Why You Wouldn't Survive HBO's The Last Of Us Zombie Apocalypse

[@21units]

The strange thing is that in the real world, ants that have been infected by cordyceps don't have the infection in their brain. It is more likely that the fungus is doing muscle control instead of mind control. If that was to happen to humans, it would be an absolute pain for the infected to become a bystander in their own bodies as they watch themselves attack their loved ones.

[@job7604]

i saw this too! that makes it so much scarier because you have no control over your own body and also if you kill one you are definitely killing a sentient being

[@21units]

@@job7604 it's literally torture for everyone. Also, I wonder how the morals of killing an infected would be. Would it be wrong because you're killing a fully conscious human, just one without control of their own body, or would it be okay since there's no cure anyway and they're a threat? It makes things a whole lot more complicated.

[@StarryNight679]

​@@21unitsmercy killings.

[@garrettcordova2001]

​@21Units there is nothing morally wrong with self-defense killing.

[@redmoor1852]

It's more brutal for sure, but it's more likely to be cured if that to happen, because in this case we understand muscles and everything connecting in our bodies, so I'd say, the cure would be found in mere years, but, since in the show it attacks the brain and nervous system, it's impossible to find a cure, because simply, we don't fully understand how our minds and brains work to this day.

[@jayvonwebb4864]

I love how Sam didn't attack her until she touched him as he was deaf. Though I do wonder if at the clicker stage of infection the fungus would've been able to adapt to that or if he would just be a blind deaf clicker??

[@enjoyerofstuff]

Craig Mazin said in an interview that the fungus cures any physical aliment.

[@Perceptionreflection]

@@enjoyerofstuff Yes, if it has TIME to do so. Sam was likely not there yet. It took like an entire day for the elderly woman to regain movement.

[@jayvonwebb4864]

@Crystal Owens since humans are still inside and conscious, I winder how Sam would've felt being able to hear, if he'd notice the sounds despite everything else going on. I hope if so it would've provided him some comfort

[@DominionSorcerer]

@@jayvonwebb4864 considering his autism, he would have probably been too confused to feel any kind of comfort in that moment, going from having not heard anything in his entire life to suddenly hearing everything. It would have terrified him and overloaded his senses.

[@purest_evil]

​@@jayvonwebb4864 Wouldn't be too comfortable since he'll now be using it subconsciously to listen for people to infect

[@tarotreadingsbysteven8545]

Assuming I survived the initial outbreak I'd head to the desert. Fungus doesn't do so well in a dry environments and I think I'd have a better chance of both reaching and surviving in a desert rather than a tundra

[@TouhouFan]

Nah man, i hate the heat, i will go to the far north or south

[@nakunigame3330]

meh just go to santa he will protech you

[@RealBradMiller]

@@nakunigame3330 he protec He attac But most of all, he bring us gifts we lac

[@TheKarlyzz]

or Snowy places they hate cold too.

[@donnyboi7033]

Last I checked the human body also doesn't do so well in a desert.

[@michaelt5188]

i forgot that the health experts before the outbreak shown in the tv series both said that vaccines/cures weren't viable. helps Joel's case in keeping Ellie alive

[@Dunlop86]

Case for the viewer or case in the show?

[@friendedtreefilms]

@@Dunlop86 Most likely shown for the viewer. With plenty of us having hindsight it does help Joel's choice morally🤷🏼‍♂️

[@drown_n]

@@friendedtreefilms but the question about his morality doesn’t revolve around “was he right” it revolves around “why did he lie” imo

[@friendedtreefilms]

@@drown_n It makes us ask both, they convalute with eachother. His morals and what he fought for led to him lying and doing what he did, no?

[@Bella-bn2lq]

As does the fact that in the show, the social/ethical collapse, not the infected themselves are the biggest danger to humanity. And the fact that the whole idea that they could know that they need to kill her to make a cure hours after finding them is bullshit the firefly doctor is a total quack and is is no way able to make a cure from Ellie’s brain.

[@jacobreeves3110]

I’m not sure if the early stages can cure hearing. The grandma didn’t hear Sara when she called out to them on outbreak day, and Sam didn’t hear Ellie. She had to touch him first.

[@tims5978]

yeah. itd be too complex for fungus to replace inner ear issues

[@rossen7392]

Sam was deaf and it’s possible the grandma just didn’t hear her

[@edgargonzalez1861]

​@@rossen7392 I've recently rewatched the first episode and when Sara was doing her hw the daughter was trying to feed her mom vegs and then saying something around the lines of why I'm I talking you lost your hearing a while ago

[@WriothesleySimp]

Sam is deaf

[@infinityvlogs17]

why are people replying with sam is deaf as if you didn’t just say that

[@AHappyBlackGuy]

Seriously good luck to whoever plays Abby in season 2 hopefully it won’t be a nightmare for her like it was for Laura Bailey

[@highlyfegaming5344]

It'll probably be worse

[@savagepancake9110]

Unfortunately even the face actor got a bit of hate. I think people take movies/games a little too seriously. Despite of her killing Joel right of the bat I liked her and part too. Not at first but when finished you understand why. It's also a question how much they are going to change in season two.

[@bug688]

I think part of the hate came from the leaks. Now that a lot of people watching knows what to expect and has 3 years to cope I’m sure it won’t be too bad. Please don’t let this comment age badly.

