Sema’s Reviews > World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War > Status Update
Sema
is 90% done
Russia gonna Russia
1/10 officers did by suicide, General concerned about souls
“Purification” campaign to stop people having to take their own lives
Salt water should break down, as should pressure. Unclear why didn’t work
Too many refugees and too little order to keep out the infection
President named himself head of church.
— Feb 02, 2026 04:53PM
1/10 officers did by suicide, General concerned about souls
“Purification” campaign to stop people having to take their own lives
Salt water should break down, as should pressure. Unclear why didn’t work
Too many refugees and too little order to keep out the infection
President named himself head of church.
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Sema
is 99% done
Force appropriate response - never break the front, and don’t stop if not a big risk
Hard to know if an area was cleared in the winter.
Obsessed with killing.
Everyone has a role to play, but it’s no one’s fault.
Part of regular life to just know how to protect. Like Covid?
Compare to “no one survived the holocaust”
Whales?!
— Feb 02, 2026 04:53PM
Hard to know if an area was cleared in the winter.
Obsessed with killing.
Everyone has a role to play, but it’s no one’s fault.
Part of regular life to just know how to protect. Like Covid?
Compare to “no one survived the holocaust”
Whales?!
Sema
is 80% done
Total war - only Zac achieved it, no shared brain but all committed
Recharge teams
Training dogs - like Israelis, but then part of normal training regimen, especially since dead just in the air
K9s learn to be their own organizers, escort dogs
— Feb 02, 2026 04:52PM
Recharge teams
Training dogs - like Israelis, but then part of normal training regimen, especially since dead just in the air
K9s learn to be their own organizers, escort dogs
Sema
is 63% done
How country’s history with anarchy, autocracy, and history played into what they did
— Jan 30, 2026 07:26PM
Sema
is 61% done
Taking over the radio waves to dispel misinformation
What happened to N Korea, how S Korea was prepared for war
Social isolation and anxiety, kept from dealing with changes
— Jan 30, 2026 07:06PM
What happened to N Korea, how S Korea was prepared for war
Social isolation and anxiety, kept from dealing with changes
Sema
is 53% done
- Quizlings? When humans start acting like zombies, zombies can tell.
- Apocalyptic despair syndrome - people just losing the will. Documentary footage to give hope.
- Saw the Mets ending coming. Kind of lovely.
— Jan 28, 2026 05:51PM
- Apocalyptic despair syndrome - people just losing the will. Documentary footage to give hope.
- Saw the Mets ending coming. Kind of lovely.
Sema
is 48% done
- VP - blunt.
- Testing democracy and our commitment to a shared future. How do you deal with punishment in the short term chaos? Deterrence through public humiliation when everyone was working together.
- —-work gangs rather than exile to avoid future enemies. Death penalty for treason only really.
- Volunteer patrols in neighborhood, and personal watch
— Jan 28, 2026 05:51PM
- Testing democracy and our commitment to a shared future. How do you deal with punishment in the short term chaos? Deterrence through public humiliation when everyone was working together.
- —-work gangs rather than exile to avoid future enemies. Death penalty for treason only really.
- Volunteer patrols in neighborhood, and personal watch
Sema
is 45% done
- blame > panic
- Making money during: mercenaries, a private compounds,
- Retraining people (Alda). Worforce programs to give people purpose again. Overcoming classist tendencies
- Soldiers trying to adapt war to this enemy. Improv is a virtue of the marines - because they have to rely on the navy etc
— Jan 28, 2026 05:50PM
- Making money during: mercenaries, a private compounds,
- Retraining people (Alda). Worforce programs to give people purpose again. Overcoming classist tendencies
- Soldiers trying to adapt war to this enemy. Improv is a virtue of the marines - because they have to rely on the navy etc
Sema
is 41% done
Got a little lost in the military decisions
Families working together, but only for a bit
Monkey peed on face
— Jan 18, 2026 02:47PM
Families working together, but only for a bit
Monkey peed on face
Sema
is 24% done
Who organizes a mass exodus
Trying to kill children to keep the safe
Decimate - to kill by magnitude of ten
Kept us together by guilt. Not duty to homeland.
— Jan 18, 2026 08:42AM
Trying to kill children to keep the safe
Decimate - to kill by magnitude of ten
Kept us together by guilt. Not duty to homeland.
