why doesnt anyone wear chainmail / sharksuits in zombie media

[AmpFF]

seems like the first thing you want to do is loot the local scuba diving supply store for a chainmail suit to prevent bites.

[AmpFF]

ya they are for preventing shark bites i think they'd work against zombies. and they exist so i'd also think at least 1 person ever would be wearing one.

[Octokitten]

TWD is like the vast majority of stories dealing with an end of civilization situation, whether it be zombies or any other world ending situation. The danger isn't the zombies, the danger is other people. Sure, a shark-suit would probably function to prevent bites but it's going to do nothing against a high caliber assault weapon.

Most of the characters in TWD don't die from zombies after a while. People die because of other people. Zombies are simply a catalyst to demonstrate that when laws and rules break down other people and their poor decision making are the greatest danger.

[Jackie Daytona]

Originally posted by AmpFF:

seems like the first thing you want to do is loot the local scuba diving supply store for a chainmail suit to prevent bites.

There's a few problems with that sort of thing:

1. It is a good idea. It's entirely possible that someone will have the same idea, and beat you to it. Are you going to risk your life against zombies to aquire something that may already be gone?
   
2. Weight is a big factor. Not so bad underwater. Walking around on land? Exhausting. You'll also be slow if you need to run.
   
3. Such a thing might be damaged, one way or another. If so, it will be difficult to repair.
   
4. There's also the overall maintence. It's going to need regular cleaning. Otherwise you can expect bacterial and fungal infections of the skin.
   
5. This sort of thing is only available in areas are oceanic coasts. It would be extremely rare in-land.

[anaphylactic god]

lel dude wtf
you ask for LOGIC in walking dead.
comic/tv series/game rely on lack of logic to make it work becouse you know, food spoil in real world, metal erode, materials deteriorate over time, fuel lose its lose octane number and cant be used anymore unless you want to kill your engine.
Character can take on 30 zombies armed with a spoon and get out unscratched and die next episode becouse a lone zombie sneak up from behind or something.

[Jackie Daytona]

Originally posted by anaphylactic god:

lel dude wtf
you ask for LOGIC in walking dead.
comic/tv series/game rely on lack of logic to make it work becouse you know, food spoil in real world, metal erode, materials deteriorate over time, fuel lose its lose octane number and cant be used anymore unless you want to kill your engine.
Character can take on 30 zombies armed with a spoon and get out unscratched and die next episode becouse a lone zombie sneak up from behind or something.

Are you... not aware of the Walking Dead timeline?

If you are talking about the TV show? (Which I assume you are.) Then, it's been less than 2 years since the zombie outbreak.

There hasn't been time for all the things you speak-of. After 2 years most canned food will be good. (Unless it sat outside on the ground or something.) Preservative-laden products will also be completely edible. (snack cakes) As well as dry goods. (pasta)

Most of the gas will be fine. Yes, it will break down over time. However, not enough time has passed for the fuel to be completely worthless. Not only that, but products are available that will allow your gas to be stored for longer times.

https://www.goldeagle.com/brands/sta-bil/

Even if that wasn't the case, they change vehicles constantly. Mainly because they are always breaking down. Hmmm... I wonder why? Is it because the creators pay attention to such things?

I guess I missed the episode where someone killed 30 zombies with a spoon. Never seen that one. Still, not entirely impossible. Especially given the state of decay of most of the zombies they encounter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xEJusROWN4

Do you even watch the show or read the comics? It doesn't seem like it. Just seems like you are a hater.

[Son/Daughter of Slaanesh]

Originally posted by ♢♣ Rolling Skulls ♣♢:

Originally posted by AmpFF:

seems like the first thing you want to do is loot the local scuba diving supply store for a chainmail suit to prevent bites.

There's a few problems with that sort of thing:

1. It is a good idea. It's entirely possible that someone will have the same idea, and beat you to it. Are you going to risk your life against zombies to aquire something that may already be gone?
   
2. Weight is a big factor. Not so bad underwater. Walking around on land? Exhausting. You'll also be slow if you need to run.
   
3. Such a thing might be damaged, one way or another. If so, it will be difficult to repair.
   
4. There's also the overall maintence. It's going to need regular cleaning. Otherwise you can expect bacterial and fungal infections of the skin.
   
5. This sort of thing is only available in areas are oceanic coasts. It would be extremely rare in-land.

1 true
2 Not so much because mail is not that heavy. As an viking era Reenactment person i can tell
you, running in mail is not a problem and it does not slow you down at all. Its just a matter
of training. Overheating is more of a problem, especially when wearing decent padding
underneath. Another issue is noice because no matter what you do the rings will always rattle
slightly which makes silent movement near impossible.
3 true
4 true
5 true

[anaphylactic god]

Originally posted by ♢♣ Rolling Skulls ♣♢:

Do you even watch the show or read the comics? It doesn't seem like it. Just seems like you are a hater.