[@monahands]

Well, that tends to happen when killing a beloved character in such a brutal way. Also when they intentionally change scenes from in game for the trailers to trick fans. Will they do that for season 2? We’ll see. All I know is they’ll use the backlash to push their agenda. It’s predictable if your eyes are open.

[@MintyBingus]

@@monahands Laura Bailey had nothing to do with any game decisions. She was literally just the voice actress.

[@blacksoldier430]

Of course i won't survive, i can barely survive a regular life

[@Yerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr820]

Same. Same. 😢

[@yusavelli0448]

maybe you're built for this instead

[@Moonshine449]

Living by society’s rules vs your own rules are wayyy different lifestyles

[@DYLANJJK94]

It’s crazy how many think they can survive, the same kind of people who feel they can’t go a day without buying an expensive cup of coffee from star bucks lol when their everyday items wouldn’t be produced anymore, we saw that with the supply chain during covid in countries like Canada, America, food would get scarce quick ..

[@The92Waffles]

Maybe living in an irregular life of the apocalypse is actually the environment you'd succeed in? as opposed to this rigid one we have to bear now

[@Shivermetimbers90]

I’m an ICU nurse and this topic made me extremely curious. We have a protocol called “targeted temperature management” that is used when a patient meets all the requirements after a heart attack where we lower their core body temperature anywhere from 89° to 96°F for 24 hours and then we slowly warm them back up to 98.6°F after that time period has been reached. It’s done to hopefully slow the cascade of inflammation and damage that happens in the brain, potentially slowing irreversible brain damage. This makes me wonder if someone could potentially be infected while being cooled, which, of course I would assume the fungus would die once they reach normothermia. However, just something that made me think 😅 Similarly, I wonder if (in the case of the show) you could warm the body once infected to kill the fungus. Although someone would need to find the temperature threshold of the mutated cordyceps and hopefully it is within a parameter that the human body can withstand. Like maybe putting someone in a sauna to raise core body temperature 🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️

[@dmvrti]

I LOVE this take!

[@businessproyects2615]

It wouldn't work, the people in TLOU get infected thru a fungus able to somehow survive in a baked wheat product. There's no temperature a person can be heated up that could work unless somehow the fungus is weaker while infecting than when it is in the wheat crop.

[@chancejordan4126]

Your telling me the 15 minute hot scolding showers I take could save my life say less 😂

[@alexischavez3238]

Very cool and educational!

[@Shivermetimbers90]

@@francovlla no, I don’t. If I wanted to I would have gone to med school. Don’t project your own insecurities onto others 🤣 Such a strange comment to post on a theoretical topic about a fictional apocalyptic event

[@muhamadluqmaan7361]

Out of 8 billion people , there probably are a few people who are immune or people who were born in the same way as Ellie in the show

[@learningtho582]

Yeah, but I think the way that Ellie got her immunity is quite unique... Emmm like her mother got bitten while giving birth. I'd say probably less than 10 people lol But also, humanity needs enough scientists and doctors to survive in order to move forward with the antibodies

[@TwoBs]

Probably … sort of … maybe …. just one hiccup. Something I got to thinking about concerning the way she became immune … In the TV show, Ellie’s mother exclaims she was bit _after_ cutting the chord. Even repeats it sternly (even though we know that’s not true). She knew they wouldn’t take Ellie if she thought she was infected, as well. So, in the show, no one knows that is how she became immune. Anyone pregnant going through the same scenario where they’re bitten while giving birth would likely end up with both mother and child killed. No one knows that it’s a way to possibly give birth to someone immune, and others aren’t going to risk it believing they’re both infected, so they’ll take them both out. If the mother gives birth alone and it happens, then the mother would turn and likely kill the child. Ellie’s situations made it even more rare considering they were found by people who knew her and trusted one another, but no one saw her get bit or give birth, so she was able to lie and claim she was bit after cutting the chord. They took her at her word. It really is a one in an 8 billion chance given the situation working out just perfectly. The scenario that would have to be set up: being _alone_ to give birth, be bit, cut the chord immediately once realizing, not feeding the child any breast milk, but also being found just in time before the infection overtook them to hand the child to someone where there was mutual trust to not believe they’d lie before they did harm while lying about when the chord was cut and when the bite happened. Slims down those chances more. Not exactly a scenario that would be as common as we’d believe. (edit: wording and clarification) Just something I haven’t seen a lot talk about ever.

[@DestinyGnadou]

Ellie isn’t immune, she just has the “non-zombie-brain-infection” type of cordyceps. There are actually many different types and Ellie has the one that isn’t the kind that makes yo go nuts. They time that she has can stop her from getting infected with the other type of cordycepts, making her seem immune.

[@XWierdThingsHappenX]

​@@DestinyGnadouso what you are saying is. That she needs to bite everyone she sees XD

[@gloriaregali9090]

They may be not survived tho.

[@dragonfire8568]

Scariest moment in the show. Telling us how screwed we are if the fungus comes.

[@aceofpayne3141]

Bill: I made a fence that zombies and marauders could never pass through for some reason.

[@kotoucek6326]

One good thing to come from this show for me is that it killed my flour addiction.

[@hugojimenez9693]

Using "infected" in zombie media annoys me..... but in the TLOU it is accurate considering the infected will remain sentient until their skull is opened up. Also the thought of them being alive in the darkness of their brain when turned clicker terrifies me.

