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Can someone explain to me the zombie craze?
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Can someone please explain for me the zombie craze?
My personal belief is that it grew out of a need by authors and screenwriters and video game producers and gun makers to have an antagonist which would not protest being cast in the role of an enemy to millions of Americans. This argument furthers another one of my beliefs that America needs someone they can love to hate.
What's your theory?
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Originally Posted by subego
Bath salts.
By the way, these 'bath salts,' how do you use it/them?
Smoke? Snort? Smear??? Soak in it?
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Originally Posted by besson3c
Obama.
[off-topic]What if Obama is accomplishing EVERYTHING he intends to and that we just falsely assume his core ideology is the same as ours?[/off-topic]
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Actually, we can blame this on the current administration: some bright bulb at the CDC made the observation that the same emergency preparedness guidelines that apply for a natural disaster would apply in the event of the Zombie Apocalypse. So, they posted "Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse" on the CDC Blog, intending for it to go viral on Social Media. It's a bit more fun way to present basic emergency preparedness concepts, and they hoped that it would get more people thinking ahead about how they might prepare for an emergency (real or imaginary)....
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It's Jane Austen's fault.
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Originally Posted by Dork.
Actually, we can blame this on the current administration: some bright bulb at the CDC made the observation that the same emergency preparedness guidelines that apply for a natural disaster would apply in the event of the Zombie Apocalypse. So, they posted "Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse" on the CDC Blog, intending for it to go viral on Social Media. It's a bit more fun way to present basic emergency preparedness concepts, and they hoped that it would get more people thinking ahead about how they might prepare for an emergency (real or imaginary)....
Hmmm...
It seems the CDC's "Zombie Apocalypse" was created to take advantage of the public's acceptance of the zombie 'phenomenon.' Or, to even capitalize on the public's frenzy over all things 'zombie.' I mean, the zombie craze already existed before the CDC preparedness plan, right?
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Its just a trend like any other.
Harry Potter made Wizards and dragons cool for a time, then it was vampires thanks to Twilight, True Blood and The Vampire Diaries. After that Hollywood moved on to zombies with a fresh batch of Resident Evil flicks, Zombieland and The Walking Dead.
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I have plenty of more important things to do, if only I could bring myself to do them....
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Originally Posted by Waragainstsleep
Its just a trend like any other.
Harry Potter made Wizards and dragons cool for a time, then it was vampires thanks to Twilight, True Blood and The Vampire Diaries. After that Hollywood moved on to zombies with a fresh batch of Resident Evil flicks, Zombieland and The Walking Dead.
Yes, War. We knew that much. What I'm asking is maybe, how did the craze start recently?
You say Harry Potter popularized Wizards and dragons. Who did that for zombies?
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Originally Posted by andi*pandi
It's Jane Austen's fault.
Hahaha! You made me look.
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Originally Posted by kimosABE
By the way, these 'bath salts,' how do you use it/them?
Smoke? Snort? Smear??? Soak in it?
I hear that you soak in them, or mix them into a solution and squirt it up your bum like an enema.
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In 1968 George Romero's Night of the Living Dead came out, and zombies have been around since then, although the myth of living dead is very old. The OP may well have a point, every one can agree to be frightened of, and therefore hate, these creatures. Why we always need an other to fear and want to destroy, that is the question. Personally I found Romero's flicks to be suspenseful in a similar way as other alien invasions, only the zombies were so bloody dumb, it got boring after the first half of the movie.
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Originally Posted by Shaddim
I hear that you soak in them, or mix them into a solution and squirt it up your bum like an enema.
Is that why drug smugglers agree to such a hazardous vocation? They get a buzz from hiding it up their anal cavity?
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Originally Posted by jmiddel
In 1968 George Romero's Night of the Living Dead came out, and zombies have been around since then, although the myth of living dead is very old. The OP may well have a point, every one can agree to be frightened of, and therefore hate, these creatures. Why we always need an other to fear and want to destroy, that is the question. Personally I found Romero's flicks to be suspenseful in a similar way as other alien invasions, only the zombies were so bloody dumb, it got boring after the first half of the movie.
Great post!
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Originally Posted by jmiddel
Why we always need an other to fear and want to destroy, that is the question.
I feel Romero's point about zombies is they are less frightening than actual humans.
He really nails it in Dawn of the Dead. The zombies are sad and pathetic. You sympathize with them.
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Originally Posted by kimosABE
Is that why drug smugglers agree to such a hazardous vocation? They get a buzz from hiding it up their anal cavity?
What?!? I'm pretty sure they hide it up there because a drug-sniffing dog, usually, won't fit up their ass.
