Is it wrong to pray for zombie invasion or some other disaster?

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Fletcher Knives

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I think that most of us in this forum were simply born in the wrong time or situation for our own idea of fun and quality of life. I would love nothing more that to have some crazy test of will to live and skills for all mankind. A good zombie outbreak would be perfect. Damn them for only being works of fiction. Either that or some huge electromagnetic pulse that knocks out all of the power all over the world and puts us all back to the dark ages. Don't get me wrong. I don't wish for a bunch of innocent people to die... just maybe a slight thinning of the herd. ;) Mankind has really become a huge disappointment. Just think of some little squeemish guy who works as a programmer on a Cobol restructuring project for some company that developes software engineered to run an automated Lee Press-On nail making machine. Why the hell does that guy even exist?!!!
 
Dylside said:
I think that most of us in this forum were simply born in the wrong time or situation for our own idea of fun and quality of life. I would love nothing more that to have some crazy test of will to live and skills for all mankind. A good zombie outbreak would be perfect. Damn them for only being works of fiction. Either that or some huge electromagnetic pulse that knocks out all of the power all over the world and puts us all back to the dark ages. Don't get me wrong. I don't wish for a bunch of innocent people to die... just maybe a slight thinning of the herd. ;) Mankind has really become a huge disappointment. Just think of some little squeemish guy who works as a programmer on a Cobol restructuring project for some company that developes software engineered to run an automated Lee Press-On nail making machine. Why the hell does that guy even exist?!!!
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shrug He exists for the same reason that some camo-wearing, knife wielding, gun-toting backwoods survivalist redneck exists. If you don't know why that is, ask the Maker.

Oh, and there's no guarantee that the backwoods guy would survive while the "squeemish" Cobol guy would perish. For all any of us know, the Cobol dude would have just the right set of skills and assets to get through the SHTF scenario while the backwoods guy would be buried under an avalanche of zombies or drug-enraged biker gangs.

Maybe I'm a poor example of the kind of people who frequent this forum, but I most certainly do NOT hope that I'll be forced to rely on my survival skills to get by in an EOTWAWKI scenario. Rather, I study these things because I (1) kind of enjoy it and (2) living in earthquake land expect to need some subset of those skills sooner or later.

I can't imagine that anyone who has had children would wish for a EOTWAWKI scenario, even in their wildest fantasies....
 
Don't forget that in "Dies the Fire" most of the people who didn't have any kind of new order skill became slaves.

What special training do you have that would be so valuable after the disaster?

Chad
 
I think I would be okay if the zombie horde attacked. Lord knows I have enough knives, gear, supplies, knowledge and a gun or two to last a long while. But I do enjoy TV, fast cars, the internet and beer more though. That doesn't stop me from having the weekly fantasy of getting my stuff together and heading off to the woods forever.
 
bulgron said:
shrug He exists for the same reason that some camo-wearing, knife wielding, gun-toting backwoods survivalist redneck exists. If you don't know why that is, ask the Maker.

Oh, and there's no guarantee that the backwoods guy would survive while the "squeemish" Cobol guy would perish. For all any of us know, the Cobol dude would have just the right set of skills and assets to get through the SHTF scenario while the backwoods guy would be buried under an avalanche of zombies or drug-enraged biker gangs.

Maybe I'm a poor example of the kind of people who frequent this forum, but I most certainly do NOT hope that I'll be forced to rely on my survival skills to get by in an EOTWAWKI scenario. Rather, I study these things because I (1) kind of enjoy it and (2) living in earthquake land expect to need some subset of those skills sooner or later.

I can't imagine that anyone who has had children would wish for a EOTWAWKI scenario, even in their wildest fantasies....
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Aww come on. Think of the bonding experiences you could have with the kids.

..."Ok son. Take a breath and let it out. Now take another and hold it. Squeeze the trigger and touch that zombie in the forehead. That's my boy."

