It's the Zombie Apocalypse-is your skill set up to snuff?

kimberlyblindsey

Last year when the Walking Dead series returned UC Irvine was offering a non credit online course that correlated with the Walking Dead series. One of the courses in the series had us to assess how our skill set could be used in midst of the zombie apocalypse and the weeks and months after when the availability of necessities became more scarce. It was disheartening to find that a lot of my skills sadly relied upon technology.
So with that said, what skills do ya'll have that could be readily applied in this type of situation? What would be your new job if you found yourself rebuilding/ revising civilization as we know it? What would you need to learn?

the__great__beyond

If it happens, i don't see the point of survival only to continue to live in fear for perpetuity. I'd rather take two to the head and end the suffering.

kimberlyblindsey

If it happens, i don't see the point of survival only to continue to live in fear for perpetuity. I'd rather take two to the head and end the suffering.

Of course I do not believe this will ever happen, but for entertainment sake. . . .

TX_Thundercat

If it happens, i don't see the point of survival only to continue to live in fear for perpetuity. I'd rather take two to the head and end the suffering.

I call dibs on the glasses.

Phoenix__Rising

I'll stick with ^ if it happens.

Hammybone

I like to think that I'd be pretty good at being zombie bait.

kimberlyblindsey

Haha, me too:(

aurorareigns

If zombie apocalypse actually was a thing that was going to happen, when it did I would sit on my roof eating popcorn observing until I died.

LAT1963

I can grow food, find water, purify water, make explosives (everyone with a chemistry-related degree can do this but chooses not to), render first aid, find wild edible plants, weave nets, make fish and animal traps from natural materials, ride horses, shoot a bow accurately, wield a katana (as in actually trained not just swinging it around), shoot a rifle accurately.

And I have thyroid disease, so I'd be dead as soon as the available supply of thyroxine ran out.

ponycyndi

I know how to sew, and i can make a meal out of almost anything. And I was raised by rednecks, we can rig just about anything with a good roll of duct tape.

Mitzki5

I have all the skills a typical redneck has. Most importantly, I can shoot! However, my cardio needs a lot of work.

avalonms

How does anybody know what skills will be most useful in a Zombie Apocalypse? I mean, has anybody ever SEEN a walking, talking zombie?

Mitzki5

How does anybody know what skills will be most useful in a Zombie Apocalypse? I mean, has anybody ever SEEN a walking, talking zombie?

Yeah, Nancy Pelosi

kimberlyblindsey

I can grow food, find water, purify water, make explosives (everyone with a chemistry-related degree can do this but chooses not to), render first aid, find wild edible plants, weave nets, make fish and animal traps from natural materials, ride horses, shoot a bow accurately, wield a katana (as in actually trained not just swinging it around), shoot a rifle accurately.

And I have thyroid disease, so I'd be dead as soon as the available supply of thyroxine ran out.

Well that's paradoxical; we'd have to find a way to keep you alive.

kimberlyblindsey

How does anybody know what skills will be most useful in a Zombie Apocalypse? I mean, has anybody ever SEEN a walking, talking zombie?

Yeah, Nancy Pelosi
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I just spit out my water.:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

kimberlyblindsey

I have all the skills a typical redneck has. Most importantly, I can shoot! However, my cardio needs a lot of work.

I got the cardio down, so I could probably outrun them or climb a tree, but my shooting skills are sorely lacking.

LAT1963

I can grow food, find water, purify water, make explosives (everyone with a chemistry-related degree can do this but chooses not to), render first aid, find wild edible plants, weave nets, make fish and animal traps from natural materials, ride horses, shoot a bow accurately, wield a katana (as in actually trained not just swinging it around), shoot a rifle accurately.

And I have thyroid disease, so I'd be dead as soon as the available supply of thyroxine ran out.

Well that's paradoxical; we'd have to find a way to keep you alive.

Assuming the zombies don't burn the libraries, we could make it from slaughterhouse cow and pig thyroids. I don't know how to do this off-hand and would have to look it up somewhere. Thyroid disease was the first hormonal disease to be treatable (1880s?), because the necessary hormone is relatively easy to obtain from animal sources. However, concentration and therefore dosing from 'dessicated thyroid' is comparatively erratic, and in long-term use there is the risk of developing antibodies to it because animal thyroid hormone is not identical to human thyroid hormone.

Modern thyroid medicine is an exact match of the natural human hormone, courtesy of genetic engineering, so there's no more risk of it causing antibodies than the hormone from a working thyroid. Without looking it up I think the engineered organism is yeast, but I may be wrong on that. Here too, thyroid hormone was one of the earliest drugs to be synthesized commercially via recombinant technology.

add: so while the zombies are running around seeking brains I'd be running around seeking cow thyroids. All this assumes, of course, that cows are immune to zombie-virus.

Mitzki5

I have all the skills a typical redneck has. Most importantly, I can shoot! However, my cardio needs a lot of work.

