Scientists claim 'zombie attack' would collapse civilization
source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8206280.stm
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If zombies actually existed, an attack by them would lead to the collapse of civilisation unless dealt with quickly and aggressively.
That is the conclusion of a mathematical exercise carried out by researchers in Canada.
They say only frequent counter-attacks with increasing force would eradicate the fictional creatures.
The scientific paper is published in a book - Infectious Diseases Modelling Research Progress.
In books, films, video games and folklore, zombies are undead creatures, able to turn the living into other zombies with a bite.
But there is a serious side to the work.
In some respects, a zombie "plague" resembles a lethal rapidly-spreading infection.
In their study, the researchers from the University of Ottawa and Carleton University (also in Ottawa) posed a question: If there was to be a battle between zombies and the living, who would win?
Professor Robert Smith? (the question mark is part of his surname and not a typographical mistake) and colleagues wrote: "We model a zombie attack using biological assumptions based on popular zombie movies.
"We introduce a basic model for zombie infection and illustrate the outcome with numerical solutions."
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poopdude
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All we need is the ball from Katamari to roll up all these zombies. The bigger it gets, the more zombies it can roll up and trap. Simple as that.
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poopdude
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dariusvons
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with any luck it will happen before obamas FEMA caps and military run our planet into the ground under the boot of facism.
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dariusvons
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Louise_Purvis
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the only way for this to happen if there is a virus simliar to swine flu but worst.
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Louise_Purvis
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owenrm
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I can't believe this took scientist to work out, have they never seen a George Romero movie?
To all those who are looking forward to the Zombie Apocalypse, the fantasy is fun and all but would you be happy to end family and friends who are point of no return.
Life or death euthanasia, end them or join them...!
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owenrm
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zero123
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If zombies become a reality and attack I'm slipping into my neoprene and paddling out to see. I'll go out like Eddie Aikau. At least those @$$hole zombies won't get me there!
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zero123
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Drew_Apicture
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I always wanted to fight a zombie
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Drew_Apicture
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Hell_IsFor_Hero
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the way i see it is everything ends at some point so why not let it end in a crazy way bring on the zombies maybe we will have a little fun in our last days
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Hell_IsFor_Hero
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JohnA
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It's for real...
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JohnA
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Stever_B
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GodsnLiberals: is it true that some zombies don't even know they're zombies? Seems so.
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Stever_B
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HeartFactory
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I'm more disturbed by the question mark in the scientist's name and not the actual study. How can you trust someone who's name is a question?! Like, he's not sure of himself...
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HeartFactory
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munzik
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just dont be like COD: WAW and stay in a single building people.
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munzik
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kitteneater
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Like "I am Legend?"
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kitteneater
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borymp
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So what would the zombies do once everyone was either dead or converted into a zombie? Would they just limp around and try and catch slow animals?
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borymp
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24French
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Obviously so untrue...we'd be collapsed already. Wait a minute! We are! O zombie god....
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24French
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naty_forty
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what are the possibilities of zombies appearing? ...
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naty_forty
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hell0everything
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God I hate zombies.
This better not EVER happen. - 2 years ago
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hell0everything
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idealist
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gahhh! my tax dollars!!
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idealist
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danteglam
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lets just hope the zombies that we get are slow enough that we can dodge their attacks by walking past them.
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danteglam
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krispychicken
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I love that Canada came out with this study.
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krispychicken
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EdJoyProductions
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I think scientists should be working on a way to harness the power of zombies to run my Prius.
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EdJoyProductions
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funnicus [removed]
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EdJoyProductions:
You can harness them, your Prius just will go really really slow.
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funnicus [removed]
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EdJoyProductions
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EdJoyProductions:
I have rethought it and worried that it also might make my car smell really bad unless they can come up with clean Zombie burning technology.
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EdJoyProductions
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xiola
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EdJoyProductions:
ahahaha hahaha :)
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xiola
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astronaughte
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This is what people study these days.
I have next years schedule here
J - humans Vs army of predator monsters
F - humans Vs giant ants
M - humans Vs birds with laser eyes (all birds everywhere)
A - humans Vs global warming
M - humans Vs werewolf army
J - humans Vs aliens (Independence day style NOT Mars attacks)
J - humans Vs aliens (alien II style)
A - *grudge match Nazi's Vs the world
S - humans vs godzilla
O - humans vs genetic super mutants that morph into bunnies
N - humans vs RADIOACTIVE zombies
D - human vs human nuclear war - 2 years ago
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astronaughte
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SHAWN_RITTIMAN
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Zombie...the other white meat.
