Did you live in constant fear of being nuked? Or was it more chill most of the time?

  • DirigibleProtein
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    4 months ago

    In Australia, attended high school during the 1980s. We were listening to:

    • Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes

    If any member of your family should die while in the shelter, put them outside, but tag them first for identification purposes

    • Nena - 99 Luftballons

    99 Düsenflieger
    Jeder war ein großer Krieger
    Hielten sich für Captain Kirk
    Es gab ein großes Feuerwerk
    (99 balloons [Edit] jet fighters, then there was a big war, they thought they were Captain Kirk, there were big fireworks)

    • Sting - Russians

    How can I save my little boy
    From Oppenheimer’s deadly toy?
    What might save us, me and you,
    Is if the Russians love their children too

    At school, we were taken to see Atomic Cafe, Miracle Mile, and they showed us Threads and The Day After on newfangled video tape. Wrote essays, analysed characters, situations, etc.

    I’ve just recently found out that I’m high-functioning autistic, but even so, it’s only been in the past few years that me and my schoolmates, after lots of therapy, have been able to overcome trauma and fears of dying in a nuclear war at any second.