Hadn’t had a zombie dream in a while. Short version was that it was a house full of zombies and I had a pistol gripped shotgun which was, in the dream, a really lousy choice. Ammo capacity was way too low, reloading was way too cumbersome, and fast followups were abysmal. In the dream I wound up tossing the shotgun and ran to grab my M4 which, as it turned out, only had one 30-rd mag in it. Opening a bedroom door to find a dozen zombies suddenly intent on exiting that room…well…a fast-firing carbine would really have been preferred. Now, I know zombies aren’t real and that dreams don’t necessarily have any bearing on reality. But…there was some interesting food for thought in there.
Speaking of zombies, I am several seasons behind on both versions of The Walking Dead. I just haven’t had the time or, really, interest. Real life intrudes. However, I was in Barnes and Noble the other day (yes, an actual bookstore still exists) and they had the Manhattan-phone-book-sized compendiums of TWD comics (or graphic novels, I suppose). Tempted to buy them but Zero ain’t paying $60 for a picture book that doesn’t have naked women and dirty words in it. Honestly, I’d rather take the same $60 and pick up 400 rounds of 115 FMJ 9mm for when the zombies really do show up.
There are good points about your dream. Similar to the folk on the net typing about all they need is their bolt rifle if SHTF. I point out you need at least as much as the person/s you might have to go up against. That bolt 06 or Marlin lever gun won’t hold up to a couple of guys with AR/AKs. At least if you have that 30rd mag and more on your person you just might keep them away.
Because we proved that in WWII, our M1’s instantly defeating troops with Mausers. No? You mean, training and ability trump equipment?
James,
Our Sherman tanks also defeated the Panzer tanks by shear numbers. Quality training and quality tool go hand in hand, that should go without saying. However, the Afghans did a fairly good job holding off the Soviet Union with pre-WW2 Enfields, until the CIA also started dropping them a few Stingers.
I have a different dream from the Movie “The Wild North” with Stewart Granger and Wendell Corey. They are in the wild and stacked by a pack of wolfs (instead of Zombies) and they run out of ammo and finish the fight with knives and tomahawks. I can never have enough loaded magazines on me when in the woods. Same thing I’m just a lot older. Lol
TWD was a vibrant and well-written series for the first few seasons. I can’t point to specifics, but it seemed to deteriorate somewhere around the time that Herschel departed. The writers seemed to have run out of good ideas.
That’s the case with this current season of “Vikings” on the History Channel. They should have stopped a couple of seasons ago, but it is called “show business,” not “show art” or “show history.”
I loved the comics, but I’m just not a TV person. I watched a couple episodes, but couldn’t get into it.
Agreed, TWD has become a parody. Used to be centered on one group of survivors who were lucky. Then they began introducing new groups and characters just for show interaction. Why they began killing the living instead of the zombies – why, just why ?
What have you been eating that triggers these odd dreams. Might want to take a look at your diet. Especially what you are eating before bed.
This has been addressed in virtually every post that comments on dreams. If I eat something with tomato-products before bed…notably pizza, lasagna, etc… dreams follow.
Never had an an apocalypse or zombie dream. I did have a dream once where I was being chased across a field by a 10 foot tall axe wielding vagina. I’m really glad that didn’t turn into a recurring thing.
The jokes just write themselves………..
Jeez, Michael! What did you eat before bed?
(how’s that?)
My Friends, It is said there are no zombies. I saw a video the other day of a convience store robbery. A young man with a T shirt across his face came in. He robbed the clerk and killed her, for the few dollars in the cash register. He did not eat her. He only took her life. There are those that during a SHTF event, after three days, will kill you for a can of beans. All the preps are very attractive to the same people that laugh at you today. The Zombie is a Metaphor for the person who takes what you have. There sometimes are real life Zombies. They will kill you for a pair of shoes! Happy Trails and pleasant Dreams.
I hear you on lack of interest Commander. TWD has the same story every episode to the point I could probably tell you what happens next and I haven’t watched the show in a few years. Think boring and predictable. So, yea, buy ammo instead.
Look at congress the zombies are walking
Zombies are real
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a6YdNmK77k
Sure looks that way
TWD just got too painful to watch. They were too stupid to even bother to, I don’t know, even set up a basic security perimeter at night. After that, you just figure that they deserve whatever happens to them, and you quickly lose interest.
The first season of TWD was great. Nobody listened to Shane so all sorts of bad stuff happens. Don’t go back into town with the vehicle we’re going to strip for parts and rile the zombies up. What did they do? Great now we’ve got a bunch of zombies hitting the camp and graves to dig. No wonder he started to go crazy when nobody listens and bad things happen. I don’t pay for new books unless they belong to one of three authors. I buy them 2nd hand. $3-5 vs $25-30. Whenever I eat a cheese burger I have nightmares. Not zombies though. It’s always minions of TPTB. Bullets have no effect, the gun jams, or breaks. Then I’m dismembering them with a knife or beating them to death with what’s left of the gun before I wake up.
I see zombies everyday all over the place. They’re easy to ID, they’re staring at their phone…
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