• Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    Seems like many people genuinely long for some kind of massive cataclysm that creates a Mad Max world. Kind of reminds me of some notable WWI veteran saying something like he rather enjoyed it. The difference is that he was looking back on stuff he’d actually done, and most of the people fantasizing are wannabees who wouldn’t last 5 minutes if the real thing happened.

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      my family used to run a business that imported products from american companies specialising in things like hand loading (basically making your own ammunition). just before we got out of the business, around 15 years or so, one of the bigger actors (starts with an H, guy named steve runs it), they introduced a zombie-themed line of products, including ammunition cases, fake blood spattered bandoliers, and targets.

      just… human targets. with zombie print on them. for civilian use.

      to say that they just did this in order to be able shoot people without consequence might be judging too harshly… if we hadn’t met steve.