# What's deal with zombies lately? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 1, 2014, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-deal-with-zombies-lately/697103 "2014-09-01T02:46:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-deal-with-zombies-lately/697103/1 "2014-09-01T02:46:02Z")
I thought the start of school would LESSEN them. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-deal-with-zombies-lately/697103/2 "2014-09-01T03:03:39Z")
I agree! It’s almost as though there’s some kind of frickin’ conspiracy. Ancient threads being dredged up for no discernible reason. Maybe people are misreading the ebola virus thing somehow. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-deal-with-zombies-lately/697103/3 "2014-09-01T03:10:48Z")
Same deal as the other eleventy-bazillion times this question has been asked. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-deal-with-zombies-lately/697103/4 "2014-09-01T03:18:35Z")
My mistake. Obviously, there have been no shared plans to resurrect dead and buried threads for lulz. I think it must be the Google effect at play. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-deal-with-zombies-lately/697103/5 "2014-09-01T03:35:06Z")
> [@jimbuff314](#): > > My mistake. Obviously, there have been no shared plans to resurrect dead and buried threads for lulz. I think it must be the Google effect at play. Thought so. Will reiterate, Googling this board more trouble than it’s worth. Cochrane, if you LIKE zombies, why post? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-deal-with-zombies-lately/697103/6 "2014-09-01T03:35:20Z")
That one thread in particular puzzled me. The one started way back in '99 by a poster saying she was leaving for a week (but obviously never returned); why was it brought back? And met with such excitement? 😕 Its not like it was a new poster who resurrected the thread and it’s also not like it was brought back for ANY discernable reason. Not even a decent joke. I mean really, WTH? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-deal-with-zombies-lately/697103/7 "2014-09-01T04:36:28Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Thought so. Will reiterate, Googling this board more trouble than it’s worth. Cochrane, if you LIKE zombies, why post? I was commenting that this question must get asked every other week. How did you read any other meaning into it? I am typing English, aren’t I? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-deal-with-zombies-lately/697103/8 "2014-09-01T04:38:07Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > That one thread in particular puzzled me. The one started way back in '99 by a poster saying she was leaving for a week (but obviously never returned); why was it brought back? And met with such excitement? 😕 Its not like it was a new poster who resurrected the thread and it’s also not like it was brought back for ANY discernable reason. Not even a decent joke. I mean really, WTH? Inside joke among some of us. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-deal-with-zombies-lately/697103/9 "2014-09-01T04:57:15Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > That one thread in particular puzzled me. The one started way back in '99 by a poster saying she was leaving for a week (but obviously never returned); why was it brought back? And met with such excitement? 😕 Its not like it was a new poster who resurrected the thread and it’s also not like it was brought back for ANY discernable reason. Not even a decent joke. I mean really, WTH? Sometimes…and I don’t know if this was the case in that thread…a spammer will resurrect a thread. Then someone else comments on it. Then the mods come and remove the spam comment. If no one else had posted, the thread would sink back to obscurity…but since someone got in before the delete, it stays active. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-deal-with-zombies-lately/697103/10 "2014-09-01T05:11:26Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Thought so. Will reiterate, Googling this board more trouble than it’s worth. No, no it hasn’t. In fact, it’s been a plus, because I find google searches a lot more helpful than the search engine here. Who cares about zombies? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-deal-with-zombies-lately/697103/11 "2014-09-01T05:16:14Z")
Note to self: bump 732714 August 31, 2024. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-deal-with-zombies-lately/697103/12 "2014-09-01T06:14:00Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > Sometimes…and I don’t know if this was the case in that thread…a spammer will resurrect a thread. Then someone else comments on it. Then the mods come and remove the spam comment. If no one else had posted, the thread would sink back to obscurity…but since someone got in before the delete, it stays active. In this particular case, it wasn’t a spammer. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-deal-with-zombies-lately/697103/13 "2014-09-01T06:25:45Z")
lol ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-deal-with-zombies-lately/697103/14 "2014-09-01T12:09:33Z")
Probably has to do with the forums that I moderate, but most of what I see are resurrections of old threads on Cecil columns. Those make perfect sense, someone is searching on a topic and gets here and doesn’t notice (or care) about the old date. Ditto Cafe Society, and the same reasons, someone is searching for discussion about some novel and ditto ditto. And those type of resurrections are OK. Resurrection of a thread about someone leaving long ago, that makes no sense, I hope the mods closed it. I try to edit an alert in the first post so folks are aware, and don’t start drafting responses to something someone said five years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-deal-with-zombies-lately/697103/15 "2014-09-01T13:39:53Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Inside joke among some of us. I got it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-deal-with-zombies-lately/697103/16 "2014-09-01T13:56:58Z")
I laughed. And we never did find out how her weekend was! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-deal-with-zombies-lately/697103/17 "2014-09-01T17:37:46Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Inside joke among some of us. Care to let us in on it. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-deal-with-zombies-lately/697103/18 "2014-09-01T18:06:32Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Care to let us in on it. No. It’s best to keep it an inside joke. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-deal-with-zombies-lately/697103/19 "2014-09-01T18:14:18Z")
I haven’t noticed any uptick in the number of zombies in GQ. ---
**Author:** ![Verbum\_Sapienti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b487fb/32.png) [@Verbum\_Sapienti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Verbum_Sapienti)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-deal-with-zombies-lately/697103/20 "2014-09-01T20:28:35Z")
This “Zombie” craze is not unlike the “Godzilla” craze in that it reflects a commonly held fear. Godzilla, a metaphor for nuclear weapons. Zombies, a metaphor for Xenophobia. What is dangerous about Zombies is that it promotes us against them, that they are not human like us thinking. It is the same thinking that historically proceeds war (including civil) and genocides. :eek: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-deal-with-zombies-lately/697103.md?page=2)