[@paulcoulonjr]

well technically the boy wasn't cured from deafness when he became infected because he didn't attack until the girl entered his line of sight and he actually saw her. He didn't respond to her when she spoke to him and his back was turned away from her.

[@WowSuchGaming]

True. But I feel like eventually the cordyceps would do something to manipulate the hearing so that "when" the body morphed into a clicker it wouldn't be useless. But it could also jsut be more for the flesh pile too

[@someperson2287]

@@WowSuchGaming yea the cordyceps does "fix" ailments but it needs time to. And Sam probably recently was taken over by it (within an hour, I would say) and it didn't have enough time to correct his deafness. In a day or so he would probably hear like any other infected.

[@bobborlog1677]

The spores in the air would be my biggest concern. I'm well armed and strong but like viruses it don't matter how prepared you are.

[@AAZ-yu5ss]

There are no spores in the show.

[@Marixchatt]

@@AAZ-yu5ss Maybe. They did mention that they might incorporate it in Season 2.

[@Chaff]

@@Marixchatt That would make no sense

[@loli-knightxardej2252]

@@Chaff Not really. They could literally just justify it by saying "the fungus has evolved over time. Spores are an issue now". A lot of stories, regardless of medium, usually justify an ongoing threat changing drastically via "evolution" since it's not exactly unbelievable.

[@C5ndle]

@@loli-knightxardej2252that would just be lazy writing which is uncharacteristic of the show, it wont be in season 2

[@KonaSuba]

The only problem with the TV show is the lack of threat of infected in later episodes.

[@dreamybuster]

Happens with most zombie/zombielike shows. Only reason I refuse to watch them.

[@redneckreviews3016]

Play Days Gone. The freakers are always a threat

[@KonaSuba]

@@dreamybuster Its become such a boring trope

[@nilesstark]

Blame the budget. The Bloater suit alone was in the 100000s.

[@redneckreviews3016]

@Colt Wolf how can it be worse then the game?

[@gerardmcquade9102]

Tess actually said you are not immune to being torn apart

[@양송-k2g]

yeah, and it made Ellie realise that even if she's immune to turning, she's still not safe. she can still die in a tragic manner

[@sidestep5435]

A clicker child is probably the scariest thing I could possibly imagine their small size would allow extreme agility like that of monkeys they'd be strong enough to take down adults along with being able to climb high up to use their hearing better

[@gmo3686]

People need to watch the episodes again w the grandmother & Sam; both he & her were deaf before their infection & that’s why they didn’t attack anyone until they ‘saw’ a potential host, even tho ones were quite near them after they had become runners. The virus relies a lot on the hosts senses before developing its own echolocation later on. In the first episode when Joel had to out run that runner while holding his daughter, he & her were noticed bc they were heard from afar, both the grandma & Sam couldn’t hear nor notice anyone outside their sight

[@양송-k2g]

I actually needed to watch the grandma episode again. I didn't think she was deaf at first, I just thought she's thinking a lot, maybe is sick, like schisophrenic and that's why she wasn't responding. my aunt of older age is schisophrenic and she often just sits in place for hours staring at the window or wanders around looking at the floor not paying much attention to her surroundings. i thought that may be the case for the grandma in the series. it was way more obvious for me with Sam

[@kongking956]

i like the "Fungal freddies" name better than "infected" or "zombies"

[@scottd1903]

I always liked 'zekes' for some reason.

[@yourtypicalidiot6329]

Yo bro when you go outside look out for fungal freddies

[@RD_Channel24]

You forgot to mention the most feared monstrous fungus cordyceps in the last of us "The Rat King"!!!!

[@AuroraLalune]

Considering I’m allergic to fungus and also physically disabled and also can’t get away without wheat based foods considering how much stuff not that messed with my insides… I wouldn’t last the initial outbreak.

[@SOTFarchive]

Same 😅

[@gunsnrosesfactory1856]

Who would eat mushroom

[@vocazxls4787]

Oof. Uh well if it helps knowing, I would probably not survive for very long, albeit for different reasons.

[@Azathoth343]

​@@gunsnrosesfactory1856Joe Rogan

[@shaggyrumplenutz1610]

Out of curiousity, what would happen if you got athlete's foot?

[@bethmarshall4661]

20:05 "I don’t necessarily think we’ve eliminated spores from the universe of our show. We just haven’t gotten there yet. It’s possible that they may come back. We may have a plan, is my point." was a tweet from Craig Mazin, so we'll likely see spores in the next season

[@azaria7528]

The spores are also a big part of the last of us part two because in one cutscene, the presence of spores makes Dina realize that Ellie's immune

[@snowy5628]

They said they removed spores due to too much dialogue being in gas masks

[@azaria7528]

@@snowy5628 I heard it was because spores wouldn't make sense to stay in one place, that it would have spread to more than a room or a floor?

[@gilbirdsareawesome]

“No cures , its not even possible to make them.” Fireflies finds the only immune person - “were going cut out her brain”. 🤔

[@kingol4801]

Desperate people are stupid. However, there ARE anti-fungal medications.

[@scottd1903]

I always thought in a zombie apocalypse type scenario, its best to shelter in place. Well assuming u live somewhere that can be easily baracaded, made to look empty, and defended, and have adequete supplies for up to a couple weeks. Let the chaos die down for a few days to weeks before getting out of dodge. Saves u from being killed intentionally or otherwise in all the chais and confusion. It allows u time to figure out whats happening, where you're going to go and what u need to do.

