Who Would Survive the Longest in a Zombie Apocalypse??

[@JaxBlade]

Apparently Chainsaws don’t cut through flesh as easily as people think. It can get caught on the meat and bone & shut off pretty easy so Machete unironically would be more efficient haha

[@NatrixNate]

hey jax didn't expect you here

[@mrfake5251]

How you know that...?

[@Osman-bn2rc]

@@mrfake5251 the internet.

[@SamFischer004]

And remember if it worked, all the blood would splatter everywhere and disperse in a very fine mist and you would get it all and possibly inhale it.

[@magusdarkrider9779]

also all the blood and fats spraying about might make it super slippery and dangerous to use (sure that would happen with most weapons, but like knives and swords won't do nearly as much damage as a chainsaw if it slips out of your hands while still on)

[@MLGHazrad]

Garnt searching for a melee than using a gun makes more sense because what these boys don't realize is how loud a gun shot is. You gonna attract hordes of zombies if you're gonna headshot just one or two zombie.

[@degenerateprick3288]

The "noise attract zombies" is fake science too right? Cause we don't actually know if their ears are still work after being reanimated

[@noob-zx4cv]

Yeah. Project Zomboid taught be that. [Shivers]

[@DanVrse]

If silencer is available, I would take a gun.

[@gamerguy6990]

You’re better of saving your bullets and guns for what actually needs them like hunting or self defense than dealing with zombies

[@emebetkidane6409]

@@degenerateprick3288 q0

[@grimoireweiss3099]

Connor: assembles guns, ammo, armor. Forgets firing pin due to jinx Garnt: cult leader of anime Joey: chilling in bunkeronii with food, water and games

[@phroggers319]

ouro kronii reference

[@EckhartLuthor]

And with Kronii. Joey can singlehandedly repopulate the earth.

[@TakoQuarantineDepartment]

​@@EckhartLuthor No, remember! That's why we got the Kronies!

[@busshock]

Chainsaws are hella overrated as anti-zombie weaponry. People regularly hurt themselves with chainsaws even when they're just trying to cut inanimate objects. Now imagine the log you're trying to split is fighting back. Plus, they're heavy and use gas that you want for your car.

[@swastikbarua110]

Not if u have Pochita😈😈

[@hundvd_7]

What about the documentary Lollipop Chainsaw then? Was it inaccurate?

[@MakuAG]

Wouldn't it be extremely easy to jam the chainsaw with guts and flesh too ? i feel like gets useless fast in a zombie setting. Also it's super noisy.

[@VedanshK]

Plus chainsaw are very noisy, you would have to come into zombies range to cut them you can take on hordes of zombie using chainsaw

[@yuvalgabay1023]

Dont destroy my 40k fantasy's

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

Joey is right. Fundamentally zombies don't make sense. The only way they might make any sense is if you think about the parasitic route like The Last Of Us explored in part one. Theoretically, if you could create a zombie, what kinda parasite would it take, what realistic functions and strengths could a zombie actually have, given that they should be in a weakened state surely? Being controlled by a parasite shouldn't add any strength to you, actually you technically should deteriorate over time because the natural function of a parasite is to feed off you and use you to reproduce.

[@ezraherbert8605]

Last of us is probably the most realistic depiction of zombies or infected I've ever seen

[@MrChannelforwatching]

@@ezraherbert8605 Probably because the actual fungal infection is real. It's called Ophiocordyceps unilateralis and it affects ants. It eats them from the inside and hijacks their nervous system. It bursts inside their skull and emits spores which affect other ants. It has literally wiped out entire ant colonies. And as we know, a lot of devastating plagues started from animal diseases being transferred to humans. So while it is extremely unlikely to happen, the thought of it mutating to affect us is quite scary.

[@ezraherbert8605]

@@MrChannelforwatching damn I didn't know that. That's actually scary to think about ngl

[@projectpems8304]

@@ezraherbert8605 Ehhh I still think it’s weird that being blind and infected makes you stronger, not weaker, it’s also kind of weird that they don’t try to eat each other because it’s not like they have a sense of smell to tell the difference, that part of their brain isn’t there anymore

[@EckhartLuthor]

Isn't there like a zombie ant in the animal kingdom that's basically possessed by a parasitic fungi that made the ants stronger?

[@Red-mg4ro]

A zombie apocalypse would solve itself in less than a year. Unless they're technically alive zombies, they'd decay in, like, a month - not all the way, but they'd rot enough to not be able to move.

[@R0thEmerald]

ill say give a few years like around 5 years cuz even if the zombies decay, that only the flesh, not the bacteria/virus/parasites which will still be alive. And there is gonna be that one person getting infected from those things even after the zombies are decaying. A kid would be most likely to get close to a decaying zombie when it was not able to move of how curious they are. 5 year margin would be good enough for all bacteria/virus/parasites to be all gone unless no one gets infected. We don't want it to infect more people to make it stay alive longer or it to mutate into a stronger one which will make the process of eliminating them more difficult.

[@Mel-a-knee]

Yeah, but any open wound would become a chance of becoming infected if the corpses are not dealt with appropriately, while new infected would take a longer time for the pandemic to end.

[@R0thEmerald]

@@Mel-a-knee I agree, the corpses should be dealt appropriately because the moment it gains a mutation like it becomes airborne or having stronger advantages, it'll become much worse increasing the time of recovery.

[@meodrac]

If they are living zombies they might resolve the problem even faster: starvation.

[@R0thEmerald]

@@meodrac It's all fun and games until the living zombies start to eat each other.

[@err0_734]

Scientifically speaking, I stand by Connor. although zombies are dead and can’t feel pain the parasite within the zombie (bacteria, worms ect) would suffer the sudden temperature rise which basically turns it back into a dead corpse

[@trinbaker993]

Is a zombie type virus possible )

[@ped3752]

That would certainly happen but the key here would be how long it would take, you have to consider that you would now have a walking fire corpse following you and burning everything in your way for at least 5 minutes.

