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@godsend, text - bit of a threadjack

[termineur]

Are we sure nukes did this? Could've been an asteroid strike. Something big enough might've had the effects we're seeing here, too. That could explain Winter not remembering any particular escalation.

[rubikscomplex]

dude
srsly?
it's radiation all around us
and it wasn't a radioactive comet

[termineur]

Something big enough to kill the dinosaurs could kick us into a new ice age. There'd be firestorms first, supervolcanoes. Any buried radioactive substance would get kicked up into the atmosphere and be trapped by the remaining debris. Voila, everything's both dead and radioactive. I'm sure it wouldn't be great for nuclear power plants or active weapons either.

I'm not saying it's more likely than people being idiots, but it might be an alternate possibility.

[rubikscomplex]

yes
and we should consider and disregard patently stupid possibilities
if there's an asteroid coming towards the earth
we'd know about it, kid
we're not dinosaurs
that's not something that just sneaks up on you when you've got hundreds of telescopes dedicated to studying near-earth objects
they'd have done a hell of a lot more than shove people in cryopods 500 feet underground
if something big enough to destroy surface life on the planet was headed our way

[termineur]

[ Many replies are typed and deleted before he finally settles on this one. ]

I don't think there's enough data to rule it out as a possibility, that's all. Although maybe I did watch too many disaster movies growing up. You'd think it'd be more helpful in this town.

[rubikscomplex]

should've played more video games
this place is VERY silent hill meets i have no mouth and i must scream