- ammo, FREE, but find it on your own - Zombie type - the kind in The Walking Dead (slow, make you "sick" by biting) - Your family is safe - There are other survivors, a few, but not a lot. The world would be rebuilt eventually
Also -- I think some people took this as a super serious life decision. I was speaking hypothetical, like if you could live within a TV-show or movie. If the actual decision came up and I had to choose between this life and zombies, I would choose this life.
Hmmm lets see... scared for my life everyday. Hard pressed to find clean water and food, where I know my food supply is slowly dwindling and I will die of starvation in a few years.
Scared to sleep, scared to go out on my own, wondering when the next person I love is going to be bitten and I will have to shoot them in the head, as tears roll down their cheeks, pleading for me to stop, telling me that they are really ok.
A world with no electricity, no tv, no internet, no music, a world where I want to have a fire because I'm cold, so cold, but I'm scared the light will attract the zombies.
A world where everything around me is slowly dying more and more as nothing is replaced simply used, and I know its only a matter of time until my shelter is broken into.
A world where every second of every day is filled with the moans of the dead, calling to me, wanting to kill me in an excruciatingly slow death filled with biting and clawing.
Money is just the compartmentalization of all kinds of worries. Food, clothes, shoes, water, shelter. You'll be worrying tonnes (forgetting about the zombies...)
Go back packing man. Hell you can get 2 month of unlimited travel from greyhound for less than 500 dollars. Visit anywhere in North America and switch cities and towns as much as you want to.
I am surprised how many people are actually voting yes on this poll. The idea that a zombie infested world would be preferable to this one is ludicrous. For all the faults this world has I personally have become accustomed to going to sleep at night without worrying about something eating my face.
Meh, I'd have to take a pass. While cool, the fun would wear off after a while once electricity, running water, and such started to disappear. Also food would be a bitch to find, finding permanent shelter would be impossible, and your actual chances of surviving the initial pandemic phase and making it to the survival phase are incredibly small. Zombie survival skills are something to be trained in the hope they are never needed. After all, the first skill is knowing your odds of survival are small, and every little action you take helps, but never assures, survival.
BTW- I spend way to much time thinking about these sorts of weird things.
On November 12 2010 13:13 Insanious wrote: Hmmm lets see... scared for my life everyday. Hard pressed to find clean water and food, where I know my food supply is slowly dwindling and I will die of starvation in a few years.
Scared to sleep, scared to go out on my own, wondering when the next person I love is going to be bitten and I will have to shoot them in the head, as tears roll down their cheeks, pleading for me to stop, telling me that they are really ok.
A world with no electricity, no tv, no internet, no music, a world where I want to have a fire because I'm cold, so cold, but I'm scared the light will attract the zombies.
A world where everything around me is slowly dying more and more as nothing is replaced simply used, and I know its only a matter of time until my shelter is broken into.
A world where every second of every day is filled with the moans of the dead, calling to me, wanting to kill me in an excruciatingly slow death filled with biting and clawing.
People say yes because this "computer" culture we have lately believes they'd survive where a bunch of other people would not because they know what to expect.
I personally wouldn't want a world wide apocalypse...it's just not good.
On November 12 2010 13:23 Karliath wrote: Anyone who says yes are either insane, retarded, or haven't thought of the consequences.
yeeeaaaah, OP is highly romanticizing the situation. If you wanted to live in zomboobie apocalypse world, all you have to do is move to buttfuck nowhere Africa (Perhaps the Congo).
Bring on the zombies! Do you really think the nerds of the world will A. be dumb enough to not know what's going on and take precautions. B. save the internet.
Ya, I'd be happy if a majority of the population was no longer alive.
Any topic dealing with a zombie apocalypse has too many variables unaccounted for. What kind of zombies? What kind of destruction? What phase are we at in the zombie uprising? What kind of technology is left? Are animals effected by these zombies? How is this disease spread? Etc
In certain situations of course zombie apocalypse would rule ass. However, most realistic situations cleeeeeearly show that it would be harsh.
1) Go into your pantry, pick up a can of anything (your spagetti-os, canned corn, w/e) and look at the expiry date. Most are within a year, maybe 2. So now you know you only have 2 years untill all canned food is now useless to you... well unless you like dying to terrible terrible bacterial infections and such...
2) Take a can of coke, and sit it somewhere for 6 months. Lift up that can, see what happens? The coke will eat through the bottom of the can. This means you have about 6 months for any carbonated beverage to be gone.
3) Everything but pure sugar has an expiry date, even mustard will go bad in 3ish years.
This means you will probably have to by the 3 year mark find somewhere to grow food... if you can find seeds, and enough water, and if you've lived that long, and can find a piece of land with no zombies on it to do so, or face starvation.
Good times .
Which means probably after 2 years, if you've found that much food... you will then slowly die to starvation over ~21 days (if you have enough water... but that is another thing all together). Ironic as you will be starving in a house, while the zombies will be starving outside of your house .
I'm guessing the people who vote yes don't truly understand the repercussions of living in a world full of people trying to kill you in a very painful manner, and where nothing will be working in a matter of weeks due to disuse and lack of maintenance.
On November 12 2010 13:30 Thegilaboy wrote: I'm guessing the people who vote yes don't truly understand the repercussions of living in a world full of people trying to kill you in a very painful manner, and where nothing will be working in a matter of weeks due to disuse and lack of maintenance.
yea I think the practical answer is "no"
fun to watch on TV, fun to watch in movies, fun to play in video games, but anyone who would actually prefer to live in a zombie apocalypse probably is taking many, MANY things for granted
On November 12 2010 13:30 Thegilaboy wrote: I'm guessing the people who vote yes don't truly understand the repercussions of living in a world full of people trying to kill you in a very painful manner, and where nothing will be working in a matter of weeks due to disuse and lack of maintenance.
yea I think the practical answer is "no"
fun to watch on TV, fun to watch in movies, fun to play in video games, but anyone who would actually prefer to live in a zombie apocalypse probably is taking many, MANY things for granted
B-b-b-but I've seen every zombie movie ever made guys, I would be like that guy from that one movie who was totally awesome.
Just because I have like three survival plans in case of apocalypse and/or zombies, doesn't mean I want it to ever happen o.O
Unless you're like realllly fucking anti-social like the kid from Zombieland or you just have this hell bent will to watch everyone around you die a horrible death, I don't think anyone would actually want a zombie apocalypse to happen -.-
But it can't hurt to know what to do if it does happen
Hypothetically, in a zombie world, zombies would become the new livestock. People would train them like horses to pull wagons and to plow the fields. You would horde them and slaughter them for their delicious brains. Infact, I would love to have a double brain cheese burger right now.
Dude, you wouldn't really be able to travel the world too much unless you got a boat or something. Or maybe if you knew how to fly a plane. For me, I think it'd be epic for the first few days, and then get really boring. I'd be trying to sleep and some dumbass zombies would try to break into my house, and i'd be like, not this again. Plus there would be no sports to watch, and no BW to watch
The naysayers in this thread would get owned by the zombies or die of incompetence.
Fuck yes, a zombie apocalypse would be awesome. Shooting zombies and looting stuff would be fun and exciting. Preserved food and bottled water can last many years, plenty of time to take over existing farms.
On November 12 2010 13:30 Insanious wrote: Also let me just say this to you:
1) Go into your pantry, pick up a can of anything (your spagetti-os, canned corn, w/e) and look at the expiry date. Most are within a year, maybe 2. So now you know you only have 2 years untill all canned food is now useless to you... well unless you like dying to terrible terrible bacterial infections and such...
2) Take a can of coke, and sit it somewhere for 6 months. Lift up that can, see what happens? The coke will eat through the bottom of the can. This means you have about 6 months for any carbonated beverage to be gone.
3) Everything but pure sugar has an expiry date, even mustard will go bad in 3ish years.
This means you will probably have to by the 3 year mark find somewhere to grow food... if you can find seeds, and enough water, and if you've lived that long, and can find a piece of land with no zombies on it to do so, or face starvation.
Good times .
