The "H-Bomb Hukilau"....'Fo Realz?
8 years ago
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"Si quid per iocum dixi, nolito in serium convertere."
("If I have said anything in jest, do not turn it into a serious thing.") -Plautus
"Si quid per iocum dixi, nolito in serium convertere."
("If I have said anything in jest, do not turn it into a serious thing.") -Plautus
Ok, here's a breakdown of what happened to me today:
8:00ish am: I was eating breakfast when my dad came in asking if I've recieved any warning of a "inbound ballistic missile" on my phone. After turning it on, (which I had left off for 2 weeks due to robocalling) I did receive one after a few minutes. Maybe it's because I'm still getting over the flu, but I didn't seem to react with a great deal of alarm or urgency. Either that, or it was because of the fact that I was watching Fox News (Yes, I'm one of those people, and I'm not ashamed to admit it), but seeing how they, or any of the other cable news networks, which would occasionally interrupt with actual news didn't break from their usual Trumpdump. Or that all the broadcast channels were still showing college basketball (save for one, which did broadcast the aforementioned HiCD warning), something didn't add up to me. And there were no warning sirens either.
Sure enough, 40 minutes or so later, I was proven right: Fasle Alarm caused by some one pushing the wrong button.....OOOOOPPPSSSSS!
I could go on with my feelings about all this, but as I said, I have the flu, and I'm having a time just to put this down, so I'll just say this:
All those cartoons you've seen me draw spoofing this isn't me not taking this seriously, it's me trying to cope with what is otherwise a very intolerable situation.
...And there will be more of them.... cartoons I mean.
8:00ish am: I was eating breakfast when my dad came in asking if I've recieved any warning of a "inbound ballistic missile" on my phone. After turning it on, (which I had left off for 2 weeks due to robocalling) I did receive one after a few minutes. Maybe it's because I'm still getting over the flu, but I didn't seem to react with a great deal of alarm or urgency. Either that, or it was because of the fact that I was watching Fox News (Yes, I'm one of those people, and I'm not ashamed to admit it), but seeing how they, or any of the other cable news networks, which would occasionally interrupt with actual news didn't break from their usual Trumpdump. Or that all the broadcast channels were still showing college basketball (save for one, which did broadcast the aforementioned HiCD warning), something didn't add up to me. And there were no warning sirens either.
Sure enough, 40 minutes or so later, I was proven right: Fasle Alarm caused by some one pushing the wrong button.....OOOOOPPPSSSSS!
I could go on with my feelings about all this, but as I said, I have the flu, and I'm having a time just to put this down, so I'll just say this:
All those cartoons you've seen me draw spoofing this isn't me not taking this seriously, it's me trying to cope with what is otherwise a very intolerable situation.
...And there will be more of them.... cartoons I mean.

Susi
~susi
Really glad the panic didn't hit you too badly, dude. Was thinking about you when I heard about this.
Rif_Foxworthy
~riffoxworthy
Yeah, that's a hell of an "Oops". I'm thinking half the population will want someone's head to roll for that. Would Mr. Kim really launch an unprovoked attack like that?
Tai-1
~tai-1
I thought of you when I'd heard the news. I hear ya on the coping mechanism.
reddrgn
~reddrgn
weird, fox news was actually useful?
delete341
~delete341
On the bright side, they learned how to improve the system. Likely a cover over the button. Considering the system has not been used since the end of the cold war.
tyrannosaur1984
~tyrannosaur1984
Reminds of the Holloween 1938 radio broadcast of "War Of The Worlds" by Orson Wells,people really belived they were being invade by Martians. And yes,Kim Dong Un is a douchebag!
elkit
~elkit
OP
Except this wasn't some radio drama.
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