A reminder for your panicked skeets: DEFCON 5 is you maybe need a pedicure. DEFCON 1 is: Prepare to die. A, not the other way around. And thus, B, there’s no DEFCON, for instance, 11. - ThreadSky

bcdreyer.social • 120 days ago

A reminder for your panicked skeets:

DEFCON 5 is you maybe need a pedicure.

DEFCON 1 is: Prepare to die.

A, not the other way around.

And thus, B, there’s no DEFCON, for instance, 11.

Comments

caitesq.bsky.social•120 days ago

DEFCON 11 would be lovely. I aspire to that level of relaxation.

patrickjohanneson.com•120 days ago

DEFCON 20: super peaceful, but the last time DEFCON 20 happened was shortly before the first multicellular organism existed

wiscoliz.bsky.social•120 days ago

Vital information for these times, thank you

christopherharris.bsky.social•120 days ago

Are you by chance watching Paradise? Because DEFCON came up on the latest episode and I was happy they got it right.

bcdreyer.social•120 days ago

I’m not! Should I?

christopherharris.bsky.social•120 days ago

It's good, but as it features a doomsday climate event and a pathological tech billionaire, it can feel a bit too on the nose at times. I'm more a fan of Prime Target (Apple TV), headier and with a very good cast.

azreader.bsky.social•120 days ago

Harder climbs at the Tour de France get lower numbers, from 4 to 1. Any climb harder than category 1 is called HC (“hors catégorie”).

Definitely seems backwards.