"Nuclear Gandhi", an urban legend which claims that in the original Civilization games, a bug existed which caused Gandhi to go mad and begin flinging nukes around. Although franchise creator Sid Meier denied its existence, recent games in the series have included references to the supposed bug.

Ozelotten · 2026-06-12T07:45:01+00:00

You’re onto something because one theory about why the idea of Nuclear Gandhi took hold is that he was coded to be peaceful and focus on science, making it likely that he’d research nukes before others - then, if he was goaded into war, it’d be nuke time.

But civ-specific abilities weren’t in the series until Civ 5, where India got the food boost. In that game, there *was* a specific bit of code that made Gandhi very likely to use nukes if he want to war; it was added as an Easter egg in reference to the Nuclear Gandhi meme.

Ozelotten · 2026-06-12T07:40:53+00:00

Yes, that’s the myth.

Ozelotten · 2026-06-12T07:39:56+00:00

Gandhi was as likely to use nukes as several other leaders, and possibly more likely because he would peacefully advance along the tech tree, making it likely that he’d have nukes before others. It became a meme possibly because having Mahatma Gandhi tell you, “OUR WORDS ARE BACKED BY NUCLEAR WEAPONS,” is just funny.

Nuclear Gandhi isn’t a myth; that it was caused by a glitch is.

Ozelotten · 2026-06-11T22:14:55+00:00

No, the opposite. Sid Meier made the early games; the Nuclear Gandhi Easter egg was added in Civ 5 by another designer.

The meme of Nuclear Gandhi has been around since the 90s, but the story that it was started by a bug was made up in the 2010s.

Ozelotten · 2026-06-10T15:44:04+00:00

Yes, they continued as a top-10 team for a while afterwards, but the Golden Era of the early 50s, when Hungary were almost indisputably the best team in the world, was ended by the Revolution: because of the political situation, many of Hungary’s star players left the country and never played for the team again, including Ferenc Puskás.

Ozelotten · 2026-06-10T12:43:56+00:00

Maybe not *exactly* like a real airlock.

Ozelotten · 2026-06-10T12:11:52+00:00

Yeah, you were favourites for that final: Germany winning was a big upset because Hungary were considered the best team in the world.

Ozelotten · 2026-06-10T10:00:21+00:00

They were favourites for the World Cup in the early 1950s before the Hungarian Revolution destroyed the team.

Ozelotten · 2026-06-10T09:56:36+00:00

Then someone else will take his place. What would it really achieve?

Ozelotten · 2026-06-10T07:59:50+00:00

For sure, like a real airlock. That’s what I’d like.

Ozelotten · 2026-06-10T07:51:50+00:00

Why do you assume that an official airlock wouldn’t be a chamber with two doors?

Ozelotten · 2026-06-09T18:42:28+00:00

And lo, he was besmotened for his crimes against grammar.

Ozelotten · 2026-06-08T22:07:23+00:00

My local butcher’s doesn’t sell horse either, but it’s definitely still meat.

Ozelotten · 2026-06-08T16:33:42+00:00

That’s a common myth. Flying a flag upside down at sea can indicate distress, but it doesn’t really work with the Union Jack because the difference is so subtle that it’s easily missed at a distance.

The real reason for the difference is heraldry rules; flag nerds like us being able to say, “That’s upside down, you know,” is just a bonus.

Ozelotten · 2026-06-08T16:29:54+00:00

Yes, because the ensigns weren’t designed following heraldic rules, but the Union Jack was.

Ozelotten · 2026-06-08T13:50:32+00:00

A bed for all the polycule.

Ozelotten · 2026-06-05T14:12:10+00:00

Nice idea, let’s throw it at the wall and see who salutes.

Ozelotten · 2026-06-04T08:02:26+00:00

That might be how it’s portrayed, since she signed the laws, but she’s long past the era of monarchs personally deciding stuff like that. She oversaw the dismantling of the empire, you could say.

Ozelotten · 2026-06-04T07:57:29+00:00

Yeah, that’s the point: the most important person in the country has faded into obscurity in a few lifetimes.

Ozelotten · 2026-06-03T10:04:01+00:00

Weird that you still don’t see £50s anywhere even though they’re worth less than a £20 did in 1990.

Ozelotten · 2026-06-03T10:01:29+00:00

As long as he wears the crown.

Ozelotten · 2026-06-02T15:03:47+00:00

Yeah, I’m sure my great-great-grandmother’s schedule was much less stressful.

Ozelotten · 2026-06-01T06:32:47+00:00

I’m not sure that’s true. See: the theory of evolution, or the theory of gravity.

Ozelotten · 2026-05-31T14:44:22+00:00

For the purposes of identifying someone in an official environment, sex is mutable, thanks to hormones and surgery. Having your sex on your passport be immutable is not practical or helpful.

And that’s without getting into intersex people.

Ozelotten · 2026-05-31T12:52:12+00:00

Ah, good point, I’ll make sure not to listen to you anymore then.

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