I’m a fan of TLP, but I think my question is somewhat different. Zombie media and daydreaming about zombie survival strike me as very different things. If someone buys a gun or an axe because they think it’ll be useful when zombies strike- what’s going on there? It doesn’t seem like disguised preparation for a race war, say, because there doesn’t seem to be an actual element of fear, just a mimicking of fictional people who have their acts together. Maybe humor is relevant- if it’s “fun” to plan what’ll happen when the world ends, that seems different from sober-faced worriers building bunkers.
I’m a fan of TLP, but I think my question is somewhat different. Zombie media and daydreaming about zombie survival strike me as very different things. If someone buys a gun or an axe because they think it’ll be useful when zombies strike- what’s going on there? It doesn’t seem like disguised preparation for a race war, say, because there doesn’t seem to be an actual element of fear, just a mimicking of fictional people who have their acts together. Maybe humor is relevant- if it’s “fun” to plan what’ll happen when the world ends, that seems different from sober-faced worriers building bunkers.
Hm.