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Daniel Nest's avatar

The only kind of arms race I will find acceptable from now on is the one where contestants must use only their arms (no hands!) to propel themselves forward and win.

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Andrew Sniderman 🕷️'s avatar

What a great set of connections! I was all tee-d up to weigh in and then you hit me with the Internet and Rock and Roll and David Hasselhoff. My mind is spinning. Perhaps I’ll share my David Hasselhoff treasure in Notes.

But I do have a relevant 80’s Cold War memory. I was in Berkeley listening to a speaker talk about nuclear weapons proliferation. He talked about how many nukes the US and Russia had and the destructive power of each one. Then he pulled out a bag of marbles - one for each nuke. Then he pulled out a metal bucket. He put the bucket next to the mic and started pouring the marbles into the bucket. It was loud and went on FOREVER. Then we watched Dr. Strangelove.

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