Stolen from ljd1137.bsky.social

  • clb92@feddit.dkEnglish
    14·
    2 months ago

    This is a dumb comparison. It’s apparently frowned upon to attack idiots with flame throwers, baseball bats or chainsaws. I can’t use my Left4Dead skills against idiots at all.

  • cmbabul@lemmy.world
    12·
    2 months ago

    The zombie apocalypse was at one point supposed to be a metaphor for the idiot apocalypse

    • Barbarian@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      2 months ago

      As far as I’m aware, originally it was a horror-themed critique of mindless consumerism (which is why malls are the most common backdrop). Could be wrong, but that’s what I remember reading.

      • badcommandorfilename@lemmy.world
        4·
        2 months ago

        I’ve also heard this, but I can’t find the source. Something about the horror of being the only sane people left in an insane world, and slowly watching the ones you love fall to the other side.

    • WhatSay@slrpnk.netEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      I suggest everyone watch the classic I am Legend… no not with will smith, but Vincent Price! It was early concept zombies, they could talk.

  • frezik@midwest.social
    9·
    2 months ago

    The Cranberries song “Zombies” isn’t about actual zombies. It’s about people who think like zombies.

  • gon [he]@lemm.eeEnglish
    8·
    2 months ago

    I find this sort of perspective wildly unhelpful…

    People are manipulated, misguided, ignorant. We need to educate and help… Calling them idiots and comparing them to zombies feels so reductive. It’s like you don’t think they can change or be convinced.

    • Strider@lemmy.world
      14·
      2 months ago

      I would love to agree and I don’t disagree, but corona really showed me how totally idiotic and incompetent some really even intelligent educated people are - first hand experiences.

      We should still not give up, but need to care four our health, too.

  • SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org
    6·
    2 months ago

    This one is worse. Zombies don’t vote fascists into power. Generally speaking Zombies are not very politically motivated. They also don’t complain about “woke” all the time.

    • RottenState@feddit.dkdansk
      1·
      2 months ago

      Fascists would love a zombie apocalypse though - endless scapegoating and people would cheer for draconian security.

  • sunglocto@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    Hey. A zombie apocalypse isn’t out of the question. Maybe after Trump completely guts the CDC and FDA we’ll have a zombie virus.

  • ThermonuclearCactusEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    I say we put all the idiots into a big bucket of hydrogen peroxide or some other oxidizer so we can have an infinite supply of oxymoron

  • f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    I’ve been calling it the moron apocalypse for many years. If you go by some very old definitions, idiots don’t have the mental capability to survive on their own. Morons can survive, and apparently ascend to positions of power, including some of the arguably most powerful people in the world.

  • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    2·
    2 months ago

    The people who are driving and profiting from capitalism are not necessarily idiots. But they are definitely extremely rich/privileged.