounded by zombies I would happily turn and whistle, but middle of the act or someone in my 'party' then ya I would be inclined to waste them(though if they have a gun then I probably would just shoot em either way)


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Sckitzo wrote:It also doesn't help that we've deemed narrow hips as "attractive" so we've been slowly breeding out the genetics in women to make child birth easier for the last hundred or so years.

Deeming something attractive doesn't mean that the genetics are changing. While we may find narrow hips attractive, what matters is whether these narrow-hipped women are procreating.

I would wager that throughout most of the world where population growth is occurring, narrow hips aren't high on the list of "potential mates" (China notwithstanding).

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Wardragoon wrote:
dajobe wrote:I agree with Fitzz in that while there would be a lack of public law system, i think that most people of the zombie wasteland would lighten their ammo load just a little for the rapists(shoot them).


Personally it would depend, if they were a convicted rapist I probably wouldnt waste a bullet on them, however if they got surrounded by zombies I would happily turn and whistle, but middle of the act or someone in my 'party' then ya I would be inclined to waste them(though if they have a gun then I probably would just shoot em either way)


i didnt mean convicted ones, i meant ones caught in the act, or someone comes up and tells you what they did and they are covered in bruises and the creep is right there...i think most people in a zombie wasteland would look at the rapist and go BAM

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FITZZ wrote:
Nightfall wrote:my top 3 problems

1)Ammo will run out someday
2)there are more of them then you
3)forgetting too double tap


Not sure about your country, but I would speculate that in the U.S there is enough readily available ammunition to put a round through the head of every man, woman and child in the country...repeatedly.
Now of course that doesn't mean one would have access to all of it, and of course location will also determine availability...however, in less than a ten mile radius from where I live there is a Military base, several pawn shops that sell guns and ammo, 2 Wal-marts loaded with weapons and two ( maybe three) " Hunting/outdoor" stores...ammo is everywhere...getting it would be the issue.

2. You may be outnumbered...but you have intelligence on your side.

3. Despite what the movies may say...one clean head shot will suffice...anything more is a waste of ammo.


Yes, I think you are right. There is an ammunition plant near me as well as a gun plant, and last I heard from someone who had worked there before at any given time they have around 20 million bullets in the warehouse. Of course they are making ammunition for both the military and the consumer. However in an apocalypse I doubt these factories will be readily available. Many of them will probably explode from some idiot raiding them with a cigarette and flicking it near the powder kegs. Plus, assuming we are in post apocalypse the military may do an executive order and clean out all ammo warehouses for their use only. I mean hell with the way the USA's government works our military could be fighting on 3 war fronts when the zombies hit, and then could take all supplies for the war effort.

I think we need to assume that no matter what, ammunition is a limited resource in a zombie apocalypse, and every round counts. I bought some of those zombie targets gonna take them to the range later on to see how well I can head shot them with my pistols from 30 yards out. At least that way I will know my abilities and the most optimal range to fire, thus being more efficient and thus wasting less ammo.




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