Matt HaleApr 7
Greg Knauss
Shout out to Gen X, and the existential dread of imminent nuclear apocalypse!
Apr 7 at 9:38pmIvory for iOS
Show threadJack BrewsterApr 7
@gknauss I'm still writing 1980's on my existential dread.
Show threadIsabel RuffellApr 7

@gknauss

It was never all it's cracked up to have been.

Show threadgwsApr 7
@gknauss 🤞🌮
Show threadCarina C. ZonaApr 7
@gknauss vivid flashbacks to The Day After, Red Dawn, and Testament
Show threadErin BrownApr 7
@cczona @gknauss Threads! 😬
Show threadEarsmeardiusApr 8
@rinkside @cczona @gknauss The War Game
Show threadCarina C. ZonaApr 8
@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.
The War Game - Wikipedia

Show threadEarsmeardiusApr 8
@cczona Yes, that's the one. It was on YT.
We watched it in school. 😱
Show threadErin BrownApr 8
@earsmeardius @cczona They had you watch it in school?!
Show threadEarsmeardiusApr 13
@rinkside @cczona Yeah.
It must have been high school but that's where I saw it.
Show threadAnthony SoraceApr 7
@gknauss @Meyerweb Not the retro I was looking for.
Show thread🇨🇦 Maverick ✊🇲🇲🇺🇦🇻🇪🇬🇱Apr 8
@gknauss Wolverines!
Show threaddonutage (Bill Cole)Apr 8
@gknauss @Meyerweb One of the many things I don't miss about the 80s.
Show threadForest FernApr 8

@gknauss

Ayep. The decades-old nightmare below the surface begins to itch more than it has in a long time.

https://youtu.be/aG-e52yAxfs

'The Day After:' Nuclear-attack TV movie horrifies America in 1983 | WABC-TV Vault

YouTube
Show threadOzzie D, NP-hard  Apr 8
@forestfern @gknauss *dusts off The Watchmen*
Show threadDeb Nam-KraneApr 8
@gknauss Thank you! This is what I've been saying.
Show thread"Mediocre Bunny" EvelynApr 8

@gknauss And they say us Boomers have nothing in common with Gen Z. 😎

#WeWillAllBurnTogetherWhenWeBurn

Show threadMajestästbeleidigung e.V.Apr 8

@gknauss

Oh 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!

Show threadWhichOne'sPink 🇫🇮Apr 8
@gknauss A constant hum over the last sixty or so years.
Show threadJen, MPH :verified:Apr 8

@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!

Show threadskribe 🇺🇦 Apr 8
@gknauss whatever.
Show threadConny NaschApr 8
@gknauss and this happens:
Show threadDizzyApr 8
@gknauss for us this was just a Tuesday 😎
Show threadEarsmeardiusApr 8
@gknauss Old fear reacquired.
Show threadDianora (Diane Bruce)Apr 8
@gknauss I can assure you that air raid sirens going off at 3 am (squirrels apparently) can traumatize any young child.
Show threadYet another Josh Apr 8
@gknauss
Dont forget #nuclear #raid #drills in school, where we pretend that hiding under our melamine desk would protect us.
Show threadJ_PeregrineApr 8
@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.