People that lived during the Cold War, what was it like? (lemmy.world)

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

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[-] Hikermick@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

For reference, born in 1966. The possibility of nuclear war was something everyone was aware of but people weren't in constant fear. I think we did nuclear attack drills in grade school but can't say for certain though the joke in the playground was "crawl under your desk, place your head between your knees and kiss your ass goodbye". Just like today there was always some shit hitting the fan folks would freak out about until the next thing came along (Swine flu, Iran hostages, gas shortages). The oddest think I remember is the end of the Soviet Union and tearing down of the Berlin Wall. It was (fortunately) anticlimactic. We had been heard so much about the red scare. After that calling politicians "communist" disappeared for awhile until the kook media revived it

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