What if We Nuke a City?

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  • @kurzgesagt
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    • @scopex3592
      @scopex3592 Před 3 lety +27

      Woah, Kurzgesagt randomly conments in a random time.
      I just wanna say that I love your channel, and I enjoy watching your videos.

    • @thatoneguy4701
      @thatoneguy4701 Před 3 lety +11

      Keep up the excellent work

    • @tanukee7908
      @tanukee7908 Před 3 lety +5

      @@scopex3592 exactly what that guy said!

    • @CameronGethings
      @CameronGethings Před 3 lety +6

      @@tanukee7908 I agree

    • @onlinemathquiz3621
      @onlinemathquiz3621 Před 3 lety +4

      INDIA BEST
      ALL COUNTRYS BELONG TO INDOA

  • @WiseOldBill
    @WiseOldBill Před 4 lety +67709

    Id like to take a moment to thank Stanislov Petrov, the soviet lieutenant who refused to launch nukes during the cold war when ordered to do so

    • @ddaaa6389
      @ddaaa6389 Před 4 lety +10429

      yeah there was a warning that the us was sending nukes towards them but petrov thought it was just a miscommunication/error and left it alone when he was ordered to also fire nukes.

    • @alacastersoi8265
      @alacastersoi8265 Před 4 lety +9174

      holy, that man saved everyone

    • @connieleblanc6212
      @connieleblanc6212 Před 4 lety +3977

      Crazy to think about . Didn't they change guidelines because of it ?

    • @andersenzheng
      @andersenzheng Před 4 lety +3064

      @@connieleblanc6212 my understanding is now all the people that dont need to know what action they are carrying out are blocked out by design. that includes the operators, the people at the lower chain of commands, they just press buttons on a schedule or occasionally do surprise drills which they would have no way of knowing that the specific button sequence they put in just launched a nuke, a light at some dude's desk or did nothing at all.

    • @khhnator
      @khhnator Před 4 lety +2223

      don't forget about Vasily Alexandrovich Arkhipov too

  • @facefish1713
    @facefish1713 Před 4 lety +49606

    Basically, being immediately evaporated is the best case

    • @badateverything8434
      @badateverything8434 Před 4 lety +3780

      Face Fish yup because in most Scenarios nuclear war would happen so it’s best that you just die immediately and not have to deal with radiation and fans of people trying to kill you every second

    • @Handleisn_tAvailable
      @Handleisn_tAvailable Před 4 lety +563

      Face Fish That is one way to see it

    • @How_To_Play1
      @How_To_Play1 Před 4 lety +1504

      or not being in the explosion radius in the first place

    • @JustABoyo
      @JustABoyo Před 4 lety +1811

      Or being Switzerland

    • @linasayshush
      @linasayshush Před 4 lety +1349

      Hell yeah dude, if there's a nuclear war I want the very first bomb to fall directly on my head.

  • @crithi1401
    @crithi1401 Před rokem +1273

    The power of the sun, forged into a weapon, in the hands of men.
    I can't think of anything that frightens me more.

    • @rhysmurch2479
      @rhysmurch2479 Před rokem +1

      the power of the sun, forged into a weapon, in the hands of politicians

    • @lastsamurai3662
      @lastsamurai3662 Před rokem +75

      and from here, the famous quote: "Now I am become Death, destroyer of worlds"

    • @MehernurCHOWDHURY
      @MehernurCHOWDHURY Před 11 měsíci +20

      swiming in the pool with your sock on seems 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙮 𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙮

    • @basedbear1605
      @basedbear1605 Před 11 měsíci

      Then you're an idiot who is easily misled. Nukes are fake.

    • @My_Lacrimosa
      @My_Lacrimosa Před 10 měsíci +7

      The friendzone

  • @Lalalasoar
    @Lalalasoar Před 7 měsíci +244

    As a Japanese, i was taught that the survivors (but dying) of HIroshima and Nagasaki were ringing like bells because of the lots of pieces of glass in their bodies and they had their peeled skins in their hands. it is just terrifying.

    • @bealet9357
      @bealet9357 Před 7 měsíci +10

      I'm sorry to all the civilians in Japan who went through this, but it seems like there were no analogues without fewer casualties, right?

    • @mootssss
      @mootssss Před 6 měsíci +31

      @@bealet9357 Japan was already at their limit and about to surrender before the nukes were dropped anyway

    • @bealet9357
      @bealet9357 Před 6 měsíci +3

      @@mootssss Politics, everything to the end, meant that they would fight to the end, they were close to surrender, but most likely it would be followed by a month or more of war and there were over 200 thousand casualties, and the communists had to be shown that yes..

    • @nora5578
      @nora5578 Před 5 měsíci +3

      『はだしのゲン』見たけど本当に言葉が出ない。まるでゾンビだ

    • @PiperAtTheGatesOfYourMom
      @PiperAtTheGatesOfYourMom Před 5 měsíci +9

      ​@@mootssss Incorrect, the leaders of the Japanese Military literally staged a coup to keep the war going Hiroshima. They were not even convinced it was nuclear and were going to fight till every last man. It was their written policy and doctrine. It wasn't until Nagasaki that the Emperor had to step in and agree to a total surrender. Every single documentation, account, and historian alligns with the fact that Japan was not going to surrender even after they had already been nuked once.

  • @thatcrystalpie
    @thatcrystalpie Před 3 lety +7803

    "It renders you blind for a few hours."
    So I'm blind for the rest of my life?

    • @acek2016
      @acek2016 Před 3 lety +337

      True.

    • @andyl5941
      @andyl5941 Před 3 lety +666

      It’s hard to argue with his assessment

    • @CuriousQuasit
      @CuriousQuasit Před 3 lety +236

      No, actually. Depending on the ambient conditions - mainly how clear and/or bright it is outside when the attack happens - flash blindness can affect people up to about 85 km away.

    • @pmmarmarcusvarela6670
      @pmmarmarcusvarela6670 Před 3 lety +104

      I feel a whoooosh

    • @acek2016
      @acek2016 Před 3 lety +25

      Nyann Cat I can feel it in the air...

  • @Renrang
    @Renrang Před 4 lety +55183

    "Eliminating all nuclear weapons an vowing to never build it again"
    Countries to each other: After you

    • @kaigunteitoku7281
      @kaigunteitoku7281 Před 4 lety +2443

      South Africa would like a word there

    • @thehotdogman9317
      @thehotdogman9317 Před 4 lety +851

      Exactly...

    • @rachard
      @rachard Před 4 lety +1091

      no u

    • @edwardboatman4554
      @edwardboatman4554 Před 4 lety +2821

      thanks for pointing out the issue with this, there's probably going to be that one country that refuses, and so nobody does anything.

    • @davidknight9709
      @davidknight9709 Před 4 lety +1764

      “Cough cough” North Korea, Iran.…

  • @user-nb2mw1py1j
    @user-nb2mw1py1j Před 6 měsíci +514

    "We cannot change the fact that Hiroshima was the first atomic bombing site. However, it is up to us whether Nagasaki will be the last.''
    As a Japanese citizen of Nagasaki, I will deliver these words to the world.

    • @PianistifiedForYT
      @PianistifiedForYT Před 6 měsíci +5

      I have a doubt.
      Chernobyl is now a wasteland which will not be inhabitable for over 4400 years. Why then are Hiroshima and Nagasaki not wastelands?

    • @user-nb2mw1py1j
      @user-nb2mw1py1j Před 6 měsíci +12

      That's an interesting question.
      The general theory is that because the bomb exploded high in the air, more nuclear contaminants were dispersed into the atmosphere. Another cause is water being washed away by rain or the ground being filled in.
      On the other hand, the soil at Chernobyl and Fukushima contains a lot of nuclear contaminants. That's because they exploded on the ground.

