The Walking Dead TV Show Thread that doesn't include anything on paper

[Saitsu]

I wonder how this show’s gonna end. Things seem pretty hopeless.

As it should be in a zombie apocalypse. Either the show ends with most everyone dead, or with the main group just continuing to survive. Really the only two options ever.

[rcaido]

Did we find out yet if post apocalypse babies get the virus? Maybe then they can end it by having the kids that are born virus free. Maggie/Glens kids, Michonne/ Rick, Carl & Beth, Carol if she can still have a baby / Daryl.

[Saitsu]

Did we find out yet if post apocalypse babies get the virus? Maybe then they can end it by having the kids that are born virus free. Maggie/Glens kids, Michonne/ Rick, Carl & Beth, Carol if she can still have a baby / Daryl.

We don’t because Judith was the only one and she’s MIA and…well, it’s pretty impossible to get any bloodwork done at the moment for obvious reasnos.

[Reason4U]

No babies live long enough.

Babies are like the worse fucking thing to have in the Zompocalypse, random crying, constant feeding, liability at all times. No one raising one lives very long. That’s assuming your lucky enough to last 9 months carrying a baby in the first place, I have to imagine alot of moms die before birth.

Basically I doubt we’ll ever find out if they are for sure or not because the sample size to run test has got to crazy small.

[Ben_Perkins]

Last ep was so good, great use of playing Rick and Carl off each other. Occasionally Overbearing Dad vs Rebellious Teen Son done SO well. Both parties needed to consider the other: Rick needed to understand that he can’t be Captain Killmaster all the time and must let his son grow into his own, and Carl must realize that he ISN’T Captain Killmaster Jr. yet, and needs to be more conscious of his father’s point of view. And stop being a cocky little prick.

Rick is a good man in a shit situation. I have no idea why some people think he is weak.

[Saitsu]

No babies live long enough.

Babies are like the worse fucking thing to have in the Zompocalypse, random crying, constant feeding, liability at all times. No one raising one lives very long. That’s assuming your lucky enough to last 9 months carrying a baby in the first place, I have to imagine alot of moms die before birth.

Basically I doubt we’ll ever find out if they are for sure or not because the sample size to run test has got to crazy small.

To the point that, people go on living but…do you sit there and admit that you’re the end of the human race? Because if you try to reproduce you increased the danger around you by 200% minimum, and if you don’t you’ve pretty much committed to the fact that the Human Race will die out permanently.

[pherai]

No babies live long enough.

Babies are like the worse fucking thing to have in the Zompocalypse, random crying, constant feeding, liability at all times. No one raising one lives very long. That’s assuming your lucky enough to last 9 months carrying a baby in the first place, I have to imagine alot of moms die before birth.

Basically I doubt we’ll ever find out if they are for sure or not because the sample size to run test has got to crazy small.

To the point that, people go on living but…do you sit there and admit that you’re the end of the human race? Because if you try to reproduce you increased the danger around you by 200% minimum, and if you don’t you’ve pretty much committed to the fact that the Human Race will die out permanently.

word. IMO people treat this show too much like its a video game, and as long as the characters survive til the end, they are doing things right, thus any decision that risks survival is the wrong decision. The characters have to balance between survival and building a life thats worth surviving for (Herschel and Maggie made this point earlier this season separately), which means doing more than just hoarding supplies and pointing a gun at anyone you’ve never seen before.

[YusukeUrameshi]

It would be the end of the human race. I remember reading on the wiki a long time a go the ratio of living to dead is like 5000 walkers for every 1 living person. On top of that all the remaining living people do is fight over resources or because they’re crazy or both. So unless some how somebody organized a huge army of living with the purpose of combating the undead Humanity’s fate is sealed.

[LivewireX]

I don’t mean to point out the obvious but…I’m not sure I’m going to trust what a wiki says about the increase ratio of zombies in a zombie apocalypse…when zombies well, aren’t a real thing at all.

[YusukeUrameshi]

It’s a walking dead Wiki. Just explaining the lore. Most things have one actually. Usually compiled by fans so for fictional stuff it’s usually accurate enough. For real or useful information obviously you use a “real” source.

[voodazz]

Once again, the lawns are remarkably well maintained.

[po_pimpus]

Rick is a good man in a shit situation. I have no idea why some people think he is weak.

Because as demonstrated in the Breaking Bad thread, some people are sociopaths with no remorse or empathy for their fellow man… Or internet tough guys posturing to look cool.

The fact that some people actually side with SHANE of all people should tell you all you need to know.

[white_shadow]

Biological limitations of zombies aside, once the winter months came along, it would cull a huge amount of the zombies. Even if they did survive their limbs wouldn’t function. So basically Alaskans and Inuits have it good.

