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Lesley Carhart 
I didn’t actually have a plan to survive Mad Max in a nuclear safe zone, guys.
John Maxwell@hacks4pancakes Yet here you are.
Paul Dot X@hacks4pancakes so you've discounted an On The Beach scenario.
FlohEinstein@bosconet Nevil Shute's "On the Beach". that's the book I wanted to tell @hacks4pancakes about. Since they're in the Southern hemisphere, they might survive us all!
Murdoc
morb@hacks4pancakes wait a second, they filmed that in Australia
David PIt's set in Australia, in Melbourne and Frankston ("Frangas"), which then was a beach side getaway from the city. Now just another suburb on Port Phillip.
The most often repeated quote attributed to Ava Gardner from "On The Beach" is:
"On the Beach is a story about the end of the world, and Melbourne sure is the right place to film it."
However, was apparently fabricated by a journalist. Nonetheless, in those days it was largely true.
On the Beach, 60 years on, still makes a mark at the bottom of the world
It was, in every sense, the biggest film ever made in Melbourne. The stars were some of Hollywood's biggest: square-jawed Gregory Peck, glamorous Ava Gardner, twinkle-toed Fred Astaire. No wonder crowds lined the streets to watch them at work.
noplasticshower@hacks4pancakes what is this "nuclear safe zone" you speak of?
Patrick Coyle@noplasticshower @hacks4pancakes Read 'On the Beach' by Neville Shute for a 1957 take on the idea. One of the original 'post-nuclear-holicaust' books.
@Pjcoyle @hacks4pancakes I don't believe any humans will survive nuclear war...cute 1960s fiction.
Mutually assured destruction means just what you might think.
So my question to Lesley was more rhetorical than anything else.
David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)@noplasticshower @Pjcoyle @hacks4pancakes
You should really read On The Beach. You agree with the author.
@david_chisnall @Pjcoyle @hacks4pancakes I ordered it. But I also know the guy who did SALT2 personally.
@noplasticshower @hacks4pancakes In 'On the Beach' they did not survive long....
amlor@hacks4pancakes yes, I too have planned to die quickly.
Mike Fraser@hacks4pancakes I train for Mad Max by parking at Costco during peak times.
Mike Siegel@hacks4pancakes have you bought your 1973 Ford Falcon XB yet?
Bruce Heerssen 
Something that Mad Max didn't tell you: gasoline lasts, at best, a few months before starting to gel up. You'll need as much stabilizing additive as you can get.
Perth Wolfman@hacks4pancakes a lot of Mad Max was filmed in the Western suburbs of Melbourne.
The Silicon Sorceress@perthwolfman @hacks4pancakes Well it could always be worse. At least you're not in Melbourne.
Phil Burg (he/him)@perthwolfman @hacks4pancakes And Max's house, down at Fairhaven, was repainted a few years back - but it's still recognisable from the road.
The cop hq was filmed in the underground car park at Melbourne Uni. I think it's the only heritage listed car park (at least in Australia).
brettshavers@hacks4pancakes Given a fork in the road, one road leading to the to-be-Ground Zero and the other going outside the blast radius (but in the fallout zone), I think the Ground Zero route will be gridlock.
Eldritch kcarruthers@hacks4pancakes told you it was a good idea to come here 🤗
radar man from the moonSorta feel like the world just took "do you thrive in a fast-paced environment?" from every Indeed job posting and just fucking ran with it.
Dan BocainUnfortunately, "I told you so" doesn't feel so good when the reality is what it is... but damn it, "I TOLD YOU SO!"
How I view voters who picked that guy:
Voted for him in 2016? Maybe you didn't know better.
Voted for him in 2020? You voted party over country.
Voted for him in 2024, after seeing how he reacted to losing in 2020? You can get fucked.
Ron Bowes@hacks4pancakes evergreen
Eric McCorkleThere's a reason I use names like the volklischer beobachter and "the Daily Gaslight" to refer to legacy press now.
ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES#midterms coming up
#register to vote now
show up in the #primaries to get real left #candidates in a few weeks
if that fails, show up in the general #election anyways even if you feel the #democrats are shit
they are shit
that's not the fucking point. it's just tactics in a larger war
the point is to get the #house to freeze the #trump agenda
#VOTE, MOTHERFUCKERS
lazy entitlement because you don't get perfect only helps #MAGA
T. J. Bombadil@hacks4pancakes And so so much dumber than we thought.
ferricoxide@hacks4pancakes
No matter how adequately-cynical you think you are, there's always some unreasonably-hopeful part of you that thinks, "someone with the power to do so will try to at least slow him down." #Nope. Not even the mainline Democrats seem all that interested.
No matter how adequately-cynical you think you are, there's always some unreasonably-hopeful part of you that thinks, "someone with the power to do so will try to at least slow him down." #Nope. Not even the mainline Democrats seem all that interested.
Paul_IPv6in the list of things where being able to say "i told you so" is of zero comfort, both of TACO's terms have been among the most painful in my entire life.
slash@hacks4pancakes @hacks4pancakes I'll say it again; I feel sorry for the Trump voters. At some point, when they look at the ruins that used to be America, they'll have to deal with the fact that this was all _their_ fault, their own fault, their own most grievous fault.
Fouad@agreeable_landfall @hacks4pancakes
Not all of it. Shit was bad before Trump. The fact that someone like him can get elected is a sign of a failing system. He definitely put more nails in that coffin though.
To some his blatant disregard for everything is a refreshing change from the hypocrisy of both parties before him.
Just sayin it would be like blaming Netanyahu for the occupation of Palestine.