I got the cardio down, so I could probably outrun them or climb a tree, but my shooting skills are sorely lacking.

You could be the bait. Don't worry, I would have you covered, just make sure I have plenty of ammo.

TheNoLeafClover

Giving this some thought, I actually have a number of skills that would prove useful in such a scenario. I'm a good shot, know the basics of tracking, can identify plants and animals fairly well and know basic first aid. I am also in considerably better shape than I used to be. Combined with many years worth of barely repressed rage, I think I could manage for at least a little awhile. I would inevitably lose my mind, however, and that would be the death of me.

Instead, I like to envision myself using my last days on earth as a time of artistic expression: painting the hellish hordes and ravaged landscapes from the temporary safety of a secure rooftop. Like a post-apocalyptic Van Gogh.

kimberlyblindsey

I can grow food, find water, purify water, make explosives (everyone with a chemistry-related degree can do this but chooses not to), render first aid, find wild edible plants, weave nets, make fish and animal traps from natural materials, ride horses, shoot a bow accurately, wield a katana (as in actually trained not just swinging it around), shoot a rifle accurately.

And I have thyroid disease, so I'd be dead as soon as the available supply of thyroxine ran out.

Well that's paradoxical; we'd have to find a way to keep you alive.
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Assuming the zombies don't burn the libraries, we could make it from slaughterhouse cow and pig thyroids. I don't know how to do this off-hand and would have to look it up somewhere. Thyroid disease was the first hormonal disease to be treatable (1880s?), because the necessary hormone is relatively easy to obtain from animal sources. However, concentration and therefore dosing from 'dessicated thyroid' is comparatively erratic, and in long-term use there is the risk of developing antibodies to it because animal thyroid hormone is not identical to human thyroid hormone.

Modern thyroid medicine is an exact match of the natural human hormone, courtesy of genetic engineering, so there's no more risk of it causing antibodies than the hormone from a working thyroid. Without looking it up I think the engineered organism is yeast, but I may be wrong on that. Here too, thyroid hormone was one of the earliest drugs to be synthesized commercially via recombinant technology.

add: so while the zombies are running around seeking brains I'd be running around seeking cow thyroids. All this assumes, of course, that cows are immune to zombie-virus.

I learned something new today, thanks.

mruntidy

If it happens, i don't see the point of survival only to continue to live in fear for perpetuity. I'd rather take two to the head and end the suffering.

Sooooo, morale officer then?

kxbrown27

How does anybody know what skills will be most useful in a Zombie Apocalypse? I mean, has anybody ever SEEN a walking, talking zombie?

Yeah, Nancy Pelosi

This.

kimberlyblindsey

Giving this some thought, I actually have a number of skills that would prove useful in such a scenario. I'm a good shot, know the basics of tracking, can identify plants and animals fairly well and know basic first aid. I am also in considerably better shape than I used to be. Combined with many years worth of barely repressed rage, I think I could manage for at least a little awhile. I would inevitably lose my mind, however, and that would be the death of me.

Instead, I like to envision myself using my last days on earth as a time of artistic expression: painting the hellish hordes and ravaged landscapes from the temporary safety of a secure rooftop. Like a post-apocalyptic Van Gogh.

I think many minds would be lost, but that's hauntingly beautiful.

kimberlyblindsey

If it happens, i don't see the point of survival only to continue to live in fear for perpetuity. I'd rather take two to the head and end the suffering.

Sooooo, morale officer then?

Well played.

kxbrown27

You'd have to work as a small team for as long as possible. Some people supply food and water, you'd need scouts, night and day shift guards, and weapons experts. You'd need someone to pack ammo as the supply would eventually run out. I can put a .22 between the eyes pretty easily but would rely on my team for the other things.

The_Aly_Wei

I am not sure what it says about myself but, I highly doubt I would lose my mind. Actually, I think it would be more my time to shine.

DBoone85

If it happens, i don't see the point of survival only to continue to live in fear for perpetuity. I'd rather take two to the head and end the suffering.

What do you think life is every day now? Every day we wake up its about survival. There is stuff going on in the world today that is a whole lot scarier than zombies. At least zombies don't have the ability to plot and plan and reason.

You might as well go ahead and do it today, and save the resources for us.

GDLAZ

I think I'd do alright...

redromad275

I am skilled in close combat both armed and unarmed. Well versed in light and heavy weapons. Radio communication subject matter expert. Now that I am retired from military service I train operators. My skill set is good but can always get better.

mruntidy

My plan would be to follow all you up to snuff people, wait until you buy it and take all your gear

LAT1963

My plan would be to follow all you up to snuff people, wait until you buy it and take all your gear

Because, you know, stuff you have no skill using is going to be such an important thing to carry around with you when you're being chased by zombies.

This is the same "logic" of people raiding TV stores during the flood after hurricane Katrina....