If the zombie infestation happened midsummer, there would be a massive human and ecological disaster that would probably screw us in the long run. Walking Dead zombies apparently eat all kinds of meat, unlike Dawn of the Dead zombies that ignore animals, so there would inevitable be a mass extinction due to extra competition from a horde millions strong of creatures that can’t die and have an unquenchable thirst for flesh.

Let’s not even forget the diseases spread by rotting flesh strewn everywhere, especially in rivers and streams.

[Raz0r]

Biological limitations of zombies aside, once the winter months came along, it would cull a huge amount of the zombies. Even if they did survive their limbs wouldn’t function. So basically Alaskans and Inuits have it good.

Why? Cold weather slows down or stops deterioration. It’s why when you freeze meat it lasts so long. They would be fine and this very subject is looked at in depth through various zombie novels.

If the zombie infestation happened midsummer, there would be a massive human and ecological disaster that would probably screw us in the long run. Walking Dead zombies apparently eat all kinds of meat, unlike Dawn of the Dead zombies that ignore animals, so there would inevitable be a mass extinction due to extra competition from a horde millions strong of creatures that can’t die and have an unquenchable thirst for flesh.

Animals have many ways of surviving. They would be eaten up, sure, but not in such huge numbers. You’re taking into account that they’d always be on the hunt for animals. Animals normally avoid interaction with people in the wild so they’d find ways to survive. That’s not even taking into consideration that animals are just faster, either bigger or smaller, can fly, swim, etc.

Let’s not even forget the diseases spread by rotting flesh strewn everywhere, especially in rivers and streams.

Isn’t this why many of them rely on bottled water or rain water?

[Reason4U]

Biological limitations of zombies aside, once the winter months came along, it would cull a huge amount of the zombies. Even if they did survive their limbs wouldn’t function. So basically Alaskans and Inuits have it good.

Why? Cold weather slows down or stops deterioration. It’s why when you freeze meat it lasts so long. They would be fine and this very subject is looked at in depth through various zombie novels.

If the zombie infestation happened midsummer, there would be a massive human and ecological disaster that would probably screw us in the long run. Walking Dead zombies apparently eat all kinds of meat, unlike Dawn of the Dead zombies that ignore animals, so there would inevitable be a mass extinction due to extra competition from a horde millions strong of creatures that can’t die and have an unquenchable thirst for flesh.

Animals have many ways of surviving. They would be eaten up, sure, but not in such huge numbers. You’re taking into account that they’d always be on the hunt for animals. Animals normally avoid interaction with people in the wild so they’d find ways to survive. That’s not even taking into consideration that animals are just faster, either bigger or smaller, can fly, swim, etc.

Let’s not even forget the diseases spread by rotting flesh strewn everywhere, especially in rivers and streams.

Isn’t this why many of them rely on bottled water or rain water?

7 Scientific Reasons a Zombie Outbreak Would Fail (Quickly)

Zombies get owned by cold weather…

When flesh is alive, it’s got all sorts of defense systems to keep it that way. When it’s dead, you have to throw it away in about a week even if you seal it up in plastic and keep it at a carefully modulated temperature. Now, your first inclination may be to think of cold as dead meat’s friend, after all, the surest way to defeat that week-long deadline is to freeze steak, keeping it fresh for months. But don’t forget: Unregulated cold does awful shit to formerly living things. If you live far enough north, the zombie apocalypse will probably work itself out the first time it tries to go outside. The first zombie-killer is the simple fact that the human body is mostly water, and water freezes. Once the temperature drops to freezing (or near it with a high wind chill), zombies will become significantly more rigid.

After enough exposure, a dead body is going to be frozen solid and not chasing down any screaming victims, no matter how delicious and Rascal Scooter-bound they might be. It’s also safe to assume that zombies wandering around in a wintry wonderland are not going to be wrapped air-tight in plastic like we do with food, so freezer burn becomes an issue. Seriously. The same thing that ruins your ice cream also ruins the Undead Onslaught. The freezing of the flesh at night, combined with partial thaw during warmer days, then refreezing again sets up the perfect conditions for the onset of freezer burn, which results in the cells dehydrating as water evaporates, even when frozen solid. Freezer burned meat isn’t just dead, it’s destroyed.

**And by Heat **

Dead bodies bloat because of the gases created by the bacteria, meaning that in warmer areas even Abercrombie Zombies are going to start getting fat in the first few days. After a few weeks of this, the nasty, bloated zombie army is going to start doing something that is simultaneously the most awesome and disturbing thing a zombie can do: they will start exploding (CAUTION! Pictures!). The warm, moist conditions in the tropical and subtropical parts of the world (or even just summer in the temperate parts) speeds this condition, meaning a July zombie outbreak pretty much anywhere would be over in a few weeks just by virtue of the rampaging monsters bursting like rancid meat balloons.

