So, I've been thinking about this for a while and i'm trying to figure it all out.
Why do we like the apocalypse, or at least the idea of it?
Of course, I'm referring to the mainstream apocalypse, the zombie one. I'll talk about the other apocalypses in "Apocalypse How?"s
What's so appealing about the world ending around us because friends, family, and stranger alike want to eat our flesh?
With the world turned on it's head by the undead guess what, no more school, or work, or homework, or desk jobs. No more of the usual obligations and the monotony of it all.
2. Become A Hero/ Lead An Army:
The most common type of fantasy lying around today, (besides ones derived for The Lord Of The Rings) is the power fantasy, the idea of being the only one destined to save the world, to be the strongest or smartest person in existence, to be an ultimate badass. The apocalypse, with so few people and all of them stuck in the same horrible situation you are, most people take it as a perfect time to rise to the occasion and become the leader you always wanted to be. like i said though, other side next week.
3. Peace & Quiet:
You may be surrounded by undead freaks that may or may not moan when they see you, but hey, no more airplanes, no more cars, and no more motorcycles, well, okay, at least there's a lot less of them. Although, this could be a bad thing.
4. Getting Out Your Anger:
Assuming you actually know how to kill them, you should, it's simple, then now you have a horde of fleshy and brainless beings shambling around the streets to be the crap out of. There's a reason people play violent video games, it fun to obliterate a room full of things that clearly hate you and will kill you given the chance.
So the apocalypse might be fun, right? MIGHT, key word.
I'll talk about the flip side next week.
That's All For Now...
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