[@soulflylost3705]

Problem is just when you sett something on fire it spreads. I think some light wheight protection like leather or similar bite resistant armour and an axe/board would be the best defence/attack. Its a zombie you dont really need anything fancy. and it should be an axe with a broad head maybe even a secondairy handaxe for close quarters. maybe a machete would be lighter but i would think you need some weight behind the weapon for it to be effective.

[@eleruces7722]

​@@trinbaker993no as there isn't any virus or mould or bacterium that is prevalent in any form of ape that has such an effect like cordyceps in some insects.

[@aioba5]

I think it would be pretty funny if there was a zombie apocalypse story where normal antibiotics (like stuff that you can currently find in the pharmacies and shit) could actually stop the zombie infection and the survivors would realize they killed people that got bitten for no reason at all

[@stud-jostudio9310]

You dirty man

[@technoblade_respect1568]

God damn thats amazing

[@colpelvole3275]

And as story go on antibiotic start to be less effective, from stop infection to prolong it untill it no longer work in the end

[@vampiredinosaur]

Trust me, guys, you don’t want a basement. It’s literally like having a mold machine. You want a bunker, an actual bunker!

[@ArchusKanzaki]

Yeah. Based on Zombie Survival Guide, what you want is basically upper floor, and cut off the access to the higher floors and live there. You use ladders etc to go down but nothing permanent. Of course, if then some govts decided to cleanse the entire regions, then you will need a bunker to survive, but otherwise upper floors are better.

[@serafina2643]

@@ArchusKanzaki Unless it's left 4 dead, since those zombies can climb and knock houses down.

[@athatcher9367]

I know this is like 3 months late, but have you considered a dehumidifier?

[@ironboy3245]

@@athatcher9367 how are you going to power it?

[@athatcher9367]

@@ironboy3245 … you do have indoor electricity in the country you live in, right? I assume you do given you’re posting this on a computer or phone or tablet of some kind… tell me, how do you charge the phone?

[@scotcheggable]

If you have a 10 year old in a zombie apocalypse, you aren't the main character. You're future character development

[@Papercleeep]

goddammit

[@licklack6763]

I told myself my little brother would be my first priority if ther was ever a world ending event and now I'm gonna have to abandon him

[@lachlanmccormick3486]

Doesn't mean you can't be both... Rest in peace Lee, you were a real one.

[@bread4days254]

Is this a the last of us reference ?

[@danielaherrerameza6978]

@@bread4days254 I thought it was the walking dead reference, but it works both ways

[@pax6833]

The biggest advantage to surviving a zombie apocalypse in America is there's lots of guns. The biggest disadvantage to surviving a zombie apocalypse in America is there's lots of Americans with guns.

[@thatundeadlegacy2985]

Libs with guns, zombie lives matter.

[@void-creature]

And for killing zombies, meele weapons & (cross)bows are usually more practical anyway, so overall it’s probably a disadvantage to have so many firearms everywhere... even in the zombie apocalypse.

[@radishinglad998]

On one hand yes. On the other hand people survive better together. The one psycho roaming the woods carrying a police department worth of ammo is going to slip up sooner than the 20 guys working as a group with half as much firepower. Honestly the one thing I hated about the walking dead. When shit hits the fan people aren't going to run to join with the crazy are murderers cult.

[@-welfin-]

there is no feminism in a zombie apocalypse 🤣🤣🤣

[@lukelyon1781]

The biggest disadvantage to surviving a zombie apocalypse in America is there are a ton of stupid people.

[@weebtrashune8979]

Garnt deciding not to use a gun is actually pretty damn smart if you consider the fact that guns are just really dangerous airhorns that alert everyone in a half mile radius to where you are.

[@weef2188]

a suppressor while not perfect with the right ammo can make a gunshots very nearly movie quiet even better in some cases although that would require sub sonic ammo with a rather sizable suppressor to make so quiet that it wouldnt cause a significant amount of noise then again most people dont have the forward thinking or resources for it on hand

[@aengusdedanann181]

yep but all the stuff you took your time getting is now the property of the man with the gun

[@flamestoyershadowkill]

Subsonic 308 blackout is best choice

[@bloodlove93]

half mile if it's a small gun, talk magnums especially rifle and everyone for miles will know.

[@kulkuljator]

Surviving special could be very fun. A challenge where they have to survive a day in a forest or an island, with 4 basic objections, like finding water, building a sleeping place, finding food and starting a fire.

[@trapperscout2046]

I think it was Shadiversity who once made the point that medieval armor would be great for protection against zombies.

[@willb5278]

Against 1 or 2, sure. But a lot of the old knights died when they got dragged off their horse, buried in peasents, and then either had their armor taken off while restrained, or someone shoved a dagger into a joint. Plate armor wont save you if you get swarmed.

[@boobgoogler]

I feel like the mobility of being unarmored would be better than like 70 pounds of armor, plus thick clothing would probably protect from bites and scratches

[@willb5278]

​@@boobgoogler 70? lol nah. I'm no historian, but I vaguely remember 30lbs being remarked on as 'really heavy' for a full set. Melee fighting is at least as movement intensive as most sports, armor was built to MOVE in, not make a person into a lumbering tank.

[@Toriichii]

Why does it have to me armour? Get those suits that divers wear to protect against shark bites. Easy to move in, and if a shark cant bite through it, a human sure as hell cant.

[@PuppyMonsters]

@@willb5278 The knights that had their armor dismantled or had a dirk/dagger slid in a joint were being attacked by thinking people, who had an understanding of how armor works and how to render it useless. A mindless zombie wouldn't be able to rationalize such actions. You would still be under a pile of zombies and die of thirst from dehydration in a few days though.

[@loogiemusmaximusoftides8540]

How does Connor and Joey vastly underestimate how long and hard it is to burn/chop off a limb?

