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# That would still be an exponential increase, though.
I like the idea that they eat each other, too. That would mean the oldest surviving zombies are the most aggressive, and older populations are more problematic.
...they must be able to identify and prefer fresh humans, though, or you wouldn't get the scenes with a horde of zombies all homing in on the one non-zombie.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Wed 18 Feb 2009, 8:24, archived)
# That scene won't happen.
The panic (and moral dilemma) comes from humans relying on them for free work and the zombies eventually decaying.

Also - PLAGIARISTS: I've just started writing again and this conversation has date and time stamps all over it.
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan https://twitter.com/VomitingLarry, Wed 18 Feb 2009, 8:42, archived)
# whilst this in no way detracts from your idea
I have read several short stories which involved elements of this plot, including the make-zombies-work-for-us thing.

Hopefully yours will elevate itself not through innovation, but through aceness.
(I helped save b3ta! Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE, Wed 18 Feb 2009, 8:52, archived)
# It's ok, I've been directed to short stories before
I've had my idea independently and don't want it to get sullied by other stories so I'm going to plough on.
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan https://twitter.com/VomitingLarry, Wed 18 Feb 2009, 9:12, archived)
# also
the whole point of zombies is the numbers. They represent inevitable mortality, and they create terror through sheer force of FUCK THEY'RE FUCKING EVERYWHERE.

The oldest/most aggressive thing is pretty much straight from the vampire section, where cunning and stuff come into play.
(Lieutenant Colonel Oblivious brought to you by intravenous sugar, Wed 18 Feb 2009, 8:49, archived)