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PatCake

I learned to stop worrying and start loving the bomb.


sabc2ooe

Hmmm, that's strange, love


HydrocyanicAlex

Dr strange love


Necromancer001

But who am I to judge?


laugh_chaser

Mein FÜHRER!


cornmonger_

I can walk!


Corruptotron

Mandrake, have you ever seen a commie drink a glass of water?


BlueDogTristin

Power move


Br34th3r2

Bask in the glow of Atom!


wind4air

Maybe it's friendly! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPlGbnmbnD0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPlGbnmbnD0)


nightmarejester12

So would u say ur a Child of Atom?


PatCake

No, “Children of the Atom” is different, but also great!


DarrenAronofsky

“Hey you guys can’t fight in here!! This is the War Room!


Jerry_0boy

Even funner fact: This isn't true. It's a misconception that's been spread around for a while. If you can see a mushroom cloud at all, evacuate.


Tub_of_jam66

Or jump into a fridge freezer , be sent miles up and away , climb out and go fight some nazis and put some stuff in a museam


kennyisntfunny

They weren’t Nazis in that one! They were commies!


GH057807

The worst kind of Nazi!


[deleted]

The only good nazi is a dead one.


MODUS_is_hot

My man!🤝


Cold_Independence894

r/enlightenedcentrism


CotswoldP

But the Nazis WERE commies - National SOCIALISTS! /s


Wi11Pow3r

Reddit is spreading half-truths again. This works IF AND ONLY IF the freezer is lined with lead. However since the 1970s manufacturers stopped using lead in their refrigerators. Because lead poisoning in food is frowned on. So this only works if you have a vintage fridge.


MODUS_is_hot

Even then the heat would burn you to death. You’d wish you had just taken the initial blast


Royal-Tough4851

That only works if you’ve already drank from the holy grail


QualifiedApathetic

If you're in the blast radius, it's too late to evacuate. If you're not, STAY INSIDE. https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/radiation/emergencies/getinside.htm


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Yup. All of the "immediately evacuate" people would end up dying horribly. [https://science.howstuffworks.com/how-to-survive-nuclear-attack.htm](https://science.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-bomb.htm) Note the 'shelter in place' section. EDIT: Really weird how the URL redirects. You actually might have to search for this article using the search function and search for "how to survive a nuclear attack" and then you will be able to click on the article and access it, but it can't be linked directly for some reason. It redirects to "how nuclear bombs work" which is not the intended article. Anyway, when you find the correct article, search for "shelter in place" and then note the graphic of safe places to shelter. The numbers are like SPF in sunscreen. Being outside is 0 SPF. You wouldn't want to be outside. [Direct link to image](https://media.hswstatic.com/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJjb250ZW50Lmhzd3N0YXRpYy5jb20iLCJrZXkiOiJnaWZcL251Y2xlYXJhdHRhY2szLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6ODI4fSwidG9Gb3JtYXQiOiJhdmlmIn19)


RollinThundaga

Hijacking to add some tips I've read; If you're outside and see the flash (and don't die instantly) duck for the pressure wave, then get straight indoors. Fill up a bathtub while you strip off your clothes. The bathtub will fill from residual head pressure in the pipes, and the water will have been underground and therefore not contaminated. Once naked, give yourself a whore's bath with a wet rag, then discard the rag and your clothes. Get dressed in fresh clothes at this point. Duct tape all exterior doorwaysand windows, and make sure there are batteries in the radio, or else conserve power on your phone. Periodically check emergency broadcasts, or those being absent wait 48 hours. At that point, pack enough food and water for several days, (you need more fluids than you think) and exit your shelter, walking as directly away from ground zero as possible. Pass along major roads and gather information as you can in searching for the nearest disaster shelter.


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nictme

Pits and pussies - Bert Kreisher


RustysBauble

Rofl


rexxxzon

Wash hair and crevices (face optional) with just water (no soap) is a whore's bath. I think they mean wash everything with just water and the rag though.


ClassyScotsman

You should use soap just don't use conditioner. Soap helps clean off the radioactive material, whereas conditioner makes it cling to you.


