# The most valuable occupation...in a zombie apocalypse. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 1, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-valuable-occupation-in-a-zombie-apocalypse/703270 "2014-11-01T15:43:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-valuable-occupation-in-a-zombie-apocalypse/703270/21 "2014-11-02T13:31:50Z")
> [@thirdname](#): > > Machinist. Hey, some of my best friends are machines. I’m just saying I wouldn’t want my sister to marry one. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-valuable-occupation-in-a-zombie-apocalypse/703270/22 "2014-11-02T13:50:05Z")
Where is the Sexy Bikini Babe listing? _ **Why is there no Sexy Bikini Babe Listing?!?** _ Without one…why bother to survive at all? Jokes aside–Women & children first apply. A breeding age woman in any of those choice categories = +1 Rating. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-valuable-occupation-in-a-zombie-apocalypse/703270/23 "2014-11-02T14:35:32Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > My first thought was the paramedic or the vet to help with medical emergencies. But zombie apocalypses have their own unique problems - people who get wounded fighting zombies turn into zombies. It’s not a crisis where normal medical care is helpful. > > But it is a crisis where staying on the move is important. So I picked the car mechanic. Being able to keep vehicles in service will be critical. Depending on the universe, people who get bitten by zombies turn or people who die turn. That leaves a lot of misery to aleviate and injuries to treat for someone who can handle field medicine. Stephen King touched on this in The Stand where characters survived the superflu only to fall to things like injury or a ruptured appendix. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-valuable-occupation-in-a-zombie-apocalypse/703270/24 "2014-11-02T15:34:18Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Depending on the universe, people who get bitten by zombies turn or people who die turn. That leaves a lot of misery to aleviate and injuries to treat for someone who can handle field medicine. Stephen King touched on this in The Stand where characters survived the superflu only to fall to things like injury or a ruptured appendix. Solanum virus zombie rules; that is a zombies bite is 100% fatal and reanimates the victim, although immediate limb amputation has a small chance of save the victim if they get an extremity chomped. > [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Where is the Sexy Bikini Babe listing? > _ **Why is there no Sexy Bikini Babe Listing?!?** _ > > Without one…why bother to survive at all? > > Jokes aside–Women & children first apply. > > A breeding age woman in any of those choice categories = +1 Rating. They’re all men, I know if I said one of them was a sexy sounding lady everyone would pick her! > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > What, no S-Mart sales clerk? All those who shop smart and shop S-Mart are too busy grafting chainsaws to themselves, sorry. > [@Namkcalb](#): > > \*\*Moonshiner \*\*- Very useful, Molatov cocktails will make a hot party for any zombie brainless enough to bother us. Does our car have a flexible fuel engine? If so, turning sugar into fuel would be a rather useful ability, especially in the mid-term when we’ve secured a place to grow crops. According to [Mythbusters](https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=baoJ6FYiX5Q#t=641) the newer the car the better its ability to run on moonshine (192 proof). I’ve got the feeling that in such a situation what you can call ‘your’ car might be rather more flexible, fortunately according to _The Walking Dead_ the zombie apocalypse will be lousy with brand new Hyundais, which [continue to be made](http://i.imgur.com/MSNnoZa.jpg) 3 years after the undead rise, that’s some dedication. ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-valuable-occupation-in-a-zombie-apocalypse/703270/25 "2014-11-02T21:47:18Z")
> [@](#): > > According to [Mythbusters](https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=baoJ6FYiX5Q#t=641) the newer the car the better its ability to run on moonshine (192 proof). I’ve got the feeling that in such a situation what you can call ‘your’ car might be rather more flexible, fortunately according to _The Walking Dead_ the zombie apocalypse will be lousy with brand new Hyundais, which [continue to be made](http://i.imgur.com/MSNnoZa.jpg) 3 years after the undead rise, that’s some dedication. Well, the Koreans have to shift unsold stock to somewhere. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-valuable-occupation-in-a-zombie-apocalypse/703270.md?page=1)