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#1 Oct 26 2012 at 6:39 AM Rating: Good
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East-coasters, batten down the hatches, Frankenstorm is coming.

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With a rare mix of three big merging weather systems over a densely populated region, experts predict at least $1 billion in damage.


Will anyone be taking out-of-the-ordinary precautions in preparation for this storm?

We'll pick up an extra can of gas for the generator, but that's about it.
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#2 Oct 26 2012 at 6:46 AM Rating: Excellent
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I don't know if I'm supposed to answer the OP or Thread Title.

No to special precautions since I live in the midwest.

I'll say "No" to the zombie question as well. Frankenstein's monster (pedant alert) had unique sentience that wasn't derived from his body parts and essentially a living being with complete normal organ functions rather than reanimated still-dead flesh. You could, for instance, cut his hand off and watch him bleed to death pretty quickly as opposed to shotgunning some zombie's arm off and just giving it a club to beat you with.
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#3 Oct 26 2012 at 6:48 AM Rating: Good
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We're going to be out in the middle of a cemetery, ready to kill them as soon as they rise.
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#4 Oct 26 2012 at 6:48 AM Rating: Good
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Jophiel wrote:
I don't know if I'm supposed to answer the OP or Thread Title.
Just answer the question mister.

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I'll say "No" to the zombie question as well. Frankenstein's monster (pedant alert) had unique sentience that wasn't derived from his body parts and essentially a living being with complete normal organ functions rather than reanimated still-dead flesh.
I'm not letting him pee in my toilet.
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#5 Oct 26 2012 at 7:20 AM Rating: Excellent
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No, Frankenstein was a scientist.
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#6 Oct 26 2012 at 7:53 AM Rating: Good
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Jophiel wrote:
I'll say "No" to the zombie question as well. Frankenstein's monster (pedant alert) had unique sentience that wasn't derived from his body parts and essentially a living being with complete normal organ functions rather than reanimated still-dead flesh. You could, for instance, cut his hand off and watch him bleed to death pretty quickly as opposed to shotgunning some zombie's arm off and just giving it a club to beat you with.



http://marvel.wikia.com/Frankenstein%27s_Monster_%28Earth-616%29 wrote:
The Frankenstein Monster is a formidable hand to hand combatant. While he has recieved no formal training, he has gained experience through more than a century of adventures. He is also something of an expert in the occult, having encountered a number of supernatural forces and beings throughout his existence.

http://marvel.wikia.com/Zombie wrote:
Death however, is always transitory for a creature like Simon Garth. Years passed, and Simon once again rose from his grave. The amulet of Damballah that he had worn for so many years was gone, and he instinctively began seeking it out. His search brought him to New York City where he unwittingly discovered the amulet in the possession of Daily Bugle employee Glory Grant. The amulet was infused with the spirit of the villainess Calypso, who had possessed Glory and forced her to do her bidding. While seeking the amulet, the Zombie ran afoul of Spider-Man. The two fought, but he ultimately reclaimed the amulet and returned to a restless slumber.

I keep doing your research for you...
#7 Oct 26 2012 at 7:58 AM Rating: Good
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Storm path for this one looks weird. Seems like it's kinda hooking out back into the Atlantic, then swinging west specifically to wipe Delaware off the face of existence. My NJ -> NYC commute on Monday should be....err....interesting.

Here's the best tracking map I've seen. It'll be fun watching my impending demise approach in real time.

Edited, Oct 26th 2012 10:01am by Eske

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#8 Oct 26 2012 at 8:13 AM Rating: Excellent
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I keep doing your research for you...

Some of us have education beyond comic books.

Speaking of, the novel has the monster going back to Doc Frankenstein and demanding that he construct the monster a mate. Frankie destroys his half-formed female experiment, afraid that they'll cook up a whole passel of babies. I'd give sexual reproduction a check in the "Alive" column.

Edited, Oct 26th 2012 9:14am by Jophiel
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#9 Oct 26 2012 at 8:19 AM Rating: Excellent
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#10 Oct 26 2012 at 8:23 AM Rating: Good
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Frahnkensteen.
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#11 Oct 26 2012 at 8:39 AM Rating: Excellent
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Does a Frahnkensteen hold as much beer as a Frankenstein? These are the critical questions for our age.
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#12 Oct 26 2012 at 8:49 AM Rating: Good
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I'm moving to NYC tomorrow, just in time to get ************* by weather.

I suppose it doesn't matter. I'm moving there from Kansas, so I'm used to pissy weather
#13 Oct 26 2012 at 8:50 AM Rating: Decent
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Eske Esquire wrote:
Storm path for this one looks weird. Seems like it's kinda hooking out back into the Atlantic, then swinging west specifically to wipe Delaware off the face of existence. My NJ -> NYC commute on Monday should be....err....interesting.

