Asking for a friend

  • moonlake [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Start clapping and saying "Thank you President Xi!! Very wholesome!!" because I'm not a Yank.

      • wtypstanaccount04 [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        "But first we need to talk about: The Goddamn News"

        theme plays

        Slide showing the bombed out remains of the US Capitol appears. The text at the bottom of the screen says "Posadas was right".

        Justin: Fortunately me and Liam were in the bunker...

        Liam: York, PA. Don't underestimate us folks, I built this shelter in 2003

        Alice: Look, you both know I was the best prepared for this. I simply went down into the basement of my apartment, put on my Soviet lead suit, and waited out the bombing. It's not hard.

          • CarlTheRedditor [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            This isn't lead-lined, and it's a pit pricey, but as Soviet suits have come up I feel obligated to share: https://poshmark.com/listing/Vintage-1970s-Soviet-Union-Russian-smoking-jacket-6057b586d737fd5b48a162f7

  • Biggay [he/him, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    Stand outside.

    I dont want to live in a post nuclear scenario, and if I can get incinerated instantly thats what I'm gonna try to do

    • sam5673 [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      It's chill no one would live nuclear bombs are really strong. We're talking total annihilation of everything that doesn't live in the deep ocean feeding off sulphur deposits. Some may point out that this is somewhat overkill

  • Quaxamilliom [comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    thank whoever pushed the button and look forward to a bright future where my country is no longer worried every day about the US invading and murdering millions of us.

  • halfpipe [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    1:panic for 5-20 minutes

    2:try to call family

    3: get no signal because the satellite network will be one of the first things hit

    4:Go up on the roof to get a good view as I drink wine , play pokemon and wait to die instantly in the first strike

    Fuck trying to survive the aftermath of a nuclear exchange. Between the fallout and the blown power grid it would get very grim for the survivors very quickly.

    • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Yeah, total grid blackout would mean no power grid for at least another year. More with radiation and infrastructure damage.

      Balkanized America real quick.

      • Claus [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        The infrastructure was fucked before. It'll get somehow worse...

    • RedCoat [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Fully understand the desire to not stick around for what comes after but I think its important to remember nearly all post-apocalyptic media is made for pure fantasy enjoyment. As long as a few people survive they will almost certainly band together, humans much prefer working together over the lone wolf bullshit you see youtube preppers going on about for shit hits the fan scenarios. As long as the radiation didn't do a number on you I think it would actually be a much better time to be alive than now tbh, back to small communities working together with common goals and work that actually has a direct material effect on your well-being and those around you..... man I wish I lived in a county where land wasn't insanely expensive and planning permission wasn't a bastard, I'd happily go and live like that now.

      • borisjohnson [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        I do agree to an extent but it would also give America's masses of domestic extremists free reign to rove around murdering people with impunity

  • anthropicprincipal [any]
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    3 years ago

    I have a fallout shelter but it was built in the 1960's and is full of beer making equipment atm.