The man who saved the world:
Stanislav Petrov was manning surveillance equipment for the Soviet Air Defense Forces when he noticed something strange on the screen. Soon after, warning signals started flashing with the report of an incoming nuclear missile from the USA.
Seeing only one missile, he figured it was a mistake, assuming Americans wouldn’t send only one missile if they wanted a nuclear war.
Soon thereafter, many more started appearing on the screen.
Nevertheless he trusted his instincts, and rather than contact his superiors he waited to see what would happen. He waited past the perceived time on impact. There was no damage - the warnings were due to a system malfunction.
Had Petrov not defied protocol and contacted his superiors, a real retaliatory strike may very well have been fired in response - igniting nuclear war between the USA and Soviet Union.
September 26, 1983 - 29 years ago today.
({and we’d all be dead})
Stan’s the Man.
this deserves a reblog
you go, sir.
Pac-Mac Plushies
Pac-Mac plushies at the L.A. County Fair 2012 in Pomona, California.
Image by Sam Howzit
Guess who lost $10 on a UFO catcher trying to win one of these sons of bitches?
i saw this at the pound near my work
Before I get any shit for it, I understand why this was posted. The language on the poster is potentially a racially charged request. That being said, the request is entirely legitimate when you read the statistics about these pets.
This is actually a pretty sad situation for these animals - in and out of shelters. People are statistically less likely to adopt black animals due to myths and superstitions about black-furred animals - particularly cats - until about this time of year. Some Humane Society locations have actually even resorted to not allowing their black-coated pets to be adopted around Halloween because of people “renting” them for the holiday and, even worse, people adopting them specifically mistreat them. Even then, black-furred animals are far more likely to be mistreated by strangers than any other markings due to superstition. These are the ones that need the happy homes more than any other animal of otherwise equivalent health and age.
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I love legs don’t judge me
I love legs too. Don’t worry.
She also loves cheating with chubby ginger boys 3 years younger than her, oops did i say that out loud
I feel like this post just got extremely real and I want to be a part of it
Cheaters gonna cheat.
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D —> My dear followers
D —> I present to you, a most e%cellent display
D —> Equius and Cthulhu
D —> We all forsee e%actly where this is going
I didn’t know that I needed this in my life until I saw it :O
30 Day Monster Girl Challenge
13. Insect Girl
My sis helped me come up with this one. :D
She loves pastel shades and using tumblr and adding offensive sparkle text onto pictures of clouds and Barbie dolls.
She has the edge because she is naturally pastel coloured and everyone stole her gimmick of having runs in her tights.
wow hot a what
Have had this one for awhile now and it is one sturdy-ass mug. This is the tankard that was made for me.
when did tumblr collectively decide not to use punctuation like when did this happen why is this a thing
it just looks so smooth I mean look at this sentence flow like a jungle river
ahead of the cuuuuurve