[@ParamoreFAV3]

The most terrifying part is that the fungus will only grow more adaptive over time. It literally never stops. Who’s to say it doesn’t adapt to these hotter environments the same way it was able to end up being able to live inside the human body? It’s terrifying

[@oscar3153]

Cant adapt to an M16 in the face

[@XWierdThingsHappenX]

It won't at least not anywhere near our lifetimes. It takes thousands of years to adapt. Right now it only infects insects. A leap from insects to humans isn't going to happen. It's just too big a leap. Basically it's like expecting a shark to suddenly grow legs and be able to walk about on land.

[@vocazxls4787]

@@oscar3153 well I have news for you...

[@oscar3153]

@@vocazxls4787 ?

[@vocazxls4787]

@@oscar3153 the long living infected have increased resistance to headshots and bullets in general, that gets better with each progressing stage(Clickers, Bloaters, Shamblers and anything after)

[@UnifiedEntity]

I don't understand why they went from spores to....tendrils. Spores were a visual que of no go zones or incoming infected, equipment like gas masks needed, and highlighting Ellie's immunity.

[@splebee]

While one of the reasons was because gas masks covered too much of an actor's face, tendrils are also a way fungi move. Though I wouldn't really call it a tendril, it is a colony of fungus. Many fungi have interconnecting "roots" so that it can spread and take nutrients. What we are seeing is fungal connections on a not so surface level. Though I must say, spores do make more sense, the mycelium we see is also possible.

[@UnifiedEntity]

@@splebee covering their face was a reason? It's not like they wore it all the time. Hell we barely see the infected in this show smh

[@splebee]

@@UnifiedEntity Yeah! The director said so. But I think it's fairly reasonable for the infected to not be in colder regions, as well as places where they keep the infected out. But I am sad there wasn't any in the underground while Ellie and Joel were with Sam and Henry, but it is what it is

[@blakel9463]

Spores would be basically every where infected way more people so maybe it was because unlike the game, spores spread further

[@staydetermined6717]

And spores stick to clothes

[@Supraslow]

But I heard that most likely Ellie is immune because she is infected with a different species of fungi and said fungi was very protective over their host

[@jasonbower7763]

Uh ok

[@halohalo7218]

she’s immune because she was born from an infected mother.

[@lizardking3185]

I’m a big fan of the wheat being the cause as hallucinogens produced by fungus in rye caused bizarre behavior leading to the Salem witch trials.

[@hannahdavis5725]

Unless the fungus is too busy trying to keep my blood from turning to acid due to excessive glucose (Type 1 Diabetic) to infect my brain, I will hopefully die quickly.

[@TheKarlyzz]

so what I'm saying is, I would survive the initial outbreak, maybe by a close call but I would, I live in a mini populated place in Germany, a small town and it even snowed today when it didn't in other regions. so it's either cold or too hot especially summer. Cordyceps ain't got shit on me I played fallout my man lmfao.

[@TheKarlyzz]

Can I call them feral ghouls for that matter? They're not even infected, they're invaded.

[@ninoid51]

I thought the reason that Eli was immune was because her mum was bitten as she was being born. So the infection started but didn't complete which made her immune somehow

[@gunsnrosesfactory1856]

Same here

[@cafekid4663]

Your thinking of the girl with all the talents

[@j.m.9737]

​@@cafekid4663 *The Girl With All the Gifts. But same scenario with Eli:mom turned while pregnant/giving birth

[@User556q]

no shit

[@peterfazio9306]

They added that in the show. It wasn't in the game at all. Why Ellie was immune was always a mystery. I don't know why, but I kind of like that more than the retcon of Ellie's mother getting bit. Fun fact, the actress who played Ellie's mother is the video game voice actress of Ellie.

[@rili84]

I just want to say, amazing editing in this video. especially the intro. such an improvement (not that the other videos are not good haha)

[@hilaryginger8467]

that intro was so good oh my god

[@rustysebring4599]

Real glad to see you back my man, I hope you and your family are doing well. Loved the video! Honestly made me want to watch the show 😅 keep up the glorious work brother

[@saliston]

we do have anti fungal meds. Medications can be made to counter it. Also it would take weeks for the products to spread over the world so some areas would get hurt first. This would give other governments the chance to take action.

[@gunsnrosesfactory1856]

the military in the movie did a terrible job ngl no bombs were shown dropped.

[@vocazxls4787]

True but anti fungal meds are near impossible to create, and in a world like the last of us, the meds would be a huge war. Just like how early humans fought over land and hunting grounds(Still do to an extent) they would all fight over meds. And they would need materials to transport and administer the medication. So only one group would really end up having the meds, with everyone else trying to get them through fighting

[@samthescotsman]

i would be screwed in any appocolypse since i use an electric wheelchair. as soon as the power went in my chair i would be immobile

[@ukj5850]

👩‍🦼🧟🧟🧟

[@estella4129]

holy shit i never thought to think about disabled people (no offense) cuz we never get to see them in apocalyptic scenarios

[@Jack-ty4rc]

I think about this a lot, my boyfriend is chronically ill and has an auto immune disease. Even if we survived the outbreak, found shelter and food... if he ran out of his medicine he would die. The zombie apocalypse would unfortunately take out a lot of disabled folk

[@GregoryMcStevens]

