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logic102 |
Life After all the Zombies are dead
Nov 7 2010, 4:26 AM EST
What would you do after most or all of the zombies are dead and it's safe to travel. Would you stay a night in the white house or play golf on an aircraft carrier( I Am Legend) you can do anything you want with in reason I.E you can't climb Mt Everest Be creative Note: single handedly repopulating earth dose not count. Do you find this valuable? |
brandon_a_boyer |
1. RE: Life After all the Zombies are dead
Nov 7 2010, 4:53 AM EST
1. Make sure the library of congress is still in good shape2. start working on radio communications 3. Start piecing infrastructure back together 4. Contact the Irish to see if I can organize an exchange for a few hundred kegs of Guinness. Do you find this valuable? |
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thesmallprint |
2. RE: Life After all the Zombies are dead
Nov 7 2010, 7:47 AM EST
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Yeah, I'd make it a priority to make sure the big libraries and museums didn't become too compromised. Would be worth getting up onto the roof of the Bodlean with a bucket of pitch every now and again. Assuming they hadn't already been looted, I'd see if I could lock up some of the more important stuff in safes and the like to be opened when looting was no longer sucha dangerAlong with that, I'd try to go about the country scoping out the other tribes of survivors, taking their temperature (initially from a distance) and try to re-establish trade networks, co-operative construction projects, festivals and exchanges, and some sense of unity where it was possible. Nation-building stuff, you know. Re-instate Remembrance Day or something similar. National events where everyone comes together for some ceremony or other are incredibly important. Group catharsis. Though I know none of that sounds like fun... I guess I'd have fun as I went along. Make a road trip of it: smash a few things, blow up a couple of the uglier buildings in pretty towns, sleep in castles and palaces (though my guess is castles and stately homes might already be occupied), make a few giant visual jokes with graffiti, signposts and sculptures and the like so the next person to come along would get a laugh. Oh, sail across to Ireland to organise/loot a few hundred kegs of Guinness ;) Do you find this valuable? |
mbartelsm |
3. RE: Life After all the Zombies are dead
Nov 7 2010, 10:15 AM EST
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"Yeah, I'd make it a priority to make sure the big libraries and museums didn't become too compromised. Would be worth getting up onto the roof of the Bodlean with a bucket of pitch every now and again. Assuming they hadn't already been looted, I'd see if I could lock up some of the more important stuff in safes and the like to be opened when looting was no longer sucha dangersame here, not sure about museums, but libraries are completely worth it, and maybe the MARS and hershey's factories too. but i would worry a little more on making a good defense, some people in this world just want to see blood Do you find this valuable? |
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thesmallprint |
4. RE: Life After all the Zombies are dead
Nov 7 2010, 11:30 AM EST
Museums are important. Knowing where you come from and who was there before is important. Also since I studied archaeology I might be biased ;)A large part of the idea of creating ties between groups and shared traditions would be to promote a kind of moral authority and unity that would make it more difficult for a tyrant to rise from the ashes. In order to eventually have a safe, free state, you'd need to make sure that people were with you because they agreed with at least some of what you were trying to achieve, rather than just bald self-interest or fear. It'd be a great tragedy if after becoming an endangered species, people went back to small-scale wars or a renewed imperialism of conquest. Imagine that: the people you have survived with against massive odds for years suddenly became enslaved or killed by another group with the 'raider' mentality. Better to spread a sense of unity so that raiders would never just be dealing with one small group, and would not be able to get away with it if they tried. I know the purpose of this thread was to be a bit light-hearted, but honestly I think that would be the most important thing to do. Not easy, but satisfying. Do you find this valuable? |
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EastCoaster9000 |
5. RE: Life After all the Zombies are dead
Nov 7 2010, 12:23 PM EST
Oh, there's about a 1,000,000 fun things to do. What I could imagine....Base jumping off buildings Bungee jumping off bridges Driving cars into buildings Setting fire to random stuff Go into a store and break all the merchandise And that's just the fun stuff. Do you find this valuable? |
Oakspar77777 |
6. RE: Life After all the Zombies are dead
Nov 7 2010, 12:34 PM EST
