Endgame: how Australian preppers are bugging out and hunkering down

Re:Endgame: how Australian preppers are bugging out and hunk... by scotty79 on Monday October 29, 2018 @11:04AM (#18328056)

> “We live in an era that, within 15 minutes’ notice, nuclear weapons could be crossing the continents bringing about great devastation. Yet we deny this, go about our business.

Also every person you pass on the street can end your life in minutes or less with few dollars worth of steel. Yet we go about our business.

That possibility is just the cost of living near people. With nukes "near" means "on the same planet".

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Re:Endgame: how Australian preppers are bugging out and hunk... by gumby on Monday October 29, 2018 @12:51PM (#18328959)

And the irony is that though in theory your local n is smaller than that of the entire globe, in reality the number of people who could launch an ICBM is miniscule while, as you point you, you typically are in proximity to quite a few on a given day (even in Australia).

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