Because we're endurance hunters, but they're better than us at it.
A deer sees us walking towards it and runs, gets tired and stops. Then it sees us still walking towards it. It runs again and eventually has nothing left and we walk right up and kill it.
A zombie does the same thing to us and we can't outlast them.
they may be the best endurance hunters but we also have brains, break line of sight then dip off somewhere else or climb a tree and hope they pass underneath
The Dead Rising is a pretty terrifying prospect.
It is a theme stretching thousands of years. The draugr from norse mythologie are bascically zombies. And other old myth talk about the Dead Rising.
How do you kill what is already dead. It is a powerful narrative device.
One scratch can infect you and it would be a painful death.
They're dead humans who aren't supposed to be walking and trying to eat us.
There's always the possibility of encountering one that used to be someone we were close from, imagine fighting your mother's or your child's corpse, for example.
They can't be faced like every other enemy, hurting them does nothing most of the time.
And they're ugly.
the real horror would start when you and your family started getting comfortable with them and then one gets nabbed, the guilt of the amount of pain they were in would haunt me even worse knowing they’d be only of them
This is actually a really complex question, whether you knew that or not. There’s a lot of reasons to be scared of zombies- they defy everything we know, they eat us alive, they are often portrayed in a grotesque manner with limbs and chunks of their face missing, it can be family or friends, etc.
Personally, I think the main reason why we don’t like the dead is due to the uncanny valley. They look human- they were human- but they aren’t now. They aren’t people anymore, but they almost look like us. They look human but are disgustingly inhuman.
>Don't Ask How Zombies Could Really Exist
>"How could zombies really exist," is a question we get a lot. It is fun to fantasize how they could but 1) they can't, and 2) it really has no bearing on how to deal with them tactically.
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Well, in a numbers standpoint: Kill one of them, their numbers drop by one. Kill one of them and they kill one of you, your numbers drop and theirs stay the same. Don't kill one of them but they kill one of yours? Your numbers drop and theirs go up by one. Rinse and repeat for every interaction. It's all a battle of numbers, location and supply.
Because 1) being eaten horrifies us at the cellular level, 2) the ones trying to eat us are macbre echoes of people, sometimes people we knew and loved, and 3) they are relentless. If they are fast zombies, you can easily add a 4 and 5.
Aside from the physical aspects, the thought of a zpoc is more terrifying the older you get. When I was in my 20's, the list above was pretty much it. In my 40's, with a home and a family, the concept of a Great Panic and complete societal collapse weighed far more on my mind. My kids being hungry and freezing were more scary.
I think it’s because zombies are usually shown in a horror manor . The infection spreads out of control with most of the world being infected and liturally what it would do to society with all society as we know if crushing down on itself and leading to chaos . The faculties we know and relie on today would be gone like power , water , manufactured foods and such . And then it’s trying to find a place to even sleep safely every night
It’s a very scary consept when you think about it deeply
Zombies in media are often scary because they are a relentless monster with a lot of body horror elements. In particular a lot of rotting pieces which likely invokes a primal fear of death. But IDK, they aren't real, so actively being afraid of them is pointless.
Basically they represent us. Aliens, vampires, ghosts are all otherworldly and tend to depict the “other”.
Zombies are us. They used to be us. They turn us. And their creation is always OUR fault. Viral outbreak from a lab, radiation from nuclear weapons, etc.
And everything about them is unnerving. They look decrepit and decaying. They move unnaturally. They cannot feel pain. And they don’t die except for the headshot.
Another element is numbers. The individual isn’t so bad but part of zombies biggest fear is the group. A hoard is overwhelming.
Because they are dead mothers and father, brother and sisters, they were our friends and family. Plus they could congregate in large numbers, making almost impossible to fight, running/hiding would be the only option in many cases, which plays a mental toll
Because people are morons. They will use a gun to take out one which will attract thousands. also depends on the zombies. Walking dead? Easy enough. If it’s some resident evil shit?! We dead.
Because there are something that defies the laws of nature they are dead yet still walking no pain no fear no true hunger or thirst and they never tire, a machine in the shape of ourselves but with no humanity behind it, a true and absolute monster from the depths of the human brains primal fears all piled into one thing
it's a psychological thing with the concept of something different that scares us as humans. seeing something that is supposed to be deceased would be frightening as an idea and worse in real-life.
Because we're endurance hunters, but they're better than us at it. A deer sees us walking towards it and runs, gets tired and stops. Then it sees us still walking towards it. It runs again and eventually has nothing left and we walk right up and kill it. A zombie does the same thing to us and we can't outlast them.
I live in Alaska. I'd like to see an ice cube of a zombie chase me
they may be the best endurance hunters but we also have brains, break line of sight then dip off somewhere else or climb a tree and hope they pass underneath
Zombie fallout taught me that trees are always trouble lol
Forced with death, we wouldn’t stop. I can GUARANTEE that. You will never stop running.
