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Mineshaft gap - Dr. Strangelove
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A four-minute clip from Dr. Strangelove in which the President and General Turgidson argue over the 'mineshaft gap' after a nuclear war. Peter Sellers and George C. Scott play it as Cold War satire.
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Indefinitely, even in the case of near-total destruction. While not exactly historical fiction, this scene from Dr. Strangelove comes to mind: [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗Dr. Strangelove : "we must not allow a mineshaft gap": [VIDEO] A Boy and His Dog would continue the trope. for the serious original, see p11 of [LINK]
Read original comment ↗[VIDEO] the real question is do we still have a mineshaft gap? hope we figure out how to get along in our only home.
Read original comment ↗So the only solution is to build my own BSL-4 lab and live inside it. We now have a "BSL-4 lab gap": "We must not allow a mine-shaft gap!: [VIDEO] [I miss Peter Sellers!]
Read original comment ↗But can we use this as a weapon of war? Are we suffering a "groundwater gap"?8-)) mineshaft gap (in Dr.Strangelove): [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗> immediately breed more and faster than ever According to [Kubrick64] it's "breed more prodigously": [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗> Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive. —not President Merkin Muffley See [VIDEO] Lagniappe: [LINK]
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