Prepare for Zombies

[ilovelamp]

It's happening. Do you have a plan?

www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2012/05/31/alexander-kinyua-kujoe-agyei-kodie-ate-brain-heart-roommate-maryland_n_1560149.html?ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false

And I know you all heard about the man eating that guys face in Miami. Well apparently there have been multiple other attacks around the country involving people biting.

[ilovelamp]

- On May 16, students and teachers at a Florida high school had to be decontaminated after breaking out in a mysterious rash, according to the Huffington Post.- On May 21, a Bellwood, Illinois, man was arrested after allegedly biting an 18-year-old woman's cheek, according to MySuburbanLife.com. - On May 23, a Spring Valley, Calif., man was arrested for allegedly biting the tip off of his cousin's nose off, according to NBC San Diego. - On May 26, the same day as the infamous Miami cannibal attack, a Florida anesthesiologist allegedly banged his head against the inside of a cop car until he started bleeding following a DUI arrest. He then proceeded to allegedly spit blood in a police officer's face, according to ABC News.

[basilosaurus]

No. I think the zombie obsession is stupid. We've talked about this on p&ce. I'm one of the lone dissenters (although I'm not alone!)

[prettyinpink]

Jun 1, 2012 0:06:17 GMT -5 basilosaurus said:

No. I think the zombie obsession is stupid. We've talked about this on p&ce. I'm one of the lone dissenters (although I'm not alone!)

Thank you. This is exactly how I feel.

[ilovelamp]

Jun 1, 2012 0:06:17 GMT -5 basilosaurus said:

No. I think the zombie obsession is stupid. We've talked about this on p&ce. I'm one of the lone dissenters (although I'm not alone!)

Don't you get a little uneasy reading all of those stories?

[housegeek]

I don't think a mass viral outbreak is all the outlandish of an idea.

[basilosaurus]

No, I don't get uneasy. Zombies aren't real. Drugs are, mental illness is, but not zombies.

A mass viral outbreak does scare me, like in Outbreak of The Stand, but not zombies.

[housegeek]

I don't think most people believe people will come back to life, do they? I call it zombies, but basically I mean adrenaline charged maniacs who have any shred of humanity shut off in their brains. Which apparently can occur with bath salts...

[iluvmytxrgr]

Another dude disemboweled himself and through his intestines at police. Another dude hacked up a guy that lived in his house, ate the brains and heart, stored his head and hands in tins in the basement and threw the rest of the dude's parts in a church dumpster. The cannibal guy's brother discovered the head and hands in the basement and told his dad who called police. Too many people on too many funky drugs, which is exactly how a good friend of mine said it would all go down. Drugged up people wandering and causing a crazy frenzy.
Who knows if anything will ever happen like that. Just know that I will be prepared.

[twoslicehilly]

Jun 1, 2012 0:06:17 GMT -5 basilosaurus said:

No. I think the zombie obsession is stupid. We've talked about this on p&ce. I'm one of the lone dissenters (although I'm not alone!)

This!

[basilosaurus]

Prepared how?

There aren't that many drugged up people wandering around. I'm not going to waste my energy worrying about it. There have always been drugged up people being crazy. We're still a functioning and overpopulated society.

[ilovelamp]

I don't think it's too far fetched to have a mutated stand of rabies (or something similar) that could become airborne and created "zombie like symptoms." Trust me, I took a semester of Microbiology.

[basilosaurus]

I'm not sure if you're serious about your semester in micro, but if we want to go down that road, I have bachelors in both biology and nursing.

These people were on drugs, not rabies which, btw, doesn't make humans eat faces. So I'm not convinced a mutated virus will make them become cannibals.

[ilovelamp]

Jun 1, 2012 0:30:58 GMT -5 basilosaurus said:

I'm not sure if you're serious about your semester in micro, but if we want to go down that road, I have bachelors in both biology and nursing.

These people were on drugs, not rabies which, btw, doesn't make humans eat faces. So I'm not convinced a mutated virus will make them become cannibals.

I was totally kidding about that haha

[basilosaurus]

Lol. We've been inundated with a troll on p&ce who claimed to be an expert on lots of things, so I was unsure

But, for reals, I'm not really concerned.

[GracieLouFreebush]

*sits next to sibil*

[ilovelamp]

Jun 1, 2012 0:57:32 GMT -5 basilosaurus said:

Lol. We've been inundated with a troll on p&ce who claimed to be an expert on lots of things, so I was unsure

But, for reals, I'm not really concerned.

Did it sound a little like this: omg well I don't have my bachelors but I read a lot and watch like a lot of documentaries, which is basically like the same as like a degree. And I took a class in high school and got like the highest grade. I just feel sorry for your husbands.

[honeybadger]

My husband and a few buddies in his squadron have a "plan" in place for a "zombie" apocalypse. However, they assume the threat will be a virus or something caused from a mass produced drug, etc that causes a "zombie-like state". I assume they are joking and just like to take their survival/disaster preparedness to a new level to pass time waiting on the flightline or in a bay. Whatever.

I'd be lying if I said the recent surge in strange occurances in the news didn't make me nervous. Logic tells me these things have always been happening, are drug related and are just being more widely reported due to the popularity that the Miami case sparked re:zombies.

[beans]

Jun 1, 2012 0:19:20 GMT -5 housegeek said:

I don't think most people believe people will come back to life, do they? I call it zombies, but basically I mean adrenaline charged maniacs who have any shred of humanity shut off in their brains. Which apparently can occur with bath salts...

looks around... what does this even mean? drugs don't "turn off any shred of humanity"... especially not like, forever... I mean, yeah, people are high as shit and doing crazy crap or hallucinating or whatever, but... drugs turning off any shred of humanity? ...ok... People have been doing crazy crap while on drugs, andplusalso cannibalism goes wayyy back in society. Hardly always drug induced.

