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Culture War Roundup for the week of April 20, 2026

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Trump being assassinated would be that, I think it's possible that even @Amadan would be ok with a low effort starter post if that happened. Not sure if a possible failed assassination attempt against Trump is massive enough, though.

Total nuclear war would certainly justify bending the rules, in my book. But then, if you're rushing to The Motte to write a post after total nuclear war starts, you might want to reconsider your competence at making decisions.

Actually I disagree. Even if nuclear war happens, at least wait until you have some source you can link, even if it is just some twitter accounts. If you post before you have any sources, it might just be a hoax.

The purpose of the CW thread is not to communicate emergency civil defense information. We have other channels for that.

I mean, "the civil defence sirens went off" would be a bit hard to link but, during a crisis, would be a pretty-good sign that it's not a hoax. (Seeing a mushroom cloud would be an extremely-good sign, but I suppose you could attach a pic.)

First! Not that anyone will see it since we we’ll all be dead in minutes!

It's not that hard to survive a nuclear war, though location's rather important. I'd expect a number of us to survive, particularly me.

That said, you'd expect EMP to sever communications and power grids, so it would indeed not be up for long.

Depends on how many nukes are launched

In theory, yes, but the amount needed to kill everyone exceeds the amount of nukes that have ever been built.

Everything I know about surviving a nuclear war I learned from Alas, Babylon, but it's not very helpful in my current geographic location.

Haven't seen that.

But then, if you're rushing to The Motte to write a post after total nuclear war starts, you might want to reconsider your competence at making decisions.

Depends on how much prep you already have done. Most of the relevant stuff can be done either well in advance or when the crisis starts.

Trump being assassinated would be that, I think it's possible that even @Amadan would be ok with a low effort starter post if that happened.

Even for that we would prefer more than just someone rushing to be the first to post the news.

Total nuclear war? Sure, post your good-byes while you can.

Even for that we would prefer more than just someone rushing to be the first to post the news.

Total nuclear war? Sure, post your good-byes while you can.

Last!

I laughed a long time at this.

I assume the "total nuclear war" exception extends to anything that's an imminent and significant emergency warning for theMotte or a large fraction of its members? "Carrington-class flare incoming, unplug all your electronics ASAP", that sort of thing?

Presumably any situation where the mods won't be capable of banning you the following day regardless of what you post.

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