The questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread IX

[say1988]

I doubt it.
The possibility does exist, primarily through an extremist group seizing control of them (either taking them from a military or taking control of the government).
I doubt any country will use nukes unless they are suffering a major defeat in a war.
Even then I believe every country recognizes that if they use a nuke there will be so much coming down on them from every other country that they will gain nothing. Limiting them to the "if I'm going down I'll take as much of you with me as I can" idea, and not a chance at victory.
Then you have the issue that except for a few cases, no state will start anything with a nuclear armed country or stand a chance at defeating said country. The India-Pakistan situation the most pushing this, followed by Israel. Even these cases I think are unlikely to go nuclear.

Boiling down to extremists getting their hands on the weapons. In the current world situation I would expect that to be most likely in Pakistan. Though I suspect they are quite well secured if no major upheaval occurs.
I don't see Kim giving up any, or wanting them used. He just wants the US to keep getting concessions from the US.

 

[CheeseWalrus]

That looks like my history teacher.
I am not surprised.

 

[cardgame]

Does anybody else think 90% of David Letterman's guest bands suck

 

[Godwynn]

Will nukes EVER again be used in war? Why or why not?

Yes, there are still some Japanese people left.

 

[Shekwan]

Will nukes EVER again be used in war? Why or why not?

Yes. Because war will always exist, and so will nuclear weapons.

 

[flyingchicken]

In space, radiation is not a problem! We can either have a nuclear asteroid-deflection system or we will fight over mining the asteroid belt or some stuff or even both!

 

[Genocidicbunny]

Radiation is even more of a problem in space as you have very little matter to absorb or deflect the charged particles.

 

[Yared]

Is your life some kind of sitcom Aimee? It seems like you get into some kind of zany misadventure everyday.

There were flames shooting out of the toaster. I unplugged it and it was still on fire, and I didn't know if I should throw water on electrical components. So I used the fire extinguisher and it left all sorts of foam behind.

My mom came back from the neighbor's and cleaned it up.

What was she doing at your neighbour's place, Aimee?

 

[Love]

Radiation is even more of a problem in space as you have very little matter to absorb or deflect the charged particles.

But screw space.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

What was she doing at your neighbour's place, Aimee?

Talking, I suppose.

 

[Yared]

Talking, I suppose.

[insert sexual innuendo]

Does your mother talk to this neighbour often?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Not too often.

What happened to the white car? (Google Street View.)

Spoiler :

 

[Yared]

I'm guessing they had taken two different images to get one big and wide one. Unfortunately someone failed with the editing.

 

[Shekwan]

I'm thinking of converting to Presbyterianism. The reason being that its my last semester of my undergrad degree and I really need some work ethic. My Catholic side is dominant at the moment hence the laziness, I need to tap into my Protestant side. How long does it take for the work ethic to kick in?

I've tried drinking Harp lager, singing hymns and being disgusted by sexual acts in general but I'm worried it won't be enough.

 

[Cutlass]

I'm thinking of converting to Presbyterianism. The reason being that its my last semester of my undergrad degree and I really need some work%2

You don't need a change of religion to change your work ethic. You just need to change your work ethic. There's nothing about being an Irish Catholic that says you have to be lazy.

 

[Yared]

Or you could always make something up. A belief that's exactly like Catholicism but with an awesome work ethic

 

[Shekwan]

You don't need a change of religion to change your work ethic. You just need to change your work ethic. There's nothing about being an Irish Catholic that says you have to be lazy.

Yeah I know, its just my tongue-in-cheek way of asking how you would go about motivating yourself and getting a work ethic going? Particularly when what you have to do isn't interesting to you in the least?

I'd also like to clarify that I'm not Catholic, I come from the ridiculously named ''mixed marriage''. About as diverse a family you could have in Ireland until recently was having both Catholic and Protestant parents. I did the Catholic religion class in school (because it was less work ) and was christened a Catholic but not confirmed so I guess I know the most about that religion out of the two.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Does anybody have any idea what this thing is supposed to be? My best guess is a motorcycle.

Spoiler :

 

[Huayna Capac357]

It is a motocycle, just going really fast and at an odd angle.

 

[Cutlass]

Yeah I know, its just my tongue-in-cheek way of asking how you would go about motivating yourself and getting a work ethic going? Particularly when what you have to do isn't interesting to you in the least?

I'd also like to clarify that I'm not Catholic, I come from the ridiculously named ''mixed marriage''. About as diverse a family you could have in Ireland until recently was having both Catholic and Protestant parents. I did the Catholic religion class in school (because it was less work ) and was christened a Catholic but not confirmed so I guess I know the most about that religion out of the two.

If you want to motivate yourself better for it, you could try setting aggressive short term goals, like "i will do x every day, no matter what, or deny myself something i want" or focus more on the goals over the long term and see the dull stuff in the meantime as something you need to force yourself through to get there.