• Trudge [Comrade]@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    A single prehistoric nuclear bomb developed by nomads living in the steppes of the North American subcontinent killed over 100,000 people. What are these people on?

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        1 year ago

        I hate explaining jokes since it’s not funny, but
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        Steppe - Hanford site where the nuclear bomb was first created and tested is a steppe.
        Nomad - Scientists traveled from all over the country to the Hanford site and returned back months or years later, which is a nomadic migratory pattern.

        I’m just using words that colonizers use to describe native cultures in a description of the Manhattan Project. Quite accurately, in fact. That’s the joke haha…

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      1 year ago

      A single prehistoric nuclear bomb developed by nomads living in the steppes of the North American subcontinent

      peltier-laugh

      If I had to guess, they assume all nukes will only hit other silos.