    • @PianistifiedForYT
      @PianistifiedForYT Před 6 měsíci +7

      @@user-nb2mw1py1j Apparently it was done to "maximise damage". It seems it only took a temporary toll
      I pray that no one has to witness nuclear bombings again, I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.

    • @quest-cequecesttonvisage
      @quest-cequecesttonvisage Před 5 měsíci +3

      @@PianistifiedForYT it also has to do with the amount of nuclear material present in a bomb vs in a nuclear power plant

    • @MatthijsvanDuin
      @MatthijsvanDuin Před 5 měsíci +5

      @@PianistifiedForYT Little Boy contained 64 kg of uranium, Fat Man only 6.4 kg of plutonium, and due to being air bursts the radioactive fallout was extremely fine dust carried to high altitude and dispersed. Chernobyl vomited several *tonnes* of radioactive material into the environment, and a large amount of it was in the form of larger particles and fragments that were deposited onto the immediate surroundings.

  • @carbonas
    @carbonas Před 8 měsíci +32

    After watching oppenhiemer this hits 4 times harder

  • @jbtechcon7434
    @jbtechcon7434 Před 4 lety +4110

    "Let's get rid of all nukes!"
    "Okay, you first."
    "Noooooo!"

    • @notlogical4016
      @notlogical4016 Před 4 lety +63

      But i dont want too unless you do!

    • @ArturoTorresSanchez
      @ArturoTorresSanchez Před 4 lety +335

      That's kind of the issue, actually.

    • @8beef4u
      @8beef4u Před 4 lety +31

      we are getting rid of them... the us and russia have been dismantling their arsenals slowly over the past 30 years. they just need to speed it up

    • @notlogical4016
      @notlogical4016 Před 4 lety +70

      @@ArturoTorresSanchez thats what i was inferring, and it will never happen sadly. we should be dismantelling the bombs and use the uranium, plutonium and other recources used for nuclear reactors, and produce energy with them

    • @PropaneTreeFiddy
      @PropaneTreeFiddy Před 4 lety +25

      @@8beef4u but are they really 🤔

  • @anonrabbit9468
    @anonrabbit9468 Před 4 lety +5362

    "What if we nuke a city?"
    Everyone: "How about we don't."

    • @attacus7168
      @attacus7168 Před 4 lety +54

      no no i like this idea

    • @voice-less
      @voice-less Před 4 lety +157

      America: How about let nuke TWO cities!

    • @Ari-nw3qy
      @Ari-nw3qy Před 4 lety +44

      North Korea: How bout I do anyway

    • @snap8626
      @snap8626 Před 4 lety +3

      tel aviv

    • @dowjones5981
      @dowjones5981 Před 4 lety +3

      How about we do!? Fucken pussy!! 👍

  • @user-qx5eq8il4e
    @user-qx5eq8il4e Před rokem +192

    My grandfather lost his right leg in the war and was transferred from a hospital in Hiroshima to another hospital far away.
    If my grandfather's hospital transfer had been delayed, I wouldn't be here now.
    So what is said in this video is not someone else's problem for me.
    I hope that today's politicians and military do not make wrong or terrible choices for the sake of those who are yet to be born.

    • @basedbear1605
      @basedbear1605 Před 11 měsíci

      Good grief, this is wrong on so many levels. Your grandfather escaped a fire bombing. Hiroshima wasn't even in the top 20 most destroyed Japanese cities. How could that have happened with "the most destructive bomb in history"?? Because it was a propagandized fake.

    • @bigbupbear
      @bigbupbear Před 9 měsíci +4

      🤓

    • @MrCmon113
      @MrCmon113 Před 9 měsíci

      So what?
      If your grandmother had been prettier, your grandfather would have come earlier and a different sperm would have reached the eggcell.

    • @nibble2911
      @nibble2911 Před 6 měsíci +11

      This is just rude.@@bigbupbear

    • @Mogoid
      @Mogoid Před 6 měsíci +9

      @@nibble2911some people are rude, just ignore em

  • @dreamingto90s
    @dreamingto90s Před 8 měsíci +26

    "You're the man who gave them the power to destroy themselves...and the world is not prepared."
    The quote from the movie makes sense now...

  • @FullaEels
    @FullaEels Před 4 lety +2174

    Kurzgesagt last week: ants ants ants
    Kurzgesagt this week:

    • @dragonflies6793
      @dragonflies6793 Před 4 lety +28

      haha jacksfilms antsantsantsantsantsantsantsants

    • @mathBirb
      @mathBirb Před 4 lety +4

      @@dragonflies6793 ah, i see you're a man of culture as well.

    • @jesseward4115
      @jesseward4115 Před 4 lety +16

      Next week, Ants with nukes.

    • @mynameismmandimheretosay7979
      @mynameismmandimheretosay7979 Před 4 lety +2

      ANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTS

    • @nadirnovruz
      @nadirnovruz Před 4 lety +2

      I loved ant videos tho😂

  • @goldenhardt750
    @goldenhardt750 Před 4 lety +4019

    “What if we nuke a city?”
    Short answer: *Don’t*

  • @natiliee.s.5476
    @natiliee.s.5476 Před rokem +462

    It is absolutely mind-boggling that mankind can invent something that is hotter than the sun.

    • @basedbear1605
      @basedbear1605 Před 11 měsíci

      Except that they didn't. It's easily provable that nukes are fake. Nagasaki and Heroshima weren't even in the top 15 most destroyed Japanese cities. It was a media/propaganda HOAX to scare the world into submission. And yes, the same people that control the USA control the rest of the world. Use some critical thinking, ffs.

    • @theerandomdude2375
      @theerandomdude2375 Před 11 měsíci +15

      Just the power of what makes a atom a atom

    • @jasonlee148
      @jasonlee148 Před 10 měsíci +6

      It is a miniature sun

    • @natiliee.s.5476
      @natiliee.s.5476 Před 10 měsíci +13

      @jasonlee148 I totally understand that our sun is a small star compared to other's, but it's...STILL THE SUN!!! ☀️😳

    • @The_destroyer_of_doors
      @The_destroyer_of_doors Před 10 měsíci +6

      No only the surface

  • @ANAAVGEKSYT6969
    @ANAAVGEKSYT6969 Před 7 měsíci +10

    Greenland 🇬🇱: My capital is Nuuk.
    North Korea 🇰🇵: DID YOU SAY NUKE?!

  • @masonadams4640
    @masonadams4640 Před 4 lety +1984

    "one moment you're on your way to work, the next you're on fire"
    *Wow, that escalated quickly.*

    • @Kalanchoe1
      @Kalanchoe1 Před 4 lety +13

      such is life

    • @rahuldhargalkar
      @rahuldhargalkar Před 4 lety +2

      :'(

    • @HoucKSF
      @HoucKSF Před 4 lety +18

      Terrifying statement.

    • @ericsilva6787
      @ericsilva6787 Před 4 lety +5

      That's the point

    • @user00289
      @user00289 Před 4 lety

      Can you guys go on my yt and click on the video that says “get this video to 100k” it would really be appreciated

  • @phicamsi61
    @phicamsi61 Před 3 lety +2474

    Short answer: They die.
    Long answer: They all die.

    • @yourbigfan1777
      @yourbigfan1777 Před 3 lety +62

      Short answer: death
      Long answer: deeeeeeaath

    • @alenationph
      @alenationph Před 3 lety +18

      Very long answer: They will friken dieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

    • @colin-campbell
      @colin-campbell Před 3 lety +10

      Longer answer: nuclear weapons have prevented WW3 due to MAD.

