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Thu, 16 May 2013 22:41:04 -0400

I have terrifying dreams about zombies pretty often. I found this thing on yahoo answers that was...

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:21:26 -0400

I have terrifying dreams about zombies pretty often. I found this thing on yahoo answers that was pretty interesting. It describes why they’re so scary.

Whatever. Read it.

firstly, they’re dead. they’re corrupted, rusty and rotten and maggoty, and they move towards you and try to take you in. this is viscerally very upsetting. we spend our lives in complete denial about death and decay, and so having to face it in such an up-front and non-negotiable way is very frightening. around autumn i always get the heeby jeebies about zombies… i think it’s all the dead leaves and bare trees.

secondly, there’s how they mob you. mobs are terrifying, even ones made up of living people, and the confrontation of their powerful and violent collectivity with your powerlessness and individuality gives feelings of overwhelming hopelessness and loneliness and despair.

Thirdly, there’s how they attack you. zombies are slow moving, but they always seem to get you, don’t they. they always come out of the shadows, or from behind you, or from your blind spot. the reason that this is so terrifying in your dreams is that we, as visual animals, KNOW subconsciously that our weakness is that what we can see ISN’T always what’s out there. So if your brain is concocting a zombie nightmare, the zombies will always get you from the shadows, or from behind you… because that’s the kind of attack that we are most vulnerable to.

there is additionally, the sense of betrayal which is implicit in zombies. people we love and know and trust will “change sides” and will betray us and attack and bite and kill us, without even acknowledging even briefly the world you once shared with them, or even recognizing you! the death of relationships, and refusal to recognize that it even existed is a VERY powerful fear. Think about how betrayed lovers speak. they ask questions like “did you EVER love me? didn’t our time together mean ANYTHING?” when you’re attacked by the zombies of people you know, you ask the same thing. scary.

Finally, there’s an oppressive tension in a world full of zombies. there’s no home, nowhere safe, nowhere to rest and dream peacefully. No other monster movies really capture this tension as well as zombie movies do…

so yeah, spreading corruption, fear of an overwhelming and oppressive mob, attacking us in ways in which terrify us the most, and the death of love, and the atmosphere of tension. zombies can be scary for a lot of reasons. also, biting is kind of scary.

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Thu, 16 May 2013 20:59:06 -0400

golddiggerr: http://instagram.com/keepitklassyy

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:52:40 -0400

golddiggerr:

http://instagram.com/keepitklassyy

What happened in my math class today...?

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:16:51 -0400

Me: *Doing problem on board*
Teacher: "You're doing it wrong. Sit down and I'll finish it for you."
Me: "Okay" (:
Entire Class: *Talking*
Teacher: "Well clearly everyone is a master of this and nobody needs help!"
Me: "Except for me"
Teacher: "You know what, Dane? Leave."
Me: "Uh what"
Teacher: "Get out of my room."
Me: "What did I do?"
Teacher: "Sometimes you need to do things for yourself."
Me: "But you're the teacher...?"
Teacher: "Get out of my room."

lolsofunny: theclearlydope: Monday is brought to you by...

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:07:11 -0400

lolsofunny:

theclearlydope:

Monday is brought to you by …

(lol here!)

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Wed, 15 May 2013 23:06:47 -0400

Blankets for days.

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:06:41 -0400

Blankets for days.

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Wed, 15 May 2013 23:03:37 -0400

alice-asked-acid: -

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:02:57 -0400

alice-asked-acid:

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My final frontier is not space. It’s death.

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:02:17 -0400

My final frontier is not space.
It’s death.

opticoverload: Lightning strike… Whew!

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:20:44 -0400

opticoverload:

Lightning strike… Whew!

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Tue, 14 May 2013 23:18:15 -0400

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Tue, 14 May 2013 23:17:27 -0400

I wonder what some people think of me these days.

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:16:32 -0400

I wonder what some people think of me these days.

watch as i now transform into a moody teenage boy complaining about his each-and-every problem.

Tue, 14 May 2013 22:33:17 -0400

watch as i now transform into a moody teenage boy complaining about his each-and-every problem.

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