system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Zombie Apocalypse] I've decided to wait out the zombies instead of just going about and trying to fight them. How long would it take for them to rot?

If a zombie apocalypse were to happen, how long would it take for zombies to deteriorate if most of the world was infected? Wouldn't they cause huge spikes in the insect and rodent populations which would eat their flesh until their would be nothing left as well as the sun beating down on all that rotten skin? If so, how long would I have to wait in a hypothetical bunker in order to ensure little to no zombies could harm me?
gpt
Let me put it this way: If those things were normal corpses, they would have attracted flies within hours of death. In 2-3 days they would have become more maggots and bug poop than cadaver. In 1-2 weeks they would have been dirt and bones. Assuming an environment that's friendly to insects and bacterial growth.

But will insects and bacteria affect the living dead the same way as they affect the normal dead? Well, the living dead seem to be violating many long established rules of biology, thermodynamics, and the will of God. So maybe we shouldn't put too much stock on our old knowledge of forensic etymology as well.

In other words: It's a fucked up new world and no one knows shit anymore.