# I'm a Zombie **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 24, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-zombie/651223 "2013-02-24T04:25:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BlueMit11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@BlueMit11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueMit11)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-zombie/651223/1 "2013-02-24T04:25:10Z")
Seriously. Look at my post history. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-zombie/651223/2 "2013-02-24T04:33:02Z")
Because you posted nothing for 8 years? (February 2005 to January this year, inclusive.) ---
**Author:** ![BlueMit11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@BlueMit11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueMit11)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-zombie/651223/3 "2013-02-24T04:35:39Z")
That and my brain eating. But mostly that. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-zombie/651223/4 "2013-02-24T10:10:29Z")
> [@BlueMit11](#): > > Seriously. Look at my post history. That doesn’t make you a zombie, it makes you a lurker. (The brain eating I will give you.) ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-zombie/651223/5 "2013-02-24T15:03:09Z")
I guess I’m a zombie too. Dec. 6, 2001 to Sept 30, 2010. Maybe we should have a club. ETA that’s between logins. Last post before hiatus was August 2001. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-zombie/651223/6 "2013-02-24T15:10:34Z")
Me too, but it’s just because I haven’t had any coffee yet. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-zombie/651223/7 "2013-02-24T15:15:23Z")
I propose a new term for such behavior to distinguish it from Lurker and Zombie. If not Lurkbie, then Zombker. In any case this type of research could be fun! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-zombie/651223/8 "2013-02-24T16:04:54Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I propose a new term for such behavior to distinguish it from Lurker and Zombie. > > If not Lurkbie, then Zombker. > > In any case this type of research could be fun! Zurker. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-zombie/651223/9 "2013-02-24T16:08:11Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Zurker. “So let it be written; so let it be done.” – Yul Brynner ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-zombie/651223/10 "2013-02-24T16:09:19Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > “So let it be written; so let it be done.” – Yul Brynner Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. I guess I’m one myself: moved from AFCA to the then-new board, hung around a while, didn’t come back to post for around a decade. Can’t seem to find my old username and account, thus this replacement. But I’ve been zurking for years and years… ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-zombie/651223/11 "2013-02-24T16:17:25Z")
I’m curious how one could do the correct searching for long gaps in posting other than by looking at individual profiles. In my own case it takes a fair amount of digging and modifying searches. In short, I’d have trouble finding my longest gap between posts. How would I do that for others? ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-zombie/651223/12 "2013-02-24T16:27:59Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I’m curious how one could do the correct searching for long gaps in posting other than by looking at individual profiles. There isn’t - perhaps mods and admins have more ‘invasive’ search capabilities, but we can only find zurkers by watching for unfamiliar names with old join dates and rummaging their post histories. I’m sure Google and Acxiom know, but then, they know everything. Even more than Cecil. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-zombie/651223/13 "2013-02-24T17:31:20Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I’m curious how one could do the correct searching for long gaps in posting other than by looking at individual profiles. In my own case it takes a fair amount of digging and modifying searches. In short, I’d have trouble finding my longest gap between posts. How would I do that for others? So you’re a Zurkophile? ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-zombie/651223/14 "2013-02-24T17:36:08Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > So you’re a Zurkophile? _ **Zeldar, Zurker Hunter.** _ Movie option’s up for grabs. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-zombie/651223/15 "2013-02-24T18:49:17Z")
> [@NitroPress](#): > > _ **Zeldar, Zurker Hunter.** _ > > Movie option’s up for grabs. Perhaps he’s crazy, which would make him **Zeldar, Berzurker Hunter**. ---
**Author:** ![BlueMit11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@BlueMit11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueMit11)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-zombie/651223/16 "2013-02-24T20:30:29Z")
Well, it was about that same amount of time between logins, also. Though I believe you have me beat, **Doug K.** Perhaps you could be head Zurker, and I could be your First Officer? We could communicate with each other via our Zurkcoms. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-zombie/651223/17 "2013-02-24T21:31:04Z")
> [@BlueMit11](#): > > Well, it was about that same amount of time between logins, also. > > Though I believe you have me beat, **Doug K.** Perhaps you could be head Zurker, and I could be your First Officer? We could communicate with each other via our Zurkcoms. ObergruppenZurker? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-zombie/651223/18 "2013-02-24T23:33:31Z")
I am a zombie, technically, but not because of my posting history. It’s more because I’m literally part dead guy. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-zombie/651223/19 "2013-02-25T00:38:11Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I am a zombie, technically, but not because of my posting history. It’s more because I’m literally part dead guy. Ewww. What _have_ you been eating? (Transplant, I assume?) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-zombie/651223/20 "2013-02-25T00:56:30Z")
> [@NitroPress](#): > > Ewww. What _have_ you been eating? > > (Transplant, I assume?) Yep. Cadaver parts in me. I am the walking undead (and sometimes the running undead, thanks to a dead person’s tendon or ligament that is now my ACL). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-zombie/651223.md?page=2)