Red Blades of Manderian

One of the best articles I've read in a long long time. Made me giggle a lot. I quite liked the bit about having survival plans. Made me re-think a lot of things.

http://www.cracked.com/blog/10-traits-th...pocalypse/

Great article ^^

I actually have a (zombie) survival plan

You can't spell apocalypse without apo!

Just a plan, Verret? I've got stash of guns, food and underground bunker!

Was awesome .

Imo the most important trait in all of those would be having no moral regards of any matters whatsoever. Being a total asshole will save your skin.

Which means I'm fucked.

(05-18-2010 03:32 AM)Schaefer Wrote: [ -> ]Which means I'm fucked.

He's wrong anyway, there are things in survival that you need multiple people to pull off, and being an asshole will repulse both those you're an asshole against and all other people around you, so assholes might be good for a moment, but then they're fucked.

For example, going in a house to look for food is all good for the asshole, until zombies are entering from all of the unguarded exits.

The group of nice guys at least has guards.

Meh I would still go with the asshole perk. There is no quarantee that the others wouldn't be assholes ready to betray you if you'd ever get in a pinch. Of course if they were your lifelong friends who you can trust, it might be a different story.

Yeah, see, I couldn't be an asshole. Even in life or death situations. I'd still think about other people's well-being.

(05-19-2010 03:32 AM)Schaefer Wrote: [ -> ]Yeah, see, I couldn't be an asshole. Even in life or death situations. I'd still think about other people's well-being.

I think that's hard to say before you actually end up in a life-or-death situation. Not that I can say I've had any such experiences myself, but when considering how much a lousy day, empty stomach or bad headache can adversely affect somebody's personality, I'm inclined to believe we're all capable of being assholes given the right circumstances.

I'm not saying everybody are evil deep down or anything, I'm just saying that we're automatically "programmed" to put our own and our loved ones' well-being before that of strangers. I seriously doubt anyone would be incapable of bludgeoning a stranger to death with a tire-iron if they were denied access to food or medicine that could save the life of someone they love.

Who's an asshole and who's not is a pretty subjective thing. One man(or woman)'s asshole could very well be another man(or woman)'s hero

That said, the asshole perk isn't necessarily a safe bet, but still one we'd all probably rely upon if the circumstances were dire enough.

It isn,t really about being an asshole, but rather doing whatever it takes ot guarrantee the well being of yourself and those you care about. You could veyr well take a bullet for your best pal, but feel no remorse for stealing the food of some other survivors.

Being an asshole isn't quite the same thing. You do bad stuff to others for no reason, rather than out of necessity. That lands you in uneeded trouble.