Greg KnaussShout out to Gen X, and the existential dread of imminent nuclear apocalypse!
Jack Brewster@gknauss I'm still writing 1980's on my existential dread.
Isabel RuffellIt was never all it's cracked up to have been.
gws
Carina C. Zona@gknauss vivid flashbacks to The Day After, Red Dawn, and Testament
Erin Brown
Earsmeardius@earsmeardius is that this one? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_Game The title reminds me of "WarGames" with Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy, another cold war classic.
@cczona Yes, that's the one. It was on YT.
We watched it in school. 😱
We watched it in school. 😱
@earsmeardius @cczona They had you watch it in school?!
Anthony Sorace
🇨🇦 Maverick ✊🇲🇲🇺🇦🇻🇪🇬🇱@gknauss Wolverines!
donutage (Bill Cole)
Forest FernAyep. The decades-old nightmare below the surface begins to itch more than it has in a long time.
'The Day After:' Nuclear-attack TV movie horrifies America in 1983 | WABC-TV Vault
Ozzie D, NP-hard 
@forestfern @gknauss *dusts off The Watchmen*
Deb Nam-Krane@gknauss Thank you! This is what I've been saying.
"Mediocre Bunny" Evelyn@gknauss And they say us Boomers have nothing in common with Gen Z. 😎
Dirk RitterOh thank you! At last! 🥳
Yeah. We're sort of experts. But that eerie feeling never really went away, so the answer is no, you don't ever really “get used to it“. You're welcome!
WhichOne'sPink 🇫🇮@gknauss A constant hum over the last sixty or so years.
Jen, MPH :verified::@gknauss except this time, the existential dread's main villain of imminent nuclear apocalypse is our own leader!
Also, I was told Project 2025 is from the Reagan era, but did not realize they wanted conflict with Iran back too!
AbsintheAh, Reagan made a DEAL with Iran before his presidency!
skribe 🇺🇦 
Conny Nasch
Dizzy@gknauss Old fear reacquired.
Dianora (Diane Bruce)@gknauss I can assure you that air raid sirens going off at 3 am (squirrels apparently) can traumatize any young child.
Yet another Josh 
J_Peregrine@gknauss @Meyerweb
Do you remember early September 83'
There was a period of three days we thought there would be nuclear war. I spent those three days holes up in paradise reading sci-fi short stories.
I have a history of dealing with bad shit by doing fun things. We held parties in college when the Persian Gulf war began. Now I am watching cat videos.
Do you remember early September 83'
There was a period of three days we thought there would be nuclear war. I spent those three days holes up in paradise reading sci-fi short stories.
I have a history of dealing with bad shit by doing fun things. We held parties in college when the Persian Gulf war began. Now I am watching cat videos.