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Mon Jan-04-10 12:38 AM
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Wow, same here. I was born in 1965 but had dreams about nuclear strikes and the aftermath all through the late 70s. Very vivid dreams, too. I read "On the Beach" at an early age, which I think triggered some of it. Three Mile Island probably contributed as well--that's an intriguing suggestion.
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| -KA-BOOM!! Your fears about nuclear war (+ your age) |
Bucky |
Jan-03-10 10:02 PM |
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If you are old enough to remember the Cuban Missile Crisis |
The Velveteen Ocelot |
Jan-03-10 10:06 PM |
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Or just old enough to remember Duck & Cover |
dflprincess |
Jan-03-10 10:16 PM |
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Duck and cover |
kohodog |
Jan-03-10 10:27 PM |
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OMG that just gives me chills.... |
pipi_k |
Jan-04-10 09:19 AM |
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You've got to wonder if it was some sort of psyops, don't you? |
Matariki |
Jan-04-10 03:42 PM |
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I remember being crouched on the cold marble floor. |
Hatchling |
Jan-05-10 10:19 AM |
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Or why many of us cannot embrace nuclear power now |
madokie |
Jan-04-10 09:36 AM |
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That too |
dflprincess |
Jan-04-10 12:25 PM |
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Yup. |
murielm99 |
Jan-04-10 01:32 AM |
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Yup I had nightmares that I still remember |
Raine |
Jan-04-10 07:28 PM |
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I've got a nice tune that goes to the song "Ring around a rosie"... |
scubadude |
Jan-03-10 10:08 PM |
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I was born in 1964, |
StarfarerBill |
Jan-03-10 10:08 PM |
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OMG, you and I had the exact same experience. |
closeupready |
Jan-03-10 10:17 PM |
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It could be that Three Mile Island triggered those dreams. |
StarfarerBill |
Jan-03-10 10:29 PM |
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I'm glad we didn't get atomized. LOL |
closeupready |
Jan-03-10 10:41 PM |
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lol. Yep, I am too. |
StarfarerBill |
Jan-03-10 10:48 PM |
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I dunno... if they'd taken out Wyoming would that really be so bad? |
Bucky |
Jan-03-10 11:47 PM |
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Me, too! |
romana |
Jan-04-10 12:38 AM |
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Yeah...looking back, perhaps reading novels like "A Canticle for Liebowitz" and "Level 7"... |
StarfarerBill |
Jan-04-10 10:03 AM |
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A Canticle for Liebowitz and Level 7 |
mochajava666 |
Jan-04-10 10:35 AM |
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Sounds like you went to a cool high school, dood. |
StarfarerBill |
Jan-04-10 12:50 PM |
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"Alas, Babylon," too -nt |
Terry in Austin |
Jan-04-10 03:49 PM |
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That was the one that got me - it was set near where I grew up |
csziggy |
Jan-04-10 11:49 PM |
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It was a fairly looming threat in the late 1970s to mid 1980s. |
Quantess |
Jan-03-10 10:12 PM |
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That's something to think about. I do recall thinking that Gorbochev had calmed things down a lot |
Bucky |
Jan-03-10 10:49 PM |
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Count me as old and formerly scared shitless. |
Stinky The Clown |
Jan-03-10 10:12 PM |
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You can include me in that count, too. |
Kool Kitty |
Jan-03-10 11:02 PM |
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I was born in 1972, and was a middle schooler in the Reagan-Andropov era.... |
marmar |
Jan-03-10 10:12 PM |
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'71 here and I was scared to death. |
GreenPartyVoter |
Jan-03-10 10:26 PM |
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'70 here and me, too |
AwakeAtLast |
Jan-03-10 11:14 PM |
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I remember seeing something silver in the sky and was convinced it was a missile, but it turned |
GreenPartyVoter |
Jan-04-10 03:39 PM |
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Another '71er, and I thought The Day After was a glimpse of our certain future. n/t |
trotsky |
Jan-04-10 11:45 AM |
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Oy! We watched that in class in 5th grade. Totally freaked me out. |
GreenPartyVoter |
Jan-04-10 03:39 PM |
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Agreed. I was trying to split the experience of the Cold War into its two halfs |
Bucky |
Jan-03-10 10:57 PM |
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You should read Martin Hellman's paper on the failure rate of deterrence |
bananas |
Jan-04-10 12:15 PM |
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born in 1961- i never thought that it was very likely at all. |
dysfunctional press |
Jan-03-10 10:14 PM |
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It's likely to happen |
bananas |
Jan-04-10 12:05 PM |
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i never thought that it was likely in my lifetime... |
dysfunctional press |
Jan-04-10 02:04 PM |
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Born in '55, and I remember the NIKE sites locked down, on full alert |
Ikonoklast |
Jan-03-10 10:31 PM |
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Born in '35 and remember the bomb drills we had in... |
hayu_lol |
Jan-03-10 10:43 PM |
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Born 55. Never bothered me at all. More scared of getting Cancer. nt |
cabluedem |
Jan-04-10 06:02 AM |
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'54 and my dad was in the AF -- stationed at Wright Pat |
MindPilot |
Jan-04-10 12:52 PM |
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Do you remember the movie 'The Day After'? |
debbierlus |
Jan-03-10 10:48 PM |
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Lots of bad craziness then. Was "The Day After" the miniseries or the Jane Alexander movie? |
Bucky |
Jan-03-10 11:02 PM |
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Jane Alexander and Devane in 'Testament' theatrical film |
Bluenorthwest |
Jan-04-10 09:25 AM |
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Yep....and I was 31 |
