# Can we just dump "zombie calling" altogether? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 12, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-just-dump-zombie-calling-altogether/812293 "2018-04-12T14:57:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-just-dump-zombie-calling-altogether/812293/181 "2018-04-27T16:22:51Z")
“Brainss” - unfunny. But _some_ of the zombie allusions i’ve read have fit the specific thread subject in an amusing and clever way and woken me up to the age of the thread with a small smile instead of _only_ self-annoyance that I had not already noticed. Sure a clever zombie joke may be a notable sighting … but they are _sometimes_ seen in the wild. (Okay I can’t recall any specific ones … ) ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-just-dump-zombie-calling-altogether/812293/182 "2018-04-27T16:44:41Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > “Brainss” - unfunny. But _some_ of the zombie allusions i’ve read have fit the specific thread subject in an amusing and clever way and woken me up to the age of the thread with a small smile instead of _only_ self-annoyance that I had not already noticed. Sure a clever zombie joke may be a notable sighting … but they are _sometimes_ seen in the wild. > > (Okay I can’t recall any specific ones … ) OK, try [this one](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=475506). 2008 thread about Full Metal Jacket, [resurrected by a seagull](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20921526&postcount=10)(fly in, shit on us, fly away). **TruCelt** [posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20921544&postcount=11) a very subtle and clever zombie joke (specifically, naming the resurrection but also answering the question – the character in the scene in question had a bandaged face – by indirectly making it a “mummy post”. Plus providing a link to replace the OP’s original badly bitrotted link. Clever, helpful, subtle, but definitely a zombie joke. Zombie joke haters: do you hate that example? ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-just-dump-zombie-calling-altogether/812293/183 "2018-04-27T17:44:30Z")
Related thread: [I’m working up a poll. I’d like some input from each of you.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20927687#post20927687) ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-just-dump-zombie-calling-altogether/812293/184 "2018-04-27T17:45:40Z")
for historical reference - > [@Guinastasia](#): > > So obviously the zombie jokes aren’t needed. What’s your point? > [@Guinastasia](#): > > Yeah, it kinda does, since a lot of people find them annoying. As more in jokes have died out, I think this is one that really should as well, and I know I’m not the only one. I mean, if you find them funny, good for you, but I can’t help but cringe every time I see one. It’s like Dopers can’t move on. (underline added) Needed? Are any posts “needed”, or even required? Someone felt like responding to a zombie thread. Someone else felt like responding to that post with a humorous/snarky post. Readers may have laughed, chuckled, smiled, ignored it, or were offended. From reading this thread, it also appears that a lot of people do not find them annoying. Decisions, decisions. Should forum policy/rules be changed? If so, what should that change be based on? Facts? Opinions? Feelings? An opinion poll, perhaps? In this thread, some members have requested more information pertaining to the loss of newbies specifically due to a humorous/snarky response they received for resurrecting a zombie thread. Unfortunately, no hard data seems to be available at this time. If someone wishes to convince others to alter their behavior, isn’t the burden of proof on those wishing change? Of course, there are other ways to change rules. Those in authority can simply make a rule change. Their circus, their monkeys. Personally, I only want to know what the rules currently are. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-just-dump-zombie-calling-altogether/812293/185 "2018-04-27T18:21:23Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > OK, try [this one](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=475506). > > 2008 thread about Full Metal Jacket, [resurrected by a seagull](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20921526&postcount=10)(fly in, shit on us, fly away). **TruCelt** [posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20921544&postcount=11) a very subtle and clever zombie joke (specifically, naming the resurrection but also answering the question – the character in the scene in question had a bandaged face – by indirectly making it a “mummy post”. Plus providing a link to replace the OP’s original badly bitrotted link. > > Clever, helpful, subtle, but definitely a zombie joke. > > Zombie joke haters: do you hate that example? Do I count as a hater? I don’t hate that example. That must have been amusing to the insiders. But I would like to point out that while it might have amused the regulars, it also confused people – someone had to explain a few posts later the point of the zombie reference. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-just-dump-zombie-calling-altogether/812293/186 "2018-04-27T18:30:58Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > . . . **TruCelt** [posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20921544&postcount=11) a very subtle and clever zombie joke > > . . . > Clever, helpful, subtle, but definitely a zombie joke. > > . . . Thank you! 😊 ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-just-dump-zombie-calling-altogether/812293/187 "2018-04-27T18:34:18Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Do I count as a hater? I don’t hate that example. That must have been amusing to the insiders. But I would like to point out that while it might have amused the regulars, it also confused people – someone had to explain a few posts later the point of the zombie reference. Actually, I accidentally somehow double posted. [This was meant to be the only post,](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20921574&postcount=15) and was formulated as an example for this thread. It “had to be explained” because of this thread, not because I personally think it’s necessary. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-just-dump-zombie-calling-altogether/812293/188 "2018-04-27T19:14:14Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Thank you! 😊 It was clever and subtle, but would have actually been much better had it added anything but snark to the thread. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-just-dump-zombie-calling-altogether/812293/189 "2018-04-27T19:16:41Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > It was clever and subtle, but would have actually been much better had it added anything but snark to the thread. It added a link to a higher-definition video snip which **clearly showed the answer to the original question.** ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-just-dump-zombie-calling-altogether/812293/190 "2018-04-27T19:46:40Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > It added a link to a higher-definition video snip which **clearly showed the answer to the original question.** Ah, good point, I sit corrected. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-just-dump-zombie-calling-altogether/812293/191 "2018-04-27T21:09:13Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > OK, try [this one](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=475506). … Yes, like that. Even ones that do not actually answer the original question but are clever ways to allude to zombie in a way that references the OP and yet still contributes to or acknowledges what the new poster stated are fine. I think what would insult a new poster who stumbled in by way of a search is not a moderately in-joke as part of a response but having their contribution ignored. That said, fairly few zombie references hit that mark and some seem to think that just the words “zombie” or “brains” are clever in and of themselves. And not. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-just-dump-zombie-calling-altogether/812293/192 "2018-04-27T21:42:19Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > I find the complainers who turn it into 17 posts on the subject far better fodder for annoyance than the occasional repeat. There’s a flip side to that coin. You’ve posted quite a bit in this thread, started [two](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=853145) [more](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=853841) and presumably going to start at least a third one to create a poll. That’s a lot of posts to show how unannoyed you are. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-just-dump-zombie-calling-altogether/812293/193 "2018-04-27T23:35:04Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > There’s a flip side to that coin. You’ve posted quite a bit in this thread, started [two](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=853145) [more](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=853841) and presumably going to start at least a third one to create a poll. That’s a lot of posts to show how unannoyed you are. I’m trying to help the group reach a consensus on how to proceed. What are you trying to achieve? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-just-dump-zombie-calling-altogether/812293.md?page=9)