Which means probably after 2 years, if you've found that much food... you will then slowly die to starvation over ~21 days (if you have enough water... but that is another thing all together). Ironic as you will be starving in a house, while the zombies will be starving outside of your house .
If I don't have my mountain dew, how will I ever survive a zombie apocalypse?!
I think it is funny that your 2nd important point as to why someone wouldn't be able to survive is because there will be no soda The canned food and eventual need to grow your own food is a valid and reasonable concern, but the soda thing cracks me up haha
I wouldnt want to live an eternity in a zombie infested world, but for a certain period of time sure. Thats if I get the necessary equipment and supplies, though I wouldnt hang around by myself.
On November 12 2010 14:12 Zealotdriver wrote: The naysayers in this thread would get owned by the zombies or die of incompetence.
Fuck yes, a zombie apocalypse would be awesome. Shooting zombies and looting stuff would be fun and exciting. Preserved food and bottled water can last many years, plenty of time to take over existing farms.
lol, the zombie expert survivor here is going to show us all how competent he is when his dream comes true someday and we'll all be zombies
you sound like the kids who think war would be fun after they play MW or some random FPS
On November 12 2010 14:00 Monkies wrote: Just because I have like three survival plans in case of apocalypse and/or zombies, doesn't mean I want it to ever happen o.O
Unless you're like realllly fucking anti-social like the kid from Zombieland or you just have this hell bent will to watch everyone around you die a horrible death, I don't think anyone would actually want a zombie apocalypse to happen -.-
But it can't hurt to know what to do if it does happen
On November 12 2010 14:52 royzizzle wrote: What kind of zombies are we talking about? the resident evil kind where it spreads as a virus or superstitious forces bringing the dead back to life?
I'd be down with the superstitous forces because after I die I can come back as a zombie.
I agree with this post, a poll like this needs a description of said zombies.
Slow/Dumb zombies like Dawn of the dead (old school version) is not so bad I guess, especially if they end up dying at some point. Ultra agressive and fast zombies like in 28 days/week later are NO-NO. Fuck those guys.
A "Fallout" world would be pretty cool, start back from scratch.
Too many variables. Perhaps ok if zombie threat is gone in less than a year and there was a large enough contingency of survivors to restart society. But it would suck for the most part and I'd rather avoid the whole scenario altogether. I think most people who aren't just trolling are thinking of it much more romantically than it actually would be like
On November 12 2010 13:13 Insanious wrote: Hmmm lets see... scared for my life everyday. Hard pressed to find clean water and food, where I know my food supply is slowly dwindling and I will die of starvation in a few years.
Scared to sleep, scared to go out on my own, wondering when the next person I love is going to be bitten and I will have to shoot them in the head, as tears roll down their cheeks, pleading for me to stop, telling me that they are really ok.
A world with no electricity, no tv, no internet, no music, a world where I want to have a fire because I'm cold, so cold, but I'm scared the light will attract the zombies.
A world where everything around me is slowly dying more and more as nothing is replaced simply used, and I know its only a matter of time until my shelter is broken into.
A world where every second of every day is filled with the moans of the dead, calling to me, wanting to kill me in an excruciatingly slow death filled with biting and clawing.
Ya no thank you.
Jeez, what a killjoy. You must be great at parties. I mean you don't even balance your argument with the fact that you get to shoot a shotgun every day!
Holy shit, I just had the best idea ever. What about a zombie land theme park. You go with a group of friends armed with painball guns and canned food. Everyone gets a different colour so you can count your kills! You have to make your way from one end of the park to the other, meeting up with your friends and battling ever growing mobs of zombies as you go. You could rip off the puzzles from resident evil and create a story line to go along with it too.
Tell me you wouldn't pay 60 bucks for an hour in zombie land.
On November 12 2010 15:22 Manifesto7 wrote: Holy shit, I just had the best idea ever. What about a zombie land theme park. You go with a group of friends armed with painball guns and canned food. Everyone gets a different colour so you can count your kills! You have to make your way from one end of the park to the other, meeting up with your friends and battling ever growing mobs of zombies as you go. You could rip off the puzzles from resident evil and create a story line to go along with it too.
Tell me you wouldn't pay 60 bucks for an hour in zombie land.
At first I thought you were talking about a 'park' with real zombies, but then....holy shit.
On November 12 2010 15:24 Disregard wrote: Who will know who shot the zombie first? Paintball guns arent fun though
You get credit for half sacks in American football, surely we can work somthing out. And paintball isn't fun? What planet are you from?
Oh and we could have like a kids section and hire a bunch of midgets to be the zombies there while mom and dad have post-apocalyptic sex in the zombie land love hotel.
On November 12 2010 15:22 Manifesto7 wrote: Holy shit, I just had the best idea ever. What about a zombie land theme park. You go with a group of friends armed with painball guns and canned food. Everyone gets a different colour so you can count your kills! You have to make your way from one end of the park to the other, meeting up with your friends and battling ever growing mobs of zombies as you go. You could rip off the puzzles from resident evil and create a story line to go along with it too.
Tell me you wouldn't pay 60 bucks for an hour in zombie land.
Sir you and i have a business presentation we need to work on, i can see this being a great way to revive six flags, there parks are already run down, desolate, and empty just like a post apocalyptic wasteland all we need to do is hire some actors to be the zombies and watch as the money falls into our laps.
I don't think it would affect me either way. Cold environments don't bother me much, hunting is a non issue. Zombies freeze below 0 so I just need to stay in a Northern environment. Nothing I'm pretty much not already doing.
On November 12 2010 15:22 Manifesto7 wrote: Holy shit, I just had the best idea ever. What about a zombie land theme park. You go with a group of friends armed with painball guns and canned food. Everyone gets a different colour so you can count your kills! You have to make your way from one end of the park to the other, meeting up with your friends and battling ever growing mobs of zombies as you go. You could rip off the puzzles from resident evil and create a story line to go along with it too.
Tell me you wouldn't pay 60 bucks for an hour in zombie land.
On November 12 2010 15:22 Manifesto7 wrote: Holy shit, I just had the best idea ever. What about a zombie land theme park. You go with a group of friends armed with painball guns and canned food. Everyone gets a different colour so you can count your kills! You have to make your way from one end of the park to the other, meeting up with your friends and battling ever growing mobs of zombies as you go. You could rip off the puzzles from resident evil and create a story line to go along with it too.
Tell me you wouldn't pay 60 bucks for an hour in zombie land.
GL finding zombie volunteers to be shot in the head with paintballs 8 hours a day.
i think you can do the zombieland park if you rotate groups.
Say you have six groups of four people. At any time, 2 of the groups will be human , and the other 4 groups will play as zombies . The 2 groups of humans have to battle each other for scarce resources, so when the zombies get thick they might want to band together, but when they reach the "twinkie house of supplies" they will want to backstab each other to be the final winning group. Zombies will die when shot three times, or once if its headshot, whereby the zombies will have to run off to a respawn point to wash off the paint, and then rejoin the battle. Zombies would be given markers to "bite" people with. Infected humans have 5 or so minutes until they turn into zombies. Groups rotate after a round is over.
On November 12 2010 15:27 KezseN wrote: is there internet in the walking dead? i will miss the internet...
There's fucking brain-eating zombie monsters ravaging the earth and you'd still prefer virtual reality?
Why WOULDN'T you prefer virtual reality? Not saying you will have the time to be on the internet. Not to mention these forums and any social networks would be nearly dead. Maybe there's finally a good reason to go hook up with that online chick across the country? haha
On November 12 2010 13:13 Insanious wrote: Hmmm lets see... scared for my life everyday. Hard pressed to find clean water and food, where I know my food supply is slowly dwindling and I will die of starvation in a few years.
Scared to sleep, scared to go out on my own, wondering when the next person I love is going to be bitten and I will have to shoot them in the head, as tears roll down their cheeks, pleading for me to stop, telling me that they are really ok.
A world with no electricity, no tv, no internet, no music, a world where I want to have a fire because I'm cold, so cold, but I'm scared the light will attract the zombies.
