290K views · Jan 27, 2012 · 4:16 · 0 HN recommenders · 7 mentions · discussed 2020–2024
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.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN commenters post it as a punchline whenever a thread turns to some 'gap' or to surviving nuclear catastrophe.
“this scene from Dr. Strangelove comes to mind”
Scene from Dr. Strangelove about surviving near-total destruction.
Indefinitely, even in the case of near-total destruction. While not exactly historical fiction, this scene from Dr. Strangelove comes to mind: this video
“Dr. Strangelove : "we must not allow a mineshaft gap"”
Dr. Strangelove : "we must not allow a mineshaft gap": this video A Boy and His Dog would continue the trope. for the serious original, see p11 of link
“the real question is do we still have a mineshaft gap?”
this video the real question is do we still have a mineshaft gap? hope we figure out how to get along in our only home.
“We now have a "BSL-4 lab gap”
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!: this video [I miss Peter Sellers!]
“Are we suffering a "groundwater gap"?8-))”
But can we use this as a weapon of war? Are we suffering a "groundwater gap"?8-)) mineshaft gap (in Dr.Strangelove): this video
“it's "breed more prodigously"”
> immediately breed more and faster than ever According to [Kubrick64] it's "breed more prodigously": this video
> Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive. —not President Merkin Muffley See this video Lagniappe: link
