# Passive Zombies

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passive-zombies/847727>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 10, 2020, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passive-zombies/847727 "2020-02-10T11:03:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passive-zombies/847727/41 "2020-02-18T05:01:54Z")

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> [@Ignotus](#):
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> Is zombie meat tasty?

Try some and see. We eagerly await your report.

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**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passive-zombies/847727/42 "2020-02-18T21:39:32Z")

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> [@Ignotus](#):
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> Is zombie meat tasty?

If you dry the meat in strips, are they jerky?

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**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passive-zombies/847727/43 "2020-02-18T22:12:46Z")

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Well, they were hardly smooth before.

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**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passive-zombies/847727/44 "2020-02-19T00:46:34Z")

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At least we’re not eating zombi SDMB threads.

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**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passive-zombies/847727/45 "2020-02-19T18:39:56Z")

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> [@bucketybuck](#):
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> What would societies reaction be? Study them? Round them all up and burn them? Return each individual zombie to their families? Find some way to make use of them?

I imagine even more people would opt for cremation over burial.

~Max

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passive-zombies/847727/46 "2020-02-19T18:51:18Z")

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> [@bucketybuck](#):
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> I’m just looking some opinions on something that randomly popped into my head the other day.
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> What would happen if the dead starting rising from the grave but it turned out that instead of craving brains, that they are just these passive zombies that don’t chase anybody, don’t hurt anybody, don’t do anything but wander around aimlessly.
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> What would societies reaction be? Study them? Round them all up and burn them? Return each individual zombie to their families? Find some way to make use of them?

This was more or less the premise of the French drama series [Les Revenants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Returned_(French_TV_series)).  
(let’s not speak of the US remake)

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