[@just_some_southeast_asian_guy]

I'm with Joey I'd rather have an axe, long sword or machete. In the most unlikely chances a gun jams you're fucked.

[@billymaguire5769]

joey has experience With chopping and he also enjoys it He Has fulfilled the white man experience

[@EckhartLuthor]

It's not that long of a process actually, hard maybe.

[@degenerateprick3288]

Joey really think he's kirito, have you seen his recent tweet? The man's ready to be called "the pink swordsman"

[@yuvalgabay1023]

@@EckhartLuthor its very hard to cut the head of a person. Excunatiors was a very specialized profistion and still sometimes its took 2-3 cuts because he did a mistake

[@Dagigaming]

In Switzerland there was a time where everyone that build a Home was required to have a fallout shelter in there celler. "In 2006, there were 300,000 shelters in Swiss dwellings, institutions and hospitals, as well as 5,100 public shelters, providing protection for a total of 8.6 million individuals - a coverage of 114 per cent."

[@auxoraaa]

YO I DIDNT KNOW THAT WTF

[@boobgoogler]

They also have a super robust water system with tons of very pure public fountains, they’d be fine when the world ends

[@ronaldvexdian2182]

One thing I’ve learned from watching videos on where to survive in a zombie apocalypse, your house is good place to stay. A lot of media says you should leave your home at the first sign of danger, when you should actually stay there. You know it’s strengths and can fix it’s weaknesses, rather than risk your 10/10 spot being ransacked or already taken, you can make sure you have every already there before shit hits the fan.

[@Toxic_Korgi]

I feel like that would only work if you're home is on a singular plot of land and not a neighborhood. Then you'd have fifty other people ready to kill you within a mile.

[@frankwest5388]

This would be objectively the best choice for like 90% of people. Because you are in the most danger, if you put yourself out there, be it people or zeds. Also, you probably have enough food to last for like a week or two if you stretch it. And those first two weeks are the most dangerous, since everyone will panic and chaos will be everywhere

[@realkingofantarctica]

How is it hard to survive a zombie apocalypse? You just don't die, gg right there.

[@quanglk5331]

If it's l4d zombies with those special infected, good luck trying not to die lol

[@Darkrezta]

@@quanglk5331 it's a joke man. whooosh

[@degenerateprick3288]

@@quanglk5331 not really, just don't die. It's REALLY not that hard. Oh getting bitten is a no no? Just don't get bite

[@yuvalgabay1023]

@@quanglk5331 tbh zombies irl will suck.. most will die in the first 2 weeks from dehydration. 2 mounth drom stravtions. And not forget the military. Zombies are just slower ,less cordinated,less armed mob. A riot polic whit m4 can clean a hole hord easily. Lets not forget altilary. You can easily bunch a large number of zom in one place and bombard it.

[@quanglk5331]

@@Darkrezta this entire zombie conversation is a joke already. Reverse whooosh

[@quickflash2studios232]

Something I think about is: What happens when all the zombies are gone? There are barely any people left and they are all too scared to leave their bases. Even if you find a radio broadcast, what’s the chances that’ll get to everyone?

[@normanosborn6236]

Yeah like I wonder what happens to the characters in movies after the apocalypse is over. Like do they just live like that forever and I don’t think something like the zombie apocalypse would disappear. Would it even be worth it to live like that, if I was them I’d just go ham. Steal some movies, projector and watch shrek until the day I d@e.

[@Normadus]

​@@normanosborn6236 if all zombies died and apocalypse ended , people would probably still live in small colonies for few weeks/months . Not only to see if it's really safe out there but there would be a lot of people who would prefer to steal and kill than to go back to old civilization. I can already see some big gangs taking over cities and deciding that they own it and without police or military it would be really hard to bring them under control.

[@PuppyMonsters]

@@Normadus Gangs would take over areas and then die out from inner turmoil. Like the CHAZ/CHOP setup in Seattle, Washington a couple of years ago. Women went there to be free and plant gardens but were just raped right and left. People fought over who was in charge and the self appointed security bullied everyone and even opened fire on a car with teenagers trying to get inside.

[@BastardOfTheNorth]

I'd take the biggest Home Depot I could find and make it into a fortress.

[@doomsling6978]

You may have a good idea

[@slufffyg503]

If you take over a costco you'd have enough space and resources to support a small village

[@Toxic_Korgi]

Only problem is the other twenty people who thought of that as well, plus whoever else shows up in the future since it's probably built somewhere near a highway a lot of people would be traveling through.

[@fjanson2468]

Cabelas or Fleet farm.

[@Zack-wc5mv]

@@Toxic_Korgi battle royale

[@sagemaster1357]

Bow and arrow is the best weapon for a zombie apocalypse. The make no noise so that it doesn't attract more zombies and you won't have to worry about wasting bullets.

[@ericjoel5363]

Unless you’re able to kill birds for the feathers and know how to assemble them you’re pretty much fucked cuz I doubt you’ll be able to consistently retrieve used arrows with thousands of zombies coming after you

[@sagemaster1357]

@@ericjoel5363 Than a crossbow. But I still be retrieving arrows but I think it's more quieter. If they were thousand of zombies I would just run and find safety because they are more dangerous in numbers.

