If we were told WW3 was about to start and we all had to man up?

Deleted member 77746 · 24 Oct 2020 at 15:25

The Running Man said:
Id ask if there's free meals included before signing up.

You can have one last meal before going into battle field - free of charge by the government. How does that sound?

Psycho Sonny · 24 Oct 2020 at 15:34

potatolord said:
Pick up my my mum and bring her to mine.

Fill the bath and every bottle with tap water.

Move all the food upstairs.

Put heavy objects against the doors.

Tape over the windows.

That would be the first things I'd do.

Tap water goes off pretty quickly especially if exposed to the elements and sunlight. You want to get away from large populations of people some of which will do anything to take what you have.

You would be better off trying to find a source of fresh water and taking seeds and food to that location for sustainability.

The Running Man · 24 Oct 2020 at 15:52

Look if you've seen 'Threads' you already know the answer to how this will go.

Painfully.

norm · 24 Oct 2020 at 16:47

Well it would be an interesting predicament, attacking a countries digital infrastructure would be the first port of call nowadays, so everything would quickly descend into chaos with smartphones/computers rendered unable to communicate.

Quartz · 24 Oct 2020 at 17:50

Reality|Bites said:
How would you all talk about it before being shot?

I worked in the defence sector (Messybeast) in Sept 2001. When the airplanes hit we all knew there would be war. The guards were armed either later that day or the next. Shortly thereafter we had a torpedo down the corridor.

I'm retired, too old to be enlisted and my IT skills are well out of date. So I'll sit back and join the fogeys saying, "In my day..." If the war goes nuclear, well, I'll be nice and warm.

Puzzled · 24 Oct 2020 at 17:52

I'd write a rather stern letter to my local MP, that will sort it

Mr Joshua · 24 Oct 2020 at 17:57

I'd leave the fighting to the guns for hire and those with the most to lose.

Pawnless Endgame · 24 Oct 2020 at 18:20

How's the hangover, OP?

Drollic · 24 Oct 2020 at 18:30

I'm sure someone once said I don't know what world war 3 would be like, but world war 4 would be done using sticks and stones.

potatolord · 24 Oct 2020 at 18:37

Psycho Sonny said:
Tap water goes off pretty quickly especially if exposed to the elements and sunlight. You want to get away from large populations of people some of which will do anything to take what you have.

You would be better off trying to find a source of fresh water and taking seeds and food to that location for sustainability.

Water storage would be my priority, in the short term.

Getting away from people would be impossible, living in the uk.

Few people, aside from farmers have any idea how to cultivate crops, and they are quite shotgunny, so good luck with squatting on their land...

Frubeling · 24 Oct 2020 at 21:55

What I would do would depend largely on who we're going to war against, who our allies are, and the reason for our involvement.

adolf hamster · 24 Oct 2020 at 22:42

Drollic said:
I'm sure someone once said I don't know what world war 3 would be like, but world war 4 would be done using sticks and stones.

Wasnt that quote attributed to patton at the end of ww2?

vanpeebles · 24 Oct 2020 at 22:46

I thought it was Albert Einstein?

ChroniC · 24 Oct 2020 at 22:52

I have a massive inflated sense of self worth so I'm pretty sure I'd be completely fine with it, because I'd be quite sure I'd survive even if the odds were totally stacked against me.

Plus I have pretty bad eye sight so unless they're willing to sort me out with some solid glasses or contact, I'd likely get some grunt work.

Plus I have a freaking awesome aim with a rifle, so there's that. Which also proves my first point.

TurtleTwo · 24 Oct 2020 at 23:02

Psycho Sonny said:
Problem is this generation can't help licking door handles.

During world war 2 kids had to leave their parents at very young ages and go live in the countryside for years.

Nowadays young adults can't stay away from a pub for even a few weeks.

This generation truly want everything and not willing to make any small sacrifices.

I'd love to see how they would react if they were all forced off into war. They would refuse to fight and find themselves dead and overran within seconds.

Not all gen z are the same, lots of countries have national service still and people get on with it. I know what you are saying though and you are right for the most part, but they aren't all like that.

Also people are saying "millennials" in this thread a lot, I bet most people here are millennials, 1981 being the starting year.

adolf hamster · 25 Oct 2020 at 01:16

ChroniC said:
I have pretty bad eye sight

also ChroniC said:
I have a freaking awesome aim with a rifle

Hades · 25 Oct 2020 at 01:22

I'd quickly check whether my postie delivery while atomic winter.

Rroff · 25 Oct 2020 at 05:53

The Running Man said:
Look if you've seen 'Threads' you already know the answer to how this will go.

Painfully.

Ah but nuclear weapons have just been banned so that is that then

https://globalnews.ca/news/7420162/nuclear-weapons-ban-treaty/

Back in the real world that isn't worth the paper it is written on and in the remote chance it actually worked only lead to increased conventional warfare.

The Running Man · 25 Oct 2020 at 06:05

Rroff said:
Ah but nuclear weapons have just been banned so that is that then

https://globalnews.ca/news/7420162/nuclear-weapons-ban-treaty/

Back in the real world that isn't worth the paper it is written on and in the remote chance it actually worked only lead to increased conventional warfare.

Its okay, my boy's got this

The United States had written to treaty signatories saying the Trump administration believes they made “a strategic error” and urging them to rescind their ratification.

RxR · 25 Oct 2020 at 06:34

I'd laugh. Since it's already been won.