    • @Dunno_a_aname4dis
      @Dunno_a_aname4dis Před 3 lety +2

      Even longer answer, they’ll all die at some point

    • @mantasulcinas6634
      @mantasulcinas6634 Před 3 lety +2

      Longest answer:
      TTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHEEEEEEEYYYYYY AAAAAAARRRRRREEEE DDDDDDEEEEEAAAADDD

  • @anshwadhwa3561
    @anshwadhwa3561 Před 9 měsíci +35

    "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds"

    • @SarahBabe
      @SarahBabe Před 20 dny

      Came here to quote the same.

  • @quintenspannuth5400
    @quintenspannuth5400 Před 9 měsíci +78

    After seeing Oppenheimer I can truely understand why he was so devastated

  • @marcosvinicius-jk5bn
    @marcosvinicius-jk5bn Před 2 lety +39219

    coming back to these nuke videos doesn't seem so fun anymore

    • @-Luucy-
      @-Luucy- Před 2 lety +723

      yeah...

    • @czcrasto4301
      @czcrasto4301 Před 2 lety +1403

      Nope it's even more scary now

    • @dp-ns9gi
      @dp-ns9gi Před 2 lety +233

      @@czcrasto4301 enjoy the adrenaline in your blood

    • @quelquun9011
      @quelquun9011 Před 2 lety +647

      Well Putin just wants us to be more curious, that’s all

    • @aditiagrawal8750
      @aditiagrawal8750 Před 2 lety +533

      i know right, hearing the sounds of planes now scares me

  • @dardan145
    @dardan145 Před 4 lety +6854

    Kurzgesagt last week: "Ants are cool aren't they?"
    Kurzgesagt this week: " let's nuke a city"

  • @seloranswivelton
    @seloranswivelton Před 11 měsíci +185

    In pretty much all atomic bomb videos, I see people who say the Japanese deserved it. My retort is that there’s a difference between individuals (eg Japanese civilians, military personnel, government officials etc) and a collective (eg the Japanese people, the nation of Japan etc).
    Most Japanese civilians either just minded their own business or at most supported the war efforts within their own country like civilians in other countries that engaged in the war did during a time when information was not as freely accessible as in uncensored areas today. Mostly only some government officials and military personnel decided on and carried out the attack on Pearl Harbor and other atrocities during WW2.
    Since the majority of the blame should be on some of the government officials and military personnel, it would generally be unfair to say the Japanese civilians or civilians of any country deserved being nuclear bombed or have other atrocities committed against them.
    For the purpose of these types of discussions, it is overly simplistic and sometimes even hateful to just group the individuals into collectives like the Japanese, the Americans etc.

    • @AU_TRL
      @AU_TRL Před 8 měsíci +9

      Correct. These statements you are talking about really only mean anything in a world where there is only collective agency. I don’t endorse a lot of my own nation’s foreign policy, so why ought I be culpable for their decisions?

    • @pv6189
      @pv6189 Před 8 měsíci +17

      The entrance to the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima clearly states the historical fact that the Japanese military invaded China and other countries. In other words, Japan is not unconcerned about its own crimes.
      I am saddened by the fact that the world's worst weapon was dropped on the heads of the innocent people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, regardless of what Japan did in the Pacific War.

    • @justsomeserpentwithinterne2953
      @justsomeserpentwithinterne2953 Před 8 měsíci +4

      Correction: the bombings of Pearl Harbor was not a simple act of war, since the bombings occurred mainly on weekends, the armed personnel were considered civilians as well. Hope this clears up any confusion about the Japanese civilians didn’t deserve this.

    • @justadummy8076
      @justadummy8076 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Except unless action was taken against the actual people, the government wasn’t going to stop, and there wasn’t any single government facility nuke site that would’ve convinced the Japanese to end the war, it’s of course heartless, but it saved thousands of American soldiers from going into a deadly ground war on enemy turf

    • @commanderkris93
      @commanderkris93 Před 8 měsíci +2

      The problem is, most of japanese military and gonverment personel died in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And civilians were just another cost.

  • @user-ep2oj2hd8s
    @user-ep2oj2hd8s Před 6 měsíci +32

    I'm Japanese and a grandchild of atomic bomb victims. In Japan, all children learn about the real damage of nuclear weapons, but nowadays, atomic bomb victims are over 80 years old. So we are hard to know real voice of victim...
    I think this video can tell us the threat of nuclear weapons clearly. Thank you for making this video.
    I strongly want everyone in this world to know that nuclear weapons are not " just large bombs", they mean " literally the end of the world".
    I hope Nagasaki becomes the last place where was attacked by nuclear weapons.

  • @Tokito935
    @Tokito935 Před 4 lety +1598

    "The Survivors lucky enough to be in metro tunnels"
    Artyom: Oh yeah, it's all coming together

  • @imoqtz3332
    @imoqtz3332 Před 4 lety +4905

    “What if we nuke a city”
    Japan: we know a thing or two because we’ve seen a thing or two

    • @Obnax
      @Obnax Před 4 lety +115

      Underated

    • @User-mj2sw
      @User-mj2sw Před 4 lety +75

      DARK

    • @johndimal4867
      @johndimal4867 Před 4 lety +23

      Zombie Hunter seen a thing or *2*

    • @JKazama182
      @JKazama182 Před 4 lety +60

      We are The U S, bum parum pum, pum pum pum!!!!

    • @antonioISoffLINE
      @antonioISoffLINE Před 4 lety +7

      the word ''or'' makes it like they've not decided it yet

  • @thePeziie
    @thePeziie Před 9 měsíci +31

    Thank you for creating this educational video with such high quality and understandable script. It truly raises awareness of it, no matter how much or how little.
    I hope no one would launch any nuke ever again. 😢

  • @Hdbzhxxhxyxhx
    @Hdbzhxxhxyxhx Před 6 měsíci +12

    My grandmother saw the light of the atomic bomb in Okayama, next to Hiroshima.
    It took two hours by car from the hypocenter in Hiroshima to my grandma's house, which is about 135Km if you search on Google map.
    For me, I had never really felt how powerful it was, even though I had heard and seen it in classes and anime.
    It is very frightening to hear my grandma's story and to think that today's nuclear bombs may be more powerful than they were back then.

    • @arnold3768
      @arnold3768 Před 6 měsíci +2

      They are more powerful. Hiroshima's bomb power was 15 kilotons, an average US warhead nowadays is about 200 kilotons.

    • @bluemist333
      @bluemist333 Před 27 dny

      nope better try megatons and they are mutable warheads not single.@@arnold3768

  • @itzolie
    @itzolie Před 4 lety +12120

    Living in a small town suddenly doesn’t sound so bad.

  • @thenotflatearth2714
    @thenotflatearth2714 Před 4 lety +1237

    “Bring a piece of sun to earth”
    “Explode all nuclear weapons in Amazon”
    Now this
    Are you planning something

    • @merrittanimation7721
      @merrittanimation7721 Před 4 lety +93

      They’re totally not plotting a nuclear war so the birds can take over the planet or anything

    • @ImReign
      @ImReign Před 4 lety +27

      You know too much...

    • @adarshsridhar6051
      @adarshsridhar6051 Před 4 lety +36

      “I am god”-Kurzgesagt 2019

    • @benmoor7886
      @benmoor7886 Před 4 lety +7

      @@ImReign quick, contact hq, he can't be left alive

    • @krakenking8763
      @krakenking8763 Před 4 lety +3

      Is that why the Amazon is on fire?

  • @kidsacct6892
    @kidsacct6892 Před 9 měsíci +10

    "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
    -Robert J. Oppenheimer

  • @KnowledgeCat
    @KnowledgeCat Před 5 měsíci +2

    This was really well made, thank you for the great content!

  • @cruye9633
    @cruye9633 Před 4 lety +591

    "You wouldn't die of anything, per se, you'd just stop being biology and start being physics."