A world where everything around me is slowly dying more and more as nothing is replaced simply used, and I know its only a matter of time until my shelter is broken into.
A world where every second of every day is filled with the moans of the dead, calling to me, wanting to kill me in an excruciatingly slow death filled with biting and clawing.
Ya no thank you.
This. Anyone who voted Yes on this poll is obviously a kid or just quite the romantic. It would be like asking "Would you like to be in a Saw movie? I would, it would be the thrill of a lifetime, waking up with a mask that destroys my face and eyes if I don't kill my own baby by eating its head."
The Walking Dead first episode was brilliant but the second episode was meh. I have read 76 editions of the comic series and I don't think the TV series live up to the hype, except for the first episode. I hope it gets better soon
On November 12 2010 13:19 wurm wrote: If this world was going to end in my lifetime, i'd rather the reason be zombies than anything else.
I'd prefer some sort of astronomical catastrophe that destroys the entire planet instantly
Coolest thing would be that somehow all the dinosaurs revived and starting ruling over the world. Imagining a war with the humans all militrary force vs thousands of T-Rexes. Shit just got real
On November 12 2010 14:28 luckySe7en wrote: lots of naked girl zombies to chain up and fuck
Also wtf @ this
Necrophilia
if you fuck a zombie you turn into a zombie dont you?
maybe u would be alright if u wore a rubber
NO to rubber XD! You can make her pregnant and you can have cute zombie babies!!! ^^ On a serious note I would probably puke because she would be like half eaten and shiz.
Hell no. I don't want to worry that my family or gf gets eaten by zombies. You can travel the world without zombies too, and without worries. How the hell would you throw a massive outside party when there would be zombies everywhere?
Zombie hunting, no thanks. I don't even want to kill animals so why would I want to kill something that resembles human?
Hide and try to survive? Hell no. I want to go out and have fun with people.
edit: wtf is wrong with you 30% voting yes? you guys clearly arent happy with your lives.
I honestly think I'd be a pretty big champion at surviving in a zombie apocalypse. I would definitely LOVE to try it out... maybe for a month or two.. maybe a bit longer. Then I'd really miss this
Personally, I would like to live in the Zombie infested one. I think it would be the most interesting way to live, and you can always travel without the worry of money. Yes it would sometimes get very overwhelming I am sure, zombies trying to kill you and everything...
But, I think it would be an amazing life-time adventure. You could go out zombie hunting, or you could just hide and try and survive, or travel the world...whatever you wanted to do really.
For some reason it really just appeals to me...
What about you guys?
Wait....no Starcraft of any kind?? I'd rather be dead.
Of course not lol It'd would be interesting to have some kind of simulation of this....but being there in RL has like no advantages. For me it's interesting fantasy world...like Fallout...I love Fallout universe And not because I'd like to live in it but because it's interesting. I'm in love with these kinds of post apocalyptic worlds.
Anyways, I understand why you would vote yes...and in that creepy way I would vote yes as well. But I think if it came down to a real decision to be thrown into a deadly world where you'd likely die suffering or live in our world where you enjoy so many luxuries you'd vote HELL NO.
My friend & his bro always talks about how badass it would be to live in a zombie infested world & think the zombie apocalypse is coming in 2012. They think they'll be able to fend off everyone with a few guns that they have in their house...they play Left 4 Dead 2 a lot. I think they're delusional and don't realize what actually an actual shit hole living in a zombie apocalypse world would be.
But. If I had a terminal illness or something, hell yes I'd like this!
Of course I would like to. If I'd get bored of zombie hunting and looting, I could hunt other survivors, which would be even more fun because of their constant alertness and rarity. Then I could feed them to zombies.
but i guess i could survive, unless i'm taken out in my sleep I'm a pretty good shooter, own 2 guns myself and work out a lot. my stamina is pretty good as well.
The only thing that I would be interested in is the "rebuild society" thing just because I think our societies need a fresh start. Anything else, I can well do without.
Also, when I look outside the window, there are already enough zombies for my taste (only, instead of eating me, they eat at MCDonals, plus you don't get to shoot them in the face).
On November 12 2010 22:31 Sufficiency wrote: I would, provided there are zombie chicks to have free sex with.
That is the second guy whose first thought is free sex with zombie chicks. I wonder is that still constitutes necrophilia? Also, WTF dude?
definately not! i don't see how it would be remotely cool. you probably have to live in fear all day and night and you will have to scavenge through things to survive. would be really bad. and i hate zombies cus they are scary.
The 30+% who chose the zombie world must have done so for the lulz only.
Even IF your family were safe, even IF mankind would survive and the world would be rebuilt, who in their right mind would even consider this? Lets say the zombies are gone, you probably had to bury a few friends and relatives, maybe even kill them and people slowly start returning to normal.
You'll:
- be traumatized for the rest of your life and will probably drown your sorrow in violence, alcohol or suicide - the best you can hope for is a life of hard labor, since everything has to be rebuilt and few people are left. Noone will care for your degree or your titles, basic labor will be all there is to do for quite some time - it would take decades, maybe centuries to return back to a globally civilized state. Not only yourself, but also your children, grandchildren etc. will live in a world that's inferior in every way imaginable to the one before the zombie apocalypse
"Would you want to live in a zombie infested world?"
what would be the difference? you still would be surrounded by idiots all day. the only thing that would be different is that they were even more infectious than they are now.
Specifically, no I don't want to die. So no I will not kill myself for the sake of escaping a zombie-filled world.
I will survive. Because I must. Because I am a man.
How will I survive? Zombie survival guide.
Edit: wtf did not read OP. Why the hell would I trade this world for a zombie world? The apocalypse could happen but not with my willing acceptance o_0 lolwat
Well, I think canned food would last a lot longer than the zombies could survive. After a few months at most, the vast majority of Zombies would be dead.
So the trick would be to survive the first crucial hours and to aquire the tools necessary to survive the coming months. Some weapons and a lot of ammo, a lot of canned food, vitamin pills and some medical supplies, a few good maps and a LOT of bottled water, all to be loaded onto a nice Yacht.
After this, redoing human civilasaton could actually be quite fun. A lot of problems and challenges, of course, but other problems would become quite irrelevant. -overpopulation ? solved -not enough oil reserves ? last for more than 10.000 years for so few survivors probably -global warming ? all emissions are being cut dramatically -wars over territory ? not to be expected, more than enough Earth for the few survivor groups -unemployment ? more than enough to do rebuilding civilization -your boss yelling at you and being a general asshole ? just move one forming community further in any direction
I think I'll pass on sex with zombie girls though, I'd rather prefer real alive girls who'd be grateful for the prepared zombie apocalypse survivor saving them.
Zombies in The Walking Dead can run if they get riled up and can use tools more or less so that type would be a hard type to combat and I guess 95% of the people here(including me) never fired a real gun before so no - Do not want.
It'd be adventurous for a few days, but I have a feeling it will get old real quick. I have an AR-15, 1911, and a reloading press so zombie hunting would be fun while it lasts.
First thing I'd do is join up with all my friends who own guns then raid whatever gun stores haven't been raided yet. Then raid the grocery store and battle our way to the ocean where we'll hold up on a oil rig in the ocean because zombies can't swim or operate machinery.
On November 13 2010 02:09 Nixda wrote: Well, I think canned food would last a lot longer than the zombies could survive. After a few months at most, the vast majority of Zombies would be dead.
So the trick would be to survive the first crucial hours and to aquire the tools necessary to survive the coming months. Some weapons and a lot of ammo, a lot of canned food, vitamin pills and some medical supplies, a few good maps and a LOT of bottled water, all to be loaded onto a nice Yacht.
After this, redoing human civilasaton could actually be quite fun. A lot of problems and challenges, of course, but other problems would become quite irrelevant. -overpopulation ? solved -not enough oil reserves ? last for more than 10.000 years for so few survivors probably -global warming ? all emissions are being cut dramatically -wars over territory ? not to be expected, more than enough Earth for the few survivor groups -unemployment ? more than enough to do rebuilding civilization -your boss yelling at you and being a general asshole ? just move one forming community further in any direction
I think I'll pass on sex with zombie girls though, I'd rather prefer real alive girls who'd be grateful for the prepared zombie apocalypse survivor saving them.
