• Professorozone@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    I have never seen a nuclear explosion in person and I hope I never do. I kind of think they SHOULD be treated with reverence.

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      5 days ago

      On the one hand, a lot of people would die really horrible deaths. On the other hand, it would be really funny watching a Fox News host try and deal with a nuclear war on his first day in charge of the DOD

      Imagine how Kennedy Jr. would advise us on treating radiation sickness

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      6 days ago

      True. But also as an American we damn near nuked Korea and Vietnam, so I’m not going to act like we’re better

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          6 days ago

          Didn’t, but the general that dropped them on Japan was fired for frequently trying to nuke Korea.

          We’ve come closer to nuking someone other than Japan than anyone but the USSR and China have