It's still funny to see young guys discovering the "Boomers" meme and excitedly writing multiple threads and posts about it threads as if they've cracked Da The Vinci Code
>These didn't really exist until recently, the first real existential threat that came into the public consciousness was the threat of global nuclear war.Global conventional war has been taught as a threat to humanity since the bronze age.
>the first generation that had to grow up with the threat of the entire world just ending one dayThe world-ending potential of volcanic eruptions, meteors, and plagues has been documented by many ancient civilizations. South Americans set dates for when they were sure the world would end, and volcel'd themselves out of existence beforehand as a countermeasure to having to witness it. Biblical and Satanical religions all preach the threat of destruction at the hand of a deity's wrath.
>We mostly seem to have forgotten about the threat of nuclear Armageddon as a possibility in this day and ageNo, tune in to any mainstream news program since 1989 and there's always been two heads babbling about how Russia, China, North Korea, Iceland, and Israel are three days away from enacting mutually assured destruction.
>I think that must have influenced them somehow and caused them to be as twisted as they are. Well then buckle up, the latest generation was raised to believe that going outside without a mask on was going to kill them and their family.
>They had the duck and cover drills which of course wouldn't save them from the nuclear blast or the fallout.It would prevent harm from failing debris. Also, the radiation ejected from a nuclear explosion travels much slower than light, so ducking after seeing the initial flash can indeed reduce radiation exposure. It only takes a bit to stop the ions / protons / photons whatever so just getting out of direct view of the blast point and behind a bit of dirt or below the windowsil can be a lifesaving choice. The drills were never meant to teach kids that they can survive immediate nuclear hellfire, and really, teaching kids proper discipline for responding to a general emergency is good in any threat scenario so to mention these drills as if they were misguided or disingenuous is kind of silly.
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