# Wouldn't an actual zombie apocalypse be super-easy to defeat? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 18, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouldnt-an-actual-zombie-apocalypse-be-super-easy-to-defeat/928359 "2020-12-18T19:52:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 30
**Author:** ![Acierocolotl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acierocolotl/32/6241_2.png) [@Acierocolotl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acierocolotl)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouldnt-an-actual-zombie-apocalypse-be-super-easy-to-defeat/928359/30 "2020-12-19T07:15:17Z")
> [@P-man](#): > > Then people would have to deal with skeletons in addition to zombies. Now that is an experience we should be terrified of. All skeletons are fast skeletons, so none of that slow, shuffling business. They know how to use tools, at least swords and shields. They can also dance and create music (at least percussive music) so they have creativity and artistic verve. So by my thaumatological analysis (and becoming a subject authority by watching lots of movies and a few animations with skeletons in them), once the undead cast off the flesh that holds their true intellect back, they metamorphosise from slow, dull zombies to terrifying, flesh-rending, tool-using reavers Since they have that creative streak as well, it’s only a matter of time before they figure out how to use guns. They’ll be much harder to fight then, as their lack of flesh makes them much harder to hit with return fire. > [@Colibri](#): > > Exposed to the elements, they should be in the same condition as any other 10 year old corpse, that is, a bunch of bleached bones. _Don’t be giving them ideas!_ There’s a skeleton inside each of us, reading this, _formulating plans_. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouldnt-an-actual-zombie-apocalypse-be-super-easy-to-defeat/928359)._