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angrychair

(12,304 posts)
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 03:52 PM 6 hrs ago

Nuclear apocalypse

Let's be unambiguously clear: if we bomb nuclear power plants in Iran we will create multiple Chernobyls, kill millions and likely make a huge portion of the world's oil reserves unaccessible for thousands of years.

Yet, like millions of other normal people, I'm at work like it's any other normal day.

What are people with the actual power to change anything doing?

Effectively nothing.

I'm done.
I'm tired of the news media.
I'm tired of spineless, bootlicking sycophants.
Tired of a wanton level of ignorance in the general US population.
I'm tired of do nothing politicians.

What Mango Mussolini said was absolutely horrific.
What is anyone doing about it? Absolutely nothing. It's just another Tuesday.

So be it. Let's just get this over with, end the world and let's hope whatever species evolves to take our place is better than we were.

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Nuclear apocalypse (Original Post) angrychair 6 hrs ago OP
News you might have missed: Fiendish Thingy 6 hrs ago #1
I'm just sorry we're taking so many other species down with us. Coventina 6 hrs ago #2
Well, bye everyone. It was nice knowing y'all. Initech 6 hrs ago #3
Can't agree BeneteauBum 1 hr ago #4

Fiendish Thingy

(23,311 posts)
1. News you might have missed:
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 03:55 PM
6 hrs ago

The house leadership released a sternly worded letter opposing Trump’s threatened genocide and other war crimes.

Doesn’t make me feel any better.

Better news:

Pakistan has drafted an off-ramp to avoid the planned apocalypse, and it seems it might be palatable enough for Trump to bite.

Coventina

(29,760 posts)
2. I'm just sorry we're taking so many other species down with us.
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 03:56 PM
6 hrs ago

Homo sapiens was grossly misnamed.

We deserve to go extinct.

BeneteauBum

(537 posts)
4. Can't agree
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 08:42 PM
1 hr ago

I choose to be hopeful. One thing most oligarchs want to hold onto is their power. Nuclear war would end that.

Peace ☮️

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