Ask Lemmy

I'd say nothing

However there will be a goldilocks zone where a pizza is perfectly cooked. I'll use my dying moments to find out and document that radius for future generations

“Oh, I’ve wasted my life.”

“That reminds me I still have about 8 grams left. Guess I’ll just eat them all tonight.”

"Well, shit." If my wife were next to me, tell her I love her. Depending upon how far it is, run for cover. Try to fire off a couple of texts to family, but that's unlikely to work. All the while, hope it's not nuclear in origin (other things make mushroom clouds).

I've had a near-death experience - at least, I thought it was death.

If you go to here and scroll down to the "2017" section: https://daychilde.com/how-i-got-here/

So I can tell you I'd be hoping it would be quick with another bomb dropped closer to me, or that I'd be far enough away to not suffer from radiation beyond elevated cancer risk. Because acute radiation poisoning is a nasty way to go. There's nothing they can do about the extreme pain you live with for hours to a few days. You just suffer horribly.

Check the news to see what exploded.

I live in the same town as a Raytheon subsidiary. I'll never know what happened.

Oh here we fucking go

Yo it's the thing from Oppenheimer!!!

"nice cloud", I guess ?

Good fucking job, Trump is what I'd say bitterly.

I might ask a neighbor for a smoke.

"Oh, shitsnacks!"

Not sure I would say anything. I think I’d just sit and watch.

"Finally."

Considering there's rarely anyone around for me to say anything to, I'd probably let fly a few choice words and then start trying to work out where the next one was going to land and try to be under it.

That's assuming you mean nuclear mushroom cloud anyway.

Other, sufficiently large ordnance also generates mushroom clouds and we've recovered from a handful of those before.

So any research would be trying to find out whether it was nuclear or not.

I've seen Threads. And a whole heap of post-apocalypse stories. I do not want to live in those worlds.

depends what causing it, a conventional or a nuclear, either would produce quite noticeable shockwaves.

I love you.

"Finally"

Ooh, that cloud looks like a mushroom 🍄‍🟫

Boom goes the dynamite

👍

"Oh sh-"

About fucking time.

War. War never changes.

"Yeah, but the Epstein fiiiiiiiles" followed by death.

Kidding. I'm with you, but more "ah, fuck."

Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.

I'd probably be telling those around me to run toward the light, while running toward the light. Close enough to see the flash means close enough to accept mortality, and fast is good in that regard.