Depends on what kind of zombies you are go by... some believe the virus would resit 100% of viruses, as such no decay at all. So the zombie would litterally be walking until the last bit of flesh falls from it's flesh through bumping into things or being shot in head.
This type of zombie would last FOR EVER really... I mean doesn't die until shot in face? Or untill it gets enough bumps and bruises that all of its organs and flesh have rubbed off onto stuff... ya going to take A LOT time.
If its the type that has pretty much 100% human mobility... it would be hard for anyone to survive the first few months. I mean hell... If I didn't care about hurting my self, kocking down doors, walls, windows wouldn't be that hard... and considering there is usually like a 1000:1 ratio of zombies to alive people, thats like 1000 people trying to knock down my door with their full strength, you won't make it.
The only kind of zombie that you could out last is the decaying, slowly shambling ones... which ya...
I would definitely like to live in a zombie world! Having a safe and secure life isn't very interesting. Being constantly in the threat of being eaten by a zombie may be scary, but that's thrilling. Life would be a lot more interesting.
Life feels more simple during a zombie apocalypse. Sure your life is constantly in threat, but you don't have to worry about taxes, work, etc. Being a pretty introverted person I wouldn't mind a zombie invasion. Even if I don't survive, at least I'll go out fighting.
Good luck to Newyorkers then... i would take that if it was necessary, but wouldn't actually like it to happen. I am not sure if we can even imagine what would it be like. There are also many details like where do people turn zombie, can they open door etc. If one would become zombie at home and could not just go out, then it would be much safer than everyone turning out in the street - that case would be probably not possible to survive. There would be a zombie per every square meter here in Prague.
On November 13 2010 03:05 Chairman Ray wrote: I would definitely like to live in a zombie world! Having a safe and secure life isn't very interesting. Being constantly in the threat of being eaten by a zombie may be scary, but that's thrilling. Life would be a lot more interesting.
lol... guarantee you wouldn't feel that way if it actually happened. Yea I know it looks exciting on TV, but believe me it would not be "fun" or "exciting" if it was a reality. It would be like constant torture... I can't even believe this is a serious question... anyone who says they would rather live in a zombie infested world obviously hasn't put much thought into it..
plus it's perfectly possible to find thrill and excitement in real life without relying on "zombies"..
Ya I think humanity on whole could beat the zombie issue but all of a sudden people who died began to come back as zombies, biting those around them. I think quite a many people would die due to zombie. Say someone dies in an ambulance on the way back to the hospital, we got a zombie in a confined space with people. Government would have to respond to the evolutionary leap in humanity that clearly brings us back to life as zombies (or curse from god). War zones and overpopulated poor places would be full of people coming back as zombies. The fact that SOMEONE has to kill the zombie of that person who died at the location they died at and that lots of people die everyday -- zombies would fuck some shit up. And if somehow the rules of science that bust zombies from being killer and they magically can move around and be like zombies in TV zombie apocalypse would definitely happen.
I'd say cannibalism but survivors are too important. Prolly have to learn how to eat zombie, that makes the most sense.
On November 13 2010 03:43 MiniRoman wrote: Ya I think humanity on whole could beat the zombie issue but all of a sudden people who died began to come back as zombies, biting those around them. I think quite a many people would die due to zombie. Say someone dies in an ambulance on the way back to the hospital, we got a zombie in a confined space with people. Government would have to respond to the evolutionary leap in humanity that clearly brings us back to life as zombies (or curse from god). War zones and overpopulated poor places would be full of people coming back as zombies. The fact that SOMEONE has to kill the zombie of that person who died at the location they died at and that lots of people die everyday -- zombies would fuck some shit up. And if somehow the rules of science that bust zombies from being killer and they magically can move around and be like zombies in TV zombie apocalypse would definitely happen.
I'd say cannibalism but survivors are too important. Prolly have to learn how to eat zombie, that makes the most sense.
Well.. everyone dying coming back as a zombie would probably just necessitate a few changes....
1. patients that are terminal would have to be restrained incase they died 2. cremation would be mandatory 3. murder investigations would be far more difficult (the body can move away, and autopsies would be out of the question)
On November 12 2010 13:13 Insanious wrote: Hmmm lets see... scared for my life everyday. Hard pressed to find clean water and food, where I know my food supply is slowly dwindling and I will die of starvation in a few years.
Scared to sleep, scared to go out on my own, wondering when the next person I love is going to be bitten and I will have to shoot them in the head, as tears roll down their cheeks, pleading for me to stop, telling me that they are really ok.
A world with no electricity, no tv, no internet, no music, a world where I want to have a fire because I'm cold, so cold, but I'm scared the light will attract the zombies.
A world where everything around me is slowly dying more and more as nothing is replaced simply used, and I know its only a matter of time until my shelter is broken into.
A world where every second of every day is filled with the moans of the dead, calling to me, wanting to kill me in an excruciatingly slow death filled with biting and clawing.
Hell yea! I'm not doing anything with my life anyway, might as well bring the world down with me. World War Z is my favourite zombie book. A must read for any of my brothers or sisters that voted yes.
New Zealand would be pretty sweet to live in during a Zombie Apocalypse, we have so many uninhabited islands around., a lot of remote country side and good places for foraging. Could live off fish for a while, plant own crops on the island etc. Of course it might just be easier to find one of the larger islands, kill all the zombies there so you can have some sweet houses with their own power generators.
I think it would be really cool... But I wouldn't want to LIVE in it. I'm too addicted to video games... I don't wanna spend all day shootin' zombies (in real life) XD
I wouldn't want to. I'd rather struggle with things that are actually in control.
but could I? Hell yeah. It would be pretty cool. As far as family and friends dieing, sorry if you become a flesh eating monster, I have no problem killing you. And same goes for me, If I became a zombie all I would want is a quick death. Once I heard of it happening I would go out and grab whatever I could to survive. But I assume that the humans would start warring with each other right then as well. So It would be really hard to survive, but it is possible and could be entertaining for at least a while. We are animals and are meant to survive after all. There's no better rush than fighting in my opinion at least.
On November 12 2010 22:48 Electric.Jesus wrote: The only thing that I would be interested in is the "rebuild society" thing just because I think our societies need a fresh start. Anything else, I can well do without.
Also, when I look outside the window, there are already enough zombies for my taste (only, instead of eating me, they eat at MCDonals, plus you don't get to shoot them in the face).
not me. necrophiliacs would certainly feel like theyre in paradise. id imagine one guy would go like, "omg it's what's-her-name!? tanya from way back in 12th grade! so what if she's missing her lower jaw, or that her guts are hanging out?"
On November 13 2010 02:24 Vorrenus wrote: Zombies in The Walking Dead can run if they get riled up and can use tools more or less so that type would be a hard type to combat and I guess 95% of the people here(including me) never fired a real gun before so no - Do not want.
They can't and shouldn't be using tools, if they're following the comics. They also are incapable of running.
If I was in the situation of a zombie world? Sure, I would be fighting for my life. Would I like it to happen? Hell no, this life is comfortable if you realize how crazy war is against the undead.
I challenge one of the zombies to a dual. The playing field would be bo7 no map VEDOs.
who would win? A zombie or a human
Poll: Zombie or Human?
idra (16)
52%
I like voting in polls. (12)
39%
Since the zombie eats the brains he has the brains. 300 apm Zombie (1)
3%
My cheese is unbeatable. 30 apm Silver player with the mastered art of 6pool (1)
3%
A Chuck Norris RoundHOUSE KICK! (1)
3%
31 total votes
Your vote: Zombie or Human?
(Vote): Since the zombie eats the brains he has the brains. 300 apm Zombie (Vote): My cheese is unbeatable. 30 apm Silver player with the mastered art of 6pool (Vote): A Chuck Norris RoundHOUSE KICK! (Vote): I like voting in polls. (Vote): idra
For those of us with survival and weapons skills, the biggest immediate problem would be the nuclear power plants melting down due to lack of maintenance. The next problem would be advanced medical care.