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SHAWN_RITTIMAN
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Manatee_man
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I WATCHED shuan of the dead, i know how to handle this situation
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Manatee_man
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Juice56
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Take to high ground, with numerous napalm and Molotov attacks. Save only yourself and stay quiet.
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Juice56
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MesAnDu
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* GodsnLiberals didn't you know that Cannabis protect you from the zombie virus. Guns and Bud that's what you need to survive.............. LOL
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MesAnDu
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Scotski
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What the hell is with the ? in his name.. seriously.. lol
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Scotski
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jac1992
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Well, at least now we have a plan
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jac1992
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Johnny_Los_Angeles
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The problems with Zombie attacks is that as biters humans suck big time, even when we are not undead, we have weak jaws and teeth unsuited for doing much damage. The problem with most zombie movies is a good leather motorcycle full body suit and helmet would provide you with all the protection one would need even denim should be enough or a few layers of clothes keeping skin covered, keep that in mind the next time you watch a zombie movie and they survivors run around in their t-shirts and shorts etc as they walk thru malls and sporting good stores right past heavier clothing! lol
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Johnny_Los_Angeles
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MajorMajorMajorMajor
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Johnny_Los_Angeles:
When there's no restraint a human jaw can bit off digits. A leather suit and helmet won't do much if zombies catch you. Once you're mobbed, you're screwed. While the leather may protect from the teeth actually cutting skin, it won't help much against the crushing pressure which can bruise and break skin. With broken skin and three zombies on you, you're bound to get infected by some zombie skin, blood, or flesh. Either you're infected and die slowly, or the zombies beat and tear you to death somewhat less slowly.
If you want to beat zombies, you have to stay mobile. Trying to fight it out in melee is just asking to be eaten alive.
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MajorMajorMajorMajor
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remanns
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Johnny_Los_Angeles:
BAH! major x4 --
Just give me some full plate armour, a bastard sword, and gauntlets of ogre power and Ill stand against them like a granite cliff washed by a stumbling fetid pussy tide.
Hmmmmm,....lets make that "ichorus festering sea"!
( and thats before I really WADE into THEM! )
YAH,....THATS IT! - 2 years ago
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remanns
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TabulaRasa
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Wow, serious!? The Professors name is "Smith?"...... hahahah that's awesome
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TabulaRasa
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Prijedor
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No way, it would give people things to shoot at.
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Prijedor
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Prijedor:
But you can't shoot 'em, they will just collapse society by their need for health care and they may fill the prisons, and then the pot smokers would get out. What has america become where we can't equally torture ALL people who are different? That's the american way, one nation under god with archaic religious extremist morals imposed equally on all.
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mako2424
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Zombies!
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mako2424
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SHAWN_RITTIMAN
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The evil dead cometh.
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SHAWN_RITTIMAN
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fdsooner
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then why has my Sand Springs, Ok grown by 25% in the last 3 years?
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fdsooner
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Karmacowboy
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pshh, the zombie survival guide sucks. definitely wasn't written by me, the best zombie killer in existance, and therfore cannot be awesome. roflmao
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Karmacowboy
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lifestudentno83
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All the Zombies are gun fodder for shotguns and assault rifles.
But Don't Fuck With The Witch. - 2 years ago
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lifestudentno83:
lol nice
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BOBALOB
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kennymotown
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It's already started, I've seen hundreds of them at town hall meetings.
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kennymotown
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borymp
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kennymotown:
Shot water through my nose when I read this. :-)
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borymp
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GodsnLiberals
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kennymotown:
and they can vote too..they voted for obama
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GodsnLiberals
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hayckuh
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Just read the Zombie Survival Guide and you should be fine.
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hayckuh
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MizPiz
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hayckuh:
I also suggest 28 Days/Weeks later and Left 4 Dead.
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MizPiz
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bailey78
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wow with all that is going wrong in the world Now I have to worry about Zombies
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bailey78
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benson5
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So can Zombies exist or not?
If not, then dare I say this was a pointless exercise.
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benson5
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Hunnter
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benson5:
Well, technically yes, they can exist.
A creature can be infected by a parasite / disease / virus / whatever that can turn their behaviour violent and cause them to attack anything it sees to feed.
It can then spread the infection just by attacking it.There are known parasites that can screw around with the human brain, most notable being the ever-lovely Tapeworm.
