THANKS STANISLAV PETROV FOR NOT DESTROYING THE WORLD IN 1983. WE ALL REALLY APPRECIATE IT
Forty years since Stanislav Petrov's quick thinking stopped World War III before it began. Everybody say thank you Stanislav Petrov
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linguist & software engineer in Lenapehoking; jewish ancom trans woman.
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in reply to @hthrflwrs's post:
Thanks, Stanislav Petrov!
i remember reading about that shit in an old-ass Cracked book, along with other nuclear near-misses, like when a bear was mistaken for a spy and nuclear bombers were almost shipped out.