Am I the only one who finds the whole thing so terrifying that they can't bring themselves to watch a movie that shows it as realistically as possible?
I've heard about it. I'm sure it's excellent, but I can't.
I used to be able to do it. I used to watch all kinds of post-nuke and nuclear war movies in the 80s and 90s. I read John Hersey's Hiroshima more than once. But I can't do it anymore. It's just too scary.
26 Comments
ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca · 33 pts · 3y
Could have been like Lonnie Johnson, the NASA engineer who inveted the super soaker
bongus_urongus@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 3y
I have become fun, destroyer of boredom... and pants.
circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org · 12 pts · 3y
This man is responsible for one of the core things that made the 90s the 90s.
entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 pts · 3y
More than one, he also invented Nerf guns. Dude has more than 250 patents
Hextic@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 3y
Absolute fucking legend.
I had the Super Soaker 50. That might as well been my "Holy bolter" back then.
Shardikprime@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Why is Zeus holding a super soaker
Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 23 pts · 3y
Imagine if the US dropped two giant beyblades on Japan and just let the spinning tops destroy everything.
ivanafterall@kbin.social · 14 pts · 3y
Of all nations to challenge to a duel of city-sized robots, maybe DON'T pick Japan!?
Shardikprime@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y
No cap that would be lit as fuck
LET IT RRRRRRRIIIIIPPPPP
alternative_factor@kbin.social · 19 pts · 3y
Hopennheimer
_wampa__stompa@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 3y
Nukes aren't fun???
nuke@yah.lol · 15 pts · 3y
I feel attacked
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
I apologize. When I went to that rally with the 'No Nukes' sign, it wasn't personal.
_wampa__stompa@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Username...uh...checks...uh...
Ahh fuck it this isn't reddit. Cool username brah
LaSaucisseMasquee@jlai.lu · 2 pts · 3y
You can’t handle some criticality…
Pinklink@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 3y
Omg omg!! I can be the first to comment this stupid and specific subreddit that!…..oh yeah…..
EdibleFriend@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y
This made me giggle like a special needs kid pushing the buttons on an elevator.
someguy3@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 3y
Idea of a lifetime:
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Am I the only one who finds the whole thing so terrifying that they can't bring themselves to watch a movie that shows it as realistically as possible?
I have nightmares about nuclear war.
snor10@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 3y
Don't watch Barefoot Gen.
To anyone else, watch Barefoot Gen.
The mangaka had personal experience, and it shows.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
I've heard about it. I'm sure it's excellent, but I can't.
I used to be able to do it. I used to watch all kinds of post-nuke and nuclear war movies in the 80s and 90s. I read John Hersey's Hiroshima more than once. But I can't do it anymore. It's just too scary.
snor10@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 3y
Yeah, no point watching if you can't absorb it in a meaningful way.
I'm so desensitized it almost feels academic.
Maybe I'm a coward who emotionally deflect reality, as if watching a strange object.
At least you choose to either see reality in the eye or to deflect your gaze, perhaps a more honest approach.
Well, we do all this reflexively anyway. So there might not be much of a point to dwell on it, sorry for getting philosophical on you.
jayrodtheoldbod@midwest.social · 1 pts · 3y
He went and saw Barbie.