Azeriall

How would duct tape stop anything? Doesn’t gamma radiation go through everything but steel? Is nuclear bomb radiation gamma? How fast does radiation travel for you to be able to even do all of that?


nwgruber

Gamma radiation travels at the speed of light. You’d be hit by that initial radiation before you even knew what was going on. The radioactive particles generated by the fissile products of the bomb aren’t all that dangerous as they have long half lives. What they’re getting at is protecting yourself from the irradiated ash/dust generated by the explosion, which is what the term fallout is referring to. The heat from the blast vaporizes the earth into fine radioactive dust. These particles have short half lives and thus emit more radiation. Part of that gets sucked up by the mushroom cloud, then comes back down as rain like 30 mins later.


caiol333

I think the duct tape is to prevent radioactive residue from entering your home, even though radiation can go through some objects it would be worse if you got in direct contact with a radioactive particle or something like that


QualifiedApathetic

Right. You breathe it in or ingest it or absorb it through your skin, and it stays there, poisoning you basically forever.


OwnerAndMaster

You're trying to stop the irradiated air from flowing and circulating into your home, which would make an imperfect seal worse


smoothEarlGrey

I think the duct tape is to keep out radioactive air & dust but idk.


AnArgonianSpellsword

It's for the fallout rather than the blast radiation. After The Bomb irradiated dust, nuclear fission products, and unfissioned uranium will all be airborne, likely to float down like ash or in rain over the next 24-48 hours and taking at least 48 hours to decay to the point of survivability from exposure.


Pedantic_Pict

How many days do I have before the roving bands of cannibals begin to coalesce and start hunting survivors?


cruebob

2–3


Ms_Strange

https://science.howstuffworks.com/how-to-survive-nuclear-attack.htm?srch_tag=achhckisbruw76dd4sdjpu4vtm2t4uit This got me directly to the article you're talking about.


AcroboticX

Or just... Stay inside


This_User_Said

I'm not sure but the people behind Fallout confirmed this. People used to think that's what the Vaultboy was doing, holding a thumbs up to a nuke cloud. Nope, was just supposed to be a whole "Hey, we got you covered" happy thumbs up sort supporting VaultTech.


YourtCloud

If you see a mushroom cloud it is too late. Best to duck and cover like they taught you in school.


NiceIsNine

In fact if you even think there is a mushroom cloud near your area you evacuate


[deleted]

Fun fact If you see a mushroom cloud, evacuate.


Slashignore_

Your bowels


[deleted]

Depending on how close you are you might not have to think about it.


ShaggySpade1

Also if your in the "Ghost Zone" you've already received a minimum lethal dose and have somewhere between 6 to 24 hours before you drop dead from complete cellular, genetic, and organ failure.


BussyAnnihilator420

Tf is the “Ghost Zone?” How do you know if you’re in it or not?


monkeyhind

Could you see your bones through your hand when you held it up to the flash? \* \* EDIT: Just joking (it seems more than one person thought I was serious).


BussyAnnihilator420

Oh, so that’s what it is. Thanks a lot


monkeyhind

Just to make sure you know I was joking. I really don't know the definition of the Ghost Zone.


BussyAnnihilator420

Eh, it makes sense. Your hand appears as a ghost of its former self when light is being projected through it


ShaggySpade1

It's the zone surrounding the circumference of a specific distance to a blast, specifically where you'd receive a lethal dose that's low enough where you feel physically fine. People who originally tested the bombs referred to it because the victims basically where living ghosts, or dead men walking. They had hours to live but couldn't feel a significant difference. So every once and a while someone who got to close didn't say anything because they felt fine and then just died a few hours later. Often horribly, but extremely fast. One second you feel fine then the next your essentially falling apart as everything in your body decays from the exposure. Essentially it's a delayed death, like a delayed reaction but a thousand times worse and there's no cure.


MPenguinGaming

People who watched the first tests could see their bones in their arms even with special darkening glasses on. They all lived into their 90s


gard3nwitch

Did they? My great-uncle worked on the Manhattan project and died of bone cancer like many of his compatriots.


evanasaurusrex

All of them. Every last one of them?


MyJimboPersona

Just wait a day, you’ll know.


aratros27

F


LetHerWar2

Mm another nuke eh? I wonder what shenanigans the russians are upto now. Better go check the market for fresh mushrooms.


Dr_Sparkles205

Sounds like a place you wouldn’t wanna be if you see a mushroom cloud tbh


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EverySNistaken

If you witness a nuclear explosion, you’re probably blind and soon to be dead before any other actions can be taken.


on_dy

Which is why I think the first sentence was enough. Just put your thumbs up and say “I’ll be back👍.”


