Blog of the living dead.

[davywavy]

There'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?

Comments

[riksowden.livejournal.com]

I have a plan, however, I don't want to discuss such things over an unsecured forum in case of intelligent (internet-using) zombies (or other end of days bad types). The plan is, by necessity, simple and adaptable as the exact nature of the end-times scenario isn't going to be clear until it happens.

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!

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

(internet-using) zombies

That'll be most of LJ, then.

[riksowden.livejournal.com]

Well, yes - remember, surprise and secrecy are weapons too; and in a country where access to high capacity, useful ranged weaponry is limited (though the fact that shotguns are available is a comfort) avoiding direct confrontations may be the best option where possible!

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Maybe we should start killing people now in a head-destroying sort of way, in order to reduce potential threats later?