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1. The_Gibson (thegibson@hackers.town)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Apr-2022 03:50:44 UTC The_Gibson

   I have been asked by several acquaintances lately how I keep my cool when Nuclear saber rattling starts... especially when I pretty openly laugh at the specter of it...

   It's simple. If it goes off for real, there is NOTHING I can do to change it. Further, I've seen this talk before growing up GenX... nobody wins in this sort of exchange... so it won't happen.

   Yes, on a risk matrix it is all bad, the worst, in fact... but it's also highly unlikely to occur.

   Deterrents work in this game of chess. and no one will ever make the first move.

   So gather round kids, find yourself a GenX partner who isn't in a rocking chair yet, and ask them the questions you need to, because it's a scary rollercoaster ride.

   Related: stay off my lawn.

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   • Russ Sharek (russsharek@mastodon.art)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Apr-2022 03:57:47 UTC Russ Sharek

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     @TheGibson

     I've never put together my desire to hide under furniture when things get stressful and this goodluck ritual before.

     I'm uneasy and enlightened.

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   • Russ Sharek (russsharek@mastodon.art)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Apr-2022 03:57:48 UTC Russ Sharek

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     @TheGibson

     We were told to hide under our desks as children. I remember asking a classmate how it was supposed to help.

     They shrugged from under their desk.

   • The_Gibson (thegibson@hackers.town)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Apr-2022 03:57:48 UTC The_Gibson

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     @RussSharek

     Mitigations are also known as "Goodlucks".

   • montag (montagsoup@aleph.land)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Apr-2022 03:58:50 UTC montag

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     • Russ Sharek

     @RussSharek @TheGibson If you're outside the blast (where you'll be instantly incinerated) and outside the shockwave (where you'll be suffocated), it'll still shake the earth a bunch, basically simulating on earthquake. You'll have a little bit of time to get under a desk and be protected from your soon-to-be-falling ceiling.

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   • Alexander Bochmann (galaxis@mastodon.infra.de)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Apr-2022 03:59:56 UTC Alexander Bochmann

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     @TheGibson I seem to remember some kind of joke after Chernobyl happened that the fallout would stay over Germany and make no attempt to pass over the Rhine into France?

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   • Alexander Bochmann (galaxis@mastodon.infra.de)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Apr-2022 03:59:57 UTC Alexander Bochmann

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     @TheGibson Even under the MAD doctrine, tactical nuclear weapons were still seen as an option, and 70s/80s West Germany was more or less living on the expectation to be the battlefield between the Eastern Bloc and NATO, including some of those. No Future, and all that.

     But hey, I guess the plan to have most of West Germany as a buffer to hold off the Red Army and fly in support through all the airbases down the Rhine Valley would have totally worked out, nukes or not.

   • Dr. Skrzyk (otto@hackers.town)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Apr-2022 04:03:09 UTC Dr. Skrzyk

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     @thegibson Soundtrack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAvlB7eTXGA

     Also, by this point we listened to this for entertainment.

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   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Apr-2022 04:05:16 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     • Digital Mark λ 📚 🕹 💾 🥃
     @mdhughes @thegibson We just started watching Glee and early in season one Rachel says something like: "wow, these songs are all so old and what's a 'luftballoon'?"
     
     Just as a stab aimed at all the xennial viewers out there! 😂
   • Digital Mark λ 📚 🕹 💾 🥃 (mdhughes@appdot.net)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Apr-2022 04:05:17 UTC Digital Mark λ 📚 🕹 💾 🥃

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     @thegibson Sadly, the Kids Today™ have no music, so they can't just sit back and listen to pop songs about it. Probably pretty stressful on the poor things.
     https://youtu.be/hiwgOWo7mDc

   • Digital Mark λ 📚 🕹 💾 🥃 (mdhughes@appdot.net)'s status on Friday, 22-Apr-2022 10:24:42 UTC Digital Mark λ 📚 🕹 💾 🥃

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     • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

     @clacke @thegibson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C52MXbkhepQ

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