​@@Jack-ty4rcyour bf is a free sample

[@Jack-ty4rc]

@@GregoryMcStevens lmaoo 😭 he says id be better zombie bait though

[@Inactive_channellol]

Omg, the intro/montage was amazing, the transitions, the people talking added into the middle of the montage, and the ending, just pieced it all together. Good going dude, excited to watch the rest of the video

[@Odd_Magus]

ellie is immune because she has a different strand of fungus that is preventing her infection, but hampers her immune system

[@smiles9882]

Well fuck you, ya spoiling ass

[@bautispidey8864]

aaaaaaaaaand no. The fungus in the game wouldve transmitted to riley, but we know she turned, so i dont really think so

[@mateoparedes9586]

@@theLOSTranger234 what

[@mariannefischer3613]

She is infected with a mutant fungus PLUS she has a genetic mutation in her brain. Both together make her immune. And that is why the Firefly doctor wanted Ellie's brain in a jar. But it also means NO VACCINE. You can't make a vaccine that alters the DNA of a person's brain, except at the fetal level. Therefore it was completely unnecessary to kill Ellie to get at her DNA. So, the game Part 3 needs some really clever writing to be believable.

[@Marixchatt]

@@bautispidey8864 I don’t think we saw what happened to Riley. Someone please correct me if I’m wrong. I think Riley might have ended it and Ellie kept going.

[@rattler_boss1101]

It's only my dumb theory , but if cannibals knew that they could actually fish in the nearby lake , they wouldn't be cannibals

[@yourdad5799]

Now that you mention it yea. Why didn't they fish in the nearby water sourses?

[@Dinglebearry]

@@yourdad5799 overfishing and winter kill exists. Many lakes are actually repopulated with fish to help.

[@yourdad5799]

@@Dinglebearry yea but like 20 years of apocolypse didn't help with fish population?

[@Dinglebearry]

@@yourdad5799 a lake can only hold so much resources and 20 years of untouched nature can be destroyed very quickly by humans.

[@rattler_boss1101]

​@@Dinglebearrythen they will move

[@NotEvenOverThere]

The FEDRA protocol for immediately killing anyone found to be infected has probably lead to the death of at least one other person who was immune

[@johnnysizemore5797]

Here's a scary question: How big would one be if they were one of the first few that were infected?

[@starbell9962]

I always imagined the body couldn't take it anymore and it would collapse in on itself

[@johnnysizemore5797]

@@starbell9962 That makes a lot of sense true, I recently read a lot on the lore for the Game Universe so here's what I think. Gases from the body decomposing eventually causes them to burst like a balloon but scenes it's outer skin is more armor at that point than actual flesh it would become to heavy for them to move in response any hordes that there linked with would instead of killing or infecting a target would instead heard them to it's located instead....

[@M15TER_Turtlee]

The rat king is the answer

[@lukakirasic8358]

​@@M15TER_Turtlee the rat king only happened because multiple first infected were merged into one after being trapped there

[@aero_bics]

i've been into The last of us for years, starting with the original game before the remake/remaster. I'm pretty sure the amount of time infected effects the stage of infection. Runner is when bitten to about 2-ish weeks. Stalkers are from the 2 weeks after bitten to a year, clickers are over one year, bloaters have been infected for several years, and shamblers (introduced in TLOU pt 2) have been infected for serveral years but spent most of their time in damp areas. I guess it really depends on conditions as well as whether in the possible 3rd game if they confirm any new stages.

[@Sliverism]

hey btw for the record, there is more than one species of parasitic fungus. in fact, theres several genera of fungi that do more or less the same thing. taxonomic familes Entomophthoraceae, Rhizopodaceae and Cordycipitaceae all have dozens and dozens of species that do the thing. now you know

[@nman551]

I really would love if you did a WYWS either the attack on titan invasion or the rumbling. Cause attack on titan is genuinely a hopeless scenario and both cases If no one has the powers of the characters in the show.

[@fangchick93]

I second that. Attack on Titan would be great for wyws.

[@faithzero6338]

i'd say the marvel/dc universes are a lot worse for an ordinary citizen.

[@nman551]

@@faithzero6338 fair but I wanna see his take on it.

[@nman551]

@@fangchick93 absolutely.

[@loli-knightxardej2252]

To be fair, that'd be a fairly straightforward and boring video just like most series that involve what's essentially magic. AOT is fun, but you literally only live through all of that if you have MC titan powers or plot armor. "Do you not have 3D maneuver gear and excessively high combat skill? Welp, you die to all of the normal titans. Don't have a readily available plane? Then you die to the rumbling".

[@EnbyNomad]

I know I wouldn't get infected immediately, solely because I'm rather isolated and nocturnal. However I would probably leave the apt not knowing the apocalypse hit and then get got.

[@Dr.JustinBRose]

Don't expect someone with survival skills to show up and show you the way. This is the way. Clever.

[@atad-polish1713]

Fungal spores are actually wildly resistant to many forms of treatment . Droughts are no trouble for them(while they are an issues for the actual organism) and very resistant to chemical treatments. Its only a small stretch to say that it was durable enough to survive being cooked.

[@anounamiss4653]

So concerning the deaf being able to hear, I thought he was still deaf. Because he doesn't react to her until she steps in front of him. It wasn't the sound, it was the stimuli of movement.

