Its genuinely scary how close we’ve come to the brink on so many instances, though.
Like, there was concern that an atom bomb could set the entire atmosphere on fire by some of the scientists on the Manhattan Project.
Or the fact that we are not currently living out a nuclear holocaust survival fantasy due to the common sense of one soviet early warning radar operator.
the only thing more terrifying than how many times we’ve actually been on a legitimate brink, is how blase people are about dismissing it cause “bad things always happen, and then get better. no big whoop”
Its genuinely scary how close we’ve come to the brink on so many instances, though.
Like, there was concern that an atom bomb could set the entire atmosphere on fire by some of the scientists on the Manhattan Project.
Or the fact that we are not currently living out a nuclear holocaust survival fantasy due to the common sense of one soviet early warning radar operator.
the only thing more terrifying than how many times we’ve actually been on a legitimate brink, is how blase people are about dismissing it cause “bad things always happen, and then get better. no big whoop”