  • @bujuice2116
    @bujuice2116 Před 4 lety +3676

    Me: eating dinner
    Kurzgesagt: here is your daily dose of anxiety

    • @golexgames5094
      @golexgames5094 Před 4 lety +39

      And fear

    • @nuclearwolf9306
      @nuclearwolf9306 Před 4 lety +36

      Thank you Kurzgesagt,Very cool!

    • @rachard
      @rachard Před 4 lety +16

      + depression

    • @Stoatshine
      @Stoatshine Před 4 lety +16

      I mentally read that in the voice and tone of the Kurzgesagt narrator. It's funny, but do not recommend directly after watching this.

    • @Mr_Freds_Studio
      @Mr_Freds_Studio Před 4 lety +1

      same

  • @edward2879
    @edward2879 Před 8 měsíci +7

    who is here after watching Cristopher Nolan's openheimer in imax
    👇

  • @limegrass
    @limegrass Před 9 měsíci +8

    I'd be haunted if I was Oppenheimer

  • @AndroxVT
    @AndroxVT Před 4 lety +2716

    How to survive a nuclear weapon:
    Be the cameraman

  • @sstyle9335
    @sstyle9335 Před 4 lety +3624

    “What if we nuke a city”
    Japan: If?

    • @graylindblad1261
      @graylindblad1261 Před 4 lety +206

      This is worse. The little boy and fat man were sloppy and were literally just
      “We have big bomb we want test it”

    • @rubixia4077
      @rubixia4077 Před 4 lety +60

      Gray Lindblad I mean not really. More like we don’t want to invade mainland Japan.

    • @budoumurasaki5856
      @budoumurasaki5856 Před 4 lety +19

      Rubixia I mean it is really. Then what is the point of using two different type of bombs? It is nothing but testing and showing how “strong” you are. Just use the same bomb you tested if it is not testing.

    • @xboxjunkie1931
      @xboxjunkie1931 Před 4 lety +27

      Japan: First time?

    • @arktheman3391
      @arktheman3391 Před 4 lety +17

      Murasaki Budou Japan always fought till the end no matter what they do. That’s why you don’t want to invade main land Japan it was a test and yes it was to show how strong they are but the war would just go on if we didn’t do that.

  • @WilhelmRillhelm
    @WilhelmRillhelm Před 8 měsíci

    I Must say, the music really helps to show just how terrifying such a scenario is.

  • @filmreviewer117
    @filmreviewer117 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Brilliant video. Insightful and terrifying at the same time well done.

    • @davidnewland2556
      @davidnewland2556 Před 9 měsíci +2

      the best thing to do when you get inside go lowest remember the fallout will plate out on the roof what you want to do stay aslow as you canin the base ment get against the basement wall gosh I wish I could draw a picture of a house, when your'e against the wall sit on the floorremember the fallout is possibly on the ground out side even with the actual ground level getting below ground level is best.move beds into the basement,maybe I should do a video on what to do next: it's too much in formation to type in a comment space.

  • @paeratatahuriorangi498
    @paeratatahuriorangi498 Před 4 lety +1956

    Kurzgesagt: “What if we...”
    Everyone not wanting an existential crisis: “ *N O* “

    • @Bltzflx
      @Bltzflx Před 4 lety +3

      Kurzgesagt is a German word

    • @fichcaksksks2704
      @fichcaksksks2704 Před 4 lety +8

      LETS NUKE ANIME FANBOYS SICK OF ANIME PFP AND AHEGAO SWEATERS, LETS NUKE WHO EVER MADE MANGA AND ANIME

    • @fichcaksksks2704
      @fichcaksksks2704 Před 4 lety +3

      LET USE ALL OUR NUKES TO NUKE JAPAN, ITS WHAT THEY DESERVE FOR MAKING ANIME

    • @5spec
      @5spec Před 4 lety

      lol

    • @veritabletheropod
      @veritabletheropod Před 4 lety +23

      @@fichcaksksks2704 Hot take incoming: Anime would never exist if Japan wasn't nuked in WW2.

  • @Fluxx_edits
    @Fluxx_edits Před 2 lety +4450

    "Hey, that cloud looks like a car"
    "That one looks like a dog"
    "And that one looks like a mushroo-"

    • @ahmetkeremcetin9284
      @ahmetkeremcetin9284 Před 2 lety +87

      Actually that was pretty fun

    • @feelstoomuch37
      @feelstoomuch37 Před 2 lety +30

      HAHAHAH

    • @zacksulics8021
      @zacksulics8021 Před 2 lety +18

      Thats a good comment.

    • @XnoobSpeakable
      @XnoobSpeakable Před 2 lety +61

      More accurate version
      "Hey, that cloud looks like a car"
      "That one looks like a dog"
      "a- AAAA HELP I SAW A FLASH OF LIGHT NOW IM BLIND HELP HE- AAAAAAAAAA THE WINDOW SHATTERED THERES LOTS OF GLASS SHARDS STUCK IN MY BO- WAIT WHAT IM DEAF? I CANT HEAR ANYTHI- AAA ITS SO PAINFUL JESUS THERES A PUDDLE OF BLOOD UNDER ME IM GONNA DIE SOO- **passes out**"
      **dies moments after, later his body gets burned and turned into coal**
      **his friends that escaped start vomiting and die of radiation soon after their skin starts peeling away**

    • @blulemon7481
      @blulemon7481 Před 2 lety +8

      Username checks out

  • @auroratheicewingrainwinghy1665
    @auroratheicewingrainwinghy1665 Před 2 měsíci +4

    Can't believe it's been 4 years since this gem... is it weird that that makes me feel old? XD (I'm soon to be 18 at the time of writing this)

    • @bsadewitz
      @bsadewitz Před 2 měsíci +1

      Lol, old?
      No, it's not weird. 4 years is the length of HS. That is a long time for you. Now, at 43, 3-4 years feels like 1 used to. Seriously.
      You won't notice it much until about your mid 30s. Then ... ZANG!

    • @bsadewitz
      @bsadewitz Před 2 měsíci +1

      Wow, I was older than u are now on 9/11. Sorry, I just can't sleep and was already ruminating about age and time, and your comment struck me as so innocent and sweet.
      You need not ever feel weird or defective or whatever over your own feelings. NEVER.

  • @RegularSizedRon64
    @RegularSizedRon64 Před 8 měsíci +2

    I lost 30,000 men in a blink of an eye. And the world just fckn watched.

  • @adyn315
    @adyn315 Před 3 lety +1839

    “What if we nuked a city?”
    10 minutes later:
    “How to unpress charges against you”

    • @harrysox2815
      @harrysox2815 Před 3 lety +36

      How to get off watchlist

    • @MP-vc4nu
      @MP-vc4nu Před 3 lety +17

      10 minutes later
      “What if FBI is on our channel?”

    • @MP-vc4nu
      @MP-vc4nu Před 3 lety +7

      First, a flash, everyone in this channel have a a massive bang from their door.
      Meaning everywhere your house is now filled with armoured men.

    • @xxxtakaji-kaixxx9016
      @xxxtakaji-kaixxx9016 Před 3 lety +2

      I guess that person is paying all the Insurance to $900,000,00

    • @adamadam-ey6mv
      @adamadam-ey6mv Před 3 lety +1

      Just by doing it

  • @steveptrd8476
    @steveptrd8476 Před 4 lety +4982

    “Mankind invented the atomic bomb, but no mouse would invent a mousetrap.”
    - Albert Einstein

    • @348joey
      @348joey Před 4 lety +657

      If the mice were competing for food, you bet your ass they would want to make a mousetrap.

