• Trudge [Comrade]@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    A single prehistoric nuclear bomb developed by nomads living in the steppes of the North American subcontinent killed over 100,000 people. What are these people on?

    • iridaniotter [she/her]
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      1 year ago

      A single prehistoric nuclear bomb developed by nomads living in the steppes of the North American subcontinent

      peltier-laugh

      If I had to guess, they assume all nukes will only hit other silos.

    • Outdoor_Catgirl [she/her, they/them]
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      1 year ago

      A what? Genuinely what are you referring to with nomads using a nuke? Is this some kind of attempt to mock the amerikkkans that I'm just too dumb to get?

      • Trudge [Comrade]@lemmygrad.ml
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        1 year ago

        I hate explaining jokes since it's not funny, but
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        spoiler

        Steppe - Hanford site where the nuclear bomb was first created and tested is a steppe.
        Nomad - Scientists traveled from all over the country to the Hanford site and returned back months or years later, which is a nomadic migratory pattern.

        I'm just using words that colonizers use to describe native cultures in a description of the Manhattan Project. Quite accurately, in fact. That's the joke haha...

        • AOCapitulator [they/them, she/her]
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          1 year ago

          Oooh, I thought you meant to describe The US like how history books describe barbarian tribes fucking around and breaking everything

          Cause they're just barbarous colonizers

          • Trudge [Comrade]@lemmygrad.ml
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            1 year ago

            To be fair, America is a barbarian tribe fucking around and breaking everything. The absolute lowest amount of cultural, scientific, and social output possible compared to other hegemons throughout history. Well, with the exception of the Brits but I mentioned Americans already so I'm repeating myself.