Our own worst enemy

Roen

They may be slow, but they're incessant, they may lack strength, but they'll never fatigue. In short, we all know what zombies are capable of.

So I'm wondering will the greatest threat we as a race face come from ourselves?

I mean if I haven't eaten in four days and I come face to face with someone across a can of beans, chances are one of us will get a spade in the face.
I know this forum is all about preparing ourselves for the worst.....but what if we find ourselves in a worst-case scenario.

How low will we go?

Galvasean

Its true. Almost as threatening as the zombies will be the risks of in-fighting and competition for food/resources. Not to mention the threats posed by gangs of yobs, religious zealots and crazy people run a muck.
The zombies are just the beginning.

Martron

well tis the survival of the fittest. if my granny wont give me the can of beans i will have to take them and if my method involves a spade to the face so be it

Dragan

I would murder you all the insure that myself and the hot chick of the group stay alive.

Life with out pussy is not worth living, might as well throw yourself to the Meatbags tbh.

Doctor DooM

Dragan wrote: »

I would murder you all the insure that myself and the hot chick of the group stay alive.

Life with out pussy is not worth living, might as well throw yourself to the Meatbags tbh.

Hey, you got to repopulate the race somehow.

Of course the trick to prevent this would be to make some form of commune...

Roen

Commune? Argh! That has nothing but hippy connotations for me.
Fortified dwellings is the way to go.

Mweelrea

Roen wrote: »

Commune? Argh! That has nothing but hippy connotations for me.
Fortified dwellings is the way to go.

We should get the B team to build us fortifications

Cravez

Dragan wrote: »

I would murder you all the insure that myself and the hot chick of the group stay alive.

Life with out pussy is not worth living, might as well throw yourself to the Meatbags tbh.

+ 1. No sloppy seconds for me *grabs spade* :pac:

Seriously though, there are various references regarding this topic in movies (dawn of the dead - the biker gang at the end), graphic novels ( the walking dead - a human rogue established town forces 'strangers' who are human to fight zombies for blood sport) or even other other related media ( war of the worlds - people kill each other just to get a car that is running properly). So yeah pretty much regarding an individuals mentality when z-day comes they will either kill you for even the most basic primitive needs or will actually try and help each other to survive.

Ross_Mahon

They never seem to show that animals and insects can be infected, imagine swarms of zombie bees! You and a bunch of survivals accidentally stumble into a zoo with all the animals infected and gone wild, a huge infected Rhinoceros with red eyes! :eek:

Reku

I think the more important thing is as food runs low and we start being "more openminded as to what meats we eat" how will you discern the zombies from the normals when they're all chewing on human rinds or a fresh leg of man?:eek:

Kiith

farohar wrote: »

I think the more important thing is as food runs low and we start being "more openminded as to what meats we eat" how will you discern the zombies from the normals when they're all chewing on human rinds or a fresh leg of man?:eek:

I'll be using salt and ketchup on my human rind.

Roen

The fact that some of us may be forced to go cannibal has not eluded me.

I think one of the biggest opportunity's in recent Z flicks was missed at the end of Dawn of the Dead (2004).
Having video footage of a zombie attack at the end was predictable in the least. It should have panned out that the survivors were forced by hunger to start eating one another.
Kind of ultimately ironic in that they survived what they did only to be eaten by their own.

missingtime

In diary of the dead there are a kind of rouge group of soldiers who basically just steal weapons from our would be heroes.
Pity they didn't smack the sh*t out of that guy with the camera.

Grizzly 45

Doubt that it would be that bad that we need to lunch on each other lively ones.If the majority of the pouplation of the country is "dead" they wont need canned food or other sustanance,so that leaves plenty for us livelies.There will be plenty of "game" in the form of now feral cattle,pigs,horses,cats,dogs,etc to supply meat needs.Only thing that might be tricky is sorting out the fruit& veg requirements.We had better figure out how to grow small plots of stuff in your retreats to stay healthy.

Reku

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

Doubt that it would be that bad that we need to lunch on each other lively ones.If the majority of the pouplation of the country is "dead" they wont need canned food or other sustanance,so that leaves plenty for us livelies.There will be plenty of "game" in the form of now feral cattle,pigs,horses,cats,dogs,etc to supply meat needs.Only thing that might be tricky is sorting out the fruit& veg requirements.We had better figure out how to grow small plots of stuff in your retreats to stay healthy.

Considering the amount of land required for such a plot relative to the number of people which the plot is to supply any such plot could not be effectively guarded unless you only intend to supply the product as a treat, not as a significant part of the guards' diet.

Martron

zombies dont eat veg. the plot will be safe. and last time i check the like of spuds and carrots is quite hard to hide in. the only problem you will have is picking apples on a dark foggy night.....

Reku

Martron wrote: »

zombies dont eat veg. the plot will be safe. and last time i check the like of spuds and carrots is quite hard to hide in. the only problem you will have is picking apples on a dark foggy night.....

But they will want to eat the people tending the plot was my point and due to the size of the plot it would be difficult to effectively guard with only a skeleton crew.