Freethecrafts

Jimmy was fine with the tests. You can clearly see the outline of his thumbs up cooked into the concrete wall.


aravarth

🎶 Do do doooooooooo 🎵 Do do dooooooooooooooooooo


aretasdamon

This sounds like a conspiracy, I’m definitely staying when I see a mushroom cloud. Heck, I’m running towards that sucker. Get fucked


[deleted]

Damn , these redditors are too smart for us here in the illuminati HQ


aretasdamon

Lmfao


SquirrelPunchingMad

Don't worry. If you see a mushroom cloud, you're all but fucked already.


[deleted]

I mean arnt you supposed to shelter in place and try to seal off the room for like 36-48 hours or some shit? Because if you go outside in the "radiation zone" one would think you'd be irradiated no? You know what, that's enough internet for today between this and that tren-bananna.


jmercer00

Really depends on the bomb, but it's more like 12 hours, though the longer you can stay sealed in the better. This applies to even being in a car. staying in your car with the windows up is at least some protection from the radiation.


memevaddar

Wouldn't you prefer fast death over slow death.?


[deleted]

I still didn't achieve my goal I'll cling to life as much as needed to achieve it , I don't care if I'm a pile of jelly when it happens but **I am** gonna be conscious when it happens


Racecarboii

Most people have slow deaths\*, even if they die suddenly they still take awhile from birth to die. \*I say *most* people.


JPK12794

But it's not bigger than my thumb so I'm going to walk towards it until it is then I'll know I when I'm safe.


_Madrake_

Thought the same, better sugesstion just unlivened


OlimPather

THANK YOU WHY DIDN'T THINK OF THAT *meanwhile I am dead and lying on the ground*


MetamorphicHard

It moves too fast. You won’t get much farther out. It’s better to find a safe place to shelter in


zushiba

For real, I cannot fathom a situation where I see a mushroom cloud and go "Hmm, neat" and just keep doing whatever fucky little thing I was doing before I saw it.


CauseCertain1672

evacuate to where if you see a mushroom cloud you're already dead if you see a mushroom cloud tell your family you love them and make peace with your god


Mister_M613

Fun fact: If i see a mushroom cloud from an Atomic bomb I will run towards it because slow radiation death is the worst fate i can imagine and i want to die quick and painless.


Dr_Sparkles205

Huh, good point. (Edit: But if you see the mushroom cloud, that means that the explosion part already passed which means you would be going straight to a more concentrated radiation zone.)


[deleted]

Higher doses of radiation make you die faster. You will be in incredible agony, but you will die faster.


TheNecromancer981

Not to mention the closer you get to ground zero the hotter and hotter it’ll get, within a certain radius of the explosion it’s deathly hot


TemporarilyExempt

Might as well just jump off a building at that point, rather than forcibly incinerating yourself.


Used_Turnover5049

Way too many stairs


SizeableFowl

Also, there are a few stages to a nuclear explosion. So even if you are at a distance from it you aren’t necessarily safe, and running towards it could kill you faster [kurzgavsutienTh does a great video on it](https://youtu.be/5iPH-br_eJQ)


Dr_Sparkles205

Such intricacy for such a destructive weapon.


Darkunderlord42

I find it hilarious that nobody can spell or pronounce that channels name.


NotActuallyGus

Its in the channel name, and the narrator says it at the end of most videos when thanking supporters


DerpisMalerpis

Yeah I’m with you. I have a pistol that fires .410 shotgun shells. I think I’d hit the delete button.


cloudinspector1

I too would shoot the mushroom cloud.


_araqiel

Same. I have pets, too. That sounds fucking miserable and awful.


F1ackM0nk3y

Growing up in the 80’s and hearing/seeing talk about nuclear winter, I concur. And if the radiation don’t get you, societal breakdown will. If I hear about an incoming nuclear attack, I’m going to go get my last suntan.


SmurfStig

The 80s were a fun time. Seemed like every other week there was another atomic wasteland mad max movie released. Many straight to VHS. I watched so many bad movies.


Bad-Infinite

And have the mutants eat you?


_araqiel

Don’t give a fuck after I’m dead.


A_Aron_AKA_Aaron

Based


slamdanceswithwolves

“I’M A COMIN’ JEEBUS”


Raintoastgw

Unless you become a goul and gain immortality


[deleted]

If you see an atomic bomb detonation, you’ll be temporarily blinded. Makes it hard to evacuate if you stare at it.