[@luck3yp0rk93]

The ridiculous amount of luck that goes into the fact that Joel ate NOTHING with a flour or wheat base in the first few months (or even later if it’s something like cake mix) is plot armour on a whole new level

[@emilybarclay8831]

Wasn’t it explained that he was on a diet that excluded wheat products? It could simply be that he didn’t have any food in his house with wheat in it, and the fungus in the wheat was only strong enough to infect people with already severely compromised immune systems such as the old woman.

[@jaydena6297]

​​​@@emilybarclay8831 He was lying. He just didn't want any of the neighbors biscuits.😂 Earlier, Sarah was talking about them not having any pancake mix, because she was going to make some for breakfast on Joel's birthday. Granted, he said that he doesn't really like pancakes; the pancakes were for her benefit. However, Joel was going to buy a birthday cake later that night, but he forgot. They just got really lucky

[@BananaMan_Stand]

Nah man the Intro to this video was so good I loved it whoever edited it did great

[@death2fuffy263]

It’s great to hear you man. I hope everything is going alright and once more thanks for your videos

[@AJ-em2rb]

David and Richard Attenborough are brothers (or at least were until Richard died), so don't worry dude, you just made the same mistake that their mother did countless times during her own life

[@Spurs2192]

That intro was 🔥 thanks for the amazing video

[@Mongo11b]

I would die pretty quick in the post-apocalyptic world. Even if I was one of the (un)lucky ones to survive the initial disaster, I am far to confrontational and hard-headed I'd get myself killed in the first colony I found lol

[@TurliTheCat]

glad your honest lmao i wouldnt either

[@jobanh7ify]

I hope people don’t forget we can’t make a vaccine out of Ellie, that’s the reason the game and the show is called The Last of Us, humanity is already doomed, the game even hint to that fact with notes and recordings and the show even stated that at the beginning

[@garyhall2770]

The game also states that one can be infected by being bit by someone who is infected which means either Abby is also immune (because Ellie bit her in Seattle and she never turned by the time Abby got to California) or Eille can't infect anyone by biting them.

[@muratigentijan8911]

Considering the fact that she went full lesbo, the earth really is doomed lol

[@Hogarth420]

I was just thinking "what happened to this guy" only to find a new video when I look you up, I hope everything is going well and keep up with the awesome work

[@hamishthehero6872]

I think realistically I would survive, because I live in Australia. I am not saying this as some kind of joke, but I know we have hyper strict laws about bio-security, and we are isolated from other countries that might get infected. As long as we quarantine/kill tourists. it would work. And the best part about all of this is that team cherry is from Australia, so silksong would be able to come out

[@daniellesimone7939]

You guys would also be infected bc you consume wheat...

[@angelaphsiao]

Didn’t know your imports are scanned for unknown contamination

[@hamishthehero6872]

@@daniellesimone7939 we do but we make a lot of the wheat ourselves, we have a huge amount of agriculture

[@morefilms04]

I don’t think you realise how many people consume wheat/flour/sugar. I live in Melbourne, and I’ll tell you right now, the city would fall quite easily considering how many people will be infected outbreak day. Same with Sydney, Brisbane etcetera. Btw, in the show, they showed basically what Joel’s suburb ended up like and it was pure chaos - just think about how bad an entire city would be

[@fumothfan9]

Kill tourists? Didnt you lose a war to animals...TWICE!?!

[@blsk_max]

At this point dying seems way cooler and chill than even TRYING to live in TLOU universe

[@woogie2345]

you’d also just have to Know that it’s the flour or wheat or whatever that spreads it, and i wonder if that news actually travelled quickly enough. people would stock up food when they left their homes or looted, and could very well end up getting infected weeks/months later by simply eating the wrong thing:( i bet there would’ve been at least one case somewhere of an entire quarantine location being poisoned because they unknowingly included infected food in the camp’s diet edit - just got to the part where you talk about fresh crops potentially being infected, i hadn’t even considered that oooof

[@MM27052]

Going to the far north, freezing almost year round, plenty of food (game animals), plenty of water and absolutely no way for the zombies to reach me, especially if I climb a mountain or something like that.

[@Julian7469]

I hope you've been enjoying the HBO iteration of this series. I've been enjoying it really, latest episode is really good.

[@nukiesduke6868]

I'd really like to know how effective fire would be against them. All animals are scared of fire and we all have that basic instinct fire = bad = deadly and = hurts. So would waving a big torch around a charging infected actually scare it off? and how well would flamethrowers actually work against them for fighting off large hordes that are banging on your fortified wall.

[@lkctom2546]

Nah they keep running at you and then they burn

[@lazyquahog9385]

The host’s self preservation is non-existent when Cordyceps takes over. I think fire is the best defense against the infected, but they’ll still charge head on and not back away.

[@WriothesleySimp]

They still try to kill u, even if on fire

[@myshiteu4934]

I’m so glad you posted another video because I just got done watching your last one a few hours ago 😭 Now I can watch something as I workout

[@orangeapples]

I got the impression that the sea of infected from episode 2 liked the sunlight. We also see Sam basking in the sunlight

[@Marixchatt]

They reacted negatively to sunlight. They looked and squirmed like snails with salt on their body.

[@toeray5864]

Logistics are the way this outbreak would fail. If it all flowed from a big flour plant in Jakarta you would see SE Asia go into anarchy first and not the whole world all at once. It takes weeks for ships to travel the oceans and days for goods to leave ports of entry. It's just impossible for it to hit grocery store shelves all over the world within a 24-48 hour period.

