Good day to you, /zom/. I will be assisting sloth in the focused moderation of /zom/ in order to bring back some quality. Note that I will not delete existing threads... yet... what I will do, however, is look at threads that have been started and keep those which actually instill some sort of imaginative process or stimulating thought about the subject of zombies. Other threads will be deleted and the posters of those threads banned for an appropriate amount of time. (Those of you that know me know that I am not a heavy banner... I only ban when something really sucks, or is super faggy).

Anyway, enough of that... Let's make /zom/ good again, shall we?

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Ok Zom

tell me why you DON'T need:

deoderant (you NEED to be socialy acceptable if society restarts. you will be covered in your own shit potentially by the end of your journey)

garbage bag (if you are in a closed space how are going to dispose of your crap? are you going to eat and drink around same stuff you poop. you'll get diseased and what not. even though bag won't make it dissapear, it will ensure it doesn't 'escape'

toilet paper - i would be able to do anything without feeling clean. It would ruin everything for you. absolutely everything. you don't want to be wasting water in an emergency

Yo /zom/. I was chatting with a good buddy of mine for a few hours about our Z-Day plan, and then sat reflecting for a while. And I came across mosquitoes. A very little discussed part of zombie survival plans.


Essentially, if you get bitten by one of those suckas at shit goes down, you're fucked.

So, here, we discuss mosquitoes, and how to protect ourselves from them.

My idea is simple: Six pairs of women's tights. Yeah, sounds a little queer, but if you put three pairs on your legs under your jeans or whatever handy dandy clothing you decide, and rip the other three pairs at the crotch and feet, you can slip them on your arms. Seems like an effective way to protect your limbs.

So, discuss.

Also I apologise for any grammatical errors as I am stoned.

Since Zedheads are also frequently general survivalists as well, I wanted to ask, what's the best post-apocalypstic currency? When the monetary system crashes, what is the best compact, high-value currency?

I was thinking that an imported product, or one that takes a very long time to make would be best. So I was thinking freeze-dried coffee, tea, and tobacco since they are mostly imported to my country, and they are relatively high-value for their mass. At $10 000+ per pound, saffron might be a good choice too, but I never use saffron in my cooking.

I figured gold and silver nuggets, bars and coins are a bad choice since they can't be directly used, and their value/weight is hard to determine. Also without adequate caution, precious metal coins are subject to planing, coring and counterfeiting, which can be hard to detect.

My other thought for an interim currency would be alcohol, since it is already used as an informal currency already in my country. Friend lends you his truck or helps while you're moving house, you buy him a carton of beer. The neighbors lawnmower guy does a quick pass on your lawn when your own mower is broken, you give him a bottle of wine, etc.

Whiskey is a good option, especially if you can get it in barrels, so it can continue to age while you store it. Wine would be okay, as long as you stored it correctly. Vodka would probably be a good option, since it's cheap and simple, but relatively difficult for an amateur to make.

Medicines would also be good, provided they had an exceedingly long shelf life. Things like antihistamines, antibiotics, painkillers, and whatever else might come in handy.

Any other ideas?

Show me what you've got, /zom/

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>>	Survivor 09/11/18(Wed)17:11 No. 10929 File: 12585930998.jpg-(174.19KB, 990x1024, zombie survival sheet -R.jpg) Oh god.

>>	Galebaby 09/11/18(Wed)21:26 No. 10933 >>10748 Fuck you. I could find a decent black ring on google at the time I made that so I ran with green. It was that, or red.

>>	Survivor 09/11/19(Thu)13:27 No. 10940 File: 125866606149.gif-(2.98MB, 991x1049, Zombie.gif) I was planning on bringing Laura Croft with me. I'm not a lesbian, but I would totally swing the other way with that girl. Not to mention she would be bad ass in any zombie situation.

So /zom/ if you had the choice, what type of zombie would you rather have to fight?

Zombie A) Slow moving "shambler" type of zombie. Blows to the head or upper spinal cord are the only ways of killing them. A bite will transfer virus. The virus can incubate in the host for several weeks before turning host into a zombie (unless host dies before hand, in which case they will immediately turn). Little to no intelligence. Will eventually rot away to nothing but do not require water to survive. Food is eaten victims.

Zombie B) "Rager" 28 days later style zombie. Not truely a zombie because the infected aren't dead. Any transfer of bodily fluids will result in infection and immediate turning. Virus incubation time is a matter of sconds to a minute. Can be killed like a normal person but doesn't respond to pain (think of it as trying to kill someone on PCP). Average intelligence. They do not rot but they also do not eat their victims. They require food and water to survive.

Zombie A would be easier to escape from and are less dangerous than zombie B. But Zombie B is easier to kill. Zombie A would also result in a more spuradic infection as infected people turn into zombies weeks after being bitten. But Zmobie B would also die off on their own faster than Zombie A. Zombie B would also be smart enough to follow foot prints and to climb over walls. Zombie A is will only follow what is directly seen or heard, they would rip apart a barricade as opposed to going around it.

There are more pro's and con's to each of these. Please post which type you'd rather deal with and why.

Hey /zom/ I wanted to discuss with you guys shotguns. It seems your ideas of shotguns are WAY off, you denounce shotguns, when in a clutch situation a shotgun would be your best friend.

BEFORE I CONTINUE I KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT SHOTGUNS, I'm not sure I could name one besides the Spas.

But, you guys don't understand how far a shotgun really can shoot. This is from a gun information website.

"When No. 6 shot is fired from a gun held slightly above the horizontal, the pellet drop will cover an area of approximately 400 feet in length. The nearest shot will fall about 300 feet from the gun's muzzle. While the furthest will land some 700 feet away. When the gun is elevated at an angle of approximately 40 degrees the drop area of the shot is greater, from 400 to 900 feet"

So, lets think about this just straight horizontal is almost a football field, and as far as 2.... If ammo wasn't a large issue, a shotgun could be your all purpose weapon, especially for hitting more zombies at once, if you aren't worried about precise head shots. Not to mention, shotguns are extremely easy to use compared to that of an M16 or other rifles, and can be found much more easily. Not to mention they have close range capability that far surpasses that of a rifle, and can be loaded much more easily, seeing as today's have just a push mechanism.

This is my view on it, and when the zombie invasion comes, my bet with be a shotgun...

Hey wait! I just realized that I have never heard of zombification in any other species but humans. Why are gorilla or duck zombies so much more far-fetched than human?

there is no better inventory plan then mine. everything else on your list is unnecessary. the exception is the weapon which should be variable as per the person and circumstances