Enough with The Zombie Apocalypse

[kingrat]

I am tired of the zombie apocalypse. I don’t mean books or movies featuring diseases run rampant that turn people into mindless flesh-eating things. That’s still awesome!

I am tired of people talking about zombie apocalypses as if they are real. Except, not. See, if the zombies come, it’s not going to be like Shawn Of The Dead and Zombieland. It’s going to be more like Contagion, except with shambling people who can easily infect you. People won’t be out in the streets blowing off zombie heads with shotguns and shovels. They are going to be holed up in houses wondering when they’re next, and wondering if there’s going to be any food.

So to all the glib zombie apocalypse macro-ers, and to the marketers asking questions like How will you survive the zombie apocalypse?, I saw meh. Do it if you must, but I’m just not interested.

crossposted from King Rat.

Comments

[taowulf.livejournal.com]

I love you for being such an unrepentant killjoy.

[poh.livejournal.com]

Seeing as to how people fall apart over some stupid shit, I doubt that most people will do anything remotely badass in some zombie apocalypse.

[loopback.livejournal.com]

what boggles my mind is that so many people think they want to survive in a world overrun by zombies.

[kingrat]

Well, few people want to die. And lots of people daydream about all the other idiots disappearing. It also fits well into the American psychic predilection for supposed individualism, where we make it on our own against the odds. We survivors won't just be surviving in a world overrun by zombies, we'll be living in style, commanding an army of people not as smart as us who turn to us for the leadership they need.

[schmi.livejournal.com]

I got tired of it before it started.

How are you doing? We should go get coffee sometime. :)

[kingrat]

That would be awesome! I don't have much planned next week or the week after. Would love to hang out.

[schmi.livejournal.com]

Cool. Next week then! I could come out to Eastlake to Vox.