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I figured it was for manual searches. The dog can bark at your butt.
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From what I understand, they use balloons and or condoms, stuff them full of whatever narcotic, lube them up with oil and something to mask the scent, and someone pushes it up into their colon. I would imagine that they also use fishing line attached to each balloon, otherwise getting them out could be... awkward. Big risks involved too, other than getting caught and having a sore sphincter. If the container bursts or leaks, you die.
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What I'm saying is your ass isn't magical olfactory protection. From a dog's perspective, puting it inside there is like putting it inside anywhere else.
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That's probably why I've heard they use stuff like eucalyptus oil and such as lube.
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Originally Posted by kimosABE
Yes, War. We knew that much. What I'm asking is maybe, how did the craze start recently?
You say Harry Potter popularized Wizards and dragons. Who did that for zombies?
Like I say, Vampires got boring and then The Walking Dead was on TV.
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Originally Posted by Shaddim
I hear that you soak in them, or mix them into a solution and squirt it up your bum like an enema.
Shaddim I've noticed you use occasional Britishisms like bum and wanker. Is there a story behind that or is it just something that everyone does in your neck of the woods?
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There are certain Britishisms I prefer over the American equivalents. I blame Top Gear.
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I think the zombie fad also feeds off the post-apocalypse, survivalist, off-the-grid, escapist enthusiasm that has been big for a while. Unlike most movie monsters, zombies are a plot device for bringing down all of society, and one of the major plotlines for the survivors is to strike out to remote areas and be insular and live simply, impulses that carry their own appeal all the more so as the "real world" seems crappy in general. I'm not thinking of other monster genres that share this(?).
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We are scared of mortality, and what might not lie beyond the grave. Fear of turning into what we fear, is twice as bad as fear of being eaten by a creature. There is always the "you'll turn into" aspect that makes it twice as scary, whether it is vampires, werewolves, or zombies. Loss of humanity.
Although zombies in the Twilight universe would probably smell like roses, look like justin beiber, and eat tofu.
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Originally Posted by Shaddim
What?!? I'm pretty sure they hide it up there because a drug-sniffing dog, usually, won't fit up their ass.
Quite right.
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Originally Posted by subego
What I'm saying is your ass isn't magical olfactory protection. From a dog's perspective, puting it inside there is like putting it inside anywhere else.
Funny, interesting and believable.
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Originally Posted by Shaddim
That's probably why I've heard they use stuff like eucalyptus oil and such as lube.
*kimosABE wonders if they'd ever try koalas as drug sniffing dogs*
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Originally Posted by Waragainstsleep
Like I say, Vampires got boring and then The Walking Dead was on TV.
Got it.
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Originally Posted by Uncle Skeleton
I think the zombie fad also feeds off the post-apocalypse, survivalist, off-the-grid, escapist enthusiasm that has been big for a while. Unlike most movie monsters, zombies are a plot device for bringing down all of society, and one of the major plotlines for the survivors is to strike out to remote areas and be insular and live simply, impulses that carry their own appeal all the more so as the "real world" seems crappy in general. I'm not thinking of other monster genres that share this(?).
Everything you've said here is undoubtedly true. I guess I'm wondering if there might have been a zombie, 'big bang.' One causative act. Maybe there was none.
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Originally Posted by andi*pandi
We are scared of mortality, and what might not lie beyond the grave. Fear of turning into what we fear, is twice as bad as fear of being eaten by a creature. There is always the "you'll turn into" aspect that makes it twice as scary, whether it is vampires, werewolves, or zombies. Loss of humanity.
Although zombies in the Twilight universe would probably smell like roses, look like justin beiber, and eat tofu.
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Originally Posted by Shaddim
That's probably why I've heard they use stuff like eucalyptus oil and such as lube.
If that had an effect, you'd slather your drugs in eucalyptus oil whether you put them up the butt or not.
My guess is to a dog it smells like drugs and eucalyptus oil.
And butt.
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Originally Posted by subego
If that had an effect, you'd slather your drugs in eucalyptus oil whether you put them up the butt or not.
My guess is to a dog it smells like drugs and eucalyptus oil.
And butt.
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I always thought they put drugs in condoms in order to swallow them.
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Both methods are used.
Butt method is basically superior in all respects except susceptibility to an aggressive search. Easier to get in and out, no chance of choking yourself, less corrosive environment, more room, etc.
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Originally Posted by subego
Both methods are used.
Butt method is basically superior in all respects except susceptibility to an aggressive search. Easier to get in and out, no chance of choking yourself, less corrosive environment, more room, etc.
Impressive knowledge.
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