[@AD-kv6bm]

In the optimal conditions, it's amazing, but let's be real, I don't think even 1% of the human population can use bow let alone hit a target. I do have some experience with a bow and that shit is so hard to use. Hitting an unmoving target is hard enough, let alone it's moving and we are panicking on the process. I think I rather have a spear/a sturdy pole, I think that's the easiest, most effective, and safest weapon that we can use. Gun is no explanatory, good for zombies and good for humans

[@amogus1415]

How tf are you gonna maintain a bow and make arrows?the most impractical weapon of all time it requires far too much skill and strength to use a bow compared to modern weapons

[@degenerateprick3288]

Everyone think they will be Daryl or every protagonist in Dead Rising series when a zombie apocalypse occurs Honestly, me too

[@thetaintedbear4557]

Look, Garnt... a flamethrower was never meant to challenge firearms. The flamethrower is for dealing with trenches, encampments, tight corridors, etc. where a gun would generally be less effective. The flamethrower is also practically a guaranteed kill, whereas the gun requires aim (or luck). The flamethrower also has a residual effect, as the fire will spread to objects and even other people, thus making it incredibly efficient in specific circumstances. Against zombies... tough to say. For the sprinting variety, sure, you'll get a few kills, but you'll die. For the Walking Dead style zombies? Now THAT'S a lot of damage. Group them up, set a few ablaze, and enjoy the barbecue. Just gotta take note that they won't stop while they burn, and avoid being collateral damage of the fire when it spreads. Regardless of how the zombies work, though, if their flesh can be burned, then they can be made immobile (can't do anything without good ol' muscle), and thus "eliminated". Then there's the fuel to be considered, which will be just as valuable, if not more so, than ammunition. So I'd say better to use molotovs or makeshift flamethrowers than running around with one of those deathtraps on your back. Oh yeah, right, the weight... yeah, no thank you to flamethrowers unless it's mounted onto a vehicle or something like that. Hellllllll no to chainsaws. Too slow to cut through, too dangerous for your own well-being, extremely prone to jamming/chain coming loose or breaking/bar snapping/quitting/stalling, plus you have the same problem with gasoline (and 2-stroke oil) or electricity for the electrical powered ones. Seriously... you're better off with a blunt or sharp melee weapon than expecting a chainsaw to be serviceable. They're made for trees, not flesh and bone lol. Regardless of how highly I think of myself (or others), the noxious fumes from all those walking corpses or even just blood-to-skin contact would be GG. People tend to ignore how zombie blood on the skin would be a death sentence (assuming the virus/parasite/etc. causes infection through fluid transfer). I remember one movie, where the father got a drop of zombie blood into his eye and immediately started turning. You're just... absolutely screwed. Full body needs to be covered at all times, taking off clothing would have to be done meticulously and the clothing disposed of every time (or disinfected, if that's possible), and any cuts/holes/openings would need to be dealt with immediately. Trip on the concrete and make a hole in those new pants? Welp, outfit change time... or else. But yeah, the other humans would probably kill me/get me killed before a zombie could even get me :( .

[@GlitchToph]

The movie you mention at the end is "28 Days Later". That scene lives rent free in my mind since I first saw it.

[@Scaredshadow_34]

im pretty sure chainsaws were first created to help with child birth and they were powered by a hand crank

[@blardfip4540]

With regard to the whole gas hoarding, don't forget that gas goes bad after just 3-6 months. All the zombie apocalypse shows that show survivors jumping into cars and running generators years after civilization collapses ignore that without active refineries, most internal combustion engines will be useless in 2 seasons.

[@Christianwhyallhandlestaken]

Gas STARTS to go bad after 6 months, you can still use gas WAY after just expect a lot of misfiring.

[@eyespliced]

13:45 lmao. I had a treehouse as a kid. My best friend was my next door neighbor, and we built it in the trees which bordered our yards. It was dope. His dad helped us build it initially when we were like 7-8, but by the time we were 9 or 10, we were actively modifying and building additions. At one point the tree fort (it wasn't a tree house at that point) had two different levels, and a secondary "building" about 15 feet away in a different tree - but connected with a big ass board we were able to shimmy across. Good times. I miss that fucking disaster of a construction. (it was amazing, but also mostly built by me n' sam, and we were like 10 when most of it happened. So structural integrity was mostly a roll of the dice. We got lucky and never got hurt.

[@amalilconfused]

Connor is probably the first in the group to be aware of the apocalypse, know what to do, and then can’t resist making content from the apocalypse and ends up getting killed. Garnt is that zombie movie character with no survival skills but somehow manages to survive by joining the lead. Joey last to know about the apocalypse but will probably use some distant memory to devise some inventive plan to survive the apocalypse but ends up getting bit for saving Aki.

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

I wear a lot of tanktops and my top running speed is 2 mph. I'll be fine. Shaun of the Dead and (funnily enough) Resident Evil (the games) showed that a zombie apocalypse lasts for a few hours. A full day tops.

[@heyokasamurai453]

That’s a bad image with the tanktop and the fact your top speed is 2mph

[@ImRezaF]

"How would you kill zombie when they already dead ?" I never understand the logic behind this. These zombies are functioning, able to walk and all. That means motor functions. Don't you think if their brain are really dead, they wouldn't be able to have motor functions and all.

[@auxoraaa]

Thats the thing. You’re not aiming for the head but the brain. Bc the virus/infection of zombies is in the brain thats why they’re still alive cuz their brain still functions

[@monkeydoespride]

I think it's meant in that the original being that used the body is no longer present

[@OCGangsta]

Bruh what are you doing here?

[@ImRezaF]

@@OCGangsta because i can, OC.

[@leonryuko970]

Malls in an apocalypse are terrible because of the fact they're fantastic. You've got open space, various lines of sight, water, food, it's fantastic. But they're terrible because everyone would be heading for them, and there's no way you could make a fortified position by the time other people started arriving, even if you were the first one there.

[@lazarussolomon3541]

I like the wwz book idea. Where the zombie apocalypse comes, and everyone's panicking until eventually the us army is like "Wait a minute we're the god damn us army, why are we panicking?"

[@696190]

...did you actually read WWZ?

[@d.n5287]

Garnt should learn archery and how to craft arrows, has the benefits of range and he can be stingy as hell because he can just pick them up for later use, If those arrows are infectrd he can use them to fight other survivors.

[@anidiot192]

Using infected arrows to fight survivors wouldn't be the best idea; if you kill them with an infected arrow they'd just become a zombie and you'll still have to fight them off.

[@TakoQuarantineDepartment]

​​@@anidiot192 true, but hey, at least they can't fire a gun or think anymore tho right?

