So, what kind of post-apocolyptic world do YOU want to live in?

[krispos42]

Poll question: So, what kind of post-apocolyptic world do YOU want to live in?

I saw "Resident Evil: Extinction" a couple of days ago, and since I've also seen fairly recently movies like "Dawn of the Dead" and "Deep Impact", and I'm readin the "Dark Tower" series (by Stephen King) it got the mental juices flowing a little.

So, what say you, Lounge Lizards?



Myself, I pick the zombies. At least the remains of civilization would be untouched, they are pretty easy to identify as "bad", and they don't shoot back. There's a certain simplicity there that appeals to me.

[Clintonista2]

1. Nuclear Holocause, for sure

Aside from lingering radiation, once the blast is over, you can at least begin to rebuild. I would take that over having to spend my days fighting zombies/aliens. Also, with an economic meltdown, you would probably see mass violence anyways, IMO it would probably result in more deaths over time than a nuclear holocaust.

[krispos42]

5. Hmmmm... good points

Hadn't thought of that.

The mutations, though... ooch.



I always figured that, with the zombie thing the best thing to do would be to get a group of survivors together and occupy something like a sailing yacht or something. Stage resupply raids on small shoreline communities. Eventually take over and occupy a small island, one that you could easily clear of zombies, and use that as a base. Eventually move on to more islands, until you could retake part of the mainland.

[ThoughtCriminal]

2. Post-Rapture

When they're gone, it will be a major upgrade.

[Clintonista2]

3. There's a problem with your logic, though

Do you really think the rapture would save the likes of Coulter & limbaugh? The fundies would be the ones left behind.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

41. No, it would take them.

I have a feeling that if their God exists, he's as sick as they are.

:P

[ghostsofgiants]

4. Zombies.

No question.

[krispos42]

6. You like the slow-moving ones or the fast-moving ones?

Many think the fast-moving zombie is an abomination.

As for me... the slower the better. Gimme a scope-sighted rifle and a clock tower so I can thin'em out a little...

[ghostsofgiants]

8. I just want shit I can shoot with shotguns while listening to ridiculous metal music.

http://www.viceland.com/se/v2n2/htdocs/game.php

[krispos42]

9. None of the levels load for me!

I get through the instructions, then... nada! :-(

[ghostsofgiants]

10. Dammit, me neither...

That is depressing.

[ellisonz]

7. Aliens.

[Orsino]

45. Definitely aliens.

They can't possibly match us for brutality and misery when it comes to apocalypse. I'll at least be assured of regular nourishment pellets.

[krispos42]

48. They might do to us...

what we do to chickens. Little cage, lot's of food, then breaded and fried.

Crushed corn flakes optional.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

11. You forgot Mad Max.

...as long as Tina Turner is there, in charge...

[krispos42]

12. I'd file that under "Economic collapse"

IIRC it was a severe oil shortage that led to the collapse of civilization, yes? The costs of oil rose too rapidly for our economies to adjust, so that our dispirsed manufacturing and agriculture system could not function without a massive reworking.

And no Tina for me, thanks. Now, if you can serve up Kari Byron, Laura Prepon, or Emma de Caunes in that outfit, well, bring on peak oil!

[TK421]

16. "Two men enter....I man leaves"

[TK421]

20. wow, I'm really tired....that should have been 1 man leaves

sorry!

[DarkTirade]

13. Other... a good portion of the population dies out for some reason

probably a disease that some are naturally resistant to.

Enough people are gone that the basic infrastructures fall apart. We start over with farms and small towns, work our way back up to having cities.

I was actually working on a story based on that a while back. :) Put it aside when I realized that following a single character was going to be rather boring, it had to have an ensemble cast for any decent interaction to happen.

[krispos42]

19. Pandemic. Crap, I forgot that one.

I KNEW I was forgetting something! <sigh>

[DarkTirade]

24. Hey, nobody's perfect.

And the fact that you couldn't think up a horrific way to wipe out almost an entire species is probably a GOOD thing, not a bad thing. :)

[AllegroRondo]

31. Like "The Stand"

I like that. No one around to bother me.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

14. For me, economic collapse would be the easiest to survive.

I am almost to the point that I could go along without skipping a beat.

[Rabrrrrrr]

15. The kind where some weird bacteria wipes out all the stupid people

Leaving behind the 5% of us who use our brains to reconstruct a world of goodness and wonder, but without the readily available armies of the ignorant to do the shit work that they are so uniquely designed to do and that they've done for millennia for the benefit of the intelligent. But on the plus side, the newspapers, TV news, and TV itself have nothing about sports, nor about celebrities who do stupid stuff (because the only celebrities left are the smart ones).

