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lagomorph777

(30,613 posts) Wed Apr 29, 2020, 03:19 PM Apr 2020

The zombie fad we've had for the past few years...an expression of unconscious anxiety? [View all]

I've often wondered how all this zombie drivel became so popular the past few years. It occurs to me now that we were all aware there would be a pandemic here sometime soon. We had plenty of warning, both from experts and from observation: ebola, MERS, SARS, H1N1, etc. But we individually couldn't do much about it . So we pushed it down into our subconscious, where Hollywood and book publishers found it and ran with it.

What do you think?

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The zombie fad we've had for the past few years...an expression of unconscious anxiety? [View all] lagomorph777 Apr 2020 OP

I read a really interesting article some years back, about how current monster and superhero fads pnwest Apr 2020 #1

"the type of savior we were looking for" ... "stumbling about with no brain" lagomorph777 Apr 2020 #2

And that 40% get the red out Apr 2020 #4

Hmm, interesting angle. I can see that. lagomorph777 Apr 2020 #7

No, zombies came back 20 years ago, hit it big 15 years ago, and have been old for at least 5 nt mathematic Apr 2020 #3

I was chatting with the friend I used to carpool with - OhZone Apr 2020 #5

The original 1968 Night Of The Living Dead was seen by some as anxiety about Aristus Apr 2020 #6

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