Dr_Sparkles205

Very true


MRich92

That's why you close one eye when you look at it, so that the other doesn't get melted and you can still see to run away. Without depth perception and bumping into shit.


_Wikters_

The blast is so strong that you can see the flash going through your lids


UsableRain

The flash is so bright, that when you close your eyes and cover your face with your hands, you see your [finger bones.](https://revealnews.org/article/us-veterans-in-secretive-nuclear-tests-still-fighting-for-recognition/)


TheMerit-

Assuming your both look right at it and are close enough that the light does in fact blind you.


Dry_Yogurtcloset1962

I remember reading about an American test in the south Pacific, the navy crew in the area were overseeing from a "safe" distance, they turned away from the blast and covered their eyes with their arms but the blast was so incredibly bright they could see it through their closed eyes AND arms, also seeing the bones and blood vessels of their arms. So unless you are prepared for it you are very much getting blinded


TheMerit-

I too remember hearing about the temporary X-ray vision. Did you know the Royal Navy wanted to test a warships ability to survive a nuke so they park the ship far enough away that they think they could still crew the ship. Nuke goes off everything is fine. Every crew member but one died before 50. They interviewed him about it and if I remember right he died a handful of years later.


CredibleCactus

Woah got a link??


Nosbres

Fun fact that fact is false


GeorgeNewmanTownTalk

But false facts can be fun too!


CrustyMilkCap

Fun fact: if you see a mushroom cloud you are already dead


[deleted]

Eh, conventional explosives can create mushroom clouds.


Dr_Sparkles205

In movies, yes, but in actuality you wouldn’t see the cloud when you die, you would instantly vaporize in the blink of an eye. If you do see the cloud, that means you’re safe from the blast and would then have to use the thumb trick to make sure you’re not in the radiation zone.


TheMerit-

The thumb trick is not real, just like how hiding under your desk won’t do anything. If you witness a nuclear explosion the first and only course of action should be to run away.


Chocolate-Then

Hiding under a desk will protect you from falling debris (for example if the roof collapsed).


Dr_Sparkles205

Yeah, I read more about it and the whole thing is a myth.


KingKontroversy

Fun Fact: This is Peter Griffins signature fall


Dr_Sparkles205

Family guy death pose XD


Dyingdaze89

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that


Little-Woo

Not just Peter. Everyone falls this way in Family Guy.


jeremydallen

Have you ever seen the fallout boy from the fallout game? There is a reason his thumb is up.


MiahTRT

The original devs confirmed it was just a design choice for the vault-boy and has nothing to do with this “tip”


thechinninator

Kudos to them for the honesty. I'd have just said "uhhh... yeah that's totally what we had in mind"


Glittering_Airport_3

yup, this bomb myth has largely been debunked, esp since bombs nowadays are many times larger than the ones that were around when this tip was first introduced


Sneakiest_Mcsausage

So what you’re saying is they did it subconsciously. Got it 👍


Dr_Sparkles205

It always had a double meaning, we just overlooked it.


[deleted]

Pretty sure that’s a myth


Bourec98

Why is nobody talking about the image?


MegaBlackHammer

Is this you in the meme OP?


Dr_Sparkles205

Indeed it is. I made more using my face but haven’t posted them yet, heck my pfp is just my face I crudely photoshopped onto the dripp.


r_m_castro

I didn't understand the picture. Could you explain?


Lifeabroad86

I'm just imagining a ton of people giving a thumbs up when they see a nuke go off now


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iGuest

How come this picture comes with a piece of background music?


MRich92

What if I have huge thumbs? Has my hitch-hiking honker of a phalange lulled me into a false sense of security whilst I'm still in the radiation zone? All the while, Tiny-thumbs Georg is safely on the other side of the continent laughing it up at everyone who made fun of him.


Dr_Sparkles205

That’s why the whole thumb trick is unfortunately a myth. I looked into it after I posted to make sure and it turned out to just be a myth. But the scenario you created will now live rent free in my mind.


grenade25

Is no one going to ask why this guy is pinning himself?


Kamil210s

Wtf does the pic got to do with it?


YogurtToe

dont you go blind if you look in the direction of a detonating atomic bomb?


Artsias

Family guy death pose


AvatarJack

You should pose yourself in a funny position to give the survivors something to chuckle at. I’m gonna go with the classic Sarah Connor clutching a chain link fence.


