[News] Doomsday Clock moved to just two minutes to 'apocalypse'

[Shropshire Seagull]

That clock is flawed - the closest the world has ever been to nuclear oblivion was the Cuban missile crises in Oct-63 and that's not even on there. We were probably only 10 seconds away on that scale ....

Scaremongers and bed-wetters ....

 

[banjo]

 

[beorhthelm]

was someone bored coming up with this? really, is there nothing else in the world, so they report on an imaginary clock being moved an arbitrary amount, towards an indeterminate event?

 

[Muzzman]

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[Badger]

Does this include Fergie time?

Yeah they haven't told us how many minutes are going to be added on.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

That clock is flawed - the closest the world has ever been to nuclear oblivion was the Cuban missile crises in Oct-63 and that's not even on there. We were probably only 10 seconds away on that scale ....

Scaremongers and bed-wetters ....

13 days of holding our breath to see who would blink first. Fortunately, it was Khrushchev.

Ps it was Oct 62.

 

[jakarta]

Perhaps we need to turn this into a Music Thread...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY

 

[Brok]

Heading down to the Winchester, wait for this to all blow over.

Not me.
I want to be there, so I can tell my grandchildren what a mushroom cloud looks like from underneath.

 

[pearl]

https://youtu.be/UwNDBaiLTsI

 

[Seasidesage]

I blame Palace fans

 

[Luke93]

I missed it. Did we all die?

 

[WhingForPresident]

I missed it. Did we all die?

Yes, all because of a TWEET from TRUMP.

 

[Charlies Shinpad]

Nuclear Submarines were at 15 minutes notice to fire during the Cold War

 

[Mo Gosfield]

Perhaps we need to turn this into a Music Thread...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY

Try....Eve of Destruction ( Barry McGuire ) circa 1967.

 

[Mo Gosfield]

Perhaps we need to turn this into a Music Thread...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY

Eve of Destruction ( Barry McGuire ).....about 50 yeras ago!!

 

[Hugo Rune]

I blame Palace fans

And they blame Cantona’s Kung Fu kick!

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Try....Eve of Destruction ( Barry McGuire ) circa 1967.

Written in 64, and a hit in 65.

 

[Noah All]

There's a lot you can do in 2 minutes .....

 

[Thecoffeecake]

We're closer to nuclear war now than we were during the Cold War. It was never really a possibility at that time, both countries were fear mongering to stabilize their regime (USSR), or building a consensus for a permanent war-time economy (US). Nothing like a good dose of fear induced patriotism to build popular support.

 

[Taybha]

Statistically you are more likely to be killed by a honey badger than a nuclear explosion .