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[–] Thcdenton 4 points 56 minutes ago (2 children)

Get gun, fishing rod and tackle, salt water filters, and those mre buckets bible thumpers are always selling on tv. Go to the marina and steal a keelboat. Dab on all the land lubbers still on shore.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 41 minutes ago

Can I go with you?

[–] Agent641 2 points 51 minutes ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour ago

Supplies and boat on a large body of water.

Wait for real life to kill zombies. Or for them to rebuild society.

[–] WindyRebel 8 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Hole up in Costco for two weeks or so.

The rotting corpses who only hunger for flesh are going to be eaten by animals and bugs. Because they don’t have regular ways to maintain water balance for muscles they will atrophy and become immobile. They will pretty much be a non threat while I have plenty of food and shelter to last me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 minutes ago

The power grid is usually one of the first things to go during a zombie apocalypse. Only the shelf stable food will be usable after a few days. That being said, there's plenty of space in the warehouse to hole up.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 hours ago

Buy a lot of toothpaste and toothbrushes.
And I would ask those hordes of zombie to brush their teeth before they try to bite me as I would not want to get sick and maybe contagious right before I'm eaten alive.

[–] Sterile_Technique 3 points 1 hour ago

Drugs.

Then suicide.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

My plan would be "go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for all of this to blow over"

[–] toynbee 1 points 21 minutes ago

Hey, that's the same plan I have for my next date.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 37 minutes ago

Dogs can’t look up!

[–] ChillPenguin 1 points 42 minutes ago

"Yeah boiiiiiii"

[–] JoeKrogan 7 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Get some plants to fight them

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour ago

Make sure to stock up on fungi for the nighttime, too.

[–] thirdBreakfast 22 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] moistclump 1 points 9 minutes ago

Can i get cardio in two days? This changes everything.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I’m going to assume the zombies are the result of a microbial/viral infection reanimating a cadaver. Those muscles aren’t going to stay functional for long, because the body is dead, systems have stopped etc.

I’ll just get enough water and canned food to survive a week. Just lock the doors and stay inside until the zombies outside stop moving.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 hours ago

I would go with 2-3 month, but after first one they shouldn't be all that dangerous. Zombies don't work unless they are of magical kind.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 hours ago

Probably procrastinate for 48hrs.

[–] GoofSchmoofer 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

The number of people that would go to the woods makes me think that staying in a city would be a better option.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago

Yeah it really depends on a lot of factors, exactly what your city / suburb is like, and the nature of the crisis.

After a week or so of supply problems, a major city would be bereft of food. Unless everyone is dead, there would be a lot of desperate, nutty people.

On the other hand, as someone who lives in the country, the easy food here would get low to the ground real fucking quick even with just the local population. Like I can catch a feed of fish, trap rabbits, or even shoot a kangaroo, but these food sources would disappear in my area with even just a dozen people actively harvesting them.

I think that if I'm going to be hungry, I would definitely prefer to be so in the country just because at least you can get away from other people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

I would bug in, 100%.

Stock up at home and hide under the blanket.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I would not prepare anything because I know I would get caught the second it started

[–] [email protected] 1 points 39 minutes ago

Same, I would just download a lot of shit for whoever raids my house.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 hours ago (2 children)
[–] slazer2au 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

If you can't beat the endless waves of undead may as well join them.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago

First put on the silliest outfit you can think of.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I mean yeah it would suck but why not at least run for the hills get a cutesy air bnb cabin and max out your credit cards on food and ammo?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago

I guess the better question is: why? To what end? Live out some doomer prepper fantasy? The world would be right fucked and you’d be out in the middle of nowhere by yourself which you could do right now without the zombies.

[–] Rhynoplaz 2 points 3 hours ago

Get a new axe. Probably some non perishable food and water.

[–] DragonsInARoom 1 points 2 hours ago

Get to new Zealand

[–] TheLowestStone 1 points 2 hours ago

My bugout bag and axe are ready so I guess I'd just stock up on ammo.

[–] zxqwas 13 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Stock up on canned food, ammo, batteries, fuel etc. Go to a cabin in the wilderness far away from everything. Check that I've got the essentials, realize I forgot something. Go back to town to pick it up. Go back to cabin, go back to town to print out some guides on how to preserve food, go back to cabin.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 minutes ago

Don't forget to raid your local police station/armory for riot gear and a shield!

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[–] jordanlund 12 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Crater Lake. Wizard Island. Fresh water, fish, lumber. Built in barriers.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizard_Island

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago

And a nice view to boot

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Do you have the means to reach this place? Lets say that you get the warning tomorrow, are you able to reach the island?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Meh. Stock up on crowbars, axes, hammers, screwdrivers, etc. Drive into the hills and away from the cities, stock up on as much canned food and water I can cram into my tiny ass car. I don't have a gun nor know how to use it, but I'd probably try and kill a cop zombie at some point after the outbreak. Then only use it on myself if it looks like it be eaten alive.

Otherwise I'd try to live a quiet secluded life reading books, attempting to garden, fish, and trap small game animals. All while mourning my loved ones while waiting for the weight of the depression to finally convince me life isn't worth living in such a state. Hopefully that takes a good long while, but yknow...that's unlikely.

I'd likely die of starvation or dehydration before the zombies got me, unless we're talking sprinters...then no way.

I used to play Project Zomboid. The game mechanics make the learning difficulty high and you have to start from the beginning if you die...and there is no plot nor point to the story other than just survive in a world where you are the sole survivor of a zombie outbreak. It forces you into thinking like this often the longer you play. Amazing game, but very depressing.

[–] linkinkampf19 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

You say you used to play PZ... I recommend checking out the Week One mod with the new unstable branch of B42. Breathes some life into the world prior to the apocalypse occurring.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Is there something you mean to tell us?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 hours ago

…. Look I didn’t drop the vial… but a vial was dropped

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[–] LordWiggle 5 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

I'd order the sweater with the text "the hardest part about a zombie apocalypse is pretend I'm not excited".

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Well... My health conditions mean that I am unlikely to survive long term after apocalypse. Even if no zombies get me. The first week would be fine, the first month maybe, but I wouldnt be alive to see the second year. I could try to do a camping trip to see if the "apocalypse" passes over quickly. If not, then there is no point trying to plan for long term survival.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

Id give up so fast, id maybe try to survive, but my plan would include getting bitten and somehow being immune to the brain damage making myself immortal, either that or die

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago

I will join the army at last. My zombies are regular semi-slow ones, not magical.

[–] kalkulat 3 points 4 hours ago

I'd learn to speak zombie. Doesn't take long, it's mostly throat noises. And walk like a zombie, just pretend a horse kicked you in the ass yesterday.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

There's a dedicated community for discussing this exact topic

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