Post Ab1G4yLBqsRQJTxeeO by kryphos@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AazoxUkyYS1gc1Gwoi by cstross@wandering.shop
       2023-10-21T13:21:16Z
       
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       What COVID19 has taught us about the Zombie Apocalypse is that there will be zombie denialists, zombie virus infection parties, zombie conspiracy theorists, and politicians ruthlessly exploiting lies about zombies to kill off demographics who won't vote for them—and when a vaccine against Z-virus is invented there will be zombie anti-vaxxers (some of them funded by the Kremlin for shits and giggles).
       
 (DIR) Post #AazxT4IbG52PSHZ9sG by VikingKong@pl.starnix.network
       2023-10-21T15:02:08.414369Z
       
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       @cstross  The main thing it has taught us is there will be zombie mask wearers believing in any BS sharlatans calling themselves “scientists” feed them.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ab1G09qNekjKXdFqFs by danirabbit@mastodon.online
       2023-10-21T15:05:57Z
       
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       @cstross I know exactly who I know that would hide their bites
       
 (DIR) Post #Ab1G0T85x7BoM4gl0K by erikosterholm@techhub.social
       2023-10-21T13:41:35Z
       
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       @cstross Has there been any fiction yet which approaches the subject this way?
       
 (DIR) Post #Ab1G19mzLSr8f490Zk by jeffcliff@shitposter.club
       2023-10-22T06:04:42.456881Z
       
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       #dontlookup gets close
       
 (DIR) Post #Ab1G2OwuSxXny8NWEK by cstross@wandering.shop
       2023-10-21T13:44:39Z
       
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       @erikosterholm No idea: I'm not generally a fan of zombie narratives, and my one tentative zombie novel plan was spiked by COVID (explanation here): https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2020/04/reality-keeps-stealing-my-line.html
       
 (DIR) Post #Ab1G41fM0GVuKvwQO8 by cstross@wandering.shop
       2023-10-21T15:06:48Z
       
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       Note that Zombies OBVIOUSLY refuse to wear masks because masks stop them biting and infecting people. I mean, OBVIOUSLY. Also, have you ever tried eating wearing a surgical mask? Tastes horrible.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ab1G4yLBqsRQJTxeeO by kryphos@mastodon.social
       2023-10-21T14:42:02Z
       
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       @cstross because authors were lazy and didn't bother to research.Humans have always behaved like that, here's a nice case about the plague: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_plague_riot_of_1771"avoid like the plague" has been wrong all the time.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ab1G5nDqfvs87Tv0mu by kkarhan@mstdn.social
       2023-10-22T04:26:18Z
       
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       @cstross @pluralistic  *nodds in agreement*I feared some #TheTribe-Style scenario but right now we got something worse!!!