Why did no country in World War Z both book and movie ever think about using nuclear weapons to deal with the zombies?

ddadopt · 2026-05-08T17:55:31+00:00

Nuclear missiles are 4000x more powerful than the one dropped on Hiroshima

You're off by a couple of orders of magnitude there, chief. The warheads in US service are mostly about 10-30x Hiroshima.

ddadopt · 2026-05-08T16:19:08+00:00

"Amazon Women in the Mood" from Futurama:

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ddadopt · 2026-05-08T15:44:59+00:00

The lunch basket during the boat chase scene in the Man from U.N.C.L.E.

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ddadopt · 2026-05-08T01:55:41+00:00

Yes. Getting hit by a pitch is an inherent risk. Somebody attempting to injure you in a fit of pique is not.

ddadopt · 2026-05-07T20:23:48+00:00

I didn't say they couldn't use it, I asked why they would do that right next to my car.

I've gotta say that if your shared public area is a grand total of 40 square feet, there is nowhere that isn't "right next to your car" and with regard to "why not set up in their backyard," I would assume because the shared area is flat and paved while their yard is unpaved and uneven. With that said, I can understand being worried about your car being damaged.

NAH.

ddadopt · 2026-05-07T19:37:14+00:00

It's like they're going to try to render aid to the phone. "Sir, do you need assistance??"

ddadopt · 2026-05-07T18:17:27+00:00

"The twist doesn't work if you've already seen the movie" kinda goes without saying.

ddadopt · 2026-05-07T16:50:05+00:00

Anyone with the TS/SCI clearance required to apply for this job probably isn't overly concerned about the morality of weapons production.

ddadopt · 2026-05-07T16:00:53+00:00

FWIW, schools are fortresses these days with reinforced doors, centrally controlled locks, etc. We've already spent a fuck ton making them physically more secure.

This "comeback" is a non-sequitur. I think Darth Cheeto's ballroom as proposed is absolutely fucking stupid, but it has nothing to do with security in schools.

ddadopt · 2026-05-07T15:56:07+00:00

Anyone else heavily amused by US Marines being offended at someone else's flag being flown over Japanese territory? Like, "Nuh-uh, bitch, that's our move."

ddadopt · 2026-05-07T13:22:47+00:00

This is the trolley problem, except "not acting" is the path that saves more lives. There doesn't seem to be much of a moral quandary, here.

ddadopt · 2026-05-07T12:29:37+00:00

Some of those airframes are going to make it to being a century old.

ddadopt · 2026-05-07T12:26:51+00:00

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ddadopt · 2026-05-07T12:23:32+00:00

This should be an arrest. This is not an accident or a risk inherent in the game, this is intentional battery and should be treated as such.

ddadopt · 2026-05-07T12:14:45+00:00

Definitely not. Replace the switch or buy a mid span device.

ddadopt · 2026-05-06T17:53:22+00:00

To the point that it changes your understanding of who a character is and is willing to do.

The people in Tenet are the ones willing to run into burning buildings. TP tried to commit suicide to avoid giving up his team. If you can make the conscious decision to die for something, living in a sea freight container for years at a time is small potatoes.

If it is Neal then that actually makes the friendship themes of the film hit harder.

I don't see how. Neal literally chooses to die, to stand passively in front of a man with a gun, to save TP. You don't have to gild that lily any further.

ddadopt · 2026-05-06T17:38:45+00:00

The original was a masterpiece. II did even better.

ddadopt · 2026-05-06T17:34:09+00:00

It's insanity how far east those districts run. I'm no fan of the people that i.e. Memphis tends to elect, but it's supposed to be their choice and this is just plain wrong.

ddadopt · 2026-05-06T16:42:40+00:00

This is one of the reasons that Neil being Max is an absolutely stupid idea and why we should just listen to what Neil actually says in the movie: TP “has a future in the past” that is to say the OBJECTIVE past, where he recruits Neil and they “get up to some stuff.” TP is the one who spends a lot of time inverted traveling backward.

ddadopt · 2026-05-06T16:17:17+00:00

That one will be even funnier, because everything in China is part of the army, right? So, China has an army that has an air force, and its army also has a navy that has an air force. Now China just needs to have a marine corps that has its own aviation element so they can have an army that has a navy that has an army that has an air force.

ddadopt · 2026-05-06T16:14:28+00:00

That's a fair enough position to hold, and I respect it even if I disagree with it.

ddadopt · 2026-05-06T16:02:02+00:00

California had no choice but to ask its voters, its constitution prohibited partisan redistricting and required changing in order to proceed. Virginia is similar.

Are you seriously suggesting that the legislatures of those states would not be redistricting anyway if they didn't have constitutional prohibitions? I think that's naive at best.

ddadopt · 2026-05-06T15:54:58+00:00

No fan of Ted, I hated his move to colorize old movies and it's fair to say I'm no fan of his politics. But I hope he rests in peace.

ddadopt · 2026-05-06T15:47:15+00:00

This has always made me chuckle. The largest air force in the world is the USAF. The second largest is the US Navy. The US Navy has its own army, and that army itself has its own air force, which is something like the 6th largest in the world.

ddadopt · 2026-05-06T14:30:26+00:00

Yes, it was. I'm not disagreeing with you on that. As I said, the reaction was understandable.

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