That's what I call father son time. hahaha

Just for the record, this isn't supposed to be a way serious discussion. I hope noone takes it as "I want your kids to go through hardships and your whole reality of family, kids, and beer to perrish. This is a "fantasy" discussion.

Also, by the way. The Cobol guy I was referring to is a total weenie. I met him. He's the first to die.
 
Dylside said:
I think that most of us in this forum were simply born in the wrong time or situation for our own idea of fun and quality of life. I would love nothing more that to have some crazy test of will to live and skills for all mankind. A good zombie outbreak would be perfect. Damn them for only being works of fiction. Either that or some huge electromagnetic pulse that knocks out all of the power all over the world and puts us all back to the dark ages. Don't get me wrong. I don't wish for a bunch of innocent people to die... just maybe a slight thinning of the herd. ;) Mankind has really become a huge disappointment. Just think of some little squeemish guy who works as a programmer on a Cobol restructuring project for some company that developes software engineered to run an automated Lee Press-On nail making machine. Why the hell does that guy even exist?!!!
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No, I think you are quite right. I wished such scenario as a kid but now as a adult and mature person I really hope for a major world war to come. Too many degenerates and alien elements walking the streets nowadays. Not to mention socalled PC standards. They want to take everything upright and superior from you, to turn you into some mud loving "go with the flow" feminised harmless anti-wrinkle lotion viagra using physicaly and mentaly degenerated weakling.
 
I like adventure as much as the next guy, but I really don't think you guys have thought this through. Or were you counting on it just being your idea of the nerds/weenies/degenerates being the ones to suffer?

Personally, I don't mind enjoying life and the benefits of civilization. He11, there were times when the only thing that kept me from taking a walk into the mountains and not coming back was the thought of no hot showers!

But anyway, if you want to test your mettle, who's stopping you? Just go take a walk in your nearest mountainous, desert, or even park area. Take as much or as little with you as you like, depending on just how tough a test you want. Costs next to nothing, guaranteed you will have some adventure if you walk far enough. I used to do this all the time when I was younger (and dum.. I mean more adventurous). To make it more fun no backtracking- you can't walk out the same way you walked in. Other cool rules are: no maps, no food, -you get the idea.

Have fun, but please leave civilization for the rest of us!
 
What about an invasion of Ex-Wives? Wait a minute....that might be a little too severe!:D
 
Dylside said:
Is it wrong to pray for zombie invasion or some other disaster?
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Yes it is. You should be praying that it does not happen. What makes you think that you and your family will not be the one's that are "thinned out"?

And as far as the guy running the Lee press on nails machine? He will be the one running the Lee inserted chip machine that you will be required to take in order to get drinking water, or to buy or sell anything.
 
magneto said:
Yes it is. You should be praying that it does not happen. What makes you think that you and your family will not be the one's that are "thinned out"?

And as far as the guy running the Lee press on nails machine? He will be the one running the Lee inserted chip machine that you will be required to take in order to get drinking water, or to buy or sell anything.
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Whoa buddy. No need to swing at anyone with your bible. ;)
Like I said before, it's a fantasy thread. Just shootin the bull.
 
Dylside doesn't need the big disaster to happen.
All he has to do is walk out the front door and survive.
Don't go back in the nice warm house.
Live outside.
Live off the land.
Live in a cardboard box.
Some people might call Dylside homeless but we know better.
He's a survivalist.
And he is surviving.
Go ahead, live out your fantasies.
Make yourself a RLSS®
Just don't drag the rest of us with you.
:D

EMP...Would't just suck if the survivalist was on a big jet plane when the EMP hit ;) :)
 
Dylside, I couldn't agree more wholeheartedly with what you said in your first post!!
Some sort of zombie apocolypse would make me happier than a rattlesnake in a prarie dog town!!!

Its not about revenge on people we don't understand, although society could un-arguably use some thinning out. It's simply about having a simplistic, fun, new life that includes the comedic obstacle of stupid undead monsters.

