Fear The Walking Dead: Survival Rule of The Week

We have finally begun Season 2 of Fear The Walking Dead, and with it, a whole new lesson to teach us about how to survive.

This afternoon, I finally got to see last night’s new episode of Fear The Walking Dead (Which is why this is coming in so late), and I’m especially excited.

Why? Well, because Fear The Walking Dead, for me, represents what I wrote The Rules: A Guide To Surviving The Zombie Apocalypse for in the first place: The Beginning of the apocalypse. I feel at such a point in time is where I can help the most.

Which brings me to our survival rule of the week…

Rule #30: Limit your hospitality.

As sad as it is to say, in a zombie apocalypse, the hospitality you show to other people can only go so far and should only go so far.

While you may want to help strangers you come across as things deteriorate, doing so may not turn out to be as good of an idea as you may have thought it was.

As supplies (Specifically yours) begin to dwindle, having to split them further and further than you already may be (Depending on how large of a group you may be part of) becomes less and less of a good idea. Meaning that taking on more people becomes more of a burden for you and your group than a boon.

Furthermore, if you’ve taken on new people when you had more supplies to burn, but they’re starting to get depleted, it may cause the people your group started with to have resentment towards these new people you’ve taken on, wondering why they’re possibly risking starvation or dehydration just to help a person they barely know.

Of course, that’s not the

only reason

I warn against being too liberal with your hospitality…

…The other reason, I would think, would prove more obvious: You can’t necessarily trust the people you’re extending your hospitality to!

If our lesson last week wasn’t enough, allow me to reiterate: People become a major threat to your survival in a zombie apocalypse, even more so the earlier in the apocalypse you are.

Early on, people will be motivated even more by panic and greed, and they may do whatever it takes, including lying to play on the generosity and good-nature of others, to get what they want.

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When things begin to crumble in the zombie apocalypse, make sure that the people you help out are people you know you can trust, and always be wary of strangers — You don’t know what they’re thinking.

Also, don’t let anyone you don’t know or don’t trust know what supplies you may have. Like telling people you have a lot of money or valuables, it will only serve to put a target on your back for thieves, bandits, marauders, and (If you’re out on the ocean, an island, or along the coast) pirates.

It’s best to limit your hospitality to those you can rely on to return the favor, and never to people you’ve never met. In a zombie apocalypse the less people know you have the means to give, the more likely you are to survive. Be smart and follow…THE RULES.

Next: More survival rules

And that is our lesson for today. If you like this and want to find out more rules to survive the zombie apocalypse, why not pick up a copy of my book, The Rules: A Guide To Surviving The Zombie Apocalypse! You can get it on Kindle here and on iTunes here!