The Bug Out Bag.

Oberon · 05-21-12, 09:00 PM

It's good to see this getting some thought provoking insight, I think there's also a lot of romantasising it, taking your average office worker for example who does his 9-5 day in, day out, his boss treats him like a doormat and he's a social outcast. He probably longs for society to have the rug pulled out from underneath it so that he can come out from his shell and show those who are struggling to survive just how it's done.

For others, it's perhaps 'Artilleryman syndrome' where people want to remake society into something else, be it a religious utopia, a scientific utopia, or some form of social darwinism. Each particular 'Pact' has their own desires, after all, in how many disaster films does the Nerdy kid save the day and get the girl? (Trust me, I've seen a few and, yes it happens a lot...usually the sort of disaster films that go straight to DVD) Usually the disaster as it happens revolves around that particular persons ability to solve it.

Zombies are good because they cover a lot of social issues, breakdown of society, mob rule, and various far-fetched links to the 'zombified masses'.
Fast zombies are still stupid though...

I had trouble getting to sleep night before last, doing night shifts will do that to you, so I read Alex Scarrows 'Last Light' which deals with an artificially created 'Peak Oil' scenario. It's quite a good read for those in the UK (for that's where it's based) and it's not a 'comfy catastrophe' but it's not as hard-hitting as 'One Second After' by William Forstchen, which I do recommend those who like the genre read because it is well written and doesn't pull its punches.

End of world scenarios are as old as time itself, but there are some days when I look ahead and I wonder if the pace of life we have set for ourselves is maintainable?

Stealhead · 05-21-12, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

End of world scenarios are as old as time itself, but there are some days when I look ahead and I wonder if the pace of life we have set for ourselves is maintainable?

Probably not but that seems to be the way of things in the billion + years that earth has been around she has seen many species dominate and then die off.

If you mean pace as pace of life/work in general I say it is too fast and there is too much stress in most peoples lives and I firmly believe that too much stress is not the best thing for your mind or body.Sometimes "giving the other fellow hell" as that Paul McCartney song says really wears you down.

05-21-12, 09:00 PM	#1
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	It's good to see this getting some thought provoking insight, I think there's also a lot of romantasising it, taking your average office worker for example who does his 9-5 day in, day out, his boss treats him like a doormat and he's a social outcast. He probably longs for society to have the rug pulled out from underneath it so that he can come out from his shell and show those who are struggling to survive just how it's done. For others, it's perhaps 'Artilleryman syndrome' where people want to remake society into something else, be it a religious utopia, a scientific utopia, or some form of social darwinism. Each particular 'Pact' has their own desires, after all, in how many disaster films does the Nerdy kid save the day and get the girl? (Trust me, I've seen a few and, yes it happens a lot...usually the sort of disaster films that go straight to DVD) Usually the disaster as it happens revolves around that particular persons ability to solve it. Zombies are good because they cover a lot of social issues, breakdown of society, mob rule, and various far-fetched links to the 'zombified masses'. Fast zombies are still stupid though... I had trouble getting to sleep night before last, doing night shifts will do that to you, so I read Alex Scarrows 'Last Light' which deals with an artificially created 'Peak Oil' scenario. It's quite a good read for those in the UK (for that's where it's based) and it's not a 'comfy catastrophe' but it's not as hard-hitting as 'One Second After' by William Forstchen, which I do recommend those who like the genre read because it is well written and doesn't pull its punches. End of world scenarios are as old as time itself, but there are some days when I look ahead and I wonder if the pace of life we have set for ourselves is maintainable?