[@paolaurribarri8866]

i would love to know how places like greenland or australia would be doing, if they closed flights early enough and controlled the food they would actually survive and go on without much damage i think

[@vocazxls4787]

Lets go we are going to Nuuk in Greenland

[@mesprout]

greenland would be set i think. the cold would be a natural slow-down

[@Filollisejmina]

@@mesproutcold would kill off infected

[@mesprout]

@@Filollisejmina also true. australia on the other hand would probably just need to wait for our wildlife to kill the Z's

[@Filollisejmina]

@@mesprout they’re basically living they’re humans so the fungi will kill them

[@MediaDroid960]

Here are some possible WYWS topics you could do: -WYWS RWBYs creatures of Grimm -WYWS Final spaces titan invasion -WYWS Gears of War’s swarm -WYWS Breath of the wilds great calamity -WYWS Avatar the last airbenders fire nation invasion -WYWS One Pieces great pirate era -WYWS Tram fortress 2’s Mann vs machine robot army -WYWS Plants vs zombies zombie army

[@nilesstark]

WYWS Akira.

[@Emery101]

@@nilesstark Tachyons

[@chartyman1234]

i wanan see pvz

[@nathanh5448]

PvZ is hilarious, never knew I needed something so much in my life

[@johnnysizemore5797]

To Quote Ian Malcolm: "Life finds a way."

[@zombiegunsmith]

loving the new mic and wow its kinda stellar

[@WikkeSchrandt]

I've never played the Last of Us, but that intro was absolutely amazing

[@Akabinxstar]

What does it mean to survive an outbreak like this anyway? Whether you die at the start of the outbreak or 40 years down the line, it doesn't make a difference unless society is restored between then.

[@muskateer12345]

Life isn’t all about “society”. What, no Fortnite or gay parades means no reason to live ?

[@CROMSTER]

The fact that the cordiceps are used as string on the body, makes me think that maybe the people is trap in there, in the horror

[@jamesfud1848]

You’ve always got great takes and observations that most miss out on covering. Amazing stuff as always

[@TheArceusftw]

Hmm, I like the idea of Revamped/remastered/updated videos.

[@whirsch]

Why didn't you mention the risk of being Joel-in-oned?

[@ArtOfMoney1]

Best way to survive this is to live somewhere cold. Fungus hate the cold and you never see any insects with Cordyceps coming out of their bodies in snow!

[@userman267]

You should do Project: Zomboid Knox infection, it's a great game and can be really eerie.

[@adambaker8349]

Id like to see a review on 3 movies that im surprised have not seen on your channel: 1.Re-Kill 2.Rezort 3.Remains (comic &/or movie) Glad i found your channel great videos and viewpoints that most seem to ignore just because LOL

[@mysterion1899]

The world in the show was toned down so much, literally have ellie commenting on how easy a 5 day trek was and that she didn't know "what tommy was so afraid of". I could totally survive in that world for a decent interval.

[@DageLV]

Yo, agents of shield mad scientist doing an intro XD

[@mickaylamaystrawberry6251]

Well I'm Australian so the gun thing wouldn't be an issue, I also live right next to the bush so we would probably go north coastal, the hardest thing would definitely be finding food with the lack of guns, however we have fishing rods so I guess I'd try that, you'd definitely want to be good friends with some indigenous Australians since they have hunted and foraged for thousands of years. But I do think the harsh conditions would get me before the fungus haha

[@baneofbanes]

There are plenty of guns in Australia.

[@mickaylamaystrawberry6251]

@@baneofbanes not where I am

[@baneofbanes]

@@mickaylamaystrawberry6251 of youre in a rural area I assure you there are. That you just don’t know about them doesnt make that so.

[@mickaylamaystrawberry6251]

@@baneofbanes North of the river perth I know a few farmers none of the ones I know have guns haha but all I'm saying is there will not be like a thousand people running around like idiots with guns, milk crates or frying pans maybe but not allot with guns.

[@baneofbanes]

@@mickaylamaystrawberry6251 just because you don’t know doesn’t make it so dude. There are millions of civilian owned guns in Australia, both legal and illegal. That’s not even getting into police and military arsenals, which in an apocalyptic scenario would be looted. You have no idea what the fuck you’re talking about.

[@chuckz5945]

I like how you talk about the last of us and have "Days Gone" music in the background. That game always reminded me of the last of us

[@jamesdubeck4920]

Listen to the doctor in the beginning there is nocure and u couldnt even try to make one. Ive played both games.... And i agree with joels decision. I think they wouldve killed ellie and nothing wouldve happened. A man got a second chance at being a father after being guarded and miserable for 20 years! Team Joel all day

[@vocazxls4787]

It's less of a question as to whether a cure would be viable: That's a debated topic. But the bigger question is *Would the cure even help?* The Fireflies would need vast resources to give out the cure, and if word got out about it many organizations would come in shooting down the Fireflies. In the end, only the fireflies will have it or some other group will have it: Also a cure would only *prevent* you from getting cordyceps and maybe, just maybe, stop growth. If you already have cordyceps, you will continue to have cordyceps. Also, the world will still be broken and in shambles. No one is going to band together to fix everything, and a return to "normal" life would only happen if humans put aside their differences(which won't happen) or if Cordyceps just stopped(Extremely unlikely).

