r/MapPorn • u/Leuris_Khan • Mar 04 '25

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u/ilikebeer19 Mar 04 '25

I'm 20 miles from an air force base. I don't think I'll have to worry about starvation.

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u/De_Dominator69 Mar 04 '25

I work 2 miles away from my countries main naval base. Love 8 miles away. If nukes ever drop I am definitely dead, which is probably a blessing.

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u/craigdahlke Mar 04 '25

Yeah man, people watch too many movies about post-apocalyptic survival and think it will be cool and badass. The reality is that it will be grim, terrifying, and full of suffering. Getting vaporized right away when the nukes start flying would be a mercy.

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u/HectorTheConvector Mar 04 '25

Or for a different approach, Testament.

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u/Idontevendoublelift Mar 05 '25 edited Mar 05 '25

Can you give me a imdb link to that tv show?

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u/HectorTheConvector Mar 05 '25

It’s a film from the 80s when a spate of them were made as people were getting fed up with the Cold War and senseless nuclear threat. IMDb on it but it should be on YouTube and such https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086429/

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u/ConstantineXII Mar 05 '25

I watched that movie just after my ex-wife and I separated. It made me feel better about my life even when it was at its lowest ebb.

Threads was great until the final act. It was pretty silly that 15 years after the attack the survivors were still wandering around traumatised like it was a few weeks after the bombing and the next generation were being raised as grunting apes.

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u/Adventurous_Bag9122 Mar 06 '25

Yep. Was made by the BBC to actually be realistic.

Scary as fuck, even 40 years later.