jason, 10 months ago

@whitequark The Day the Earth Stood Still imagined an EMP-like effect one year before the first hydrogen test and I don’t think conceptions have become more nuanced at all in the interim.

(At least in that case it is explained away by within the capabilities of the alien visitors to target and disable electronics, not a realistic effect of an EMP)

lispi314, 10 months ago

@whitequark Lightning should provide a useful model for the kind of shit it does, no?

whitequark, 10 months ago

@lispi314 no I do not think it does

lispi314, 10 months ago

@whitequark Does it differ that much from lightning strikes right next to equipment?

valpackett, 10 months ago

@whitequark wait is the fentanyl thing like "pop culture" fr? I thought it was literally a particular meme about something some cops said a couple times

whitequark, 10 months ago

@valpackett uhhhhh i don't know if i want to share my context here