[@gabisuciu6785]

"Reaching about 7 billion hosts" Should someone tell him we hit the big 8 a while back?

[@TicklePShivers]

People who hate the show because of the spores thing, then they need to watch the movie The girl with all the gifts. It's a zombie movie where the virus is spread by spores. If spores got into the air then the last humans might as well end themselves because the spores would be EVERYWHERE. If we're talking about reality being a basis then there wouldn't just be areas with thick spores, but the spores would travel everywhere regardless. Masks wouldn't help, only sealing yourself away completely and even that is a stretch. The show makers have done their research and I'm grateful they made a story with accurate science and facts.

[@scottd1903]

Exactly. If airborne spores caused infections, everyone would be dead long before the events of the last of us took place

[@UnifiedEntity]

Could easily written it that the spores lifespan and travel distance is astronomically small.

[@davidgentile5225]

Fire and the means to project fire would be essential.

[@zerodawn0994]

with how scarce the infected are in the show... I mean they seem pretty close to extinction, they aren't much of a wide-spread threat to humans. Humans are more of a threat to humans than infected. So basically if you survive the initial outbreak... I'd say it would be kinda easy to survive given that there's barely any infected according to the show. episode 5 is the last time we ever see any infected in present day.

[@WowSuchGaming]

not really, they werent scarce as the SHOW itself specifcally stated the infected were huddled in cities and rarely left those areas, so for ONCE a zombie show's survivors were SMART about where to go, but i dont see anyone bringing that up lol

[@thecrazyjoe250]

@@WowSuchGaming They don't seem to be that common in cities too, in ~6 month they're just comming across two hordes: in Boston and Kansas City

[@baneofbanes]

@@thecrazyjoe250 Boston and Kansas City are the only cities that are in the show.

[@rakuraimaster9925]

I think they don’t have spores so you can actually see the actors rather than be covered by a gas mask for a lot of the show

[@gunsnrosesfactory1856]

Very good point

[@janmullner6765]

"fire is the only cure" *black Sabbaths paranoid starts playing*

[@SaysSamara]

Why I wouldn't survive: I would walk off a cliff as soon as I even saw someone who remotely looked like a zombie.

[@DMR-MINTY]

Same rather die than become a zombie

[@Brandonian]

If we had a chance to stop this infection, I think one of the hardest challenges would be taking down fungal areas with spores. Like underground areas, the Cordyceps is literally everywhere. I think 60% of humanity was whipped out, according to the game. The show, I can’t remember if they had a statistic for it. I think another challenge would be taking down Bloaters. Bloaters require a little bit of attention and thinking to take down. Especially in part ii of the games and the remaster of TLOU part I. Bloaters are very weak fire to though. But bloaters are bloody ridiculous to fight now, I love it. I think any group that ran into a few bloaters, you would need to take em down fast and coordinate your attack. This would be a really hard to deal with, when you look other movies, games, scenarios, TLOU scenario is just wicked.

[@eerie5450]

So did Tess have plot armour surviving longer than 5-15mins getting bit in the shoulder/lower neck?

[@raf686]

Tbh that would depend on your immune system. Max would take like a day for you go turn. But people immune systems run different.

[@joshuapittman4663]

We need a “why you would/wouldn’t survive the Knox Event from Project Zomboid”

[@ImTorryTF2]

The original way it spread and worked was much better in the game but the show did do a good job

[@enderbirds3814]

Need a sort of crossover show like the World war Z or walking dead death cure infection that spreads as the same time as something like this, would be funny to see multiple types of zombie strains fight each other for control of a single body

[@mrgray5576]

Now we just need a days gone tv show.

[@adrianalejo5374]

Plsssss

[@caryyandell3547]

Glad to hear that voice again sir. Missed ya. Good breakdown for the show.

[@CIementine_]

imagine being a zombie with dementia then you as zombie forget what you are supposed to do as zombie😭

[@rash9488]

Sarah, such a brief character, was so charming in the game. They got really close in the show with her. No, it wasn't her color....it was the accent. I grew up in upstate NY and I live now in upstate SC. There is a charm to the accent down here and it was ignored.

[@mr.spring-miser3034]

Luckily though this can't actually happen or at least not the way the show and games have shown there's also many natural defenses to this so we're good.

[@lukieluke11]

what kind of natural defenses?

[@carolusrex5213]

@@lukieluke11 the biggest thing for why the fungus wouldn't get that extreme is because it could lead to their own death. If it infects and feeds off all humans then it won't have any host left to spread to and will die off

[@nigelbaddock]

Plus it would take million years for it to evolve to spread to humans.

[@MylesKillis]

@@nigelbaddockmutations don’t necessarily need that much time just cycles of life

[@Filollisejmina]

@@nigelbaddocknah time doesn’t matter environment does

[@JuanGutierrez-r4z]

There is currently an Olympic team somewhere in the world that uses a cordyceps mushroom as a supplement in order to get more oxygen or something but the way they cultivate it or grow it is on caterpillars , it's only a matter of time

[@RylanA-fm3nj]

It’s in many health products and I have a tea that has some in it.

[@8Chloe8]

I refuse to drink water that isn’t cold/ has a lot of ice in it so that’s probably what would kill me 😂

[@connorwick154]

24:32 I see what you did there. Daddy Pedro showing "the way" for the second time.