[@2knives1cook]

@@TakoQuarantineDepartment they also can't do both of those things if they're dead

[@TakoQuarantineDepartment]

@@2knives1cook that's true, however, one could think the other not so much

[@denietkale]

@@TakoQuarantineDepartment yea but dead People also can't think

[@rashotcake6945]

Joey was not thinking this episode, it actually makes some sense for zombies to die from headshots. I mean, your head is where your brainstorm is, the thing that regulates the most basic movements and functions of your body, zombie or not, no one’s moving after getting their brain stem blown off. At least as long as there’s no literal magic involved

[@tyransmith8645]

Wouldn't their muscles and tendons be really decayed after a while of being a zombie? Wouldn't it be easy to cut them up or even rip their arms off bare handed?

[@sagemaster1357]

You'll have to wait years for the body to decompose. Plus, if someone got turn into a zombie minutes later, they still possess the some human strength from when they were alive.

[@btrando1]

@@sagemaster1357 Wouldn't zombies be stronger since they can use 100% of their muscles?

[@sagemaster1357]

@@btrando1 yes, but it will decrease depending on how long the body decomposes

[@Jae-jae1392]

@@sagemaster1357 realistically it would take a few days or 2 weeks tops. Depending on the outside temperature, it's going to be quicker if it's hot.

[@apimpnamedslickback5936]

@@sagemaster1357 years is a large stretch if we are going realistically it would be a couple days to very few months depending on temperature I imagine.

[@karlsangalang1623]

Them talking about Katanas made me think "Sword Smithing would be a good Trash Taste Special"

[@IBradFrazer]

Surviving a zombie apocalypse would be easy if the zombies were logical. After 6 months to a year, they will have decomposed so much that they can no longer move. If we are talking about the Walking Dead zombies that decompose really, really, really, really, really, really, slowly, then it still isn't an issue because they move so slowly that they shouldn't even be a threat. I feel like the zombies aren't the main problem in a zombie apocalypse... it is other people.

[@Doctor4077]

Honestly if I had to survive a zombie apocalypse I'd go the Neagan route and use a blunt weapon like a modified bat against zombies

[@Toxic_Korgi]

People always use bats but never do they think to use an aluminum or metal bat. I'd be learning to weld just to stick nails to to thing in the apocalypse.

[@Doctor4077]

@@Toxic_Korgi right? Metal bats are the perfect weapon. They’re durable, they have reach, they can easily crush and crack bone with enough force, and they’re easy maintain

[@Cynicalhamptur]

​​@@Doctor4077 The only issue is if the person holding it has the strength to use the bat for long periods of time without tiring. You have to consider that holding and swinging a metal bat all day is going to be very tedious and make you tire out much more easier. For a smaller person who does not have much upper strength trying to use a bat? That's pretty much asking to be killed.

[@kulkuljator]

I think going to Africa or somewhere really cold like Canada or Russia can be a key. In hot weather, zombies will rot really fast and in cold the opposite, they will just freeze.

[@maximilianoalcaraz7351]

surviving in africa is already hard enough without zombis. If you add that mod then...New Game Extreme+

[@aegis3141]

The tropics is a good choice too,insects are good decomposer,and the tropics have a ton of them,plus it's relatively hot and humid.

[@Deaglan753]

@@aegis3141 there is also the chance that the insects can further spread it more aswell

[@Cynicalhamptur]

Hot places DEFINITELY NOT. Because mosquitoes. Sure mosquitoes track humans with blood via body heat, so zombies who are like more than a few days or weeks old would not be viable for mosquitoes to suck their blood, but zombies that recently got turned? Those can and will be viable for mosquitoes to pass the disease to other healthy humans still around. So the best place would be a place that can grow crops even though it's extremely cold. To slow the zombies down and make them succumb to the cold.

[@Martyn-1337]

Speaking of Bunkers, theres the Atlas Survival Shelters. They now have a factory in poland and their main factory in texas is selling it to japanese as well. So maybe thats what joey is referring to.

[@ceresbane]

Why is Connor so confident about burning zombies? Its shown to be really ineffective as zombies just straight up walk through the flames and keep going. The correct definite answer is limb damage. You don't need to lop it off, you just need to ruin the leg's ability to support the weight of the rest of the body and then you just make your escape. As for hiding place? What freaking hiding place? If you got strong high walls or structure sure. But you need enough land to farm and cultivate food. Otherwise staying anywhere is stupid because you'll simply die from lack of replenishing food supply. But the most definite thing you need to fear is humans. Humans without civilisation are assholes. They are savage, selfish and will betray you at the drop of a hat. Especially when their needs aren't met. People will only form tribes if they have a guarantee to survive, but the moment things turn south. You're gonna get shanked by some asshole.

[@aidanker-foz6511]

Where's it shown to be ineffective? Just curious and wondering what type of zombie you're thinking of. Plus I think Conner's going with zombies more grounded in reality compared to magic zombies from COD or left 4 dead etc (Souped up video game zombies basically)

[@ceresbane]

@@aidanker-foz6511 at its face you can't be grounded in reality. Its a fking zombie. its a moving corpse, either by magic or magical viral infection. If you want to be grounded, most zombies wouldn't be able to move due rigor mortis and atrophy muscles and the lack of a functioning blood vessels to transport the energy you get for eating. And to do that you need a working digestive tract. The horror of zombies is that they defy common sense. the dead moving and walking and attacking while having none of the means that allows it to move. And yet it does. You can burn its muscles and tendons and rip out its guts. It will still move. So when you do something as pointless as fire. It sets it on fire and now you got a burning corpse thats still moving towards you. And don't even get me started on the shooting the brain stem or brain to disconnect its connection to its motor functions in modern movies. That has NEVER made sense. You just accept it due to suspension of disbelief.

