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Oh no, no acetaminophen and central heating! Guess I'll just die! In all seriousness - even if you sincerely plan to commit suicide (and take your family with

by dTal 4y ago

Oh no, no acetaminophen and central heating! Guess I'll just die! In all seriousness - even if you sincerely plan to commit suicide (and take your family with you?) if life gets harder, why use the nuclear attack itself to do it? Why close off options? Why not attempt to survive, and reassess afterwards if you really think life still isn't worth living?

sklargh 4y ago
My dude, if you are among the lucky few who survive the initial filter of starvation, disease and mass violence following a nuclear conflict I wish you the best leading your band of raiders across the Great Plains or Central Valley feasting on the scraps of civilization and eventually dying of dysentery, typhus, scarlet fever or simple exposure. I am not here for that lifestyle.
- dTal 4y ago
  Again, if you're going to commit suicide, why use the nuclear attack itself to do it? Why not wait and see if this apocalyptic vision of yours actually comes true? If it does, it won't be difficult to commit suicide at that point, you won't have lost anything. And if it doesn't, you'll be glad you lived. Plus, yaknow, your wife/kids/dog/$DEPENDENTS might feel differently.
  - sklargh 4y ago
    I don’t understand why you perceive being struck by the effects of a nuclear warhead launched by a hostile power as suicide.
    - dTal 4y ago
      The suicide part is deliberately avoiding actions that would increase your chances of survival because, and I quote, "My sincere hope for my family and I in a mid-grade to all-out nuclear exchange is that we perish immediately".
- tablespoon 4y ago
  > My dude, if you are among the lucky few who survive the initial filter of starvation, disease and mass violence following a nuclear conflict I wish you the best leading your band of raiders across the Great Plains or Central Valley feasting on the scraps of civilization and eventually dying of dysentery, typhus, scarlet fever or simple exposure. That sounds like a fantasy over-"informed" by fiction. Might just as well be, that after that initial filter, most people just end up living in a village and farming like it's 1700.
  - sklargh 4y ago
    Bands of raiders were a semi-regular element of 1700 agrarian lifestyles on every continent!

by dTal 4y ago

sklargh 4y ago

My dude, if you are among the lucky few who survive the initial filter of starvation, disease and mass violence following a nuclear conflict I wish you the best leading your band of raiders across the Great Plains or Central Valley feasting on the scraps of civilization and eventually dying of dysentery, typhus, scarlet fever or simple exposure. I am not here for that lifestyle.

dTal 4y ago
Again, if you're going to commit suicide, why use the nuclear attack itself to do it? Why not wait and see if this apocalyptic vision of yours actually comes true? If it does, it won't be difficult to commit suicide at that point, you won't have lost anything. And if it doesn't, you'll be glad you lived. Plus, yaknow, your wife/kids/dog/$DEPENDENTS might feel differently.
- sklargh 4y ago
  I don’t understand why you perceive being struck by the effects of a nuclear warhead launched by a hostile power as suicide.
  - dTal 4y ago
    The suicide part is deliberately avoiding actions that would increase your chances of survival because, and I quote, "My sincere hope for my family and I in a mid-grade to all-out nuclear exchange is that we perish immediately".
tablespoon 4y ago
> My dude, if you are among the lucky few who survive the initial filter of starvation, disease and mass violence following a nuclear conflict I wish you the best leading your band of raiders across the Great Plains or Central Valley feasting on the scraps of civilization and eventually dying of dysentery, typhus, scarlet fever or simple exposure. That sounds like a fantasy over-"informed" by fiction. Might just as well be, that after that initial filter, most people just end up living in a village and farming like it's 1700.
- sklargh 4y ago
  Bands of raiders were a semi-regular element of 1700 agrarian lifestyles on every continent!