Beneath an ordinary elementary school in Washington DC is a stark reminder of a time when many Americans feared the apocalypse. - Upgoat

Beneath an ordinary elementary school in Washington DC is a stark reminder of a time when many Americans feared the apocalypse.
submitted by paul_neri to whatever 3.1 yearsApr 10, 2022 00:49:32 ago (+4/-0) (www.abc.net.au)
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-09/putin-nuclear-threats-in-ukraine-raise-fears-of-new-cold-war/100964696

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[ - ] lord_nougat 1 point 3.1 yearsApr 10, 2022 02:06:35 ago (+1/-0)

Many Americans still fear the apocalypse.

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[ - ] paul_neri [op] 0 points 3.1 yearsApr 10, 2022 03:19:04 ago (+0/-0)

Lord, are you mocking me too?

[ - ] TheBigGuyFromQueens 1 point 3.1 yearsApr 10, 2022 03:02:55 ago (+1/-0)

Back in the 60's, 70's and 80's, many schools had fallout shelters in the basement and conducted bombing drills. Pepperidge Farm remembers...

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[ - ] paul_neri [op] -1 points 3.1 yearsApr 10, 2022 03:17:55 ago (+0/-1)

You having a go at me?

Why does Pepperidge Farm remember?

The Family Guy joke was a reference to the original Pepperidge Farm advertisement where an old man is doing the same thing as the Family Guy joke — minus the dark ending. The Pepperidge Farm Remembers meme was popularized in 2012 when a reddit user used the catchphrase to make a joke about reddit users [Library Service]

[ - ] RecycledElectrons 1 point 3.1 yearsApr 10, 2022 05:27:46 ago (+1/-0)

We should have kept it up. Instead we let it decay. Our children will pay for that error.

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