Interestingly, Central London has some great fission chips restaurants..
Brutalur on
For anyone that has seen what the prognosis for humanity is following a full thermonuclear exchange, being caught in the middle of the first obliterations is actually a blessing.
Upper_Luck1348 on
Recently learned a similar fact that it would be painless. Really makes you look at urban dwellings differently. Would I prefer a slow and painful survival track or instant relief without ever getting answers? Sophie’s Choice.
johnjbreton on
I lived there during the 7/7 bombings. My office at the University of London was very much affected; never got to go back into that office or get anything from it. Two weeks later, my station Golders Green was targeted. When they announced they were having the 2012 Olympics in London, I noped out and moved back to Canada.
The_dots_eat_packman on
This was a big joke when I lived in Colorado Springs, probably a top 5 target depending on what the enemy is actually targeting. It was oddly comforting to think about.
TonAMGT4 on
It’s not that bad actually. One second you exist and a split second later, before any pain can be registered, or time for your brain to process any of the incoming information, you cease to exist.
It’s like you there and puff!… Now you’re not!
It’s magic!
wdwerker on
I’ve lived a couple miles from the Tomahawk missile assembly plant since the Reagan administration. Always figured it was targeted in maybe the second or third wave if it ever came to pass. Fast vs Slow and painful is an easy choice.
TremendousFun on
@spellingmistakescostlives on Instagram for the artist.
angrydeuce on
When I was very young, my extended family gathered at my grandparents house in Philadelphia to watch the TV Movie *The Day After*…it was a big deal for a lot of people. When it was over there was a special that immediately followed but my family wasnt really watching that so much as talking to each other about what they’d just seen.
I wasnt even of school age yet but I remember my grandfather saying “I’m so glad we live close to the Yards…”. He was a Korean War navy vet, and he used to take us down to the Philadelphia Naval Yards to look at all the ships docked down there all the time as we werent really very far from them, 15 minute drive, and hed tell us about them. So of course what I thought was he meant when grandpop had told us about the boats down there with their big guns, that they would protect us.
It wasn’t until I was older that I realized what he’d *really* meant was that had that insane turn of events actually come to pass, we were almost assuredly going to be a prime target and be more or less vaporized instantly.
I was too young to really grasp it fully, but even as a kid it was palpable in the zeitgeist, the constant gnaw of fear in knowing not only how powerful modern nukes were, and how many there were between us and the Soviets, but that if it happened it was just like…fuck it. There was no duck and cover, no bomb shelter nonsense…the idea was laughable. A full scale nuclear exchange would mean the end of our species and most likely 3/4 of the other species on Earth in the resulting years long nuclear winters, and our fossils will be discovered in a half billion years by what comes next on Earth 2: Electric Boogaloo.
Heavy shit.
Feeling_Pen_8579 on
Now I learn that me and my family escape the blast radius, huzzah.
deanrihpee on
is there any great city that will get obliterated in an instant the moment nuclear war break?
JessieColt on
The same could be currently said for Palm Beach, Florida and the immediate area surrounding Mar a Lago.
nashbrownies on
Ah, I see Threads has gad a lasting effect in the psyche over there.
Jnorean on
“No worries, mate.” Sorry that’s Australian. Could become British.
NekoFever on
Ironically you might survive if you were deep enough on the Tube at the time.
Funneduck102 on
Fucking hell we are in the fallout universe
Laxativus on
Soooo, basically, I can’t afford instant obliteration in the first moments of a nuclear war.
This is where we’re at.
BoldlyGettingThere on
I’ve seen some old Soviet maps of intended nuclear weapon targets and there are about 5 circles which overlap my house. My old physics teacher used to point to the nearby naval base and just say “they’ll hit that, but you’ll have very little time to worry about it”
Basic-Government4108 on
I am seriously thinking of moving back to NYC the way things are going. Where I live now is in the radiation sickness and death after 4 days of unimaginable suffering range…
Central london is a lighly sought-after area for the developers of nuclear war targeting pulicy
After the bomb drops, why spend a wretched few weeks fighting your severely burned and slowly dying Zone 3 neighbours for the last scraps of irradiated supplies, when you can be the envy of the survivors and upgrade to priority annihilation at the heart of the nuclear freball?
A central London apartment not only gives you convenient access to local amenities and transport links, it also allows for quick and easy atomic vaporization. Before the pain receptors in your brain have registered the searing 100 miilion degree flash of nuclear energy that heralds the start of a global thermonuctear war, you’ll already be dust.
**Be first in line for oblivion**
That last line is top notch
JakeVonFurth on
As somebody that used to live in the world’s largest oil storage facility, I can confirm that this is the vibe.
CilanEAmber on
My part if the UK already looks like it has been
Vondecoy on
“Guaranteed instant obliteration…” Unless maybe you’re in a bunker like tube thing ~50m underground. Then it’s just a day coming home from work. Huge noises happen. A violent krumping. The power goes out. And now you get to play Mole person until you die of dehydration.
Jent01Ket02 on
That’s…cheery.
SteveArnoldHorshak on
This can’t be in England. The teeth are too good.
caknuckle on
poes law at work, and the creator is a typical virtue signaller
KZD2dot0 on
And then you find out that them ruskies bomb Milton Keynes instead.
