What is up with guys and their fear of zombies?

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   the pink umbrellaposted 13 years ago

   3 times today i heard men talking about having a weapon under their bed "for the zombies" or how "you have to be prepared for the zombie apocolypse" What is up with that?

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      alternate poetposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Maybe it is code for "the Mother in Law is coming to stay" ?

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         the pink umbrellaposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         What? nevermind, ill just wait for a real answer.

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            Rochelle Frankposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            Who are you hanging out with?
            Has anyone else heard this? Not me.

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      LegendaryHeroposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Talking zombie contingency plans is really fun, I do it with my friends all the time.
      
      They were probably just joking about the guns being under their beds for zombies though.

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         the pink umbrellaposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         haha, no guns, bats and fake swords from ebay and stuff like that.

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      psycheskinnerposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Either they are joking or they are insane, take your pick.

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      sandra rinckposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I dunno but I had a friend who use to dream about zombies so we made a plan that if the zombies came we would have a sail boat set up and a head quarters for all the survivors with food and beer and then we would just sail until they all lived out their un-dead lives.
      
      It's that or it's some sort of metaphor for fearing woman on their periods. lol To quote my bf, "How can you trust something that bleeds for a week but doesn't die?" lololol

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         the pink umbrellaposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         haha sounds like something spencer would say

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   Cagsilposted 13 years ago

   

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   Stimpposted 13 years ago

   Wayne's not afraid:
   http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/48039?page=4

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   Lisa HWposted 13 years ago

   I don't think I know anyone who worries about Zombies; however, did people see the MSN article today about the car load of Zombies that got in an accident? (It was people dressed up like Zombies and headed for a party.  Nobody was seriously hurt.    )

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   ptosisposted 13 years ago

   Are these guys Christian Goths? The dead shall rise and I don't expect to be caught up in the rapture - Hopefully - the zombies will be 1950's style - real slow and stupid like 'Shawn of the Dead" instead of those really fast ones on some horror flicks.

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      the pink umbrellaposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      no, there actually talking nanobots. google it if you dont know what it is, but some people seriously believe this is going to happen

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   thisisoliposted 13 years ago

   you have some wierd friends

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      the pink umbrellaposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Actually, guys online mention it all the time, on my facebook, to each other...and my brother is seriously convinced that its going to happen.

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         Jeff Berndtposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         I don't think they seriously believe it's going to happen. It's a silly guy thing, like, having a celebrity list. You know, like the ten celebrities you get to sleep with and your partner can't get mad. Nobody's actually going to sleep with anybody on their list.
         
         Same with the zombies. We know they're never going to be real. It's just a fun hypothetical thing to talk about, and it lets us avoid actual meaningful conversation in a more creative way than quoting Monty Python.

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            the pink umbrellaposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            awesome answer, and you gave me a new hub idea.

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               Jeff Berndtposted 13 years agoin reply to this

               Great! Let me know when you publish it.
               
               Check me out: I'm a Muse.

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                  the pink umbrellaposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                  I did, right after i saw your comment. 10 celebrity's id sleep with, and i published 2 more after that. Its been a pretty boreing day, lol

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                     Jeff Berndtposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                     Oh, here was me thinking you were going to write a hub about zombies.
                     

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   ilmdamailyposted 13 years ago

   Uhhh...at the risk of embarassing myself, i'm one of those guys:-)
   
   I've been obsessed with the whole zombie thing for as long as I can remember. It starts with a good zombie movie - which is always in the survival horror genre. Movies like these beg the question "what would you do?" in the event of the movie's premise.
   
   Inevitably, guys tend to like these movies. Get enough guys together in the one spot and they'll all compare their answers to this question.
   
   From there it "goes viral" (pun not intended, though appreciated) throughout the internet, into increasing levels of absurdity. 
   
   It's not that anyone actually believes a zombie apocalypse will actually happen - just that we secretly hope it will.
   
   To generalise...
   
   Girls grow up planning thier ideal wedding. Dreaming of the day prince charming arrives to sweep them off their feet.
   
   Boys grow up planning thier ideal escape. Dreaming of the day the dead rise from the ground to consume the living, and what they'll do when it happens.
   
   It's a little bit modern film culture, and a little bit gender differences. Though I have several female friends who are as fascinated with the whole scenario too.
   
   Nothing so mysterious, just a bit of fun;-)

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      SomewayOuttaHereposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      ...planning the wedding?????????????  I'm a big zombie fan too!...where I live there is a zombie walk once a year..many people walk together through the downtown dressed as zombies...it's fun...I can't remember how long it has gone on for...LOL!  and always makes the news....people having zombie fun!
      
      my favorite zombie movies - from the UK!  gritty stuff!  luv em!

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         naughty chefposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         I think a zombie walk sounds scary. I mean, even if they are just people dressed up as zombies, i think id be hiding in me kitchen under a table or something! My husband has zombie protection in our bedroom, and even has that zombie survival book.

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   Sab Ohposted 13 years ago

   You gotta hang around with some different guys.

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   tjhooperposted 13 years ago

   I think it's just a fad thing to do.
   
   Kind of like a popular conversation thing. It's not like they are serious, it's just a way to be stupid and have fun.

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    mega1posted 13 years ago

    zombies - perhaps the fear is cuz the undead so often have those perfect pointy teeth?  I know that scares me!  also they never wash, never wipe off the blood!

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