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Updated rules on preparedness for nuclear explosion

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Re: Updated rules on preparedness for nuclear explosion

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post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Many people may already feel fear and anxiety about the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). The threat of a nuclear explosion can add additional stress" Ah, yes, a little additional stress from the nuclear explosion over and above covid. It's hard to know if this was written with a straight face or not.

"If possible, please position the nuclear blast between yourself and COVID-19 in order to minimize proximity to COVID."

"In the post-apocalyptic wasteland, breaking in to warehouses to steal and hoard COVID-19 vaccines should be your first priority. Your mind will be at ease knowing these can be stored or long periods by burying them in the glaciers that will rapidly form as the atmosphere will be black with radioactive dust for many years. Social distancing and mask wearing should be your next priority. The global failure of agriculture and radioactive contamination of surface water are the next concerns."

Re: Updated rules on preparedness for nuclear explosion

#63

I am genuinely asking; how worried should we be? I'm really freaking out about this...

Don't freak out. I am not at all worried, you should not be either.

We've lived under this threat for, what, 70 years now? You just have to learn to put it out of your mind. Day to day I worry more about someone crashing into my car when I am driving (a much more likely Bad Thing).

Re: Updated rules on preparedness for nuclear explosion

#64
If you're warned of an imminent nuclear attack, be sure to move towards the expected epicenter of the blast. You'll want to be vaporized rather than cooked alive or suffer fatal radiation sickness (over the period of days or weeks). You'll want to be spared the horror of watching others die and society quickly unravel. You'll want to avoid being a burden on the non-existent safety net that won't survive.

Watch "The Day After". It's probably the most realistic depiction of a post-apocalyptic situation to date. (It's not dramatic and cool, or cinematic--long, boring, and flat out horrifying.)

Re: Updated rules on preparedness for nuclear explosion

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post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"If possible, please position the nuclear blast between yourself and COVID-19 in order to minimize proximity to COVID."

"In the post-apocalyptic wasteland, breaking in to warehouses to steal and hoard COVID-19 vaccines should be your first priority. Your mind will be at ease knowing these can be stored or long periods by burying them in the glaciers that will rapidly form as the atmosphere will be black with radioactive dust for many years. Social distancing and mask wearing should be your next priority. The global failure of agricult…

Geez, I shouldn't have clicked on "Threads".

Re: Updated rules on preparedness for nuclear explosion

#67

I am genuinely asking; how worried should we be? I'm really freaking out about this...

Either we all die or we don't[1], either way there's nothing you can do. I'm sure there's things you can be worried about that you can actually affect.

[1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frAEmhqdLFs

Re: Updated rules on preparedness for nuclear explosion

#68

If you have just survived a nuclear explosion and find yourself in need of assistance, call 911 and be sure to let the operator know if you have or believe you may have COVID-19. Absolute insanity.

At first I thought this was a parody, it's so ridiculous the way they added random COVID preparedness bits into it.

Re: Updated rules on preparedness for nuclear explosion

#69
The "Soviet surprise attack" model was always a joke. I can't believe people don't see that. If nukes are used in this war, almost certainly the first ones dropped will be warning shots, detonated underwater or in an uninhabited desert. Just to let the world know that you're serious. There would be plenty of time to try to get away from the major cities and military bases. Of course, those of us who aren't millionaires won't be able to get a plane ticket. But hey, that's capitalism.

Re: Updated rules on preparedness for nuclear explosion

#70

If you have just survived a nuclear explosion and find yourself in need of assistance, call 911 and be sure to let the operator know if you have or believe you may have COVID-19. Absolute insanity.

Personally, a government that takes 50%+ of my income producing this kind of garbage-level content scares me more than COVID ever did.

What the fuck am I/are we paying for?

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