• Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    I grew up in the cold war. I’ve done the drills. I know both what the fear of an all-out nuclear holocaust is, and I know that the reality will be something entirely different.

    Did you not see what happened to Russia’s latest Satan II ICBM? Thankfully that one wasn’t armed.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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      2 months ago

      No, you don’t know that the reality will be different. This is something that has never happened before, and only a certifiably insane person would try and downplay the horror of a nuclear war.

      Did you not see what happened to Russia’s latest Satan II ICBM? Thankfully that one wasn’t armed.

      Do you know how many missiles Russia has, even if a tenth of them go off we’re all fucked. And frankly, people who don’t care about dying can just kill themselves any time they want. What fucking right do you have to gamble with billions of lives of other people?

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        2 months ago

        The one doing the gambling is Russia. No one but Russia is responsible for Russia invading its neighbors.

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      2 months ago

      All mega cities flattened. Millions of people next to them blind. Fires and destruction everywhere.

      Toxic cloud rain the size of large city like New-York near insta-killing everything on its path as it moves with the wind. Hundreds of those at the same time and there is nowhere to hide from them. The only solution is to avoid them, but it is impossible due to destruction, debris and loss of transportation due to EMP. Mountains will not be safe largely due to toxic rains.

      Loss of almost all food storage and drinking water.

      Inability to grow food for several years due to contamination.

      Nuclear winter (there are some doubts on this topic as well as contamination).

      Survivors will envy the dead.

      Only people in bunkers with years in supplies will have a chance.