I have compassion. In a zombie infested world, a lot of innocent people will lose their friends and family and there will be a lot of suffering. Therefor no.
However, if I could play a virtual reality game that was just like being in a zombie infested world, fuck yeah.
On November 12 2010 15:54 brn4meplz wrote: I don't think it would affect me either way. Cold environments don't bother me much, hunting is a non issue. Zombies freeze below 0 so I just need to stay in a Northern environment. Nothing I'm pretty much not already doing.
On November 12 2010 13:08 fams wrote: I love it, I can't believe no one thought of doing a TV series like this before -to my knowledge-, it's wonderful.
There is an other show called Dead Set. It was actually pretty good imo.
On November 13 2010 03:05 Chairman Ray wrote: I would definitely like to live in a zombie world! Having a safe and secure life isn't very interesting. Being constantly in the threat of being eaten by a zombie may be scary, but that's thrilling. Life would be a lot more interesting.
Load up on a few guns and go leasuire sailing of the coast of Somalia imo, tons of excitment, gun fights and all that good stuff while noone who's not you get hurt. ^.^
As a test run for people who vote yes, I'd recommend them going to Somalia covered in Christian symbols and Mohammed caricatures. If you can survive there for more than a week, then you've got what it takes!
On November 12 2010 13:13 Insanious wrote: Hmmm lets see... scared for my life everyday. Hard pressed to find clean water and food, where I know my food supply is slowly dwindling and I will die of starvation in a few years.
Scared to sleep, scared to go out on my own, wondering when the next person I love is going to be bitten and I will have to shoot them in the head, as tears roll down their cheeks, pleading for me to stop, telling me that they are really ok.
A world with no electricity, no tv, no internet, no music, a world where I want to have a fire because I'm cold, so cold, but I'm scared the light will attract the zombies.
A world where everything around me is slowly dying more and more as nothing is replaced simply used, and I know its only a matter of time until my shelter is broken into.
A world where every second of every day is filled with the moans of the dead, calling to me, wanting to kill me in an excruciatingly slow death filled with biting and clawing.
Ya no thank you.
Jeez, what a killjoy. You must be great at parties. I mean you don't even balance your argument with the fact that you get to shoot a shotgun every day!
Omg, for some reason this post and the reply are best I've ever saw on internet forum and ontopic.
Well I voted NO without even reading OP coz yeah, this world alrdy suxs and there are no zombies, that plus what Insanious wrote.
People seem to beleive that they'll magically survive/thrive in a zombie infested world. Probably not... Most of us will probably infected or whatever. You aren't special. Get over it.
unless you're kennegit or something then you're good.
put the quiz under the notes so people read them before voting
On November 14 2010 02:05 madnessman wrote: People seem to beleive that they'll magically survive/thrive in a zombie infested world. Probably not... Most of us will probably infected or whatever. You aren't special. Get over it.
unless you're kennegit or something then you're good.
in this day and age, it takes a special person to get caught by zombies
On November 13 2010 14:36 Khol wrote: I challenge one of the zombies to a dual. The playing field would be bo7 no map VEDOs.
who would win? A zombie or a human
Poll: Zombie or Human?
idra (16)
52%
I like voting in polls. (12)
39%
Since the zombie eats the brains he has the brains. 300 apm Zombie (1)
3%
My cheese is unbeatable. 30 apm Silver player with the mastered art of 6pool (1)
3%
A Chuck Norris RoundHOUSE KICK! (1)
3%
31 total votes
Your vote: Zombie or Human?
(Vote): Since the zombie eats the brains he has the brains. 300 apm Zombie (Vote): My cheese is unbeatable. 30 apm Silver player with the mastered art of 6pool (Vote): A Chuck Norris RoundHOUSE KICK! (Vote): I like voting in polls. (Vote): idra
almost went with the zomvies apm, but the cheese reflected me too well
On November 12 2010 21:41 Soulforged wrote: Of course I would like to. If I'd get bored of zombie hunting and looting, I could hunt other survivors, which would be even more fun because of their constant alertness and rarity. Then I could feed them to zombies.
hmmm sounds like fun... if it ever happens i challenge you to a dual; one full day, 1 point per zombie and 100 per survivor confirmed kills, no killing each other
On November 12 2010 22:48 Electric.Jesus wrote: The only thing that I would be interested in is the "rebuild society" thing just because I think our societies need a fresh start. Anything else, I can well do without.
Also, when I look outside the window, there are already enough zombies for my taste (only, instead of eating me, they eat at MCDonals, plus you don't get to shoot them in the face).
Oh I would love to answer this poll but even if I tried to survive in this world I know that I would fail BIG TIMES. Forget the zombies - 98% People still wouldn't survive on their own.
On November 12 2010 13:30 Insanious wrote: Also let me just say this to you:
1) Go into your pantry, pick up a can of anything (your spagetti-os, canned corn, w/e) and look at the expiry date. Most are within a year, maybe 2. So now you know you only have 2 years untill all canned food is now useless to you... well unless you like dying to terrible terrible bacterial infections and such...
Yeee no. Hermetized food takes way more than 2 years to go bad. Ive eaten (canned) army rations that were 40 years old, and they were fine. Most countries there is a law that says that any food can not have a expiration date later than x. In Norway I think its 1 year. By the time your canned food supply goes bad, you will have your own garden, unless you get zombified, or you are a major cock.
On November 12 2010 13:30 Insanious wrote: Also let me just say this to you:
1) Go into your pantry, pick up a can of anything (your spagetti-os, canned corn, w/e) and look at the expiry date. Most are within a year, maybe 2. So now you know you only have 2 years untill all canned food is now useless to you... well unless you like dying to terrible terrible bacterial infections and such...
2) Take a can of coke, and sit it somewhere for 6 months. Lift up that can, see what happens? The coke will eat through the bottom of the can. This means you have about 6 months for any carbonated beverage to be gone.
3) Everything but pure sugar has an expiry date, even mustard will go bad in 3ish years.
This means you will probably have to by the 3 year mark find somewhere to grow food... if you can find seeds, and enough water, and if you've lived that long, and can find a piece of land with no zombies on it to do so, or face starvation.
Good times .
Which means probably after 2 years, if you've found that much food... you will then slowly die to starvation over ~21 days (if you have enough water... but that is another thing all together). Ironic as you will be starving in a house, while the zombies will be starving outside of your house .
Wow. Everything in your post is wrong! WELL FUCKING DONE MY GOOD SIRE!
On November 12 2010 13:30 Insanious wrote: Also let me just say this to you:
1) Go into your pantry, pick up a can of anything (your spagetti-os, canned corn, w/e) and look at the expiry date. Most are within a year, maybe 2. So now you know you only have 2 years untill all canned food is now useless to you... well unless you like dying to terrible terrible bacterial infections and such...
2) Take a can of coke, and sit it somewhere for 6 months. Lift up that can, see what happens? The coke will eat through the bottom of the can. This means you have about 6 months for any carbonated beverage to be gone.
3) Everything but pure sugar has an expiry date, even mustard will go bad in 3ish years.
This means you will probably have to by the 3 year mark find somewhere to grow food... if you can find seeds, and enough water, and if you've lived that long, and can find a piece of land with no zombies on it to do so, or face starvation.
Good times .
Which means probably after 2 years, if you've found that much food... you will then slowly die to starvation over ~21 days (if you have enough water... but that is another thing all together). Ironic as you will be starving in a house, while the zombies will be starving outside of your house .
Wow. Everything in your post is wrong! WELL FUCKING DONE MY GOOD SIRE!
What kind of zombies, (yes i know they are slow zombies) are they they incredibly difficult zombies to kill from the movie "Undead" or are we talking of the more 'Human' zombies, the ones that don't live forever, and need to eat and drink, the ones from "28 weeks later?" if it was the second option I actually would try to stick it out. My goal would be to head north, my logic is I don't think they are smart enough to put winter coats on.
