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Comment by sklargh | Hacker News Reader

My plan for nuclear war survival is to not.

This seems to be an attitude more prevalent in the US, to simply assume that it the outcome of this is too horrible and that there is no point in trying. It is actually quite possible to survive and your chances can be greatly improved especially with a little planning and if you read this:

https://www.oism.org/nwss/

Just because you can improve your chances of surviving a nuclear exchange doesn’t mean it’s desirable. I don’t want to live through the subsequent famines and slow death of everyone I know and love. https://allianceforscience.cornell.edu/blog/2022/03/what-the...

When I was younger, watching post apocalyptic shows and movies made me think/fantasize what I would do to survive in such situations (and usually rate myself pretty well in being able to survive).

Now, I'm much more "F** that S**" and would take a quick painless death over long drawn out misery.

Those movies were lying to make a point; they were trying to terrify people and succeeded, not trying to make them survive if it actually happened. It's rare that you would see a thoughtful film about surviving and rebuilding the world after it, because it is beyond the scope of film and doesn't have the hook that fear brings.

Don't take things too seriously. Remember all the movies about the internet in the 1990s.

Why ? Even if USA/Europe/Russia and China nuke themselves to oblivion that's all northern hemisphere. I'm sure the atmosphere would be fucked up for a while but after that ?

Would Australia/NZ/South Africa/Argentina etc. be livable ? After how long ?

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