Wait, this isn't a meme, this is just reality
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The Walking Dead spinoff *Fear* The Walking Dead seemed like it was going to do this. The first couple episodes were before the zombie outbreak, and halfway through the first season it started happening. Some zombies were put down by the police in broad daylight and it sparked a riot because it was LA. Then all that potential was wasted because there was an immediate time skip just as it was getting interesting. No societal breakdown, no desperate measures, just more post apocalyptic melodrama.