# Did you die during the Zombie Apocalypse? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 17, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-during-the-zombie-apocalypse/717924 "2015-04-17T17:08:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-during-the-zombie-apocalypse/717924/1 "2015-04-17T17:08:08Z")
Remember the Zombie Apocalypse? Remember how after it was over we traveled back through time to keep it from happening in the first place? If you don’t remember, it means you died during the Zombie Apocalypse. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-during-the-zombie-apocalypse/717924/2 "2015-04-17T17:10:11Z")
Weekend starting a bit early for you? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-during-the-zombie-apocalypse/717924/3 "2015-04-18T02:13:33Z")
I’m sure I did. > **[How Everything Goes to Hell During a Zombie Apocalypse - The Oatmeal](https://theoatmeal.com/comics/zombie_how)** > > This illustrated diagram will tell you how shit goes wrong during the zombie apocalypse. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-during-the-zombie-apocalypse/717924/4 "2015-04-18T02:25:25Z")
Considering this is me, what would you say? [http://www.nouilles.info/illustrations/sdmb\_portraits/68402\_extra\_1.jpg](http://www.nouilles.info/illustrations/sdmb_portraits/68402_extra_1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-during-the-zombie-apocalypse/717924/5 "2015-04-18T04:23:29Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Considering this is me, what would you say? > > [http://www.nouilles.info/illustrations/sdmb\_portraits/68402\_extra\_1.jpg](http://www.nouilles.info/illustrations/sdmb_portraits/68402_extra_1.jpg) I don’t believe I’ve ever see an Amish zombie before. Were you mafia before you turned? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-during-the-zombie-apocalypse/717924/6 "2015-04-18T05:46:33Z")
Time travel doesn’t work that way. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-during-the-zombie-apocalypse/717924/7 "2015-04-18T06:32:25Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > I don’t believe I’ve ever see an Amish zombie before. > > Were you mafia before you turned? We try not to mention or even hint at that show except for one guy I know who does tours showing what a load of crap it is. 😉 And in make-up I like to refer to myself as “Zamish”; it has a nice ring to it. We differ from most zombies in that instead of “brains” we usually say (brace yourself for this) “barns”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-during-the-zombie-apocalypse/717924/8 "2015-04-19T13:51:15Z")
I’m in Pittsburgh. Since this is where it all (will have) started, no one here gets out alive. > **[Pittsburgh](https://zombie.fandom.com/wiki/Pittsburgh)** > > Pittsburgh is often considered to be the most-likely ground-zero for the zombie invasion due to its rich history in both zombie folklore as well as pioneering in the field of actual lab creation of zombies. A lab at the University of Pittsburgh... ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2015, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-during-the-zombie-apocalypse/717924/9 "2015-04-19T13:55:19Z")
Oh yeah?! Well I went further back in time to stop stopping it from happening but since it was still stopped someone must have stopped stopping stopping it from happening after I stopped stopping it… ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-during-the-zombie-apocalypse/717924/10 "2015-04-19T15:32:39Z")
> [@Isosleepy](#): > > I’m in Pittsburgh. Since this is where it all (will have) started, no one here gets out alive. > [Pittsburgh | Zombiepedia | Fandom](http://zombie.wikia.com/wiki/Pittsburgh) The Walks in Monroeville Mall were the BEST! (Although we could debate that Evans City is the actual Ground Zero. It isn’t officially Fall until the leaves start to drop and I make my annual pilgrimage to the hilltop.) ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-during-the-zombie-apocalypse/717924/11 "2015-04-19T15:38:41Z")
I’m not out of ammunition, so no, I didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-during-the-zombie-apocalypse/717924/12 "2015-04-19T19:39:44Z")
I sometimes think I’d fare BETTER in the zombie apocalypse than in real life, and conversely the people faring better now would be worse off. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-during-the-zombie-apocalypse/717924/13 "2015-04-19T21:29:41Z")
I remember saving _your_ lazy ass PatriotX! And wasn’t the zombie apocalypse all your fault in the first place anyway? Though I still feel bad about using Quimby as bait so the rest of us could escape… :\ ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-during-the-zombie-apocalypse/717924/14 "2015-04-21T21:16:04Z")
During which loop? We’re on number 4 now, I believe. I died in 2, but made it through 1 and 3 somehow. Remember those crazy Canadian cannibals in loop 3? Yeah, I’m the one that took them out. They didn’t even have a clue when I opened their gate and let the zombies in. Eat someone get eaten, that’s my motto. Or it was in loop 3. ---
**Author:** ![Dioptre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/278dde/32.png) [@Dioptre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dioptre)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-during-the-zombie-apocalypse/717924/15 "2015-04-22T23:06:33Z")
**TBG** , I’m sorry. You were the one who explained the whole time-loop thing and trained me up based on what you’d learned on the previous loops. I was just too slow, and the falling beam trapped your legs. Don’t worry - I didn’t let you turn Z. Later, it was the skills you taught us all that helped us survive the final jump. Wait … how do you remember the first four loops? That’s shouldn’t be possible. If this time travel thing doesn’t work the way we thought it did … ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-during-the-zombie-apocalypse/717924/16 "2015-04-23T20:21:26Z")
> [@Dioptre](#): > > Wait … how do you remember the first four loops? That’s shouldn’t be possible. If this time travel thing doesn’t work the way we thought it did … It’s complicated. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2015, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-during-the-zombie-apocalypse/717924/17 "2015-04-23T20:59:54Z")
I thought I told you guys that time travel doesn’t work that way! Or was that before we had to shoot Kennedy? Christ, no wonder you don’t remember. But wait, today’s absolute date is April 23, 2015? Oh crap, we’re not too late but we’ve got to hurry… ---
**Author:** ![Dioptre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/278dde/32.png) [@Dioptre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dioptre)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-during-the-zombie-apocalypse/717924/18 "2015-04-24T00:25:48Z")
No, the absolute date is June 6 2016. A couple of rogue jumpers thought that if they went way way back they’d only need to make a small change to stop the whole mess. The only long-term effect was that they altered the calendars. That’s what stuffed up the sixth loop - we didn’t realise we couldn’t trust the local dates, and missed ground zero by 15 months.