They only reason they called this guy a zombie was a marketing tactic to get people interested in the story and pick up on a pop culture phrase.

[ggirl]

Jun 1, 2012 0:20:05 GMT -5 iluvmytxrgr said:

Another dude disemboweled himself and through his intestines at police. Another dude hacked up a guy that lived in his house, ate the brains and heart, stored his head and hands in tins in the basement and threw the rest of the dude's parts in a church dumpster. The cannibal guy's brother discovered the head and hands in the basement and told his dad who called police. Too many people on too many funky drugs, which is exactly how a good friend of mine said it would all go down. Drugged up people wandering and causing a crazy frenzy.
Who knows if anything will ever happen like that. Just know that I will be prepared.

I just saw these stories yesterday and showed them to H. We always joke around about our zombie survival plan. I mean, I did buy him the zombie survival guide after about 6months of dating haha.
Do I really really think it could happen? I don't know, probably not. But do I talk about it and joke around with H and family and friends? Absolutely. H and I always discuss our plans and escape routes etc.

[brandienee]

Jun 1, 2012 7:29:39 GMT -5 GracieLouFreebush said:

*sits next to sibil*

*joins GLF*

[Dumbledork]

Jun 1, 2012 9:29:10 GMT -5 brandienee said:

Jun 1, 2012 7:29:39 GMT -5 GracieLouFreebush said:

*sits next to sibil*

*joins GLF*

I'll join ya'll. It's ridiculous.

The movie Zombieland was hilarious though.

[beans]

[quote author=h0neybadger [/ quote]

I'd be lying if I said the recent surge in strange occurances in the news didn't make me nervous. Logic tells me these things have always been happening, are drug related and are just being more widely reported due to the popularity that the Miami case sparked re:zombies.[/quote] exactly. This stuff is *nothing* new. Just now people are talking about it, stories are getting picked up because of the term zombie, more stories are coming out with the word zombie, because journalists know how to catch the public's eye and what will sell. My general opinion of jouralists is very low because of my personal life experiences, but they know how to spin shit so it is sensationalized and readers will read it. End game. There are probably as many crazy people doing crazy "zombie" shit as five years ago

[basilosaurus]

Also, some of the zombie stories getting passed around right now actually happened a couple years ago. It's a theme, just like there will be a shark attack summer despite the # of attacks being no different than any other year. Or how after Haiti and Chile every earthquake got reported, even though statistically there was nothing special about that year.

[ilovelamp]

I don't know I still think it's fun to talk about with friends, make escape plans, etc.

[amaristella]

So is eating people's internal organs replacing pissing on things as the best way to get on the evening news?

I don't really do Zombies...reavers maybe.

[jamesonontherocks]

Jun 1, 2012 7:29:39 GMT -5 GracieLouFreebush said:

*sits next to sibil*

Make room on the bench for me!

But seriously - I think the Miami incident got publicized and then all these other things that probably happen more frequently than we realize also went crazy. Similar to the flesh eating bacteria "epidemic" last week on CNN when two women had this "rare disease" (rare? we see it frequently!)

[iluvmytxrgr]

Jun 1, 2012 9:01:01 GMT -5 ggirl said:

Jun 1, 2012 0:20:05 GMT -5 iluvmytxrgr said:

Another dude disemboweled himself and through his intestines at police. Another dude hacked up a guy that lived in his house, ate the brains and heart, stored his head and hands in tins in the basement and threw the rest of the dude's parts in a church dumpster. The cannibal guy's brother discovered the head and hands in the basement and told his dad who called police. Too many people on too many funky drugs, which is exactly how a good friend of mine said it would all go down. Drugged up people wandering and causing a crazy frenzy.
Who knows if anything will ever happen like that. Just know that I will be prepared.

I just saw these stories yesterday and showed them to H. We always joke around about our zombie survival plan. I mean, I did buy him the zombie survival guide after about 6months of dating haha.
Do I really really think it could happen? I don't know, probably not. But do I talk about it and joke around with H and family and friends? Absolutely. H and I always discuss our plans and escape routes etc.

This is how we are. We have a plan that we joke about. Being on the coast, we have a hurricane box in case we have to evacuate. At the begining of every summer, we stock it with water, batteries, food and such. J calls it our Zombie Box.
He's deployed and I told him last night about all this mess going on. He said I may need something a little more powerful in the house. I said don't worry, I have a pole saw under my pillow. He thought it was hilarious.

[baconlettucetomato]

Our plan is to meet up with Tx and her family. Between the four of us adults we have enough stuff to outfit an entire platoon. We were thinking of meeting in TN but if we leave the north first it may have to be in LA in the swamps somewhere since we can travel a bit faster. Plus, if we're going down, I want to be with little people as cute as her kiddos!

[iluvmytxrgr]

Jun 2, 2012 9:18:34 GMT -5 baconlettucetomato said:

Our plan is to meet up with Tx and her family. Between the four of us adults we have enough stuff to outfit an entire platoon. We were thinking of meeting in TN but if we leave the north first it may have to be in LA in the swamps somewhere since we can travel a bit faster. Plus, if we're going down, I want to be with little people as cute as her kiddos!

LMAO!! ILY! I would be ok with the swamps, but I prefer high ground. Plus, we can use some of the awesome caves for shelter.