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4. In the face of a climate disaster, dark comedy. Like Dr. Strangelove.

Reply to NNadir (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 15, 2026, 11:24 AM

Yesterday

Absurd characters claiming nuclear energy, and only nuclear energy as a possible solution, and doing everything they can think of, which amounts to nothing, against those who are doing good work to develop obtainable and sustainable energy solutions.

Yeah, it’s kind of funny. Not as funny as Dr. Strangelove, of course, because those characters were charming and relatable, but nuclear bros do have a little of that Gen. Jack D. Ripper kind of paranoia that deserves ridicule as well as revulsion. "Anti-Nukes are destroying our world. Anti-Nukes have contempt for human decency. That’s the way your hard-core Anti-Nuke works, Mandrake." Cuckoo.

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