    • @ind4730
      @ind4730 Před 4 lety +248

      @@348joey quite a gut u have to challenge Einstein....nice logic tho

    • @jackryan2612
      @jackryan2612 Před 4 lety +334

      "I know not what weapons world war 3 will be fought with, but world war 4 will be fought with sticks and stones"
      -also einstein

    • @steveptrd8476
      @steveptrd8476 Před 4 lety +55

      @@348joey you wouldn't have anymore food after a nuclear blast 😂

    • @steveptrd8476
      @steveptrd8476 Před 4 lety +12

      @@jackryan2612 so true

  • @zekevideos4real
    @zekevideos4real Před 2 měsíci +2

    Imagine you left that city with your family, days later, you turn on the TV and realize how *fucking insane* your luck was.

  • @jatinbhosle4132
    @jatinbhosle4132 Před 9 měsíci +4

    US government to Oppenheimer:

  • @Jayko30
    @Jayko30 Před 4 lety +1046

    using nukes follows a simple procedure... the one who shoots first dies second

    • @burnsZY85
      @burnsZY85 Před 4 lety +16

      MAD.

    • @tama5380
      @tama5380 Před 4 lety +6

      Underrated

    • @alixlegend7952
      @alixlegend7952 Před 4 lety +6

      r/i’mnot14butthat’sdeep

    • @HoangPham-wp9gu
      @HoangPham-wp9gu Před 4 lety +8

      *USA and Japan have joined the chat*

    • @Jayko30
      @Jayko30 Před 4 lety +5

      @@HoangPham-wp9gu with modern nukes yes... the fallout dust and debrie would be big enough for global winter

  • @stevewaclo167
    @stevewaclo167 Před 4 lety +1256

    To quote from the movie “War Games”, “The only way to win is not to play...”.

    • @pXnTilde
      @pXnTilde Před 4 lety +18

      You're already playing. Chess mate.

    • @donjon5442
      @donjon5442 Před 4 lety +21

      Andrew Rakos Check Mate

    • @Thlormby
      @Thlormby Před 4 lety +2

      You can win a thermonuclear war, depending on what your goal is and who your enemy is.

    • @logam9954
      @logam9954 Před 4 lety

      @@pXnTilde chess mate

    • @smileybones9172
      @smileybones9172 Před 4 lety +5

      "Strange game...."

  • @DrkRatchet105Rides
    @DrkRatchet105Rides Před 8 měsíci +6

    "I believe we did"

  • @Graehaus
    @Graehaus Před rokem +13

    Still scary 3 years later. I learnt years ago that my little coastal town had at one time, or maybe still has 4 missiles aimed at it. Hopefully if it happens, we go quick.

    • @Ocoro_
      @Ocoro_ Před 11 měsíci

      Smh you really think they would aim 4 missiles at some random town instead of things like New York, London, Toronto, Istanbul or litterally any other large cities in the world

    • @FalconWindblader
      @FalconWindblader Před 10 měsíci +3

      ​@@Ocoro_Depends on the town really. & 4 missiles ain't nothing to militaries out to fight wars. They're looking to fire such things at least in the hundreds in just a single year after all.

    • @Graehaus
      @Graehaus Před 9 měsíci +2

      @@Ocoro_ we are a deep water harbour, so all those big US ships use to refuel at, so in the cold era. Pretty strategic to wipe a line like that.
      And also NYC, would only need one massive bomb to wipe out a chunk of the densely populated city like that. For example.

    • @Ocoro_
      @Ocoro_ Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@Graehaus Fair enough, sorry if I seemed aggressive I had a really bad day I think

    • @DrEldersAnatomyChannel
      @DrEldersAnatomyChannel Před 8 měsíci

      Better to have 4 weapons aimed at your city than none.

  • @patricianash9207
    @patricianash9207 Před 3 lety +2035

    "Hey ferb I know what we are going to do today"

  • @TheOnlyIncognito
    @TheOnlyIncognito Před 4 lety +5704

    I’m glad you included the idiots who’s first thoughts are to take photos

    • @PokeFan28
      @PokeFan28 Před 4 lety +882

      What else am i gonna do? Save the city?

    • @alfonsmuhs144
      @alfonsmuhs144 Před 4 lety +620

      It is not stupid... That's ten best thing you can do for information etc... To show it to the rest of the world

    • @MW3G3rmany
      @MW3G3rmany Před 4 lety +523

      I mean it would be a historical event so why not

    • @Hybrid10Prime_Creative
      @Hybrid10Prime_Creative Před 4 lety +541

      Death is inevitable. Why not record it for future generations?

    • @ilikepizza6826
      @ilikepizza6826 Před 4 lety +102

      Yeah lol I would hide behind a concrete wall or anything sturdy

  • @littlechef4710
    @littlechef4710 Před 8 měsíci +3

    Decided to re-watch this after Oppenheimer

  • @hamzahalabi
    @hamzahalabi Před 9 měsíci +30

    Who's here after Oppenheimer?

  • @nuyavang
    @nuyavang Před 3 lety +2918

    "What if we Nuke a City?"
    People watching this in 2020: [Softly] _Dont._

    • @squiddy9233
      @squiddy9233 Před 3 lety +9

      Isn't this stolen?
      I dunno

    • @nuyavang
      @nuyavang Před 3 lety +13

      @@squiddy9233 ?

    • @squiddy9233
      @squiddy9233 Před 3 lety +7

      @@nuyavang I dunno I've seen like 16 of these comments
      So yeah I really dunno

    • @nuyavang
      @nuyavang Před 3 lety +8

      @@squiddy9233 oh-

    • @pooppoop9912
      @pooppoop9912 Před 3 lety +5

      Wasn't there a explosion in a town in 2020?

  • @francisii1679
    @francisii1679 Před 3 lety +3364

    "hey ferb i know what we're gonna do today"

  • @Mr_smart_cat
    @Mr_smart_cat Před 3 měsíci +5

    ‘Pressure’ - works good for democracy, but not so well for dictatorship

  • @TSMKJr
    @TSMKJr Před 3 měsíci +1

    One of the best and important videos I have ever watched

  • @7906jun
    @7906jun Před 4 lety +7663

    “The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist deep in gasoline, one with three matches, the other with five.”
    ― Carl Sagan

    • @PvtIndi
      @PvtIndi Před 4 lety +400

      One of the better quotes of our time

    • @hedgie9823
      @hedgie9823 Před 4 lety +162

      Thats a good quote

    • @neilwilson5785
      @neilwilson5785 Před 4 lety +206

      Had to go quite far down the comments for some rationality. Thanks.

    • @cheesecake667
      @cheesecake667 Před 4 lety +17

      That is actually bullshit. America would survive a nuclear attack on russia if they don't return the favor

    • @e.eriksson8191
      @e.eriksson8191 Před 4 lety +388

      @@cheesecake667 Both would survive, but the government, infrastructure and populations would be beyond repair.
      Tens to hundreds of millions will die on both sides, even in the best case scenario, it's a pyrrhic victory.

  • @drtelstra9632
    @drtelstra9632 Před 4 lety +648

    2018: "What If You Detonated a Nuclear Bomb in the Marianas Trench?"
    2019: "What if We Nuke a City?"
    2020: "What if we Started a Nuclear arms War?"
    2021: "What if we Started a Global Slaughter of Billions with Nuclear Bombs?"
    2022: "Presuade us not to launch these Nukes"

  • @liam3284
    @liam3284 Před 9 měsíci +6

    In Hiroshima, they did restore the railway and get in some supplies and help in 48 hours. But that is also because, there was some practice in responding to firebombing of cities. The problem is, if you survived the blast you need to get as far away as possible, as soon as possible. The radiation damage is cumulative.

    • @kedrednael
      @kedrednael Před 8 měsíci +1

      The bomb described here is a 100x more powerful than the ones dropped on Hiroshima.