[@crowwithashortcake]

actually your last paragraph has been disproven by multiple studies & the whole "hurrdurr humans evil" thing is super cringe anyway

[@weef2188]

@@aidanker-foz6511 unironically outside of the special infected the normal zombies in left 4 dead are actually very realistic to the scenario their bodies are already super weak from being starved for 1-2 weeks (about how long the games take place after initial infection) so they are easily blown apart and killed when, idle they often walk around confused and vomit randomly and on occasion fight each other because they are still alive as we see in the comics but they see all non infected as threats and try to kill them they have lost most of their higher brain function struggling with tasks like opening doors but having no trouble sprinting or climbing they are by no means super strength or anything they basically just run up to you and start hitting and clawing at you doing nowhere near enough to kill you if its just one

[@ebindelgado9660]

I think Joey forgot the fact that heads have teeth and that's how zombies turn humans into other zombies. So the point of a headshot isn't exactly to insta-kill, but to make it less likely to get bitten

[@JT_VA]

Garnt: “Stay in one place and cry.” Connor: “Get someone to help me.” Joey: “I guess we rescheduled the recording today.”

[@bagathplays27]

"how could we be so incompetent that slow moving zombies are an apocalypse?" Gestures wildly at the world for the last 3 years

[@demo_l]

If I’ve learned anything from Shaun of the dead it’s barricade yourself in a pub and everything will be fine

[@NixLotus]

The biggest problem wouldn’t be the zombies but it’d be the people. After the whole toilet paper and hand sanitiser incident we know how stupid people can be.

[@ReaperD23]

Hear me out, imo the best weapon for a zombie apocalypse would be a fireman's axe. They're durable, can easily server limbs, and can be used to pry open doors/locks and you can use it to pull down for escapes or climb over walls with it. Second thing I'd recommend would be some kind of silenced .22lr if you can get your hands on one.

[@baronvonjo1929]

So not talking about World War Z the movie. But the book it's based off is honestly very interesting and more thought out compared to most zombie stories and I really recommend it. It had multiple POV throughout the year it happened across the entire world and how such a stupid virus destroyed the world. Also read a book of a kid finding a zombie in Anchorage Alaska in a glacier melting and got bit and that's how it started. It was very interesting as it had multiple POV characters just going to work and what not and people just had no idea what they were walking into that morning in the city.

[@justyouraveragehumanbeing7411]

"are trees harder than bones?" Connor... Ever heard of a fracture?

[@orca5454]

the truth about zombie apocalypse is that you'll die due to lack of hygiene. I saw alot of zombie movie where the zombie blood just splats every where, their knife, hands, and even mouth and for some unknown reason they don't become zombies out of that.

[@rhyscallinan9876]

Fire does not kill a person outright. A flamethrower is a pain inducer. Zombies do not feel pain, this become a walking fire hazard. They will melt, but it would take minutes or even hours before it stops them. Chainsaws aren't good at chopping people up, despite what horror movies tell us. Plus even if you could, it would break or run out of fuel. Mellie weapons are best, but not against hordes. Guns are better, but need a supresser added to reduce sound. And bullets. Bows and crossbows are good, but Bows take time to learn to use and crossbows are slow to reload.

[@LongXue]

The bois says that we're believing the movie/game logic too much but then suggest to just use katana/swords and stuff so that ammo won't be an issue, but then they forgot that in reality outside of game logic, these weapons will get blunt after slashing 2-3 bodies on average.

[@LongXue]

Also, why flamethrower if the zombies which they already said shouldn't feel anything because they're dead already. Flamethrower isn't insta kill, it burns someone before killing them, so using it on zombies is kinda bad tbh.

[@LongXue]

Chainsaw might be good, only if there's zombies one at a time, in a horde or groups that's bad to use, especially if they are attracted to sound.

[@cyanmarine]

*Tries to "adopt" a kid in order to become the main character* *Turns into mentor who dies on the 3rd episode*

[@earlofthesea]

If a Zombie Apocalypse would happen, believe me when I say that there are people that would be against killing zombies. #ZombieRightsBill #69thAmmendmentNoKillingOfZombies I wouldn't be surprised.

[@Summer_StarRose]

You're probably right 😂

[@Knightwolf1994]

More likely we'd have people bitch about the shelter in place order or beehive the zombie apocalypse is "fake news".

[@HopperHopsGaming1st]

#zombiesarehumanstoo 🤣🤣🤣

[@babajka9561]

Undead lives matter?

[@RandomiMies4444]

If I remember correctly, there were people against killing zombies in Highschool of the Dead

[@richardlavoie5467]

I'm a little concerned that there's a jumpcut right after Connor talks about having soot on his face at 7:50

[@thegamingwolf5612]

What do you mean lol

[@dhearth7493]

you trippin

[@PerpetuallyTiredMillennial]

Someone has never been in a gun store and it shows, we good on ammo bro.

[@rapth]

Playing project zomboid changed my perception of zombie apocalypse, i used to ask how can someone die to a slow zombie, after playing PZ now i know how hard it would be to survive

[@imaboisir7227]

If slow zombies started in 1 town i don't think it's getting very far, i think the military is taking care of it

[@Ethan_Wheeler]

You see Connor the problem with getting a sidekick to make yourself a main character is that it's easy to slip into the mentor or Sensei character and then at that point it's all over for you. Just look at Kamina from Gurren Lagann. The line between main character with the sidekick and mentor figure is a very slippery slope

[@turtleman8597]

Garnt scratching his eye then smelling his finger at 3:19 had me very uncomfortable

[@stephensmith7327]

The Walking Dead actually has a really good reason why the slow zombies take over: you turn no matter how you die so long as your head is still intact. So you can never out run them so long as you're near other people. Also, covid has shown how "competent" people can be in this scenario. Also Also, the original Dawn Of The Dead shows how boredom and complacency will eventually get you in these scenarios too.

[@triggerfairy4070]

Covid doesn't have a shoot to kill loop hole to deal with the spread.