pipi_k |
Jan-04-10 09:27 AM |
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I was younger, I was not allowed to watch it, but everyone telling me about |
harun |
Jan-04-10 12:36 PM |
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I have a friend who was SEVEN when a wretched babysitter let him watch it. |
beac |
Jan-04-10 01:11 PM |
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I was at Minot in '73 when Nixon sent us to DEFCON 3. . . |
Journeyman |
Jan-03-10 10:59 PM |
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I remember reading somewhere that Kissinger had to put off a call from Paris coz of Tricky |
Bucky |
Jan-03-10 11:09 PM |
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I was on the East German border, Fulda Gap, around Bad Hersfeld on a |
era veteran |
Jan-04-10 06:36 AM |
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Hoo boy. That brings back memories. Anybody who ever listened in on |
DevonRex |
Jan-04-10 11:58 AM |
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The W Germans living close to the border liked Americans a lot more than the |
era veteran |
Jan-05-10 09:54 AM |
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Some people think that even thas been hyped up, though |
Hippo_Tron |
Jan-06-10 03:10 AM |
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Born in '43, and I remember October '62 |
Individualist |
Jan-03-10 11:00 PM |
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Ever see the silm Panic in Year Zero! |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Jan-03-10 11:51 PM |
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1973. My class talked about what we'd do if we grew up. |
AlienGirl |
Jan-04-10 12:28 AM |
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1974 here... same deal. |
DangerousRhythm |
Jan-04-10 06:22 PM |
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I didn't think anyone was crazy enough to start a nuclear war |
thelordofhell |
Jan-04-10 12:48 AM |
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My mom was a pretty big no-nuke activist in the 70's/80's |
rucky |
Jan-04-10 01:44 AM |
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Born in 1977, and I thought nuclear war was quite likely at one time |
Spider Jerusalem |
Jan-04-10 01:52 AM |
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Born pre-1950 |
Golden Raisin |
Jan-04-10 01:53 AM |
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I was born in 1952 and never really worried much about it. |
elocs |
Jan-04-10 05:53 AM |
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It'll likely happen just when the consensus "reality" dictates for most that it's impossible |
Echo In Light |
Jan-04-10 06:10 AM |
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Born in 43 I thought it possible but unlikely because of MAD. |
zeemike |
Jan-04-10 06:21 AM |
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"Mad man like Hitler..." |
Bucky |
Jan-04-10 07:38 AM |
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That may well be true. |
zeemike |
Jan-04-10 07:51 AM |
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I still don't like anything nuclear |
madokie |
Jan-04-10 07:52 AM |
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Born in 1952...I honestly thought, and feared, that a nuclear war would happen |
pipi_k |
Jan-04-10 09:09 AM |
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Oh good lord, that mother-fucking siren! |
MindPilot |
Jan-04-10 01:24 PM |
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We still have that fucking thing here in Holland, every 1st Monday at 12 |
comtec |
Jan-06-10 02:46 AM |
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I grew up 10 miles from Middletown PA |
MadrasT |
Jan-04-10 03:57 PM |
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i was born in 1988, and |
caitxrawks |
Jan-04-10 09:29 AM |
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Born in the very early sixties... |
Iggo |
Jan-04-10 09:30 AM |
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The schools I went to made a concerted effort ... |
surrealAmerican |
Jan-04-10 09:54 AM |
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Born in '79, and I always felt they would be used. The worst time in my life was Jan-June '05, |
BlueIris |
Jan-04-10 10:14 AM |
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as a teen, I lived right next to NORAD--and, after the third time the sirens went off, I decided |
niyad |
Jan-04-10 11:02 AM |
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I was a school kid in Las Vegas. We were able to see a test from the schoolyard. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Jan-04-10 11:51 AM |
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Cripes. I'd probably still be having my nuclear-war nightmares if I'd seen that. |
StarfarerBill |
Jan-04-10 12:52 PM |
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I was a helluva lot more scared in '62 when they locked us in our barracks. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Jan-04-10 01:02 PM |
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I can definitely see that. Fortunately for me, I was born two years after the Cuban Missile Crisis. |
StarfarerBill |
Jan-04-10 01:11 PM |
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I find it interesting that many people born in the 70s |
MindPilot |
Jan-04-10 01:17 PM |
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Child of the 70's who grew up under Reagan here. |
Xithras |
Jan-04-10 01:45 PM |
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That's a good point. |
MindPilot |
Jan-04-10 01:59 PM |
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I grew up during the Cold War |
NMMNG |
Jan-04-10 04:10 PM |
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Born in 1944.... |
Tippy |
Jan-04-10 04:14 PM |
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Interesting that those 60 and over are less pessimistic than those age 34-59 |
Bucky |
Jan-04-10 11:36 PM |
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This is why the War on Terror seemed like BULLSHIT from the start |
yurbud |
Jan-04-10 11:57 PM |
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I started school in the '60s in Arkansas |
Art_from_Ark |
Jan-05-10 12:00 AM |
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I was born in 1946. |
Blue_In_AK |
Jan-05-10 02:09 AM |
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Born in 1960... |
AngryOldDem |
Jan-05-10 10:47 AM |
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I remember the nightmares... I had them again during the later years of *II |
comtec |
Jan-06-10 02:25 AM |
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I grew up during the Cold War and remember the fear mongering. |
Rhiannon12866 |
Jan-06-10 03:07 AM |
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