  • @AWieEinfachHD
    @AWieEinfachHD Před 9 měsíci +7

    Weird that this gets recommended to me after watching Oppenheimer

  • @this_is_ely0305
    @this_is_ely0305 Před 4 lety +1844

    "OH cool, a new Kurzgesagt video!"
    9 mins later: "I need to hug my children."

    • @chivalrousdipstick5675
      @chivalrousdipstick5675 Před 4 lety +39

      Ely Sanchez What children? They were sacrificed to appease the nuke gods and save us all

    • @alexandrealferan7144
      @alexandrealferan7144 Před 4 lety +16

      Nihilism and Existentialism is all part of the process of the ubermench

    • @christopherpadilla5244
      @christopherpadilla5244 Před 4 lety +2

      @@alexandrealferan7144 dude Wtf lmao

    • @iplaygames896
      @iplaygames896 Před 4 lety

      Ely Sanchez fuck I made the same joke sorta :(.

    • @charlesbarnett1701
      @charlesbarnett1701 Před 4 lety

      Ely Sanchez excuse me, you are an introvert at 3AM watching a kurzgesagt video on nukes, I know for a fact that u do not have children

  • @Bassywassy20
    @Bassywassy20 Před 4 lety +819

    I'm not worried, I own a fridge.

    • @meikelwupp7044
      @meikelwupp7044 Před 4 lety +35

      Bas Waaijer Indiana Jones?

    • @Bassywassy20
      @Bassywassy20 Před 4 lety +10

      @@meikelwupp7044 Yes!

    • @Kdubz
      @Kdubz Před 4 lety +21

      I thought this was a fallout 4 reference about billy the kid ghoul.

    • @vimos.9996
      @vimos.9996 Před 4 lety +6

      ControllerLoner That stemmed from Indiana Jones

    • @glitchtalefrisk2957
      @glitchtalefrisk2957 Před 4 lety

      Bas Waaijer I also do

  • @Grigeral
    @Grigeral Před rokem +31

    The problem here, is the threat of mutually assured destruction is enough to stave off some who would otherwise be more inclined to drop them in the first place.
    This is why simply saying "Nukes are bad, destroy all of them..." doesn't work. If everyone agreed to do it, but then some of the more notorious leaders didn't, but everyone else did, there's no threat to prevent them from using them.
    Removing your strongest weapons from the table without being able to ensure everyone else actually does it to won't help anyone, it will lead only to destruction of those who follow it.

    • @giantmutantbug
      @giantmutantbug Před 11 měsíci

      I think it's actually impossible to get rid of all nukes. people don't trust each other at all to not have them.

    • @vallahdsacretor4839
      @vallahdsacretor4839 Před 11 měsíci +2

      That's always been the issue among nations. Until nations put ink to paper for treaties and alliances, iron clad agreements of non-aggression, and work to maintain amicable relations, the threat of war is always there. It may be low in modern times, but it's a non-zero number. And given how tensions all across the world are rising, externally and internally, the idea of demilitarizing and denuclearizing is as unappealing as ever. We're on the cusp of a potential WWIII, everyone can see it. All it takes is that first spark.
      As the saying goes, it's better to have a weapon and not use it, than to need a weapon and not have it. And unfortunately, this is our best method of preventing WWIII.

    • @Grigeral
      @Grigeral Před 11 měsíci +5

      @@vallahdsacretor4839 "iron clad agreements of non-aggression" - Unfortunately, this is never going to be possible. Even if you 'had' a treaty that forbade any kind of aggression on a global scale, it doesn't actually 'prevent' those things from taking place.
      Russia/Ukraine is a classic example. Russia has breached numerous geneva conventions, including attacking civilian medical facilties. But how do you enforce that, beyond through military force?

    • @The_Lucent_Archangel
      @The_Lucent_Archangel Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@Grigeral You furthered your original point but likely not in the way you thought. The Ukrainians agreed to relinquish the Soviet-era warheads left on their soil after the USSR fell with the understanding that they would not face Russian aggression or have any chance of becoming a NATO signatory (to avoid encircling / threatening Russian territory).
      The West in the years since then actively screwed them over by continuing to make overtures and flirt with the idea of bringing them into the EU and/or NATO, and even had a hand in the 2014 coup that installed heavily anti-Russo politicians into power. While that doesn't excuse the invasion, it does show that giving up a potential nuclear deterrent paired with the manner of world policing statecraft that has become notorious over decades is a recipe for a nation caught in the middle to be at greater risk of attack.

    • @Grigeral
      @Grigeral Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@The_Lucent_Archangel it was more a hypothetical argument I was making on how you enforce something when you have nothing to back it up.
      What you're raising is a whole other argument. My stance on that, would be that Ukraine is not a part of Russia. As such, Russia have zero say over who Ukraine have dealings with, be it NATO or otherwise, whether they like it or not.
      It might justify the war in the eyes of Russian officials, but that's pretty much it. They have no control over them, so have don't have rights like they seem to believe.

  • @tmilesffl
    @tmilesffl Před 9 měsíci +1

    There are a number of variables not discussed here. The yield of the nuke is the biggest one and how many tall buildings, and how tall, are in the blast area is another big variable.

  • @bhargavrokade9279
    @bhargavrokade9279 Před 3 lety +2407

    Even if we nuke the city ,the cameraman will still survive

    • @MGSLurmey
      @MGSLurmey Před 3 lety +191

      The cameraman *always survives.*

    • @ampe6464
      @ampe6464 Před 3 lety +18

      But not unless it’s a movie

    • @veetierkkila3737
      @veetierkkila3737 Před 3 lety +21

      @@otokonara706 no there isnt

    • @GrizzleyBearington
      @GrizzleyBearington Před 3 lety +11

      What an original joke. Haven’t heard this one before.

    • @rickastley4993
      @rickastley4993 Před 3 lety +28

      bruhtastic give it a rest dude CZcams is full of unoriginal comments. People are just joking around

  • @Resi1ience
    @Resi1ience Před 4 lety +746

    "Why would you want to get rid of humanity's most powerful weapon?"
    "I just have a really deep, primal passion for existing."

    • @Resi1ience
      @Resi1ience Před 4 lety +31

      The best game to play is choosing where you are in the city when the blast happens, do you want to stop existing in a nanosecond, burn alive in several seconds, be annihilated by forceful winds, shattered infrastructure, and tornado expulsions, or slowly die in the outskirts after being abandoned

    • @shadowbanned4149
      @shadowbanned4149 Před 4 lety +5

      sorry the 1 world Government which Burns California Australia has other ideas Tick Tock 2021

    • @GermanEistee2000
      @GermanEistee2000 Před 4 lety +1

      cant relate

    • @Sergio6726
      @Sergio6726 Před 4 lety +4

      Once you get rid of nuclear weapons it's back to having large standing armies so say goodbye to non mandatory military service. Nuclear weapons ironically made peace possible( because the leaders know they're also in the cross hairs now, or at least collateral if those start flying, unlike before when they could be sipping tea while your father/brother/husband/son would be bleeding to death in a ditch somewhere.

    • @Azraiel213
      @Azraiel213 Před 4 lety +1

      "And I don't understand that the crazy people alluded to in this video won't be deterred by my better angels."

  • @josephhuelbig
    @josephhuelbig Před 7 měsíci +1

    If you can get a propane tank filled with liquid hydrogen to stay cool with liquid nitrogen you can use a tattoo removal laser for a triggering mechanism and have an explosive that reaches nuclear sometimes; like a "sometimes nuke". Not a huge radius.

  • @deniseeulert2503
    @deniseeulert2503 Před 11 měsíci +1

    There was a TV movie about the explosion of a small nuke in Charleston SC. The mention in this video of the blizzard of sharp glass was seen later in the show, when a newswoman kneels down to pick glass out of the back of a coworker.