I'm definitely on the same page....

MVF, on the subject of survival camping, or whatever term it is known, I have been hearing a lot about it lately, and would really like to give it a try! It sounds fun as hell, and would guarantee a great adventure, as well as a test of mettle!

On a quick tangent...
Imagine what the world would be like if everyone openly carried and used weapons, like in old west or fuedal times....
I have a feeling that people would conduct themselves alot more carefully!
 
It's really interesting the spectrum of responses. It's either people who apparently want me to be homeless or live in a post rapture hell for saying how much fun it would be to live out a Dawn of the Dead scenerio, or people who want to go ahead and designate a place to meet up when it happens so we can all give each other zombie killing tips and build our new civilization of "OTSS!" hahaha. That's awesome. I would miss hot showers with minimal effort though. I think the first order of bidness would be to find an insland and fortify it. The people in Land of the Dead had a good basic idea. Inhabit some small area and venture out for supplies. Unfortunately, the rest of the idea and structure (other 45 minutes of the movie) wasn't such a good idea. In order to make it work, I think money would have to be kicked to the side and basic trade be the new (old and reliable) system.

"Who run Barter Town?"
 
Hey dude not fair, you always pick on the programmers. Me being one of them, nice swoop that all us programmers are useless at survival. Enjoy your forums and your Internet. Guess who made those :P

Edited to add: Yes it is wrong to wish that a large population of people perish in a gruesome way. Seek help about that or go for a long camping trip if your that bored. From what real life and movies have taught me though is that its usually the gun ho cowboys that die first.
 
All I gotta say is, be careful what you ask for. Cause it just might come to visit you first.......
 
Dylside said:
I think that most of us in this forum were simply born in the wrong time or situation for our own idea of fun and quality of life. I would love nothing more that to have some crazy test of will to live and skills for all mankind. A good zombie outbreak would be perfect. Damn them for only being works of fiction. Either that or some huge electromagnetic pulse that knocks out all of the power all over the world and puts us all back to the dark ages. Don't get me wrong. I don't wish for a bunch of innocent people to die... just maybe a slight thinning of the herd. ;) Mankind has really become a huge disappointment. Just think of some little squeemish guy who works as a programmer on a Cobol restructuring project for some company that developes software engineered to run an automated Lee Press-On nail making machine. Why the hell does that guy even exist?!!!
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That guy on the nail machine is most likey very much like the thousands of anonomus workers that kept the armys in the middle ages going. At the battle of Agincourt most of King Henry army was archers. With 5,000 archers shooting over 20 arrows that comes to 100,000 arrows. Think of all those peasents all over England who sat at workbenches fletching arrows, or turning arrow shafts. Or think of all the workers making the 30-06 rounds used by all the M-1 garands at the hight of WW2.

If it really bugs you that much, go take a cross country hike for a month or so carrying only what was available in 1350AD. Get away from it. But put a hold on your arrogance. Like it was said, if the SHTF big time, what makes you and yours are so holy that you think you won't die?

Man evolved from the cave on by banding together and specializing work. People became blacksmiths, farmers, healers, and early on bartered thier work. It's woked for several thousand years so far. The archer on the battle field got the glory, but where would he have been but for some peasent sitting someplace with some flax thread and hide glue putting goose feathers on arrow shafts? Maybe with a ax in his skull.

Your statement is whats wrong with most survival forums. it has too many imature wanabe's who think they are by some chance God's gift to mankind. By your own statement this guy is bright enough to have developed new softwhere, so he must be bright. Did you loose a bonus to him or something.? What do you think you have to offer the human race? Next time you or one of your family need an MRI, you can thank some squemish little guy who developed the programing.

As far as the dark ages you think so much of, without the modern inoculations infant morality used to be over 60%. That means you would have been lucky to ever reach adulthood yourself, let alone any kids you may have.

You need to grow up and stop reading those idiot Sterling novels. By the way, what do YOU do for a living?
 
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