Well, if it was a "28 days later" scenario (quick onset for a secure ending) - I would do the first thing anyone else would - stock up. Shoes, blankets, firelogs (why split wood when you don't have to), etc.Then, I would take the time to convert my home into a post-apocalypse paradise (freestanding oven in every room, windmill/handcrank primed water tank, find a copper - claw foot tub, etc). After that, it would be down to the hard work of expansion, expansion, expansion. Cows to wrangle and raise, chicken cooping to build and expand, pastures to clear, barns to build (by stripping out houses), fencing to hang, etc. Anyone out sight-seeing on the bounty of the fallen civilizations will find themselves hurting pretty bad after a decade or so (when the boot rubber has turned brittle, the canned foods have lost their vitamins, and every house not occupied is rotten and falling down). Oh, and yes, expect people groups to be friendly only as long as there is plenty to go around. You can expect feuding and wars to start up the day after you stretch your first fence where someone "owns" the land on the other side. Humans are territorial by nature, and as soon as you have neighbors, you will war with them. So, it would be worth while to "walk about" the areas around your settlement. Find out who else is there, and set up trading quickly - you want them depending on, but not reliant upon, your settlement. A man surrounded by friendly allies is never attacked unawares. Do you find this valuable? |
ItsMrManCub |
7. RE: Life After all the Zombies are dead
Nov 7 2010, 12:45 PM EST
I guess it would really depend on my surroundings when it ends. If im still at the location of my BOL#1 I would possibly try and expand my livestock and farming grounds. Neighbors that are deceased will have no need for the land area and since most are fenced in with barbed wire like our perimeter it would be rather easy to tear down parts to open up new grazing areas for our cattle. If im in a more urban enviroment then I would try and get more makeshift gardens operational maybe work on more ways to collect additional water as well. Basically I would do things that would aid in my survival that may have been too dangerous to try before.
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LiquidOcelot |
8. RE: Life After all the Zombies are dead
Nov 7 2010, 3:50 PM EST
i agree with EC their is a million things to do but here is my top 10( in order of importance)1.have a romantic dinner with my girlfriend near the reflecting pool. 2.Start a radio broadcast in D.C 3.go into the Library of Congress and see if the books make it. 4.give those who died a proper burial 5.Go into the nearest Wal-mart and get every DVD of every cartoon i grew up with as a kid. 6.finish high-school and get my diploma. 7.take a dump in the middle of Lowes 8.Sing "I'm on a Boat" on a boat 9. see if i can the TV to work 10. get all the tech in best buy plus raid a Ferrari California in cherry red paint Do you find this valuable? |
EdOfTheDead2 |
9. RE: Life After all the Zombies are dead
Nov 7 2010, 7:04 PM EST
Top 10 things I would do01. Secure important books and documents 02. Loot all the DVD's and CD's in all the local stores and play them while I'm fixing up my place. 03. Set-up some solar panels and wind generators providing I could find some. Maybe. 04. Secure various musical instruments. 05. Raid Slumberland and Becker Furniture and put a bunch of beds and couches everywhere, making the place comfortable. 06. Secure farm animals and start up a farm. 07. Get supplies for sustaining existence (reloading supplies, plant seeds etc.) 08. Set-up outside buildings and fencing (wood sheds, pool area, barns etc.) 09. Go kill some big game animal and have a feast with my fellow survivors in celebration for our great victory against the undead hordes. 10. Raid all wineries and distilleries, off sales, grocery stores and the like for alcohol and cigarettes to trade with any passers-by. Do you find this valuable? |
dragonvilla4 |
10. RE: Life After all the Zombies are dead
Nov 8 2010, 8:31 AM EST
1. make a farm2. try to learn how to make bullets and guns 3. be as isolated as possible 4. live 0 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
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logic102 |
11. RE: Life After all the Zombies are dead
Nov 9 2010, 6:14 AM EST
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Note this isn't what you SHOULD do, But What you COULD do because once long life food runs out and all the fuel is ether used up or contaminated you will have to devote most of your time to making food so I would while I still could:1. find stuff to keep me alive as said above 2.Beat the c!@p out of stuff 3. Play base ball with an ipod's 4.blow stuff up ( If i could without setting the hole town on fire) 5. take a house appart with a sledge hammer 6.stay a night it the white house equivalent of what ever country I was in. 7. go sailing( I live in Australia so I'v got alot of coast to sail) 8. Find a copy of every movie or tv show I every liked and all the others as well. 9. explore 10. Teach myself to play fiddle and learn "the devil went down to Georgia" (always wanted to do that, Also kinda appropriate.) 11. play golf in random places like on top of buildings in the middle of no-where and on a boat while singing i'm on a boat. Thing's I woulded do but may not be able to do 1. visit st Pauls cathedral london 2. stay a night in the louver in paris( lot's of interesting stuff their good place to stay for a few days) 3. Go to other country's if I have the boating skills when the out break happens ( Note I intened to learn costal sailing at some point as well as maybe deep sea sailing.) 4. boast to other people in other country that i'v come for Australia. Do you find this valuable? |