  • @VenularSilver
    @VenularSilver Před 4 lety +929

    *“This item was too Overpowered to be in the game, so we removed it.”*

    • @felixir7368
      @felixir7368 Před 4 lety +10

      VenularSilver this comment right here officer

    • @cake7451
      @cake7451 Před 4 lety +4

      Notch apples lul

    • @AmbeSwag
      @AmbeSwag Před 4 lety +4

      R.I.P Fallout 76! The 76th game in the franchise. Died from script kitties and try hards nuking new players. OOF

    • @atacovideogamessciencemore4116
      @atacovideogamessciencemore4116 Před 4 lety +4

      tierzoo is that you?

    • @bmpk4954
      @bmpk4954 Před 4 lety +1

      nice lol

  • @josevallez6064
    @josevallez6064 Před 8 měsíci +2

    In fact, Oppenheimer already did it.

  • @oweeyformallyknownasokok4752
    @oweeyformallyknownasokok4752 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Thank you! I am currently doing research for a novella I'm writing that takes place after a devastating nuclear war, but with a heavy focus on realism, no cut corners. I won't nuke anything, but I won't BS my way through it either.

    • @115islandscompass6
      @115islandscompass6 Před 3 měsíci

      This is not well known in foreign countries, but the number of victims in Hiroshima and Nagasaki continues to increase year by year, and that has exceeded 520,000 so far.
      This is because deaths from diseases due to exposure are also counted.

  • @yungsakii
    @yungsakii Před 4 lety +7078

    “What if we nuke a city”
    America: *what if we nuke two*

  • @kaiser6592
    @kaiser6592 Před 4 lety +564

    Short answer: death
    Long answer: D e a t h

    • @icipher6730
      @icipher6730 Před 4 lety +4

      Longer answer: D e a t h c o r e

    • @coffeeturtle6924
      @coffeeturtle6924 Před 4 lety +6

      Longer answer : M e g a D e a t h

    • @daggerd1374
      @daggerd1374 Před 4 lety +1

      Longer answer: D E S T R U C T I O N 1 0 0

    • @nanashihoshimiya
      @nanashihoshimiya Před 4 lety +3

      Longer answer: Homo sapiens located within the blast radius, regardless of gender, will be completely obliterated and will cease life function.

    • @seanlopez7742
      @seanlopez7742 Před 4 lety +1

      Jesus taught that the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is seminal ejaculation! The super elite that run this world are hybrid demons that look human but need sperm to survive! They created Hollywood and Porn and many other pawns to achieve this evil. Seminal ejaculation is why G-d sent the flood to destroy the people in Noah’s day. And now G-d will send Fire to destroy the USA and the world. The USA is the 2nd beast from revelations. The 7 churches are the bodies 7 chakras. Jesus taught these things including reincarnation and karma but the Pope with the Catholic Church rewrote and perverted. Remember to have a true relationship with G-d is to not ever ejaculate the sperm for it creates and draws demons to men! The point of sex is not ejaculation for it is the sin that got Adam cast out of eden. The point is to do work of Abraham to escape this cycle of reincarnation and the evil one Yaldabaoth who in Greek is Cronos. All religions come from Christ for Abraham Buddha Vishnu Thoth Hermes would tell you this. Please read the pistis Sophia. Gnostic teachings online. Gnostic gospels. The perfect Matrimony and the book of revelations.

  • @srracing2764
    @srracing2764 Před 8 měsíci +3

    Now I've become death the destroyer of worlds

  • @hannekeboeijen1089
    @hannekeboeijen1089 Před 9 měsíci +2

    just watched oppenheimer, it makes me even sadder...

  • @daffamumtaz2361
    @daffamumtaz2361 Před 4 lety +538

    Select weapon:
    Tank
    Airplane
    [ Extinction ball ]

  • @harsh4725
    @harsh4725 Před 9 měsíci +1

    What an animation and your coverage 🥶

  • @dimitrialex6223
    @dimitrialex6223 Před 9 měsíci

    Can you let us know who composes your music? Absolutely loved it.

  • @danshakulawrence983
    @danshakulawrence983 Před 4 lety +611

    Kurzgesagt: The forces of man are laughable compared to the forces of nature.
    Also Kurzgesagt: A nuclear bomb is every natural disaster combined

    • @rajathapa87
      @rajathapa87 Před 4 lety

      XDDDD

    • @altinturk
      @altinturk Před 4 lety +34

      ... for a small surface on Earth. If the scale is Earth sized everything is microscopic

    • @LeviathanTechWiz
      @LeviathanTechWiz Před 4 lety +66

      I mean, you do realize that no matter what damage we cause to the earth it will never be enough to actually permanently damage the earth itself. Even a nuclear bomb is nothing compared to mother nature. Yeah we get to see the effects that are caused, and yes we can see the damage, but when we are all dead and the earth is still rotating, it will heal itself. You just won't see it. The way he said this statement is confusing, but only if you don't understand how the Earth's ecosystem works.

    • @BotonianGamingOfficial
      @BotonianGamingOfficial Před 4 lety +5

      @@LeviathanTechWiz very well said

    • @LeviathanTechWiz
      @LeviathanTechWiz Před 4 lety +3

      @Oscar Burner I know right, I mean don't get me wrong I know that even though nuclear weapons are the "most destructive force on Earth" it's really only temporary. Humans always seem to find a way to make things "bigger" or "better" or even make new technologies but in actuality they just digging their graves even further down. I mean don't get me wrong having technologies that will keep our enemies at bay is nice, but when you notice that is just a veiled threat of safety due to "mutually assured destruction" but really millions will die just by one bomb being launched. Cascade effect. I know I am going on a tyrade, but if we could just focus our scientific knowledge on improving how to better our lives, not destroy them, then I'll be very happy.

  • @fella9921
    @fella9921 Před 3 lety +1146

    “World leaders threatening each other with the destruction of civilian’s lives”

    • @Tomchatumadre
      @Tomchatumadre Před 3 lety +50

      A classic

    • @AaronShenghao
      @AaronShenghao Před 3 lety +21

      I could only count 2, and gladly one is no longer "world leader"

    • @tejetski
      @tejetski Před 3 lety +60

      Why not just have them (the leaders themselves) fist fight?

    • @HumodHadi
      @HumodHadi Před 3 lety +2

      Well said

    • @mimicbox3
      @mimicbox3 Před 3 lety +11

      USA did it. The only country that did it.

  • @KNIGHT_ITOFUYU
    @KNIGHT_ITOFUYU Před 6 měsíci +3

    The most frightening point of this video is the fact that "all the cruel phenomena described in this video actually took place on two separate occasions in the past."
    All we can do is to prevent it from happening again in the future, forever.

  • @alexcrouse
    @alexcrouse Před 7 měsíci +1

    The problem with eliminating nuclear weapons is there is no way to guarantee that the other guy has as well.

  • @NesirahGanks
    @NesirahGanks Před 4 lety +807

    How many existential crisis videos do we need?
    Kurzgesagt: Yes

    • @project_uncomplete992
      @project_uncomplete992 Před 4 lety +3

      also cgp grey with humans need not apply

    • @N.M.E.
      @N.M.E. Před 4 lety

      Kurzgesagt: Alle

    • @bulk_manifesto3624
      @bulk_manifesto3624 Před 4 lety +3

      This is not existential video, more like disaster preparedness and advocacy.

