The Zombie Obsession

I think...and I might be stating the obvious here, people are obsessed with the idea of a zombie invasion because, during an invasion people can beat, kick, and kill the shit (pardon my language) out of anyone they hate and be justified for it. It's the ultimate fantasy!!! Hate your boss? He turns into a zombie and you can smack him in the head with a blunt object; hate your neighbor? Turn loose your lawnmower. Sick of the Fuzz? Well, they always have something interesting in the trunk.

Like I said it's the ultimate fantasy. It's an excuse to beat the crap out of all the stupid people like you want, but because they're already dead and are in "zombie" mode you don't have to feel guilty.

Stating the obvious? Probably, but it can be fun, if not therapeutic to think about.

I can admit I think about the zombie apocalypse (not that I can really help it considering how obsessed my husband is about it...I just hope if one happens, it's not until my kids are fully grown so I don't have to worry about them so much). Mostly I think of how I'd handle myself, how I'd build the ULTIMATE apocalypse vehicle, etc. I'm not really interested in the killing of zombies. I'd be more worried about the survivors.

"As a species we're fundamentally insane. Put more than two of us in a room, we pick sides and start dreaming up reasons to kill one another" -- The Mist

Yup. The survivors would be the ones to worry about because it's not enough that there are dead, hungry, walking things out there trying to kill you, the survivors are trying to remain survivors, at the cost of the living. They want what you have, regardless of what it is and will kill you for it. It brings to mind a scene from Titanic where the priest, flailing in the water, is trying to stay alive by using Rose as a floatation device, even though she's a human and he was drowning her. At least HE'D stay alive.

We all want the stress relief of our day to day headaches. A more practical idea of relieving that headache might be breaking items, instead of killing zombies. Isn't there a place in like China or someplace where you can pay to break fragile items? I saw it on a show once. People paying good money to break vases, glass panels...just about anything fragile. They were given a stick and told to have at 'er. I would LOVE to go to a place like that. I so need the stress relief lol.