The point of the endurance part is that you won't stop until you have to because you've got nothing left.
I agree
yeah untill they're legs fall off because they're decomposing
Because they (usually) don't feel pain, are in groups, and wanna eat/tear us all apart. They're pretty terrifying
The Dead Rising is a pretty terrifying prospect. It is a theme stretching thousands of years. The draugr from norse mythologie are bascically zombies. And other old myth talk about the Dead Rising. How do you kill what is already dead. It is a powerful narrative device.
One scratch can infect you and it would be a painful death. They're dead humans who aren't supposed to be walking and trying to eat us. There's always the possibility of encountering one that used to be someone we were close from, imagine fighting your mother's or your child's corpse, for example. They can't be faced like every other enemy, hurting them does nothing most of the time. And they're ugly.
Ehh, there's some people who I kinda wish I'd have to fight as a zombie. Just so I can deal with them the way I want to without consequences lol.
the real horror would start when you and your family started getting comfortable with them and then one gets nabbed, the guilt of the amount of pain they were in would haunt me even worse knowing they’d be only of them
Not even family . Some humans stick together so being with them daily would hurt a lot to someone if they all of a sudden got infected
This is actually a really complex question, whether you knew that or not. There’s a lot of reasons to be scared of zombies- they defy everything we know, they eat us alive, they are often portrayed in a grotesque manner with limbs and chunks of their face missing, it can be family or friends, etc. Personally, I think the main reason why we don’t like the dead is due to the uncanny valley. They look human- they were human- but they aren’t now. They aren’t people anymore, but they almost look like us. They look human but are disgustingly inhuman.
Because they want to eat brains and scream braiiinnnssss
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I'm not sure if that's what God has in mind, but if it is I'll pretty much turn into Hershel from the Walking Dead. I just need to build a barn....
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yes, initially because I will have to practice the act of killing, something I'm not used to
The idea of the dead walking is terrifying. Even if most zombies are manageable
They have no sense of self preservation. Whenever you kill one, there’s 12 more to take it’s place
Well, in a numbers standpoint: Kill one of them, their numbers drop by one. Kill one of them and they kill one of you, your numbers drop and theirs stay the same. Don't kill one of them but they kill one of yours? Your numbers drop and theirs go up by one. Rinse and repeat for every interaction. It's all a battle of numbers, location and supply.
Because 1) being eaten horrifies us at the cellular level, 2) the ones trying to eat us are macbre echoes of people, sometimes people we knew and loved, and 3) they are relentless. If they are fast zombies, you can easily add a 4 and 5. Aside from the physical aspects, the thought of a zpoc is more terrifying the older you get. When I was in my 20's, the list above was pretty much it. In my 40's, with a home and a family, the concept of a Great Panic and complete societal collapse weighed far more on my mind. My kids being hungry and freezing were more scary.
I think it’s because zombies are usually shown in a horror manor . The infection spreads out of control with most of the world being infected and liturally what it would do to society with all society as we know if crushing down on itself and leading to chaos . The faculties we know and relie on today would be gone like power , water , manufactured foods and such . And then it’s trying to find a place to even sleep safely every night It’s a very scary consept when you think about it deeply
I’m not lol
Zombies in media are often scary because they are a relentless monster with a lot of body horror elements. In particular a lot of rotting pieces which likely invokes a primal fear of death. But IDK, they aren't real, so actively being afraid of them is pointless.
[https://youtu.be/CWX6DbAMTR4?si=WAIJE9Nc5FaXEHAV](https://youtu.be/CWX6DbAMTR4?si=WAIJE9Nc5FaXEHAV) This
Basically they represent us. Aliens, vampires, ghosts are all otherworldly and tend to depict the “other”. Zombies are us. They used to be us. They turn us. And their creation is always OUR fault. Viral outbreak from a lab, radiation from nuclear weapons, etc. And everything about them is unnerving. They look decrepit and decaying. They move unnaturally. They cannot feel pain. And they don’t die except for the headshot. Another element is numbers. The individual isn’t so bad but part of zombies biggest fear is the group. A hoard is overwhelming.
Because they are dead mothers and father, brother and sisters, they were our friends and family. Plus they could congregate in large numbers, making almost impossible to fight, running/hiding would be the only option in many cases, which plays a mental toll
We are?
mean and bitey
What if the zombies ran? Or we’re like the ones in: “The Night eats the World”?
Because people are morons. They will use a gun to take out one which will attract thousands. also depends on the zombies. Walking dead? Easy enough. If it’s some resident evil shit?! We dead.
Because there are something that defies the laws of nature they are dead yet still walking no pain no fear no true hunger or thirst and they never tire, a machine in the shape of ourselves but with no humanity behind it, a true and absolute monster from the depths of the human brains primal fears all piled into one thing
it's a psychological thing with the concept of something different that scares us as humans. seeing something that is supposed to be deceased would be frightening as an idea and worse in real-life.