Don't go around tonight...

[Turn2]

Yew durned kids, don't know nuthin' 'bout a-hidin' under your desk to survive a nuclear attack. Duck n Cover, bub.

… Don't go around tonight
Well it's bound to take your life

I heard “it came out of the sky and landed just a little south of Moline.”

 

[20eyes]

Wasn't that The In-Laws?

 

[BCClone]

I still am amazed that incase of a nuclear attack in the 50-70s. They told you to crawl under your desk, like what will that really do?

 

[Sigmapolis]

CCR is such a good band.

 

[ricochet]

But the odds of harming someone is 1 in 2,467, which I'd argue is a made up number. But anyway, that's not the odds it'll hit you in particular. Those would be much lower odds than the lottery. The odds of someone winning the lottery are much higher than 1 in 2,467.

But seriously, has someone figured up just how much it's costing us to track this thing and dedicate personelle to this? Seems like maybe a waste?

You know we track everything in orbit around the earth, right? Every satellite plus every piece of space junk and debris from explosions and collisions. If somebody tossed a golf ball out of a spacecraft we are tracking it.

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

I still am amazed that incase of a nuclear attack in the 50-70s. They told you to crawl under your desk, like what will that really do?

So you can put your head between your legs and kiss your ass good bye.

 

[RoseClone]

I still am amazed that incase of a nuclear attack in the 50-70s. They told you to crawl under your desk, like what will that really do?

Wow, you mean the government and experts tell us to do things that don't really prevent or accomplish anything? Who'd a thunk it?

 

[pourcyne]

I still am amazed that incase of a nuclear attack in the 50-70s. They told you to crawl under your desk, like what will that really do?

I know of at least one Iowa school district where kids had to walk in front of a series of glass windows to get to the tornado shelter.

Any questions?

 

[clonedude]

So did this thing crash somewhere or what?

 

[Pat]

Wow, you mean the government and experts tell us to do things that don't really prevent or accomplish anything? Who'd a thunk it?

Good thing that would never happen today. We are much wiser now.

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

I still am amazed that incase of a nuclear attack in the 50-70s. They told you to crawl under your desk, like what will that really do?

Indiana Jones taught us hiding in a fridge is better

 

[VeloClone]

But the odds of harming someone is 1 in 2,467, which I'd argue is a made up number. But anyway, that's not the odds it'll hit you in particular. Those would be much lower odds than the lottery. The odds of someone winning the lottery are much higher than 1 in 2,467.

But seriously, has someone figured up just how much it's costing us to track this thing and dedicate personelle to this? Seems like maybe a waste?

They are tracking literally thousands of pieces of space junk, not just this one satellite.

 

[CloneIce]

But the odds of harming someone is 1 in 2,467, which I'd argue is a made up number. But anyway, that's not the odds it'll hit you in particular. Those would be much lower odds than the lottery. The odds of someone winning the lottery are much higher than 1 in 2,467.

But seriously, has someone figured up just how much it's costing us to track this thing and dedicate personelle to this? Seems like maybe a waste?

Not tracking all these near earth objects that may crash into earth or collide above earth would be incredibly short sighted, lazy, and downright stupid.

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

Indiana Jones taught us hiding in a fridge is better

And you will definitely live after being shot 3 miles through the air into a sand dune; while inside a refrigerator...

 

[Zyklon]

****

On the other hand, your chance of dying from a gunshot in the United States was 1 in 89 in 2021.

Source: https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/all-injuries/preventable-death-overview/odds-of-dying/

1 out of 89 Americans died from a gunshot in 2021?

 

[VeloClone]

1 out of 89 Americans died from a gunshot in 2021?

Maybe 1 out of every 89 Americans who were shot died from the gunshot?

 

[Turn2]

Still a "nope"?

Blinding flash over Kyiv was probably meteor, says Ukraine space agency

Nasa denies the flash which lit up the sky was caused by a satellite falling to Earth.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[pourcyne]

1 out of 89 Americans died from a gunshot in 2021?

Remember that this is all deaths, including accidents and suicides, not just nut bombs murdering young women in their driveway. And, as we all know, betting the odds does not always result in a payoff, as it were.

2021 CDC Data Shows Record Number of Gun Deaths

CDC data suggests nearly 49,000 people died from gun violence in 2021. The national gun violence crisis demands action.

giffords.org

 

[Cyclonepride]

I still am amazed that incase of a nuclear attack in the 50-70s. They told you to crawl under your desk, like what will that really do?

Security theater. Keep em scared

 

[CloneIce]

I still am amazed that incase of a nuclear attack in the 50-70s. They told you to crawl under your desk, like what will that really do?

Eh, if you were far enough from the blast to not be toasted but still hit by the shockwave it could help protect the kids from fallling debris or flying glass. That’s about it.