    • @greatalaska6429
      @greatalaska6429 Před 4 lety

      fear mongering

    • @SerbianMealTime
      @SerbianMealTime Před 4 lety

      Go check Mutually Assured Destruction. Any country that uses nuclear weapon risks being nuked itself.
      So while its true that if ISIS or someone thats just completely suicidal gets their hands on nuke would be bad, nukes are also what is stopping many wars from happening.
      US is never going to attack Russia with nukes because it would mean they are both going to get destroyed.
      Also people that are just batshit crazy aren't going to care about any agreement, they will build their own nuke if they want and then be the only ones with the nuke.
      This is just dumb in my opinion to get rid of them

  • @theexchipmunk
    @theexchipmunk Před 4 lety +2688

    Waiter: Sir, your serving of existential fear is ready.
    Me: Ahhh, finally.

    • @Nestoras_Zogopoulos
      @Nestoras_Zogopoulos Před 4 lety +35

      mere seconds later : *Screaming sounds*

    • @magisterrleth3129
      @magisterrleth3129 Před 4 lety +32

      Nothing like a discussion about the effects of a fatal dose of instant sunshine to make you bright and chipper in the morning.

    • @tajbidnawazkhan4051
      @tajbidnawazkhan4051 Před 4 lety +1

      Replace easier with CZcams

    • @kosmickalamity7071
      @kosmickalamity7071 Před 4 lety +3

      Yeah kurzgesagt is good at that lol

    • @jacobesterson
      @jacobesterson Před 4 lety +12

      Look on the bright side, if it ever does happen and you're close enough to the blast zone it'll be the quickest death you could ever possibly hope for. I don't think you'd even have time to register the pain before you vaporise, let alone have the time to scream.

  • @joshualuna1727
    @joshualuna1727 Před 11 měsíci +3

    The thing is that we’ve already done it twice

  • @crimsonduke
    @crimsonduke Před 3 měsíci +4

    it is terrifying what humans are capable of

  • @silent0089
    @silent0089 Před 4 lety +1242

    Kurzgesagt: **makes an interesting video**
    Also Kurzgesagt: Let's make everyone feel uncomfortable

    • @mojolotz
      @mojolotz Před 4 lety +63

      You should feel uncomfortable about nuclear weapons.

    • @WadcaWymiaru
      @WadcaWymiaru Před 4 lety +1

      Everyone murders descendant in USA...

    • @koghs
      @koghs Před 4 lety +8

      Aniexity channel published a new video

    • @silent0089
      @silent0089 Před 4 lety

      @@DevenSeenath
      ...
      ...
      _daga, kotowaru_

    • @Macam2macam
      @Macam2macam Před 4 lety +7

      It s a real threat to humanity. We should feel uncomfortable.

  • @jcdenton6427
    @jcdenton6427 Před rokem +2560

    "few minutes later, those who survived will envy the dead"
    That's the scariest part for me. I'd rather evaporate in milliseconds than suffer next few hours.

    • @parsafarmanbar7987
      @parsafarmanbar7987 Před rokem +1

      If i survive , I will kill my self :/

    • @javajive9588
      @javajive9588 Před rokem

      That profile picture makes you look like a pedophile.

    • @basedbear1605
      @basedbear1605 Před 11 měsíci

      This is nothing but fear propaganda nonsense. Nukes are fake af. If they were real, Nagasaki and Heroshima would be uninhabitable for 10,000 years.... THINK for yourself ffs.

    • @MrCmsch
      @MrCmsch Před 10 měsíci +73

      Or days or weeks or months ugh this made me so sad

    • @FalconWindblader
      @FalconWindblader Před 10 měsíci +23

      Same. I'd consider myself luckiest in such a setting, when i'm caught in ground zero, as even being hundreds of kilometers away, free from whatever shit such an explosion would bring, there's still the fallout, radioactively, socially & politically, to deal with for years, if not decades, to come. Just about the entire world would be turned into a shithole within years, with the constant threat of yet another such explosion happening anywhere, anytime.

  • @kat.nicolette
    @kat.nicolette Před 6 měsíci +1

    I’m loving how this was narrated.

  • @Model_BT-7274
    @Model_BT-7274 Před 8 měsíci

    Can we talk a how great the animation is??

  • @febo6198
    @febo6198 Před 4 lety +977

    Phase 1: "In a millisecond, a ball of plasma hotter than the sun appears; everyone evaporates or becomes blind and is set on fire".
    Phase *_one_*

    • @thelasttenno5450
      @thelasttenno5450 Před 4 lety +49

      Its not just hotter that the sun.. Its the Hottest thing in the Universe aside from Big Bang.. Its when Atoms split, now this is something insane.. It can be Trillions of times hotter than sun..

    • @typ6896
      @typ6896 Před 4 lety +25

      @@thelasttenno5450 I looked it up after watching this man a blast frome a nuke can be up to 1000000 degrees CELSIUS

    • @godoverlordquacken4003
      @godoverlordquacken4003 Před 4 lety +6

      @@thelasttenno5450
      What about the entire universe being compressed into a single planck volume and then being split

    • @ToastyEggs
      @ToastyEggs Před 4 lety +32

      @The Last Tennos that is actually incorrect. The super hadron collider can generate temperatures of 5.5 trillion degrees Celsius, which is way hotter than a nuclear blast.

    • @ToastyEggs
      @ToastyEggs Před 4 lety +5

      Nuclear blasts only reach about 83 million degrees Celsius.

  • @beeptherobot9730
    @beeptherobot9730 Před 4 lety +1634

    Phases of a Nuclear Explosion
    Phase 1: Everybody Dies
    Phase 2: Everybody Dies
    Phase 3: Everybody Dies

  • @SlaughterDog
    @SlaughterDog Před 2 měsíci

    I tried to watch this video years ago, and stopped a few minutes in because of how horrific it was. I was just now able to watch it all the way through, but am still crying.

  • @Nemoawnz
    @Nemoawnz Před 4 měsíci +1

    We could be talking to good friends and family across the world, having a good time, trying to figure out our differences and healing pains and drama, connecting with other people, as people. Loved ones, friends, family, anybody...
    And suddenly never hear from them again.
    And not know anything until the world starts talking about it.
    People we knew and loved just gone... because people can't be trusted with these things.

  • @puto8736
    @puto8736 Před 3 lety +1906

    After the "Beirut Explosion" don’t give 2020 any ideas

    • @luisacuna4326
      @luisacuna4326 Před 3 lety +89

      Want to know what's terrifying? The Beirut Incident was only about ~20% the scale and power of the bomb dropped in Hiroshima.
      Just 1/5th. Watch the video again and remember the first ever nuclear bomb used against a city was 5 times bigger.

    • @TheMaster5059
      @TheMaster5059 Před 3 lety +57

      That explosion only killed around 100 people and had no nuclear fallout. i mean theres videos from like a few blocks away of people surviving with no injuries. its still horrible but absolutely nothing compared to what our nuclear warheads are capable of today. If russia dropped the tsar bomba in times square new york, it would instantly evaporate the whole island of Manhattan along with around 2 million people in around 1 second. with around another 1 million dieing within a few days from surrounding regions. now thats just one, consider the fact the russia has atleast 1,600 active nuclear weapons that they can fire pretty much all together at once, and thats enough to totally annihilate atleast a quarter of the entire U.S at once. now consider that the U.S also has around the same amount and can do just as much damage back to russia. hundreds of millions will die within a single day.

    • @4t-fournights454
      @4t-fournights454 Před 3 lety +26

      @@TheMaster5059 90km away we had broken windows so yes for a small country like lebanon is big explosion

    • @Ra1nb0wBanana
      @Ra1nb0wBanana Před 3 lety +33

      People who are spreading conspiracies about the Beirut explosion being a nuke are seriously underestimating the danger nuclear weapons pose.
      And somehow now it makes sense why we aren't forcing nations to disarm, most people are just so ignorant of the sheer existential horror nukes pose.
      I'm hoping more people like you are navigating here and realise just how destructive human can be.

    • @manydays2540
      @manydays2540 Před 3 lety +3

      Jason Borshchik
      The death number has risen to 200 tho