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Vigo:
OK, here is a well thought out answer.

One thing that I got from the show is that the zombies don't just eat humans, but small deer and game. They have shown them chowing on deer or pigs. Not sure how much that impacts the stock, but Being that Darryl, the big hunter of the group, only manages to catch squirrel, I just assumed certain large game have become scarce.

Farming is hindered because all it takes are a group of raiders or a heard of zombies to destroy everything. Zombies herd by the thousands in this show, and trample everything and eat anything living. You would need a farm that is very well secured and room for livestock that can graze. You can't rely on crops alone, because they yield only a short time of the year. I would think the safest bet would be securing a fruit orchard with canning equipment, since this is Georgia, I assume there would be plenty of peach orchards.

But at the same time, I think most people would not resort to eating people, and if they got hungry enough that they needed to, they probably wouldn't have the strength to fight off walkers. I read about that there were a couple cases of cannibalism during the great potato famine in Ireland. They lost about 1 million people to hunger in a few short years. Leads me to believe there would be a few isolated incidents, especially with the lack of any law or authority.

The big thing that I don't believe is that they are so organized about it. The random fellow knifing any survivor they find and grilling them up seems a lot more believable. Those terminus people were pretty much basting people in sweet baby rays and slow cooking them to perfection over a grill large enough to feed 100 people. Then keeping multiple meat storage rooms, Killing 8 people at a time, and storing them without refrigeration systems to feed what looked like only 20 people.

The TL;DR version. Cannibalism = Yes. Organized Cannibalism towns = No.

thomas_surles:
Possible spoiler warning...

So my wife had a solid thought. Neither of us has read the comics.
She thinks Bob was originally from terminus. Which explains why he was
An alcoholic last season and why he was alone. He couldn't handle it anymore
So he left terminus. And last episode that dick ---meecrob--- guy was saying something
Along the lines of "it a coincidence it was you" or something of that nature.
And we think he got bit and that is why he went out for a cry.

Ginsu Victim:

--- Quote from: thomas_surles on October 22, 2014, 10:00:50 pm ---And we think he got bit and that is why he went out for a cry.

--- End quote ---
That's why his death (and those eating him) is going to be so awesome.

jdbailey1206:
Bob was definitely crying because he was bit. I dont think he was associated with Terminus in any way. I believe he was an alcoholic because of his experience with war. In my opinion his life before the apocolypse was abnormal. He had no one to love, he saw too much violence and his life was general ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---. But now that was turned on its head and now he has recieved some stability. (ie asking Sasha for a second kiss. He knew he would never recieve it again.) And it was completely ruined by one walker. He knew he was going to die soon enough when he went outside. Then Gareth and his band of ---meecrobs--- put the nail in the coffin by taking his leg.

But within the next episode I believe we will see Bob accept his fate. Like Dale in the comic I believe Bob will reveal that he was bitten and a sadistic smile will grow on his face knowing he inivertly saved the group from the Termites.

...Bob will be awesome but I still would have loved to seen Dale do it.

DaOld Man:
About cannibalism: just for a side field trip, watch the movie "The Road". Last time I checked it was available on Netflix. Not a movie about zombies, but will make you think about what could happen if the world breaks down.

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