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[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (9 children)

Am I dyslexic or is the joke unclear?

[–] [email protected] 51 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The picture is from old footage of a nuclear bomb test. The long shadow is cast by the flash of the explosion and this is right before the shockwave hits and levels the house.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Yeah I got that one way too late...

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Is this mandatory information? It seems like many comments here know what's up.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

This footage gets regularly played in documentaries and Youtube videos when nuclear weapons are discussed, so many people are familiar with it.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago

I wouldn't say mandatory, but because of the cold war it's something gen x and y knows about, and have had much contact with.

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