Zombie Apolcolype would never happen in real life because of this and the military in real life aren’t idiots. Zombie would get rocked by humans, especially since so many people prepare for this shit already.

[white_shadow]

Biological limitations of zombies aside, once the winter months came along, it would cull a huge amount of the zombies. Even if they did survive their limbs wouldn’t function. So basically Alaskans and Inuits have it good.

Why? Cold weather slows down or stops deterioration. It’s why when you freeze meat it lasts so long. They would be fine and this very subject is looked at in depth through various zombie novels.

If the zombie infestation happened midsummer, there would be a massive human and ecological disaster that would probably screw us in the long run. Walking Dead zombies apparently eat all kinds of meat, unlike Dawn of the Dead zombies that ignore animals, so there would inevitable be a mass extinction due to extra competition from a horde millions strong of creatures that can’t die and have an unquenchable thirst for flesh.

Animals have many ways of surviving. They would be eaten up, sure, but not in such huge numbers. You’re taking into account that they’d always be on the hunt for animals. Animals normally avoid interaction with people in the wild so they’d find ways to survive. That’s not even taking into consideration that animals are just faster, either bigger or smaller, can fly, swim, etc.

Let’s not even forget the diseases spread by rotting flesh strewn everywhere, especially in rivers and streams.

Isn’t this why many of them rely on bottled water or rain water?

Since Reason4U already explained the former. You have to realize that America has a population of 300 million. Even if only half the population became zombies the competition they would present in their indiscriminate rampage would not be stopped. Unlike other terrestrial animals, they don’t play the game based on survival, just ravenous hunger. They don’t respond to pain stimuli, nor do they retreat, and they hardly, if ever, get sated.

Life by itself is resilient, but an ecosystem isn’t. Even in our present non-zombie environment the introduction of pythons, lionfish, and other nonindigenous creatures severely disrupts other animals and put them at risk of extinction. Millions of dollars are spent a year hunting and trapping these creatures and they’re still causing issues. Now imagine a sudden upwelling of zombies millions strong; you really think animals are going to stably interact, mate and raise young with a huge population of zombies constantly swarming and challenging apex predators for food?

Lastly, many keystone species aren’t necessarily the most hardy or evasive, like beavers and gopher tortoises. Their inevitable extinction would basically be the final nail in the coffin for most mammalian fauna, including us. Fishing or drinking in zombie carrion-filled waters might as well be suicide for us, and many other organisms. Finding potable/ bottle water wouldn’t be easy for every group of people, and we need a lot of it to function properly. Disease would be too widespread to avoid.

[rcaido]

Zombie Apolcolype would never happen in real life because of this and the military in real life aren’t idiots. Zombie would get rocked by humans, especially since so many people prepare for this shit already.

Isn’t the whole Zombie Apocalypse of the tv show Walking Dead is that everyone is infected. So no matter what, when you die you’re going to turn to a zombie. You can’t prepare for that shit no matter what.

[Saitsu]

Zombie Apolcolype would never happen in real life because of this and the military in real life aren’t idiots. Zombie would get rocked by humans, especially since so many people prepare for this shit already.

Isn’t the whole Zombie Apocalypse of the tv show Walking Dead is that everyone is infected. So no matter what, when you die you’re going to turn to a zombie. You can’t prepare for that shit no matter what.

This. You can contain all you want but all it takes is one freak death to destroy a society. Look at what happened in the prison just because one person got sick.

[Reason4U]

Zombie Apolcolype would never happen in real life because of this and the military in real life aren’t idiots. Zombie would get rocked by humans, especially since so many people prepare for this shit already.

Isn’t the whole Zombie Apocalypse of the tv show Walking Dead is that everyone is infected. So no matter what, when you die you’re going to turn to a zombie. You can’t prepare for that shit no matter what.

Sure but the Walking Dead never bothers to explain why or how everyone is infected and it’s done that way intentionally. The Center for Disease and Control would be all over that shit before it ever spread across the country. Those CDC motherfucker don’t play, and rightfully so.

And it takes more than one persons death to destroy a society, you guys forget a series of specific circumstances had to happen for an outbreak to even occur in the prison. Like the kid not telling anyone he was sick, or finding rats way too late. TV show drama =/= how things would play out in real life.

You can argue all you want people learning telepathy is more likely to happen than a zombie outbreak lasting more than a month tops before humanity survives victorious.

[Lord_Raptor]

Whya re you niggas look into science and logic to explain why this can’t happen. have fun.