Medium_Gap7026 on
Still enough time just to get to your local chippy.
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*always look at the bright side of your life…*
Well when you put it that way…
Positivity 😅
I should watch Threads again.
Interestingly, Central London has some great fission chips restaurants..
For anyone that has seen what the prognosis for humanity is following a full thermonuclear exchange, being caught in the middle of the first obliterations is actually a blessing.
Recently learned a similar fact that it would be painless. Really makes you look at urban dwellings differently. Would I prefer a slow and painful survival track or instant relief without ever getting answers? Sophie’s Choice.
I lived there during the 7/7 bombings. My office at the University of London was very much affected; never got to go back into that office or get anything from it. Two weeks later, my station Golders Green was targeted. When they announced they were having the 2012 Olympics in London, I noped out and moved back to Canada.
This was a big joke when I lived in Colorado Springs, probably a top 5 target depending on what the enemy is actually targeting. It was oddly comforting to think about.
It’s not that bad actually. One second you exist and a split second later, before any pain can be registered, or time for your brain to process any of the incoming information, you cease to exist.
It’s like you there and puff!… Now you’re not!
It’s magic!
I’ve lived a couple miles from the Tomahawk missile assembly plant since the Reagan administration. Always figured it was targeted in maybe the second or third wave if it ever came to pass. Fast vs Slow and painful is an easy choice.
@spellingmistakescostlives on Instagram for the artist.
When I was very young, my extended family gathered at my grandparents house in Philadelphia to watch the TV Movie *The Day After*…it was a big deal for a lot of people. When it was over there was a special that immediately followed but my family wasnt really watching that so much as talking to each other about what they’d just seen.
I wasnt even of school age yet but I remember my grandfather saying “I’m so glad we live close to the Yards…”. He was a Korean War navy vet, and he used to take us down to the Philadelphia Naval Yards to look at all the ships docked down there all the time as we werent really very far from them, 15 minute drive, and hed tell us about them. So of course what I thought was he meant when grandpop had told us about the boats down there with their big guns, that they would protect us.
It wasn’t until I was older that I realized what he’d *really* meant was that had that insane turn of events actually come to pass, we were almost assuredly going to be a prime target and be more or less vaporized instantly.
I was too young to really grasp it fully, but even as a kid it was palpable in the zeitgeist, the constant gnaw of fear in knowing not only how powerful modern nukes were, and how many there were between us and the Soviets, but that if it happened it was just like…fuck it. There was no duck and cover, no bomb shelter nonsense…the idea was laughable. A full scale nuclear exchange would mean the end of our species and most likely 3/4 of the other species on Earth in the resulting years long nuclear winters, and our fossils will be discovered in a half billion years by what comes next on Earth 2: Electric Boogaloo.
Heavy shit.
Now I learn that me and my family escape the blast radius, huzzah.
is there any great city that will get obliterated in an instant the moment nuclear war break?
The same could be currently said for Palm Beach, Florida and the immediate area surrounding Mar a Lago.
Ah, I see Threads has gad a lasting effect in the psyche over there.
“No worries, mate.” Sorry that’s Australian. Could become British.
Ironically you might survive if you were deep enough on the Tube at the time.
Fucking hell we are in the fallout universe
Soooo, basically, I can’t afford instant obliteration in the first moments of a nuclear war.
This is where we’re at.
I’ve seen some old Soviet maps of intended nuclear weapon targets and there are about 5 circles which overlap my house. My old physics teacher used to point to the nearby naval base and just say “they’ll hit that, but you’ll have very little time to worry about it”
I am seriously thinking of moving back to NYC the way things are going. Where I live now is in the radiation sickness and death after 4 days of unimaginable suffering range…
https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/
So someone stealth put this on the tube?
The wonderful work of Darren Cullen – [spellingmistakescostlives.com](https://www.spellingmistakescostlives.com/)
Central london is a lighly sought-after area for the developers of nuclear war targeting pulicy
After the bomb drops, why spend a wretched few weeks fighting your severely burned and slowly dying Zone 3 neighbours for the last scraps of irradiated supplies, when you can be the envy of the survivors and upgrade to priority annihilation at the heart of the nuclear freball?
A central London apartment not only gives you convenient access to local amenities and transport links, it also allows for quick and easy atomic vaporization. Before the pain receptors in your brain have registered the searing 100 miilion degree flash of nuclear energy that heralds the start of a global thermonuctear war, you’ll already be dust.
**Be first in line for oblivion**
That last line is top notch
As somebody that used to live in the world’s largest oil storage facility, I can confirm that this is the vibe.
My part if the UK already looks like it has been
“Guaranteed instant obliteration…” Unless maybe you’re in a bunker like tube thing ~50m underground. Then it’s just a day coming home from work. Huge noises happen. A violent krumping. The power goes out. And now you get to play Mole person until you die of dehydration.
That’s…cheery.
This can’t be in England. The teeth are too good.
poes law at work, and the creator is a typical virtue signaller
And then you find out that them ruskies bomb Milton Keynes instead.
Still enough time just to get to your local chippy.