Said bacteria remains in the environment forever, and immediately kills all newborns that will become stupid people.

[DarkTirade]

17. Might have a problem there

us smart people would get bored really quickly with some of the less brain-using tasks we'd need to do. :)

[cobalt1999]

18. Aliens.

If the alien abductor story tellers are correct, I'll take an occasional anal probing over radiation sickness.

[dropkickpa]

21. other - the post apocalyptic world of Fallout

Gawd, I played that game (and Fallout 2) for unbelievable amounts of time.

[DarkTirade]

25. I've heard about them for years

and the both of them were on sale for quite a while in a 10 dollar set. Of course, every time I went to the store and it was there, I didn't have ten bucks to spare because I was a poor college kid by that time. And every time I had 10 bucks to spare, it wasn't in stock.

I finally (arrrr) 'procured' a copy just recently to give it a try. Haven't gotten that deep into it yet, but I can see how it can be addictive. :)

[Arugula Latte]

22. Other -- Kitties evolve into our masters and we wait on them hand and foot.

Oh, wait, that's my life already. :loveya:

[Cabcere]

37. LOL - I hear ya!

:hi:

[_testify_]

23. Zombies, but only if I have this with me:

[ghostsofgiants]

28. You should also purchase World War Z to make sure you have a good historical background.

[_testify_]

29. Whoaaaa

I didn't even know it existed. Thank you!!

[fudge stripe cookays]

43. They're making the movie for it too.

I can't wait! :D

[Locrian]

26. other (totally sexist scenario)

Only the hot females of the population and me survive.

[zingaro]

27. But you do know that in that event

you would be totally entombed and kept alive only for sperm harvest, right? Sort of like a weird blue pill version of the Matrix, only with less tubes and no giant headphone insertion point in the back of your neck.

I mean, we'd feed you and water you but honestly? It wouldn't be very much fun for you. You've seen those milking machines they use on cows? I can't imagine that as a future destination would really rock the house. Sure, maybe once or twice it'd be a novel rushy sort of cool thing but after a year or two? I'd think it'd get old.

'course I probably shouldn't really make that assumption - everybody's got their niche in life, right? ;)

:rofl:

[Locrian]

47. ohh - common - just kidding ;-)

Really - it would be pretty sad life. Of course eventually someone would wise up and ice my ass since I am "fixed". So then I might just be a "novelty toy"?!!!

[Broken_Hero]

30. Long days, and pleasant nights.....

I'd choose the Dark Tower post-apocolyptic world.....you just have to watch out for mechanical bears, and exploding Harry Potter Seekers.....oh, and be careful which doors you open, and don't let the lobsters bite your hand/fingers off either....oh, and beware any Beatles songs(especially Hey Jude)...

[Ms_Dem_Meanor]

32. Well, Hell!!!

With those choices you either:
A. can't go outside
B. your homeless
C. you'll starve to death
D. you need to carry a bazooka to get pass the Bushes!!!

I guess living with the zombies ain't too bad after all.

[NewJeffCT]

33. How about the one where the Dark Lord triumphs?

The people are enslaved under tyrannical masters - a la, the Empire in Star Wars... or, the Lord of the Rings if Sauron had won. (or, is that the choice where you should vote for Bush?)

I say that because eventually, some hero will rise to overthrow said Dark Lord.

[guitar man]

34. what kind of aliens?

what do their women look like and do they want to make sex slaves out of human males? I may be up fot that :evilgrin:

[cobalt1999]

38. supposedly all the ones around here now do is an occasional "anal probe"

Not a pleasant way to live, but the zombies might not be so easy.

[Initech]

35. Zombie takeover would be fun. I call dibs on the chainsaw!!!

[KamaAina]

36. Zombies!

Meet your new leader:

http://theamericanzombie.blogspot.com

[tigereye]

39. Blade Runner?

looks wonderfully multi-cultural, if a bit wet.

[LynneSin]

40. Wait you could do a modified #7 for the Bush Trifecta

Of course it would be dumbass apes, not smart ones

[Bucky]

42. Giant mutant ants take over, forcing us to harvest large moutains of sugar

Starring Joan Collins, no less.

[alarimer]

44. I'd rather not survive any of those

I'd just as soon die. I have read enough apocalyptic novels to know that my life as a woman would be reduced to cleaning up after the menfolk and being a baby factory (or a receptacle for rape and other sexual abuse). So, no thanks.

I guess I believe that the veneer of civilization is very thin and we are all basically animals.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

46. Other: Idiocracy. -nt

[redqueen]

49. No preference... I keep having nightmares about this...

I don't know what's happened in the dreams, but many of my dreams lately seem to be in a post-apocalyptic setting.

It's startin to make me nervous, actually.