[@stephensmith7327]

@@triggerfairy4070 yeah, but you know there's gonna be a lot of fuckers hiding bights and being Baligerent if you don't trust them and then fuck you over

[@taharaid6390]

The boys once again asking the right questions

[@exodus_6969]

Joey: why would you kill a zombie like a normal human being? Me: how are dead corpses walking around trying to eat our faces?

[@user-hu6he8ww5w]

I had multiple tree houses when I was a kid. Made them with the other kids, it was great and surprisingly safe

[@Heleous281]

Its clear...Connor has spent far too much time contemplating Zombie Apocalypse 🤣...And Joey far too little!🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️🧟

[@KingLimeIX]

4:19 The flamethrower would be the worst weapon. Zombies don't have a sense of touch or pain. Flames would make zombies literal walking Molotov or forest fires. You'd be creating walking Amaterasu everywhere and they'd continually walk towards you like the half molten man from Robocop who drove into a toxic waste pit.

[@crazyadam9281]

The issue with swords is that if you aren't trained in how to use said sword your chances of cutting right though might as well be zero, there is quite a lot of evidence on bones from where old battles were fought where the bones had laceration marks from blade type weapons.

[@NeutralGuyDoubleZero]

People overestimate flamethrowers like the'yre disintegrater rays. It will take several minutes to hours to significantly damage a full zombie like that. That zombie within thrower range is now on fire and still coming at you. Unless it's dead rising zombies which quickly die to almost anything quickly.

[@halo1011998]

flamethrowers will take so long to physically incapacitate a corpse that it would be stupid, even a incinerator for trash can't outright burn a body away

[@JustSumGuy01]

Even napalm takes a minute to full affect a living person. We're talking about the walking dead that can't feel pain or even acknowledged they are in danger

[@charlesentrekin140]

In World War II and for that matter World War 1, flamethrowers used jellied gasoline so it would stick. You make jellied gasoline by adding soap to it.

[@niffry]

Never had a actual tree-house, but behind my first ever school there was this big forest that we'd sometimes play after school while waiting for our parents. At some point me and a few class mates started collecting various broken off branches and otherwise loose debris and striking them up around the trunk of a sturdy pine-- slowly adding onto/fixing it for months until eventually we stopped sticking around after school. Years later my younger sister (who went to the same school) would tell me that she and a friend of hers once had found a certain formation of branches and debris stacked up around a pine tree in pretty much the same location, so I don't really know if our little hut had managed to stand the test of time or if some other kids had taken it over after we left-- but either way that thing remained relatively intact for WAY longer than it should have.

[@SolidBedunga]

Going off of the removing the head and destroying the brain rule for zombies, a flamethrower would get you killed so fast. Sure, a napalm covered zombie would die eventually, but it would probably grab you before it died. Best survival plan is to become conan the barbarian of the hardware store, Protective cut proof clothing and building materials would help a lot I imagine

[@L3jin]

Ok, what I have learned, Conner is the one with the flame thrower, struggling with a few dozen Zombies because the flames take time to work. While Joey is struggling to just chop one down one swing at a time, the sword probably getting stuck at some point, and he turns to Garnt, who just tells him to get Conner to help so he can save bullets. Then they all die.

[@marko05734]

Covid made me realize that a zombie apocalypse (even with the slow and weak type) is totally possible

[@friskydingo9024]

lol most people don't realize that gas goes bad fairly quickly, so if you stored a shit ton of gas right before things went to shit then it would only stay good for 3-6 months. Chainsaws are also not meant to cut any wet objects like flesh and will completely jam up so no go using a chainsaw in a zombie apocalypse. I've helped some friends build houses and we've built "bunkers" on their property. Easiest ones to build are by taking a seacan from a cargo ship and burry it and if you want you can put concrete pillars along and over it if you want them deeper so the weight of the soil doesn't collapse the bunker.

[@deleteman900]

Connor "Coal can be turned into Charcoal" ~Trash Taste Podcast

[@sheridanwolf]

I had a theatre teacher who said the best way to survive a zombie apocalypse is just to keep moving

[@Overlordough1201]

6:07 "Gears of War got that right." Every Warhammer 40k fan: Thomas had never seen such heresy before.

[@void-creature]

Crossbow or compound hunting bow, less noisy and much more sustainable than a gun, though it depends how durable the zombies are

[@theostaschik6870]

I think the idea of head-shots killing zombies is that if you damage the nervous system enough, then even if a virus is controlling it then, if we think about it like a computer and assume the virus is controlling it and all, then the brain has become a keyboard and mouse. could you maybe still control it? maybe, but its gonna be practically impossible. And, well if the virus has just hijacked the brain and made the person more aggressive, cannibalistic, and nonreactive to pain or physical damage, then I mean, the brain is still controlling it and destroying that destroys the whole thing.

[@Shirofeather]

LOL, love the longsword call-out. I actually train with longsword (part of a school) and carry it and my armor in the trunk at all times. All set for zombie apocalypse! 😆👍

[@pepethefrog6809]

Zombie apocalypse starts, no more uber eats. Conner: Aight, imma just lay down and die. LMAO Same, same. It's not like you're gonna last any longer.

[@dontplay6580]

But what if you think you're the MC looking for a sidekick and end up realizing you are actually the mentor. This would actually make a good CalebCity or RDCWORLD1 skit.

[@jaredc5169]

my friends and I built a giant tree house in the woods. So my parents moved into a brand new neighborhood where they were still building houses so the kids I met and later became my friends stole a SHIT ton of wood carried it to the woods and made an actual good tree house we took our time and came up with plans. This was over 18 years ago and it's still standing today. We also built a mini skateboard with a half pipe and ledges growing up as a kid was really fun.

[@durianten2353]

To my knowledge, flamethrowers were not used to burn someone. Rather, it is use to flush out enemies hiding in bunkers/tunnels by combusting the available oxygen in the bunkers/tunnels. I do wonder how effective is fire to zombies as they are in certain cases immune to pain, which is what stops mortal humans in their tracks. The actual zombies probably have enough time to claw you before actually succumbing to loss of motor function due to burnt muscles. EDIT: Fire is also used as a psychological weapon of sorts. Dumb zombies aren't scared of it at all.