I'm scheduled to drive up into/through the Catskills on Monday for work. Last year, I was supposed to go to another Catskill town after Irene blew through, but that storm pretty much destroyed the town and all access to it. So this may be rather interesting for me...
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#14 Oct 26 2012 at 9:29 AM Rating: Excellent
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Technically Frankenstein's monster was a recombinant revenant.

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#15 Oct 26 2012 at 9:39 AM Rating: Good
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Samira wrote:
Technically Frankenstein's monster was a recombinant revenant.


Finally, someone provides an easy-to-understand, unbiased answer to the question.
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Revenants are just zombies driven by a purpose beyond "Brains..." or guarding evil temples in AD&D. They don't study Milton or dream of raising a bunch of babies in Argentina. But the primary difference is that the Monster is legitimately alive (needs to eat, sleep, breathe, can breed, etc) and not merely golem-esque animated dead tissue.
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#17 Oct 26 2012 at 10:04 AM Rating: Excellent
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You obviously need to hang around a better class of revenants.

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#18 Oct 26 2012 at 10:21 AM Rating: Good
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Jophiel wrote:
trickybeck wrote:
I keep doing your research for you...

Some of us have education beyond comic books.

I don't read any comics, I just enjoy the ludicrous and inscrutable details of the wiki descriptions.

Edit: and needling you.


Edited, Oct 26th 2012 11:23am by trickybeck
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#20 Oct 26 2012 at 10:47 AM Rating: Good
Samira wrote:
You obviously need to hang around a better class of revenants.


A "better class"... I see...

Simply because he has been denied wealth beyond that necessary to reproduce his labour, you judge poor Yattlesnatch to be a lesser spook. Is that right, Samira? Is that justice?
#21 Oct 26 2012 at 10:57 AM Rating: Excellent
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The world is not as I would wish it, Kavekk.

In a perfect world, all recombinant revenants would roam free, unmolested by bigots and able to fulfill their highest destinies. Alas, we live in a world of shotguns and angry mobs, unaccountably armed with pitchforks even in cities.
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#22 Oct 26 2012 at 11:43 AM Rating: Good
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Shotguns would be kind of a last resort weapon for me. Effective range isn't all that great, and while good for regular combatants, undead crowd control with one would be painfully ineffectual.
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#23 Oct 26 2012 at 11:56 AM Rating: Good
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The world is not as I would wish it, Kavekk.

In a perfect world, all recombinant revenants would roam free, unmolested by bigots and able to fulfill their highest destinies. Alas, we live in a world of shotguns and angry mobs, unaccountably armed with pitchforks even in cities.


You have to admire the way people keep the old traditions alive, even in the face of impracticable levels of adversity.

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Shotguns would be kind of a last resort weapon for me. Effective range isn't all that great, and while good for regular combatants, undead crowd control with one would be painfully ineffectual.


If Fallout New Vegas taught me anything, it's that shotguns are completely useless against everything.
#24 Oct 26 2012 at 3:18 PM Rating: Excellent
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This storm has taught me that people on the east coast are not as prepared for bad weather as I thought. I work in a data entry/call center that's working for Home Depot. The place was going crazy today with people calling in wanting generators installed TODAY, haha. "Yeah, we'll get ole Fred right out there".
#25 Oct 26 2012 at 3:53 PM Rating: Good
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Kavekk wrote:
Samira wrote:
The world is not as I would wish it, Kavekk.

In a perfect world, all recombinant revenants would roam free, unmolested by bigots and able to fulfill their highest destinies. Alas, we live in a world of shotguns and angry mobs, unaccountably armed with pitchforks even in cities.


You have to admire the way people keep the old traditions alive, even in the face of impracticable levels of adversity.

lolgaxe wrote:
Shotguns would be kind of a last resort weapon for me. Effective range isn't all that great, and while good for regular combatants, undead crowd control with one would be painfully ineffectual.


If Fallout New Vegas taught me anything, it's that shotguns are completely useless against everything.


Shotguns were useful for up close head shots. You could reliably take off a head if your Guns skill was reasonably high. Anything farther than about fifteen feet out though, and you'd be better of throwing the gun than shooting it.
#26 Oct 26 2012 at 5:30 PM Rating: Decent
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Jophiel wrote:
Revenants are just zombies driven by a purpose beyond "Brains..." or guarding evil temples in AD&D. They don't study Milton or dream of raising a bunch of babies in Argentina. But the primary difference is that the Monster is legitimately alive (needs to eat, sleep, breathe, can breed, etc) and not merely golem-esque animated dead tissue.


I thought revenants were non-corporeal, like ghosts?
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