SovietPrince |
12. RE: Life After all the Zombies are dead
Nov 9 2010, 9:19 AM EST
if we're lacking zombies.. this is my idea.. assuming the group i am in is alive and healthy, and ready to take on these tasks:-gathering/securing of knowledge -communications base -resurrection of former world's industrial strength -accumulation of former world's items i want to bring the final one into perspective: i like the idea of looting, not during the apoc, but after. id more than be happy to clean out an electronics store, an old walmart with home appliances, secure land with built homes, and start selling! of course, that is not my actual intention. I believe that, once the dust settles, we will need to try and keep modernization around as much as possible, to comfort the others that are around us. Life will be difficult. If I can salvage a few freezers from walmart and use them to store the group's perishables, we will have longer lasting food. We can also run water to places, begin irrigation again, etc. Its part of ressurection of the former, its rebuilding a tattered world. Do you find this valuable? |
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dragonvilla4 |
13. RE: Life After all the Zombies are dead
Nov 10 2010, 3:34 AM EST
"if we're lacking zombies.. this is my idea.. assuming the group i am in is alive and healthy, and ready to take on these tasks:were never going to have the same stuff we had before in technical terms we will be stumped back all the way from the iron age- industrial age depending on your resources since I'm going to be living like a hermit with a farm in a very secluded place near a river i wont have to worry as much about winning a technological/ arms race with others. Do you find this valuable? |
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dragonvilla4 |
14. RE: Life After all the Zombies are dead
Nov 10 2010, 3:50 AM EST
But just in case i made a way I'm going to make a settlement all i need will be 25 miles of land, a river and about 400-700 people. But since I'm going to a very little known place in my area I'm pretty sure that wont happen since most people don't even know about the emerald plain. That I'm going to make my settlement in but I'm pretty sure most people know about the lowlands since our town is on the other side of the river. That place will have a lot of people since its like a tinny central valley almost even though the emerald plain is more fertile and larger but harder to get to. Also not very much known about it I'm one of the few people who know about that place and have basically mapped it out kinda. Do you find this valuable? |
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logic102 |
15. RE: Life After all the Zombies are dead
Nov 10 2010, 5:55 AM EST
While the Current discussion is interesting the main point of this thread was to find out "what you WOULD LIKE TO DO FOR FUN" after the dust had settled not just what you SHOULD do to stay alive.So while your free to talk about farming thats NOT the point of this thread so at least make mention of what you would LIKE to do after the dust had settled, it doesn't have to be serious it's just for interests sake. Note: I'm the person who posted this thread. Do you find this valuable? |
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mbartelsm |
16. RE: Life After all the Zombies are dead
Nov 10 2010, 9:44 AM EST
"While the Current discussion is interesting the main point of this thread was to find out "what you WOULD LIKE TO DO FOR FUN" after the dust had settled not just what you SHOULD do to stay alive.ohh, drive a ferrari, take plane lessons, diving, parachuting (i need someone else to flight or simply destroy the plane), build a fortress (is fun for me), etc etc etc Do you find this valuable? |
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dragonvilla4 |
17. RE: Life After all the Zombies are dead
Nov 11 2010, 1:01 PM EST
"While the Current discussion is interesting the main point of this thread was to find out "what you WOULD LIKE TO DO FOR FUN" after the dust had settled not just what you SHOULD do to stay alive.who says I don't think farming, hunting, fishing, and building is fun? Do you find this valuable? |
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SovietPrince |
18. RE: Life After all the Zombies are dead
Nov 12 2010, 6:18 PM EST
"who says I don't think farming, hunting, fishing, and building is fun? "they are fun experiences.. quite interesting things to do. its odd really... a city boy can find simple farming and the most rudimentary of survivalism as interesting and even exciting.lol. Do you find this valuable? |
zombieniJa17 |
19. RE: Life After all the Zombies are dead
Nov 12 2010, 7:37 PM EST
Well once the dust settles i would like to set groups in every major city setting priority restoration projects and learn my nations many secrets.And for fun 1)Blow stuff up 2)Use dvd’s of twilight as target practice. 3)Live in the wight house or something cool like that 4)Swim in money Do you find this valuable? |