Tapeworms can alter your behaviour in loads of ways, from making you dumb to violent, and it shows some illness, usually vomiting, nausea, etc, usual crap really.There are "zombies" already, but their spread-rate is well below even a tiny outbreak.
To put it in perspective, it is like a zombie being shot the instant it was created, the infections generally end up killing the host before it can do enough damage.But one day, one of these things are going to eventually be successful.
It could be today, it might not happen for thousands of years, but there is a chance that one could evolve the right traits to create an outbreak of violent, disease-spreading "zombies". - 2 years ago
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Hunnter
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Bootstrapbill
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ya but after the quick spared of such a small virus as swine flue what if we did have a 28 days later virus
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Bootstrapbill
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Hunnter
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Bootstrapbill:
It's certainly not out of the realm of possibility.
There are infections and diseases out there that can devolve animals into states similar to that of zombies.
I don't think Swine Flu would evolve that way though, doesn't activate the required regions of the brain.
But it could potentially drive a societal collapse if it goes widespread and there aren't enough cures.
There has already been several preparations by military orgs for scenarios like this. - 2 years ago
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Hunnter
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GodsnLiberals
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I would say the #1 cause of the collapse of our civilization would be when people have that much time and resources to do fucking studies about zombies.
STOP SMOKING DOPE YOU FUCKING LOSERS!
***that is my conclusion to my study..I am sure you are going to access this later Mr. current tv censor**
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GodsnLiberals
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jaystyx
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GodsnLiberals:
In a zombie attack, you would be the stubborn skeptic who always dies first in every horror movie.
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jaystyx
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bailey78
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GodsnLiberals:
maybe you should chill out and quit drinking so much booze and smoke a joint.
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bailey78
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SHAWN_RITTIMAN
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GodsnLiberals:
Zombies not trolls...wrong thread.
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SHAWN_RITTIMAN
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versasrev
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GodsnLiberals:
Godsnliberals:
If you read the article there are apps for this study to real world scenarios. But sense you didn't seem to do that you would have no idea of that now would you.
Theoretical abstractions can sometimes seem like a pointless endeavor, while they are in fact letting people explore possibilities that an average person would not expect.
Applications for this seemingly abstract exercise could be used in actual disease scenarios.
Maybe I'm wrong though, and the world is actually flat too.
Think first, act second, and besides scientists are not your bitch to do whatever research you think they should.
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versasrev
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GodsnLiberals:
yeah lets play withe scenario of zombies taking over the world..
could i add the umpa lumpa army killing the zombies or are they soft and slow zombies or like the european zombies that can run??
once you kids are doing fucking with your mind about zombies..clean up the place and turn off the lights..
again stop smoking fucking drugs..it makes you ponder on stupid shit!
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GodsnLiberals
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Fulorange
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GodsnLiberals:
Yeah you definitely need to spark up some chronic, would mellow you out, you can't put yourself on a pedestal because you've never lit one up, it's so common today that no one really cares.
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Fulorange
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remanns
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Far worse manners than vampires.
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remanns
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cego
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remanns:
Vampires really are the gentlemen of the genre
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cego
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heimbachae
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I've played through all of the Left 4 Dead campaigns and own 28 days/weeks later, shaun of the dead and planet terror so i think i'd be set off with the zombies of today. if they were slow moving zombies like in the olden days i'd have a flippin field day!!
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heimbachae
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Drach
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heimbachae:
Check out the classic Romero films.
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Drach
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Hunnter
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Bring on the zombie...wall!
Maybe a zombie infection might actually push society to help each other.Us Vs Them. I'd rather that than Us Vs Us.
And this is slightly misleading as technically the zombies are us, just extremely ill to the point that there brain is functioning solely on the very fundamental needs of the body: the need to feed.
Unstoppable eaters :O nom - 2 years ago
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Hunnter
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Fulorange
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Hunnter:
More like the U.S. vs them, I don't want the hassle, please save us Canadians!
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Fulorange
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SimWise
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Yesss... finally some scientists see sense! The zombie apocalypse is coming!
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SimWise
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jaystyx
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I can’t wait for the zombie apocalypse
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jaystyx
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CarlosIsDown
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jaystyx:
Wouldn't be surprised if Zombie Apocalypse was taken as a band name.
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CarlosIsDown
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alivein85
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You misspelled a word in your title. I thought at first it said "Scientologists" lol ;-)
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alivein85
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WakeUpPeople
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alivein85:
Thanks for the heads up. Fixed.
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WakeUpPeople
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This explains the media zombified collapsing USA.
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