Blog of the living dead.
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davywavyThere's a theory which says that the monsters in our stories are simply anthropomorphisations of those parts of ourselves and our environment which we fear, and the purpose in telling those stories is a way to control ourselves and our environment and to face our fears in a safe way.
The witch scares of the middle ages (and which still go on in some part of the world) were a way of finding a human agency to be responsible for accidents and disasters in an uncontrollable world. The Martian Invasion films of the 1950's and 1960's were a way of representating fears of Reds Under the Bed.
In the 1980's and 1990's, vampires (of the traditional, Bram Stoker sort (not the friendly modern sparkly sort)) were the monster of pop culture choice. However, in the last decade zombies have become the ascendant supernatural threat. Perhaps this represents a comtemporary social fear that we're all becoming mindless drones in a society in which individuality counts for nothing, or something.
Anyway, it's amazing how pervasive ideas contained within entertainment media can be. Studies showed that people were more than three times as likely to believe in the likelihood of catastrophic climate change after watching Eco-Thriller The Day After Tomorrow, and that was quite astonishing cobblers.
In the same light, it never ceases to surprise me how many of my friends have zombie-apocalypse survival plans. You know, just in case.
So; question for the day. Do you have a zombie survival plan, just in case? If, on the morrow, the dead start rising from their graves and feasting on the flesh of the living, what will you do?
The witch scares of the middle ages (and which still go on in some part of the world) were a way of finding a human agency to be responsible for accidents and disasters in an uncontrollable world. The Martian Invasion films of the 1950's and 1960's were a way of representating fears of Reds Under the Bed.
In the 1980's and 1990's, vampires (of the traditional, Bram Stoker sort (not the friendly modern sparkly sort)) were the monster of pop culture choice. However, in the last decade zombies have become the ascendant supernatural threat. Perhaps this represents a comtemporary social fear that we're all becoming mindless drones in a society in which individuality counts for nothing, or something.
Anyway, it's amazing how pervasive ideas contained within entertainment media can be. Studies showed that people were more than three times as likely to believe in the likelihood of catastrophic climate change after watching Eco-Thriller The Day After Tomorrow, and that was quite astonishing cobblers.
In the same light, it never ceases to surprise me how many of my friends have zombie-apocalypse survival plans. You know, just in case.
So; question for the day. Do you have a zombie survival plan, just in case? If, on the morrow, the dead start rising from their graves and feasting on the flesh of the living, what will you do?
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Date: 2009-10-20 09:23 am (UTC)Phone the buddies, grab my survival gear and batton down the hatches in my loft until it calms down a bit; My loft is pretty secure vs. zombies.
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Date: 2009-10-20 09:36 am (UTC)There is a water tank in the roof for water.
After a month things should have calmed down enough to start scavenging.
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Date: 2009-10-20 09:34 am (UTC)I think in case of zombie invasion I'd head for the surrey hills, there are a number of isolated farmhouses and a couple of old secure towers there that would be easy to defend against the walking dead for at least some time.
I do have a friend in Australia who has a full kit including ropes, armour, rations, swords and crossbow.
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Date: 2009-10-20 09:44 am (UTC)Sadly I admit that i'm out of shape so, when it does happen, i'm unlikely to make it without a good team/crew and some luck - but if I can get other people out then the planning'll be worthwhile!
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Date: 2009-10-20 09:46 am (UTC)That'll be most of LJ, then.
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Date: 2009-10-20 10:38 am (UTC)Plus I'm not sure there will be enough castles to go around.
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Date: 2009-10-20 10:50 am (UTC)chavspopulation when the zombie plague hits there will probably be enough to go around.no subject
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Date: 2009-10-20 11:06 am (UTC)2) Steal one of the boats moored there.
3) Set sail.
4) Find small island.
5) Prosper.
Zombies will never make it to the Shetlands.
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Date: 2009-10-20 11:43 am (UTC)And they can climb very slowly. 28 days later ones you'd be fine with - probably - but dead rising zombies are aquatic terrors!
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Date: 2009-10-20 11:23 am (UTC)Do you have an actual short list of islands planned out, or is that just me?
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Date: 2009-10-20 01:11 pm (UTC)"It's the moral compromises forced upon me by authority! STAY DOWN HIPPY!" *Thwack*
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Date: 2009-10-20 01:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-20 01:25 pm (UTC)Next stop is southern Ohio, to collect the family of a friend of mine, and his grandfather's arsenal. Yes, just like Eddie Izzard said, grandfather's arsenal.
Last stop is my family's farm in West Virginia. Far enough from any center of population to avoid large concentrations of zombies, but close enough to drive in to scavenge for canned goods and ammunition.
Zombie Survival Plan
Date: 2009-10-20 02:10 pm (UTC)Yes.
"If, on the morrow, the dead start rising from their graves and feasting on the flesh of the living, what will you do?"
Now that would be telling.
I'll just say that my plans has short, intermediate, and long-term phases.
EDIT: It remains to be seen whether sexy post-apocalyptic babes will jump in my arms though.
Now that would be telling.
Date: 2009-10-20 02:11 pm (UTC)It's hardly like we'll be competing for the same resources, is it?
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Date: 2009-10-20 02:29 pm (UTC)Oh, that's what you say now. One can never tell if you'll be Patient Zero or not. ;-p
On a slightly more serious note, there's a very narrow window where the temptation to hop a plane ahead of the border closures may appeal, compared to the inevitable urban exodus...especially considering how many US cities of the west are prone to fire.
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Date: 2009-10-20 02:31 pm (UTC)Re: Now that would be telling.
Date: 2009-10-20 02:35 pm (UTC)Re: Now that would be telling.
Date: 2009-10-20 02:37 pm (UTC)So not much would change, really.
"Equal rights for deadites"
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Date: 2009-10-20 02:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-20 02:44 pm (UTC)BTW I think one of the reasons that so many people have Zombie Survival Plans is because no-one can survive a zombie uprising. The only way to make it through alive is to become an inhumane sociopath.
The most revealing thing about this thread ...
Date: 2009-10-21 08:49 am (UTC)H
Re: The most revealing thing about this thread ...
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Date: 2009-10-21 05:31 pm (UTC)When the zombie apocalypse hits I will be.... actually, no I can't tell you, lest you become a slightly mindful zombie and find me. Me and my ex once had a heated debate in B&Q about which garden tools we needed, based on their usefulness in an zombie apocalypse. I wanted a scythe, but he wanted a chainsaw. Other shoppers were somewhat confused.
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