# The whole "Zombie Apocalypse" thing has finally achieved patent absurdity. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 18, 2011, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whole-zombie-apocalypse-thing-has-finally-achieved-patent-absurdity/600040 "2011-10-18T14:56:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whole-zombie-apocalypse-thing-has-finally-achieved-patent-absurdity/600040/61 "2011-10-19T02:41:21Z")
> [@chorpler](#): > > I suspect the difference is that vampire sex is just like human-to-human sex, since vampires generally retain at least a human level of intelligence (these days, at least), while zombie sex is more like bestiality, since zombies are mindless killing-and-eating machines, essentially. I’t would also seem a bit closer to actual necrophilia. Since zombies tend to be..you know…all fucked up and shit. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whole-zombie-apocalypse-thing-has-finally-achieved-patent-absurdity/600040/62 "2011-10-19T03:58:09Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Well, who the fuck would? I mean, if I somehow read some zombie necro-erotica, and it turned me on, Goddess forfend, I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t tell _anybody_! Ever! I’d be getting restraining orders from women who don’t even know who I am! {Gets a restraining order against **elucidator** just in case.} ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whole-zombie-apocalypse-thing-has-finally-achieved-patent-absurdity/600040/63 "2011-10-19T05:20:54Z")
Jokes and zombie sex aside, I’m kind of curious to continue the discussion. I mentioned the ammo to a friend whose opinion I normally respect and got my face chewed off when I maintained they weren’t any more dangerous than normal ammunition. - Primarily, firearms are only safe when treated with respect, and the ammo unnecessarily encourages people to not treat them with respect. (I think the effect is weak, but I have no serious counter to it.) - It encourages people to be more idiotic than they might otherwise be (my suggestion that that holds true for easy access to firearms on a much greater scale was met with significant hostility). - It’s purely irresponsible to present live ammunition as novelty toy items (my response that anyone remotely sane would not load a real gun with toy bullets, the only situation in which the ammo presents a danger, was dismissed as irrelevant). Personally, I think **mhendo** ’s argument is a pretty strong one, particularly with the analogy to alcohol, and both **Doors** ’ and my friend’s arguments are getting hung up on emotion, which surprises me as both tend to be pretty level-headed otherwise. I’m genuinely curious in a discussion on this, and I’ll go open a thread in GD if I need to, but I’m comfortable here in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whole-zombie-apocalypse-thing-has-finally-achieved-patent-absurdity/600040/64 "2011-10-19T05:35:02Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > **The whole “Zombie Apocalypse” thing has finally achieved patent absurdity.** ☹ When they made a Broadway musical about Jesus, I knew this would happen eventually . . . Is **no** cultural institution safe from vulgarization?! ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whole-zombie-apocalypse-thing-has-finally-achieved-patent-absurdity/600040/65 "2011-10-19T07:22:15Z")
I have to agree - this whole zombie thing has gone way too far. They’re just 2HD monsters, people. Wake me up when something dangerous shows up. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whole-zombie-apocalypse-thing-has-finally-achieved-patent-absurdity/600040/66 "2011-10-19T11:36:42Z")
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