oh dude come on, are you for real ?
sure, canned food will be fine after two years, but how much of it a grown man need to survive a winter ? how much canned food required for a group of ten people to survive a winter ?
i can believe stores full of food right after outbreak, but year later ? two years later ? literally everything would be picked clean.
That entire Negan vs Rick conflict would not be possible if not for scenarists feeding everyone with five loaves of bread and two fish. You think kindgom can produce enough food to sustain itself ? enough to feed its populace and feed negan's people ? Becouse in show they pay tribute of 5 pigs or 8 boxes of fruit and thats it, its not enough to serve a single meal to saviors,
Only reason characters are able to play rambo is becouse they conviniently find stashes of food, weapons and working cars all the time.
Every season there is alteast one guys who is like "okey, i will go check this shady warehous for supplies wearing only sleeveless t shirt, i'm sure nothing bad will happen to me"
And its the same with the game - take third season for example:
day of the outbrake - Javier and his family jump in their miniwan and escape
day 1300+ - Javier and his family still rides same miniwan, you think almost four years of apocalypse should affect characters somehow ? no, they act like their wan is delorean and they just jump four years into the future.
And than they go into abandned junkyard looking for supplies, 4 years after apocalypse, unarmed. thats a briliant idea alright.
And when entire army of bad guys start besieging cities and killing people just cause they mad your kid stole yogurt from their fridge.

[Von Pink]

Originally posted by anaphylactic god:

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well, at least try to be fair in all critiques. in the show, the saviors taking food and other supplies from other settlements wasn't done to sustain themselves, they had their own crops/farmers/food scavengers/resource scavengers. the saviors took things from other settlements to show dominance.

after 2 years not everything would be picked clean. the overwhelming majority of the population is dead after only a very short period. there would still be tonnes of things left over because there aren't enough people left to loot everything. then, even if every store/warehouse was looted completely, most of those people that took stuff are dead and didn't have enough time to consume everything they had, or, they were possibly driven away from their stash for various reasons and were not able to take everything with them.

[Jackie Daytona]

You really don't seem to watch the show at all.

Originally posted by anaphylactic god:

Originally posted by ♢♣ Rolling Skulls ♣♢:

Do you even watch the show or read the comics? It doesn't seem like it. Just seems like you are a hater.

oh dude come on, are you for real ?

Are you with this nonsense you spew?

Originally posted by anaphylactic god:

sure, canned food will be fine after two years, but how much of it a grown man need to survive a winter ? how much canned food required for a group of ten people to survive a winter ?

They don't eat canned food exclusively. Also, winter wasn't even a consideration until they went to Virginia. During the time they were in Georgia, they could continue to scavenge all through the winter. Because the nickname "Hotlanta" isn't a misnomer.

Originally posted by anaphylactic god:

i can believe stores full of food right after outbreak, but year later ? two years later ? literally everything would be picked clean.

Most obvious places will be barren. Not everywhere though. The guy above explained it well.

Originally posted by Von Pink:

the overwhelming majority of the population is dead after only a very short period. there would still be tonnes of things left over because there aren't enough people left to loot everything.

Originally posted by anaphylactic god:

That entire Negan vs Rick conflict would not be possible if not for scenarists feeding everyone with five loaves of bread and two fish. You think kindgom can produce enough food to sustain itself ? enough to feed its populace and feed negan's people ? Becouse in show they pay tribute of 5 pigs or 8 boxes of fruit and thats it, its not enough to serve a single meal to saviors,

What does any of that have to do with the show being "illogical"? (As you claim.) Negan being unfair and irrational is a plot point.

Originally posted by anaphylactic god:

Only reason characters are able to play rambo is becouse they conviniently find stashes of food, weapons and working cars all the time.

English doesn't seem to be your native language. So... lemme tell ya. If there is anything America has a lot of it's guns, cars, and food. While there are definitely limits to food... Guns and cars are pretty much endless with so much of the population dead.

Originally posted by anaphylactic god:

Every season there is alteast one guys who is like "okey, i will go check this shady warehous for supplies wearing only sleeveless t shirt, i'm sure nothing bad will happen to me"

As far as logic... It's hard to run away from zombies wearing chainmail in 100F heat.

It's horror genre. If people didn't put themselves in dangerous situations, there'd be far fewer excuses to kill off characters.

It's also a drama on AMC. They have to create tension somehow.

Originally posted by anaphylactic god:

And its the same with the game - take third season for example:
day of the outbrake - Javier and his family jump in their miniwan and escape
day 1300+ - Javier and his family still rides same miniwan, you think almost four years of apocalypse should affect characters somehow ? no, they act like their wan is delorean and they just jump four years into the future.

This doesn't make any sense. How are you confusing a scene transition for time travel?

You really find it "illogical" that they would be driving the same van? It may not be reasonable or likely. It is quite logical though. The family would logically have an attatchment to the vehicle. And would logically aquire another of the same model. Assuming something bad happens to the original.

Originally posted by anaphylactic god:

And than they go into abandned junkyard looking for supplies, 4 years after apocalypse, unarmed. thats a briliant idea alright.

Well... you can't be armed if you don't look for stuff.

Originally posted by anaphylactic god:

And when entire army of bad guys start besieging cities and killing people just cause they mad your kid stole yogurt from their fridge.

It's an excuse for bad guys to be bad guys. They want to raid cities. So for them, any excuse is a good excuse.