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Re:Nuclear explosion impact on humans indoors by tablespoon on Friday January 20, 2023 @02:14AM (#34450062)
>> My sincere hope for my family and I in a mid-grade to all-out nuclear exchange is that we perish immediately

> Amen to that. With a family with small kids, I can only hope that we don't even realise what is happening and die instantly.

You probably won't, though, unless you deliberately decide stay very close to a high-value target at all times. IIRC, the casualty estimates in NukeMap (https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/) show large amounts of the population would survive the initial blasts.

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Re:Nuclear explosion impact on humans indoors by midoridensha on Friday January 20, 2023 @02:42AM (#34450195)
Have fun dealing with the global starvation that happens later.
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Re:Nuclear explosion impact on humans indoors by lukan on Friday January 20, 2023 @03:12AM (#34450354)
No one talks about fun here, but it is something different wanting to go on despise hardships vs. giving all up (and the people dependant on you).
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Re:Nuclear explosion impact on humans indoors by tablespoon on Friday January 20, 2023 @10:47AM (#34454635)
> Have fun dealing with the global starvation that happens later.

My point is: most of the people wishing they'd die instantly will probably have that "fun," too, unless they have weird habits meant to maximize that possibility that and/or a solid suicide plan (e.g. running around with a concealed-carry pistol).

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