▲ 41 ▼ India and Pakistan tensions spill over into contest over whose flagpole is bigger (www.theguardian.com) submitted 11 months ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 4 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Stern@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children) I mean, if I had to choose I'd much rather have a flagpole dick waving contest then nukes. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] wuffah@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* Yea, that last time the US and Russia did this we had to ban nuclear weapons in space. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jago@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago Agreed. It doesn't make much sense to have nukes before the flagpole dick-waving contest. If you do that, there's no more anything left, so no flagpoles for contests. Much more practical to hold the contest first, and have the nukes after that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wuffah@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* Yea, that last time the US and Russia did this we had to ban nuclear weapons in space. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jago@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago Agreed. It doesn't make much sense to have nukes before the flagpole dick-waving contest. If you do that, there's no more anything left, so no flagpoles for contests. Much more practical to hold the contest first, and have the nukes after that. permalink fedilink source parent