The Zombie Craze That Won't Die

Has the 'Zombie Craze' Run Its Course?

  • Yes (and thanks for reminding me I need more hollow points!)

    Votes: 138 43.5%

  • No (I still haven't purchased my Mossberg Zombie chainsaw-pump)

    Votes: 179 56.5%
  • Total voters
    317
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Anyone else sick of this perpetuating "zombie craze" for things? You know, it was funny as an unspoken 'tongue-in-cheek' kind of joke as an excuse for stocking up on hollow point ammunition, but the whole "zombie slayer", "zombie hunter" (etc.) line of firearms, ammunition, optics, absurd accessories and generally neon lime-green colouring scheme takes things to an entirely new level.
 
Yeah, can’t agree with you more… it’s a good “excuse” when people are asking you about your guns and stuff, or an excellent joke among friends… but the Zombie marketing hype is totally off putting… I don’t want any neon lime green biohazard labelled Zombie crap… I fail to understand how coloring something lime green and adding Zombie decals to it makes it an extraordinary Zombie fighting tool… I imagine this sort of thing appeals to 12 year olds...
 
derick dodge in edmonton had a call of duty ram 1500 so I imagine that there will be zombie edition trucks and #### soon too.
 
personal opinion,

the zombie craze is doing more for gun owners and bringing new gun owners into the "blackness" then any other thing in the news or on TV....

people are lining up to buy black rifles, handguns and tacticool shotguns because of this, this is better then then 60's when the russians where going to invade....

EMBRACE your inner zombie... arrange a zombie kill day at work and take coworkers shooting.
 
blaxsun said:
Anyone else sick of this perpetuating "zombie craze" for things? You know, it was funny as an unspoken 'tongue-in-cheek' kind of joke as an excuse for stocking up on hollow point ammunition, but the whole "zombie slayer", "zombie hunter" (etc.) line of firearms, ammunition, optics, absurd accessories and generally neon lime-green colouring scheme takes things to an entirely new level.
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Blaxsun, your obvious bias labels you clearly. You'll be the first to go.
 
As far as movies go, I'm all for it, where it be viruses or contaminated blood or water etc. it offers some awesome plot lines for the imagination ... imagination = FICTION!

I believe the zombie thing is simply a product of a lack of a common real enemy. WWII is long over so no Germans to hate, the Cold War is over so no Commies to hate, and now we the war on terror but it would be quite faux-pas (and down-right racist / ignorant) to hate all Arabs. So now we have Zombies. We buy or toys and play with them and know full-well that "black rifles" are combat rifles that have been designed to kill people but this is taboo and we don't talk about this. Read any of these blogs were Joe Smith has an awesome AR or whatever to fend off Zombie hordes, all they are really saying is they have a rifle that is capable of killing many people. Think about it, replace the word "zombie" with "person" and voila.

It all comes down to "de-humanization" a term psychologist and sociologists use when explaining the process a person goes through while preparing themselves to kill other people. If you don't see your enemy as another equal human being it is easier to destroy them. That is why wars has spawned so many terms; towel heads, gooks, japs, Jerrys, yanks, etc.

Personally I find the zombie thing entertaining but I see it for what it is.

Ask me why I shoot and I will tell you it's because I'm a perfectionist, I started out with precision rifles and it was a perfect fit for me. I've got an XCR on the way, why? because I want to challenge myself with faster shooting.

Guns are fun and zombies don't exist. People who are dead serious about getting good at killing hordes of zombies scare me more than zombies themselves.

My two cents.
 
TinkerBell said:
personal opinion,

the zombie craze is doing more for gun owners and bringing new gun owners into the "blackness" then any other thing in the news or on TV....

people are lining up to buy black rifles, handguns and tacticool shotguns because of this, this is better then then 60's when the russians where going to invade....

EMBRACE your inner zombie... arrange a zombie kill day at work and take coworkers shooting.
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Yupp...
 
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