I honestly think that the people who would survive (or at least have the best chances) would be:
- People in small towns (not suburbs, but small towns). - People who live up north and are avid hunters and are athletic. - People in prisons. - People high up within the government. - Non-MP or lower level military personnel. - People who have access to a boat/major marine-way. - People on the space station : P.
Most Zombie movies seem to follow a theme in terms of who survives (at least from the few that I have seen). It is usually small towns, prisoners or police officers and very avid gun enthusiasts.
I think living in the city is an easy way to die in a Zombie apocalypse, seeing as the area is easy to get trapped in due to the maze-like tendencies cities tend to have and the amount of people.
To be honest, coming from a small town myself, it would be VERY easy to survive.
- Avid hunter, access to weapons. - LOW population in surrounding area (about 100 people). - Temperatures here are cold for 6 months of the year, so if it is true most zombie's freeze, thats a plus. - Actively fit and capable. - I know the area here (bush, lakes, rocky terrain) better than almost anyone.
After I established a safe haven I could camp out at each night, and a solid routine where I knew no zombies could track me. I would probably go around looking for survivors in my area, and help build a safe area for many people. Then move to the larger cities.
On November 14 2010 13:49 LegendaryZ wrote: So how many of you "zombie hunters" would be willing to do this if it involved zombies from Left4Dead?
Would I WANT to...no. Would I if it happened, yes of course.
But I am talking zombies from 'The Walking Dead'..
Yeah, but I didn't feel like opening an entirely new thread to see whether people would actually have the balls to do this when the zombies could move more than .00000001 MPH... Not that I would even do it if the zombies couldn't since I live in NYC.
On November 12 2010 13:30 Insanious wrote: Also let me just say this to you:
1) Go into your pantry, pick up a can of anything (your spagetti-os, canned corn, w/e) and look at the expiry date. Most are within a year, maybe 2. So now you know you only have 2 years untill all canned food is now useless to you... well unless you like dying to terrible terrible bacterial infections and such...
Hey look... 18 months after being canned there can be bacteria in it that can make you sick, hmmm (done by canadian government so I'll take their word for it)
2) Take a can of coke, and sit it somewhere for 6 months. Lift up that can, see what happens? The coke will eat through the bottom of the can. This means you have about 6 months for any carbonated beverage to be gone.
3) Everything but pure sugar has an expiry date, even mustard will go bad in 3ish years.
This means you will probably have to by the 3 year mark find somewhere to grow food... if you can find seeds, and enough water, and if you've lived that long, and can find a piece of land with no zombies on it to do so, or face starvation.
Good times .
Which means probably after 2 years, if you've found that much food... you will then slowly die to starvation over ~21 days (if you have enough water... but that is another thing all together). Ironic as you will be starving in a house, while the zombies will be starving outside of your house .
Wow. Everything in your post is wrong! WELL FUCKING DONE MY GOOD SIRE!
hmmmm lets see:
1) Canned food does go bad in 1 - 2 years after purchase. Although still technically edible after this point, this is only as long as you keep the temperature down below 75 degrees celious at all times... during a zombie Apocalypse i don't think there will be air conditioning for your canned food.
2) When Star Wars The Panthom Menace was released, I collected the cans of Pepsi products with the starwars heads on them, because I was like that. And I wanted the full cans of Pepsi not empty ones. After 6 months on the bottom shelf of my bookshelf the pop was leaking through the can having eaten holes in the bottom.
Call Coke, they will tell you that usually the cola will eat through the can within a year .
3) Yes you would need to grow food after the cans of food were gone, unless you have another source of non contaminated food...
4) It takes a person 21 days to starve to death as long as they were healthy before hand and hydrated. Less time depending on previous health and hydration.
Don't tell someone they are wrong before doing your research or you just look like an ass
On November 12 2010 13:30 Insanious wrote: Also let me just say this to you:
1) Go into your pantry, pick up a can of anything (your spagetti-os, canned corn, w/e) and look at the expiry date. Most are within a year, maybe 2. So now you know you only have 2 years untill all canned food is now useless to you... well unless you like dying to terrible terrible bacterial infections and such...
Hey look... 18 months after being canned there can be bacteria in it that can make you sick, hmmm (done by canadian government so I'll take their word for it)
2) Take a can of coke, and sit it somewhere for 6 months. Lift up that can, see what happens? The coke will eat through the bottom of the can. This means you have about 6 months for any carbonated beverage to be gone.
3) Everything but pure sugar has an expiry date, even mustard will go bad in 3ish years.
This means you will probably have to by the 3 year mark find somewhere to grow food... if you can find seeds, and enough water, and if you've lived that long, and can find a piece of land with no zombies on it to do so, or face starvation.
Good times .
Which means probably after 2 years, if you've found that much food... you will then slowly die to starvation over ~21 days (if you have enough water... but that is another thing all together). Ironic as you will be starving in a house, while the zombies will be starving outside of your house .
Wow. Everything in your post is wrong! WELL FUCKING DONE MY GOOD SIRE!
hmmmm lets see:
1) Canned food does go bad in 1 - 2 years after purchase. Although still technically edible after this point, this is only as long as you keep the temperature down below 75 degrees celious at all times... during a zombie Apocalypse i don't think there will be air conditioning for your canned food.
2) When Star Wars The Panthom Menace was released, I collected the cans of Pepsi products with the starwars heads on them, because I was like that. And I wanted the full cans of Pepsi not empty ones. After 6 months on the bottom shelf of my bookshelf the pop was leaking through the can having eaten holes in the bottom.
Call Coke, they will tell you that usually the cola will eat through the can within a year .
3) Yes you would need to grow food after the cans of food were gone, unless you have another source of non contaminated food...
4) It takes a person 21 days to starve to death as long as they were healthy before hand and hydrated. Less time depending on previous health and hydration.
Don't tell someone they are wrong before doing your research or you just look like an ass
I honestly don't know about the other ones, but pop (or soda for some of you) does not (in my experience) eat through the can.
I have had a case of pop sitting in my room for almost a year now. 100% fine. No signs of slowing down either. Besides, who cares about pop.
It is ridiculously easy to get a good water filter. Go raid MEC or any decent camping supply store. Go get iodine tablets, start a damn fire and boil the water..
As for food, if you can outlast canned food going bad (If it even does go bad after 1-2 years) and you don't have a semi-successful garden....you are screwed anyway.
Id be more concerned about surviving waves of hungry zombies, than worrying about canned food, etc.
I think what I really want to say with this is, dude...if you and I are both alive when a zombie apocalypse happens, you are on your own.
I am not sure I would rather live in a zombie world.... I think it would be incredibly dumb to think that somehow that world is "better".
Granted. I think if I "had" to live in the world it would definitely be adventurous and I hope I could last a while living in that world in such odd conditions.
^^^ hey, i know we are all pretty much dead if this happens. I was just saying if somehow you would survive. You then know your running against the clock.
Eventually canned food runs out and then you have to grow food. But to grow a years worth of food takes a large piece of land that has to be tilled and irrigated by hand with no zombie intervention, very hard.
Also to clear up why the soda thing is even on there... its because I was watching "The Road" and they had the kid drinking the pop and going "mmm delicious" even though by that time not only would the can be expired and taste horrible... it would of eaten through the can and would leave what ever sludge was left in the bottom if any.
i know you say don't take this seriously, but i have thought about what I would do in a zombie apocalypse, and this here is exactly what i've decided i would do.
a long time ago, during a PBS fundraiser, i saw a documentary that fascinated me like no other, about a man named dick proenneke, who completely left civilization to live alone in a beautiful region of alaska known as twin lakes. it was completely untouched by man, the only way to it was by seaplane. he built his own house, grew his own vegetables, hunted for meat. ever since then i've always thought that it would be such an interesting and fulfilling experience experience to do something like that.
in the event of a zombie infestation, i'd jump to do that because i would no longer have any social or financial obligations and i couldn't play starcraft anymore. i'd be safe as no zombies would be able to make it into the areas in alaska or northern canada where i'd end up going, and even if one did, the chances that it would ever stumble upon me is essentially 0. i'd be healthy from all the physical labor i would have to do every day, and i'd have food from gardens and hunting.
although i appreciate the fun of walking around shooting everything that moved, the novelty would wear off quickly and it'd get real lonely, real fast.
