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| Screencap from The Walking Dead |
Americans love zombies. The seemingly current trend in supernatural creatures, partially due to television shows such as The Walking Dead, books such as World War Z, and video games such as Resident Evil, zombies have taken over the fancy of Americans where the vampires have left off. Perhaps this is because of the Twilight books and movies.
Because of this fascination, often people would discuss "what if" scenarios in jest, contemplating what they would do if there was a real zombie invasion. The United States even turned to Max Brooks, son of Mel Brooks, to dream up scenarios that could happen so the government could plan for the worst case scenarios.
It seems to me that the quickest and easiest way to ensure that zombies never happen, not that they would, is to make sure to cremate the dead. Sure, this doesn't exactly stop The Walking Dead scenario from happening, but it would prevent the classically known zombie who digs himself out of his own grave to frighten the living. If a deceased person is buried, they could feasibly come back as one of the walking dead. If cremated, the ashes would not reassemble into a zombie...well, you know, in a fictional world that is.
Cremation is the answer.
Plus, it would save a ton of space on land that would normally be dedicated to coffins and tombs. Land that could otherwise go to use for the living. Use as in more homes, schools, or parks.
For those that are cremated, but are still buried, it would still be a space saver...and could foreseeably prevent the zombie apocalypse.
