@TehBamski to Ask Lemmy • 1 year agoIf someone from the 1950s suddenly appeared, what would be the most difficult thing to explain about life today?message-square249arrow-up1321arrow-down112
arrow-up1309arrow-down1message-squareIf someone from the 1950s suddenly appeared, what would be the most difficult thing to explain about life today?@TehBamski to Ask Lemmy • 1 year agomessage-square249
minus-square@TehBamskiOPlink2•1 year agoLet me introduce you to one of the most depressing lists in the world. Before you open the link, take a guess how many times the US alone tested nukes, from the smallest to the biggest ones. How many times do you think the United States alone tested a nuclear bomb? Link Take note of the years that these nukes were tested.
minus-squareHarrison [He/Him]linkfedilink1•1 year agoBlowing up uninhabited land isn’t all that depressing when the likely alternative was either blowing up cities with nukes, or blowing them up with conventional weapons.
We still haven’t used another nuke.
Let me introduce you to one of the most depressing lists in the world.
Before you open the link, take a guess how many times the US alone tested nukes, from the smallest to the biggest ones.
How many times do you think the United States alone tested a nuclear bomb?
Link
Take note of the years that these nukes were tested.
Hey, nuke tests gave the world Las Vegas so… Worth it?
Probably not.
Quite likely not.
Blowing up uninhabited land isn’t all that depressing when the likely alternative was either blowing up cities with nukes, or blowing them up with conventional weapons.