Zombies Are Real

Author: Ken Kowalsky

Zombies Do Exist — And They’re Us

Zombies do exist.

I saw them at the supermarket.

Plain as day.

They were walking in front of me. Shuffling feet, empty stare, skin sagging on dangling arms.

In a zombie-like trance, they had no idea of the people piling up behind them. I was one of those people, and getting a little pissed off.

I should’ve been more patient, because really, no one wants to piss off a zombie.

But instead, I was angry.

Angry that this elderly couple let themselves get this way.

It’s unnecessary, degrading, and irresponsible to walk like a zombie as we get deeper into our 2nd 50 years.

Here’s a good personal goal for us all:

Don’t ever walk like an “old person.”

You know what I’m talking about.

The bent over posture.

The slow, short steps.

The shuffling feet.

What the ‘Old Person Walk’ Says About You

They look so frail and immobile, that if the wind blew, they’d fall down.

This also gives them an appearance of ignorance, and society treats them that way.

It’s insulting as hell to the aging process.

The old person zombie walk shows the world that the elderly are useless in society. They’re done contributing, and only exist to get in the way of the younger, more mobile generation that are eagerly replacing them.

It’s a basic truth that we teach people how to treat us by the way that we act. Walking like a zombie teaches people to pity us, reject us, and discard us.

Society is advancing, and the elderly are not advancing with it. So their value evaporates into nothing.

This. Is. Bullshit.

If you’re going to walk like an old person, you might as well just stand there and have random strangers throw pies in your face. It’s equally as degrading, and equally deserved.

I know I sound harsh, and maybe even cruel.

But that’s because I’m angry.

Angry that this is happening.

Sympathy Keeps You Weak

Sympathy for the frail bodied elderly is exactly what keeps them frail.

It’s as disgusting as “Girl Push-ups.” They only exist to justify lack of effort, as if there were no other choice.

I’m fed up with people accepting the lie that we get weaker and more feeble as we get older.

Believing this untruth is a death sentence. Not dead as in buried. I mean dead with a heart beat-- like a zombie.

The old person walk isn’t supposed to happen.

It’s allowed to happen through having no understanding of our potential, and the resulting non-effort to stay in shape and stay strong.

The image of vitality and strength disappearing with old age is a poison that is constantly fed to us from society and your “well meaning” doctors. We’re told to take it easy as we get older.

Take what easy?

Life?

Stop living with excitement and meaning?

Stop keeping our pride and sense of purpose?

Stop taking care of our bodies?

Taking it easy in our later years is simply dying before we’re dead.

Frail elderly are just like screen addicted teenagers wasting their precious lives for no good reason.