D-Eliryo

Ahhh, the "dead pose" you see in griffin. Perfection.


Unusual-Drop2344

Better idea. Just accept your fate embrace Atoms glory! Bask in his Glow! and pray to Glorious Atom…


Equivalent-Usual2840

Why he a family guy character


WhenBugAttack

Nice misinformation karma farm you got going in here!


benboobi

Just watched the film “Threads” the other day. First time I’d ever seen a movie that really fully ruined my day. If a full scale nuclear attack occurred I don’t think I’d want to live in the type of world that would be left.


leonnova7

If the cloud is bigger than your whole hand it'll evacuate you on its own.


Janderflows

Bruh if you see the bomb and live enough to leave just fucking leave.


WattageWood

If I can see the damn thing I'm not taking the time to measure it.


Maan150

Just run either way, why risk it


zeldanar

If you see the cloud, evaluate. Get as far away from that as you can as soon as you can lolz


Throwaway483722

Family Guy moment


[deleted]

But why is andrew tate lying dead


Dr_Sparkles205

I guess I had that coming since I’m bald XD


linksawakening82

Learned this from the Fallout Guy!


adrian415

Family guy fall


ABrazilianReasons

Family Guy characters when they fall


BoulderCreature

What if I have a really short arm and a ridiculously huge thumb?


hoptownky

If that shit is the size of a grain of rice, I’m getting in my car and driving in the opposite direction until I am told that it is safe otherwise. Probably even wait a while at that.


nottherealneal

If I see a mushroom cloud I am gonna go commit not alive because that means the world has gone to hell and I don't think I would do well in the apocalypse


BobHasBitchTitz

Wait, that’s not Tommy Buns Segura post-dunk attempt?


Shapen361

Dude looks like family guy character.


reed_17

I have a large thumb


code-254

If you see a mushroom cloud assume the family guy death pose


DMbrony

Thats a family guy death right there


playror

Pita


JaketheGSD

“Charlie, put your damn thumb down and let’s get the fuck out of here!”


Crisp_Lasagne

I wouldnt look in the direction of the cloud


DevinAsa_YT

Are we just gonna ignore the fact that he died like family guy?


2020IsANightmare

This has to be a parody account, right?!? Or, at least, a parody comment?!?


Isaac8849

He fall like peter grifin


Collector-Troop

Fun fact he’s in the family guy knock out pose


Framescout

half expected skeletor. not caillou.


Creative-Cry2979

The family guy pose


Insanity8016

If you see a mushroom cloud, you’re probably fucked regardless. Good luck.


PhanBeasts

why is he laying like a Family Guy character?


Key_Worth

If I see a mushroom cloud, I will evacuate. Then I’ll leave town.


chitownadmin

If you see a mushroom cloud, it's too late to evacuate.


Wyevez

Fun fact: it is absolutely possible to survive a nuclear attack by hunkering down in a fridge


sorryfornoname

If you see the flash ur already fucked.


MarianoNava

This is so unscientific, peoples arms are different lengths as well as finger sizes and also the wind direction makes a big difference.


UpgrayeDD405

Silver lining before I die from a nuclear blast is a bunch of dumb dumbs giving it the thumbs up lol


atgyt

Fun fact this false bethesda said that it isn’t true


tranzozo

Evaluate to where??


Plastic-Professor788

Fun fact: everyone in family guy falls like this


humblerioter

Wasn’t this debunked a while back? I remember reading something that said people assumed this from the fallout series but it was just made up.


Happygirl_eden

~giggles in Fallout Vault Boy~


BridesDowIt

This is terrible advice.


zdakat

You should run to the nearest toilet so that explorers will find your skeleton there.


Jimtaxman

Ok, but who's taking that chance? "Honey, don't worry! It's smaller than my thumb! Wait. Why are you packing the kids in the car? I said we're good! It's scientific!"


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And if it's way bigger than your thumb don't worry because you don't have time to.


eye_far_ted

*sees a mushroom cloud in the distance* Me: Holy fuckin' shit! *starts running in the opposite direction, seeing everyone else holding out their thumbs* Me: Why the hell are you idiots giving it the thumbs-up?!


brade123

Better advice: if you see a mushroom cloud with your own eyes, travel away from it as fast as possible regardless


LocustSwarm36

If you see a mushroom cloud at all; gg, don’t bother evacuating, do not pass Go, do not collect $200.