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A zombie apocalypse can NOT happen, and here's why
Originally posted by Druscilla
reply to post by HomerinNC
It depends on what your definition of "zombie" is.
From my perspective, it's anyone with an apparent IQ less than 130. 130+ qualifies as 'competent', such they don't seem to shuffle about aimlessly to little or no real purpose as much.
Originally posted by mideast
A zombie apocalypse can NOT happen, and here's why
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What they should panic ?
Muslims
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Islam is the virus
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western imperialism.
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the soulless
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materialism.
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When a place for religion is not filled , superstition will take over.
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Obama.
And since when is materialism a bad thing? You got a computer, don't you? Guess your particular materialism is good, but your neighbors is bad.
religion == superstition
Originally posted by SaturnFX
Originally posted by Druscilla
reply to post by HomerinNC
It depends on what your definition of "zombie" is.
From my perspective, it's anyone with an apparent IQ less than 130. 130+ qualifies as 'competent', such they don't seem to shuffle about aimlessly to little or no real purpose as much.
130 is a pretty high bar for society, no?
Considering the average for humanity is around the 100 mark overall (pyramid).
In saying that, I am above that mark, however I have many days doing the drone shuffle without much purpose...so, I am a part time zombie by choice
Originally posted by proob4
Only idiots believe in living dead. Apparently they need to understand the cardio vascular system and without blood and oxegen pumping to muscles it aint happening.
God I don't even know why I reply to these dumb threads?
Originally posted by Druscilla
reply to post by HomerinNC
There are plenty examples in the Zombie canon mythos describing zombies that are not just simply animated meat.
The 28 Days Later franchise illustrates an infection that transforms living people into raging psychopaths with all the attribution of the classic zombie. They do, of course, eventually die through violence or just starvation.
The Resident Evil franchise illustrates a virus with mutagen properties where the dead are functionally living from a reengineered standpoint.
The classic Romero zombie has taken several forms over the course of its description from space worms causing zombiedom, to government secret projects, allusions to Christo-mythology and then simply unknown.
Something to take note of is that Zombie behavior exists in nature.
Toxoplasmosis is a parasite that gestates in cats and rodents. Rodents exposed to cat excrement containing the little buggers get reprogrammed, like zombies, to basically present themselves to cats as easy prey.
People infected with toxoplasmosis show an affinity for cats (though this could already be the case beforehand).
There are a number of worms and fungus that also reprogram target host brains for differing purpose with target hosts ranging from ants, spiders, snails and other mainly insects being effected.
Rabies, in a sense, could be considered a zombie-making candidate.
From a 28 Days Later perspective, the possibility for a bioweapon that turns people into mindless infectious psychopaths could very well pose a real possibility.
Will we ever see something like that?
Doubtful.
edit on 9-3-2013 by Druscilla because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by HomerinNC
I've been thinking about this, and a zombie apocalypse couldn't happen, zombies are considered undead, right?
Bodies that are dead that have rerisen in search of live prey, but there is a problem to this.
Once the heart stops pumping, the body starts decompose, tendons contract and after a few days the body will stat to rot.
In a few weeks, most will have advanced decomposition and be unable to move, so all you gotta do is hole up a week or two and you'd survive
Originally posted by mideast
reply to post by SaturnFX
And since when is materialism a bad thing? You got a computer, don't you? Guess your particular materialism is good, but your neighbors is bad.
Materialism is bad , not for materials and science are bad. Denying spirit and playing the role of god is bad .
Originally posted by Xtrozero
BTW, movies that portray zombies as extra fast are wrong too.. we can't have genius or fast zombies.