On November 15 2010 08:53 venomium wrote: Oh, and the constant paranoia and the fact that all those girls that look good from behind but are actually dead would suck too...
Eventually you would just die lol. If it were a real scenario, you wouldn't find water and food just in time like they do in every movie. You might get lucky for a while, but I say you have a few months tops before most of the food is gone, and only a few can find/create more.
Zombies aren't immortal...It's an assumption that a lot of people posting here make but it's rather stupid...Think about it...Zombies are made of cells just like you and I. If they don't get any nutrients within the same span of time as a living human, GUESS WHAT? Their bodies will fail. No more ATP you say? Aww, that's too bad for you Zombo the starving zombie, enjoy that rigor mortis!
In fact, supposing the zombie infection was spread by way of biting just like in the "walking dead", then those zombies would be long gone by the time you'd run out of rationed food. So presuming this infection was a very fast spreading one, you'd just need to hang out in your house for a month or so and after that time span, you could be damn sure that 50%+ of that zombie population would be "functionally out of order" lol....
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why you don't have to worry about zombies. I'd rather be worried by pandemic influenza. Search up 1918 H1N1. Now THAT'S something to be scared about.
On November 12 2010 13:30 Insanious wrote: Also let me just say this to you:
1) Go into your pantry, pick up a can of anything (your spagetti-os, canned corn, w/e) and look at the expiry date. Most are within a year, maybe 2. So now you know you only have 2 years untill all canned food is now useless to you... well unless you like dying to terrible terrible bacterial infections and such...
Hey look... 18 months after being canned there can be bacteria in it that can make you sick, hmmm (done by canadian government so I'll take their word for it)
2) Take a can of coke, and sit it somewhere for 6 months. Lift up that can, see what happens? The coke will eat through the bottom of the can. This means you have about 6 months for any carbonated beverage to be gone.
3) Everything but pure sugar has an expiry date, even mustard will go bad in 3ish years.
This means you will probably have to by the 3 year mark find somewhere to grow food... if you can find seeds, and enough water, and if you've lived that long, and can find a piece of land with no zombies on it to do so, or face starvation.
Good times .
Which means probably after 2 years, if you've found that much food... you will then slowly die to starvation over ~21 days (if you have enough water... but that is another thing all together). Ironic as you will be starving in a house, while the zombies will be starving outside of your house .
Wow. Everything in your post is wrong! WELL FUCKING DONE MY GOOD SIRE!
hmmmm lets see:
1) Canned food does go bad in 1 - 2 years after purchase. Although still technically edible after this point, this is only as long as you keep the temperature down below 75 degrees celious at all times... during a zombie Apocalypse i don't think there will be air conditioning for your canned food.
2) When Star Wars The Panthom Menace was released, I collected the cans of Pepsi products with the starwars heads on them, because I was like that. And I wanted the full cans of Pepsi not empty ones. After 6 months on the bottom shelf of my bookshelf the pop was leaking through the can having eaten holes in the bottom.
Call Coke, they will tell you that usually the cola will eat through the can within a year .
3) Yes you would need to grow food after the cans of food were gone, unless you have another source of non contaminated food...
4) It takes a person 21 days to starve to death as long as they were healthy before hand and hydrated. Less time depending on previous health and hydration.
Don't tell someone they are wrong before doing your research or you just look like an ass
All preservatives must be listed on the label. In canned foods, preservatives are used to maintain quality. The canning process keeps it safe. If a product is correctly processed, it should remain safe until opened or the seal is broken. The U.S. Army has found that canned meats, vegetables and jam were in "excellent states of preservation" after 46 years. However, long storage is not recommended. For high quality (versus safety), the broadest guideline given by the U.S.D.A. is to use high-acid canned food (fruits, tomatoes and pickled products) in 18 to 24 months, and low-acid (meats and vegetables) in two to five years."
besides theres no way to kill bacteria right? (like fucking heating it) guidelines Are just that. Theyre 100% safe time where youre supposed to be able to eat whatever is in a can without thought or preparation.. You can eat almost anything way after the expiration date with no ill effects.
Youre incredibly stupid when judging all soda in all containers based on a few novelty boxes you had once
the 21 days is ok, not interesting anyway since youd be dead way before that. Ive had soda that has been way more than a year so many times, how can you be so ignorant? Mind = blown
On November 15 2010 07:50 universalwill wrote: would I want to? not really. could I? sure.
i know you say don't take this seriously, but i have thought about what I would do in a zombie apocalypse, and this here is exactly what i've decided i would do.
a long time ago, during a PBS fundraiser, i saw a documentary that fascinated me like no other, about a man named dick proenneke, who completely left civilization to live alone in a beautiful region of alaska known as twin lakes. it was completely untouched by man, the only way to it was by seaplane. he built his own house, grew his own vegetables, hunted for meat. ever since then i've always thought that it would be such an interesting and fulfilling experience experience to do something like that.
in the event of a zombie infestation, i'd jump to do that because i would no longer have any social or financial obligations and i couldn't play starcraft anymore. i'd be safe as no zombies would be able to make it into the areas in alaska or northern canada where i'd end up going, and even if one did, the chances that it would ever stumble upon me is essentially 0. i'd be healthy from all the physical labor i would have to do every day, and i'd have food from gardens and hunting.
ya that plan would be perfect if not for the fact that a billion other people would have the exact same plan.
- ammo, FREE, but find it on your own - Zombie type - the kind in The Walking Dead (slow, make you "sick" by biting) - Your family is safe - There are other survivors, a few, but not a lot. The world would be rebuilt eventually
On November 12 2010 13:30 Insanious wrote: Also let me just say this to you:
1) Go into your pantry, pick up a can of anything (your spagetti-os, canned corn, w/e) and look at the expiry date. Most are within a year, maybe 2. So now you know you only have 2 years untill all canned food is now useless to you... well unless you like dying to terrible terrible bacterial infections and such...
Hey look... 18 months after being canned there can be bacteria in it that can make you sick, hmmm (done by canadian government so I'll take their word for it)
2) Take a can of coke, and sit it somewhere for 6 months. Lift up that can, see what happens? The coke will eat through the bottom of the can. This means you have about 6 months for any carbonated beverage to be gone.
3) Everything but pure sugar has an expiry date, even mustard will go bad in 3ish years.
This means you will probably have to by the 3 year mark find somewhere to grow food... if you can find seeds, and enough water, and if you've lived that long, and can find a piece of land with no zombies on it to do so, or face starvation.
Good times .
Which means probably after 2 years, if you've found that much food... you will then slowly die to starvation over ~21 days (if you have enough water... but that is another thing all together). Ironic as you will be starving in a house, while the zombies will be starving outside of your house .
Wow. Everything in your post is wrong! WELL FUCKING DONE MY GOOD SIRE!
hmmmm lets see:
1) Canned food does go bad in 1 - 2 years after purchase. Although still technically edible after this point, this is only as long as you keep the temperature down below 75 degrees celious at all times... during a zombie Apocalypse i don't think there will be air conditioning for your canned food.
2) When Star Wars The Panthom Menace was released, I collected the cans of Pepsi products with the starwars heads on them, because I was like that. And I wanted the full cans of Pepsi not empty ones. After 6 months on the bottom shelf of my bookshelf the pop was leaking through the can having eaten holes in the bottom.
Call Coke, they will tell you that usually the cola will eat through the can within a year .
3) Yes you would need to grow food after the cans of food were gone, unless you have another source of non contaminated food...
4) It takes a person 21 days to starve to death as long as they were healthy before hand and hydrated. Less time depending on previous health and hydration.
Don't tell someone they are wrong before doing your research or you just look like an ass
A can of coke I have had since the 2003 Ohio State Buckeyes Season:
May 10th, 2004 Expiration date. No leaking at all.
On topic: We nerds would unite and turn Blizzard HQ into a safe haven and keep the SC2 servers up and running.
