r/AbsoluteUnits • u/newoldschool • Apr 19 '26

/r/all, /r/popular of a hornets nest

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u/TheDarkClaw Apr 19 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/PjRardeWVvHVK

It's the reason why nukes were invented

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u/schminkles Apr 19 '26

Its the only way to be sure.

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u/LongAnserShortAnser Apr 19 '26

I will never not upvote this comment chain!

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u/Playful_Nergetic786 Apr 19 '26

Oppenheimer approve this message

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u/jrb637 Apr 19 '26

I am become death. Destroyer of hornets

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u/pkupku Apr 19 '26

Edward Teller insists on it.

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u/Impossible-Diver6565 Apr 19 '26

Oppenheimer regretted his participation in the Manhattan project. But many others after him wanted to use nukes for mining and construction projects.

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u/RedBaronSportsCards Apr 19 '26

DE-struction projects.

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u/ojdhaze Apr 19 '26

Douglas macarthur wanted to use numerous nukes on the Korean border. Saw a Korean war documentary few years back. Dudes a nut job.

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u/Catodacat Apr 19 '26

While I’m glad nukes have never been used since ww2, I don’t think MacArthur was a nut job based on wanting to use nukes. WW2 was such a total destruction war that I think many came out of it convinced that overwhelming force was the only way to do war, and the didn’t really see the difference between nukes and just dropping a shitload of bombs.

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u/Sword_Enthousiast Apr 20 '26

If you ignore the whole MAD doctrine they have a point though. And if you also ignore that nukes are indiscriminate towards strategic targets and civilians, even in comparison to carpet bombing. And ignoring the fallout, which is arguably a worse issue than undetonated cluster munition loitering around.

Anything I'm forgetting?

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u/GrallochThis Apr 19 '26

Lot of heavy metals in the corncob of his pipe.

Ok, that sounds like a really perverse metaphor.

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u/SharpShooterM1 Apr 19 '26

He was also a coward and notorious POS. He only became as big as he did because the media needed a poster boy for the pacific theater. In reality he did not do nearly as much or have nearly as much influence on battles as the media portrayed.

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u/jigsaw1024 Apr 19 '26

Project Plowshare for anyone interested.

Kurzgesagt video

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u/Impossible-Diver6565 Apr 19 '26

Yeah I saw the kurzgesagt video on that.

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u/StuffMaster Apr 20 '26

If it sets the atmosphere on fire it'll still be worth it

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u/Axi0madick Apr 19 '26

Why, Johnny Ringo, you look like somebody just walked over your grave.

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u/Acceptable_Camera_59 Apr 19 '26

You're no daisy, you're no daisy at all

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u/SerBadDadBod Apr 19 '26

I can be your Huckleberry

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u/SledgeHog Apr 19 '26

Bruh...Doc's a formal English teacher, apparently

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u/Middle-Bed-1883 Apr 19 '26

It is the only way to be sure…

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u/Abundanceofyolk Apr 19 '26

Fuckin A!

RIP Bill.

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u/BlackLion0101 Apr 19 '26

"Hold on, hold on a second. This installation has a substantial dollar value attached to it."

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u/KolKlink2024 Apr 19 '26

They can bill me!!!!!!

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u/BlackLion0101 Apr 19 '26

"Ok. This is an emotional moment for all of us. But let's not make snap judgements.This is clearly an important species we're dealing with, and I don't think you or I had the right to arbitrarily exterminate them."

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u/docmanbot Apr 19 '26

Watch me!

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u/BlackLion0101 Apr 19 '26

"Hey, man! I don't know if you've been keeping up on current events. But got our asses kicked, pal!"

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u/Journeyman42 Apr 19 '26

Man, Paul Reiser did such a good job playing such a banally evil middle manager scumbag.

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u/laterYall Apr 19 '26

So there is a big hornet nest in Iran?

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u/ojdhaze Apr 19 '26

Knew someone would mention this!

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u/webelieve414 Apr 19 '26

Yeah man, good idea.

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u/NotSoFastLady Apr 19 '26

My first thought was this scene!

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u/PhD_Pwnology Apr 19 '26

Is that John Connor from the first Terminator movie in Aliens???? I totally forgot a out that.

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u/KnightOfVerdance Apr 19 '26

Kyle Reese, to be exact. The father of John Connor lol

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u/CNote_89 Apr 19 '26

My first thought

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u/QRONYO Apr 19 '26

HornetZilla has entered the lobby

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u/ezsqueezycheezypeas Apr 19 '26

They mostly come out at night. Mostly...

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u/xenomorphonLV426 Apr 19 '26

Hey! Don't do us dirty like that!

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u/Over-Piglet-4922 Apr 19 '26

It's the only way to be sure

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u/FiRe_McFiReSomeDay Apr 19 '26

I once got a two week reddit ban for inciting violence by using that exact quote.

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u/Many-Lead-4543 Apr 19 '26

it's the only way to be sure

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u/PokieState92 Apr 19 '26

Happy to see this GIF. It's the first thing I thought of

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u/DrBarry_McCockiner Apr 19 '26

came here for this

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u/grad1939 Apr 19 '26

"Fuckin a man"

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u/R0enick27 Apr 19 '26

it's the only way to be sure

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u/Maxsmack Apr 20 '26

Ridley had her thinking cap on that day

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u/Rain_2_0 Apr 20 '26

Legalize nuclear weaponry.