Comedian Patton Oswalt thinks that he and his circle of high school friends could be parsed into three different categories — Zombies, Spaceships, and Wastelands — that shaped their paths to adulthood, their careers, and their lives. Patton says he realizes now that he's a Wasteland...but what are you: a Zombie, a Spaceship, or a Wasteland? Take our survey.
Spaceship
I totally have preparedness kits. And a label maker.
Emily
Zombie
The description of rolling the eyes while reading the newspaper--what is falls so far short of what should and could be.
The idea of the wasteland fills me with horror and I have no love for computers--spaceships are pretty but I am too fond of earth and the almost all the lifeforms on it. (I was hoping for a diagnostic quiz--not just an opportunity to listen to the original piece again.)
Stacey
Wasteland
I know, I'm just a 16-year-old Mormon girl, but there is no doubt on my mind that I am a Wasteland. I'm a writer, an actor and an improv comedian, and I love every second of it!
Sarah-Margaret
Spaceship
I see a family as a unit. My inner circle that I join with to prepare for what the world has in-store.
Kyle
Wasteland
My initial answer was Spaceship because of the superficial details Patton mentioned like being married with a family and a home (and I haven't read Beckett). But really, I'm a wasteland. My path has not been conventional, my circle of friends is small as the wasteland demands, and my favorite author is Vonnegut. So who knows? Maybe my spaceship crashed in a wasteland or perhaps I built a spaceship in a wasteland.
Kenny
Spaceship
Emergency kits, spare parts, great parent, boat = ship etc! Fits me to a T.
Penny
Spaceship
I keep losing my history, and have to carry my world with me.
Edward
Zombie
Outcasts outcast... Of course, that's just my perspective, isn't it? I'm probably just a wasteland wanting to be a spaceship, but I guess it depends on the day.
Blue
Wasteland
If you knew me in the 90s, it would be obvious.
Eric
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