[@ahlalkubur]

Just make power plant out of the zombies, they can infinitely move without any energy input in the movies...

[@ffwast]

"How much ammo can you really get ahold of?" *[LAUGHS IN AMERICAN ATOP MOUNTAIN OF AMMO]*

[@Big_Blue_Monkey]

When they're talking about wanting a basement or bunker……it's because they've reached that age where they basically want a shed..it's a sign of getting old lol

[@funnynamelol3156]

1:40 Joey kinda described the SAS Zombie assault games lol.

[@MDigitalProductions]

Now I want a trash taste irl special where they have to survive

[@Hirrient]

6:11 The bones vs. wood debate is an interesting tangent, and I would like to add to it. Bones (dry) are brittle and erode quick if exposed(hence why human bones are supported by tissue, muscles, skin, tendons, bone-marrow regeneration), and wood is much more flexible(hence why we build with it) and contains moisture better. Wood is also living tissue, but thats neithe h ere nor there. A bone is just a bone when its not inside a body. Except the marrow. So, bones would probably not clog the chainsaw, but it would create a lot of bone dust/bonemeal(useful for fertilizer, bad for breathing). So dry bone could be fine, but wet bones - with a mix of flesh, hair, maybe cloth adds a challenge of tangling up. And wood is very consistent tissue - which is relevant because a chainsaw skipping can cause problems with the machine, but also, it sometimes is a problem if the target is mobile(because weight and momentum). The chainsaw skipping can run off with you because of its power - especially if its being moved or jostled. The difference is probably marginal, it will still kill and shred, but if its survival scenario and your chainsaw tangles or breaks in some other way, its attached to the thing you're trying to kill - so you either have to leave it or first get the machine free of it. Plus, the chainsaw useful in other ways, making it valuable - cutting wood, that can be used to make barriers. Also useful for breaking barriers. Chainsaw is useful! But for many more things than making zombie sushi. This is all speculation - Im not a machinist, but I do like science, especially biology, and watch alot of crafters breaking down their engineering method, field or process in my sparetime.

[@admiralsnackbar3366]

You don't even need chainmail. Well-made leather or strong fabric would be able to withstand a "normal" zombie bite.

[@calnus]

Never thought I watch a highlight since I watched all full episode every week, but some portion of the podcasts do age better and deserve multiple views

[@trapperscout2046]

Speaking of killing zombies by shooting them in the head, it might not be as easy as you think it is. Not all headshots guarantee a kill and some headshots are survivable. In order for a headshot to be the most effective at stopping an attacker, you would have to make a hit in the central nervous system. This means placing a round in the brain stem (located directly behind the nose when viewed from the front). The best way to do that is to aim for the "triangle" between the outer edge of the eyes and the tip of the nose (sometimes also referred to as the "T-Box"). That shot becomes harder to hit especially with a handgun the farther you get. Hitting any other place in the head could still be deadly, but often times the bullets can bounce off of the skull, or go underneath the skin and ride around the skull instead. Both are survivable wounds. It is also worth noting that there are people who have survived headshots even with rounds in their brain.

[@weef2188]

without surgery a headshot will always be fatal assuming your blood is still pumping you'll be bleeding all over your brain which is bad even with surgery your chances of surviving just a typical brain bleed caused by an aneurysm is 50% let alone an injury where you had a bullet carve its path through your brain

[@patrickcasey5190]

8:53 under appreciated heat rising joke ngl😂

[@colasenpai88]

The kid is just emergency food 😂😂😂😂 The last part is just fire😅😅

[@CarribeanMonkee]

Depending on how much hand eye coordination you have a poleweapon with a hooked blade would be supreme. No matter the zombie type or lore, the pre-existing human musculature is used, a hooked blade to damage/cut the achilles tendon so the movement would be greatly inhibited, on a long polearm to keep safe distance.

[@-MXXI-]

alright I'm stocking up on medieval armor and longsword😁👍

[@alexjones4679]

Okay this bit kind of annoys me, but the whole "shoot them in the head and it'll stop them" thing comes ours realistic in that human bodily function - including movement - result from the brain's ability to functionally transmit intent represented as electrical impulse signals through the nerves to individual muscles. That is what makes you walk, run, chomp down on that yummy man-flesh, etc. So, shooting the brain may not guarantee a kill as you may not properly destroy the segments of the brain responsible for movement. However, if you aim properly, finish them off with another shot, you can kill them. OR. You could aim for the brainstem, or even just the segment of spine in their neck, so that those impulses can never reach the relevant muscles. As such, no movement is possible. Of course, none of that may apply to one with a parasite controlling them like a second brain from the chest, but still.

[@sr_echo]

Idk if this already a plot somewhere, but an apocalypse series of people fighting off a cult that’s killing indiscriminately as “the savior” would be dope

[@Backwoods20004]

I feel like if your not a farmer or have a garden your just going to starve eventually

[@JustSumGuy01]

Which is why networking and forming a trusted community is very important. Alone, we can only survive for so long but humans are social creatures. We can only thrive as a pack

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

Everyone got the best hairstyles in this video

[@fungusfood8097]

I'd say chain mail would be a solid choice, especially if you don't mind the weight and have some way of damping the noise, (there are other good armour options, but plate would probably be way overkill) and a good powerful cleaving/cutting weapon. The first thing that comes to mind for me would be an axe or maybe something like a dadao of you were set on a sword. Thing is about an axe though, is a lot of camp/forest axes make pretty decent compromises between the qualities needed for tool axes and battle axes.

[@ErowidofvaultS]

connor underestimates america. when he asks "how much ammo can you really get a hold of?", he doesnt realize that most gun owners have thousands if not tens of thosands of rounds of ammo stored in their house.