The zombies would eventually starve to death just like us humans. 28 days later... if you've survived, you should be good .
I really don't think I would ever want to live in a zombie infested world. I guess I could adapt, but I'm in god damn Northern NJ. One of the most densely populated areas in the US. Just getting away from here would suck dick.
Now, if I was in Portugal with my family at the time, then I definitely could adjust much easier. We spend most of our time in rural places where sustaining yourself is a way of life. Most of the time, we're there to see relatives. Adapting there would be really, really easy, especially since there are some really nice luxury houses out in remote areas in the mountains.
i don't think as many attractive people would survive as fiction writes, my standards would plummet also i'm pretty sure the ratio of assholes to chill people would skyrocket
On November 15 2010 16:27 The_Voidless wrote: Maybe I would want to live in the rebuilding the stages, so I could shape the world into my ideal fashion.
On November 15 2010 21:22 Sawyer wrote: I would much rather live in a world where there are Vampires. ...but I would want to be one of those Vampires. But to answer your question: No.
Ever seen the movie Day Breakers? I'm not sure you'd want to be a vampire hunting for a resource that would eventually become more and more scarce lol...That being said, we have recently discovered a pathway to making red blood cells from our skin cells...So I guess it's all good!
On November 15 2010 07:26 Osmoses wrote: This life, obviously, but I'd love to take a vacation to zombie land.
edit: I'd be such a prick to the other survivors. These are MY canned beans! No can touch unless you're blonde and a state beauty contest winner.
I'd definitely kill you and eat your body. Then take your beans. Cannibalism is so tempting but I'd feel bad eating nice people. Dicks on the other hand, I hear we taste like pork.
I would much rather live in a zombie world than a world where people have nothing better to do than debate about male sexism in their insurance policies on a forum for over 20 pages.
I love Zombie films and games, I enjoy nothing more then watching the undead Splatter all over my screen.
Anyway, it would never happen as in a link someone posted here, I mean in films, why are TANKS never used? we have military forces, helicopters with big fucking chain guns and everything else, I love Resident Evil but DAMN that games doesn't make sense logically .
I didn't vote cos I think of this all the time, I'm mother fucking prepared
So the choice is either between eating fresh delicious food and meeting new women all the time, or having to fight for my life against deadly hordes of zombies while feasting on canned mushrooms for my entire life. Anyone who says zombies is a moron.
On November 24 2010 01:08 Catch]22 wrote: So the choice is either between eating fresh delicious food and meeting new women all the time, or having to fight for my life against deadly hordes of zombies while feasting on canned mushrooms for my entire life. Anyone who says zombies is a moron.
Your idea of the good life is meeting new women all the time? what are you 12?
This is a pretty badly phrased question, I think Insanious' first response right on page 1 pretty much sums it up. A post zombie apocalypse world would be absolutely terrible and anyone who honestly says they would prefer that over the sheltered western life they're living now is delusional. Remember for every nerd who thinks they'd be a zombie-killing badass in such a scenario, there's about a thousand tougher guys who'd be just as ready to kick your ass, kill you, and take all of your food and supplies in a zombie crisis situation.
A better question would be, if a zombie apocalypse actually broke out, would you rather fight to survive and live in such a terrible dystopian world, or just go quietly/give in to the zombies? This would really depend on the type of zombies and how good of a chance I have at surviving, but I think the likely answer is I'd enjoy all of the finer pleasures I have left before quickly committing suicide.
On November 24 2010 02:12 Krigwin wrote: This is a pretty badly phrased question, I think Insanious' first response right on page 1 pretty much sums it up. A post zombie apocalypse world would be absolutely terrible and anyone who honestly says they would prefer that over the sheltered western life they're living now is delusional. Remember for every nerd who thinks they'd be a zombie-killing badass in such a scenario, there's about a thousand tougher guys who'd be just as ready to kick your ass, kill you, and take all of your food and supplies in a zombie crisis situation.
A better question would be, if a zombie apocalypse actually broke out, would you rather fight to survive and live in such a terrible dystopian world, or just go quietly/give in to the zombies? This would really depend on the type of zombies and how good of a chance I have at surviving, but I think the likely answer is I'd enjoy all of the finer pleasures I have left before quickly committing suicide.
There is just as many people who think you are an idiot for wanting to live a sheltered western life.
On November 24 2010 02:12 Krigwin wrote: This is a pretty badly phrased question, I think Insanious' first response right on page 1 pretty much sums it up. A post zombie apocalypse world would be absolutely terrible and anyone who honestly says they would prefer that over the sheltered western life they're living now is delusional. Remember for every nerd who thinks they'd be a zombie-killing badass in such a scenario, there's about a thousand tougher guys who'd be just as ready to kick your ass, kill you, and take all of your food and supplies in a zombie crisis situation.
A better question would be, if a zombie apocalypse actually broke out, would you rather fight to survive and live in such a terrible dystopian world, or just go quietly/give in to the zombies? This would really depend on the type of zombies and how good of a chance I have at surviving, but I think the likely answer is I'd enjoy all of the finer pleasures I have left before quickly committing suicide.
There is just as many people who think you are an idiot for wanting to live a sheltered western life.
...As opposed to desperately fighting for my survival in a zombie-ridden dystopia?
Very interesting, please elaborate on why I would be an idiot for preferring the former.
How is a zombie infested world any different from the one we're living in now? We all have boring jobs from 9 to 5, commute to the city squeezed into trains filled to the max with other brainless suits. We all buy the 'cool' stuff that commercials suggest we absolutely need. And we all do the dirty work for the upper class, who enjoy their life in luxury without doing anything for our society that justifies it, other than being lucky to be born into it/having a office job that for some reason is 10.000 times more worth than the job of the hard working average guy, who ruins his back after 20-30 years and will have to live from a pathetic pension for the rest of his life. We all have the same boring dreams and spend our whole life with meaningless jobs.
How is that any different from the zombie infested world? We already live in it, its just that we don't recognize it and well it contains a lot less blood and gore, but to be fair some guys smell really really bad..so they pretty much could already be dead. xD
I think a life in a real zombie infested world would probably be more enjoyable than this. In the same way how the life in ancient ages was. Sure those times we're cruel and hard and now we have all these great tools that make life easier and everything is so great and meaningful.. (*cough* facebook *cough* twitter *cough*) Your life actually had a meaning. You would work hard, because you know you're resposible for your survival. Men could hunt and feel like men, when they bring home a big deer and had balls of steel, instead of coming home, telling your wife that you won't get a raise and will have to work overtime anyway, like a guy who had his sack cut off.
Those small peaceful moments, the great feeling when you finally have a nice big meal certainly would make it more enjoyable, than chasing your dream, running after more and more money, to buy a house, a car, to fullfil meaningless social conventions and finally what will you answer when you ask yourself "what great things did I achieve in my life?" When the only thing you did, was sitting in a cubicle and selling insurances on the phone for 40 years..
On November 12 2010 13:30 Insanious wrote: Also let me just say this to you:
1) Go into your pantry, pick up a can of anything (your spagetti-os, canned corn, w/e) and look at the expiry date. Most are within a year, maybe 2. So now you know you only have 2 years untill all canned food is now useless to you... well unless you like dying to terrible terrible bacterial infections and such...
Not true, while stuff like raw meat has a strict expire date, that isn't negotiable, most dry foods or canned goods can last for a very long time after the expire date.
The reason for the expire date is that the company won't guarantee the integrity of the food beyond that point. Mainly to avoid law suits or bad rep, because certain parts of the food will degrade and cause the food to lose its taste and people would blame the company if stuff tastes like ♥♥♥♥ instead of what the picture on the can suggests.
So you could live for a long time even on expired cans, although you have to cook them well and experiment to find out what stuff you can still chug down and what actually turned bad and upsets your stomach. Enough time to get proficient at hunting/fishing, finding edible stuff in the nature or growing your own food. I'm pretty sure you could even grab like a 100 year old bottle of beer from the bottom of the ocean and it would still get you buzzed fine, it just won't taste the way it should.
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