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  • That’s not really the point. A Carrington-sized event wouldn’t need to take down every single bit of electronics to cause society to collapse. All it would need is a significant disruption. Yes, there’s more defense to it, but it’s far more complex than it was then. You apparently don’t remember a good chunk of Texas going down due to ice. It would only need to take out a handful of places to make the whole grid fail. Hell, just 14 years ago a power outage hit over half a billion people in India due to severe heat. And you’re talking just about western countries and modern transfers, but that was only 14 years ago. Many rural areas havent been upgraded like that because they haven’t grown in generations. In 2003 a power outage took out 50 million people in the US. Our grid isn’t even close to as resilient as you think it is.

    Vehicles. Modern vehicles are not going to survive an event like that, or an emp. As society is completely based on vehicles, it would collapse. Europe and japan may be better suited to nominally function because electric trains are better shielded because of the amount of electricity it takes. But it wouldn’t be enough to transport the amount of food and people to take them to continue the economy.

    Satellites. Only military satellites are shielded, as the cost to launch satellites with lead in them is enormous. Instant communication is key to our world economy. The world economy is key to society.

    Aging infrastructure. Old powerplants keep getting extended longer and longer because despite more power being available, the demands keep going up.

    Hell even if all the lightbulbs blew, it would take down the economy. Can’t work indoors until billions of lightbulbs are made. Work stops, society stops.

    My point with this, isn’t to spread doomerism. My point is waving your hand at something is just as bad at doomerism. Basically calling a Carrington event a nothing burger is absurd and a potentially dangerous mindset, especially spreading it. However most people live their lives as if nothing will ever change in any meaningful way anyways, so it’s about the same. Which is why we are where we are with climate change.













  • That’s something that hardcore alcoholics believe. You can absolutely smell and taste it. You can smell it on their breath, and coming out of their pores the next day. In fact vodka breath is just about the most distinguishing liquor in that regard. I remember PT tests in the army and you could count them as you ran past them. Other drinkers, it was much harder, maybe they’re struggling cause they’re sick? But vodka hits you like the brick wall of Aunt Miriam’s perfume.





  • This is what I love fallout 4. Yeah it’s not the best story, or game, but It’s like it was made for ADHD people. Constant sidetracking, few timed quests, even less that matter at all, easy to jump into and just spread chaos at a moments notice. Its pretty easy, even on hard or survival, eventually you become so OP it’s like playing God and flooding the earth.