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Jul 25, 2021 1:01 PM
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JahNoodles
Ya but you guys got NHS outta that. We got people voting against 9/11 victims. With "19" Jesus Allah Buddha save us all
Cheomesh
I had been thinking about this since the start - all those old-time WW2-era restrictions/rations/etc would 100% fail *hard* these days.
PhoenixfireUK
I wonder if Anti-Maskers will insist that any surgery they undergo will not involve doctors wearing masks? Nope? Thought not.
stronomer
See, that is why UK speaks english now and not German. And why we have the WWW, since it was created at CERN, an international cooperation.
Kopar
This is the exact example I like to use. This and opening black-out curtains on civilian ships crossing the atlantic in the early 40s.
elgwango1
Also lots of murders made to look like bomb victims , along with looting and burglary my uncle repaired bomb damage great story's
ghostinthesnow
There were and, if caught, they were immediately suspected to be German spies and arrested. I wish they'd been bombed instead but se la vie.
Sirdan3k
None of this selfishness is new or surprising to any student of history. There will be a fourth Covid surge.
clemdarkstarzero
Nigel Farrage likes this idea
GondwanaCraton
Um, there were. Not that it makes antivaccing any better, but there were people who ignored the blackouts and thus caused many deaths by
GondwanaCraton
giving German bombers lit targets for their bombing runs. Selfish idiocy *seems* like a new thing, but it isn't.
metalrulercid
If they had, maybe there wouldn't be a tory gouvernent fucking everything up
bippityboppitybuttsex
You don't mess with an ARP Warden, they would fuck you up...
AlrightLetsGetAName
Well, knowing that all windows got heavily covered. most people actually had lights on inside. you just didnt see on the outside..
badatediting
ixPlayDeadxi
We're doomed, I tell ya! ?
TCGView
There were and they got fined, arrested, or killed by giant bombs.
LostScientist
There were mandatory blackouts on the American east coast to protect ships from U-boats and some refused.
wholady
Don't you mean turn off? (Or blackout windows?)
Northwindlowlander
Bombs only kill the old and unfit.
aCoolBreezeOnAHotSummerDay
And they’d get shot or at least arrested I imagine
NVGoddesscottage
Off, didn’t they turn them off?
nevergoingtogiveyouupnevergoingtoletyoudown
They'd have just cut the power back then.
MiNameIsInigoMontoya
My grandma survived the blitz. She had 6 kids, 20 g-kids, 35 g g-kids, & 4 gg gkids. Every death from covid is the potential for life lost.
Legomaniac91
I would hope the Luftwaffe quickly taught them the error of their ways...
bigdukesix
Mack1986
Like anti makers. I hope they were beaten to death by their mote sane neighbors
szepasszony
I'd like to believe that they just broke all their lights. And that's where the "put your lights out" threat originates.
SuperUpvote
There was a specific new division of police that enforced the blackout called the War Reserve Constable. There were 17000 they dealt with
SuperUpvote
enforcing the blackout, helping people get to bunkers when needed, stopping the black market, and finding deserting soldiers.
SuperUpvote
Civilian Air Raid Precautions (ARPs) also helped enforce the blackout. But 925000 fines were issued for refusing to comply, so...yeah.
potatoardvarkhybrid
my kids don't want to wear seatbelts when we are driving. who am I to squash their freedom ? /sarcasm tag
Pherlin
I brake check anyone in my car who says they won't wear them. Face full of dashboard or car seat solves it.
RenaissanceFaireMan
Everyone else has their headlights on, why do I need to use mine? /s
ICantBelieveThisUsernameIsNotRegistered
Well in that case they are only gonna hurt their own kids during an accident. Anti-Vax is also hurting others, which is even worse.
tryingtoohard
i believe they would also go to jail for gross negligence, child endangerment and maybe even manslaughter?
friendofafriendofyourfriend
The seatbelt squeezes to hard and makes it hard to breathe oxygen /s
Ratgrot
I remember seeing an ad in the late 90s where a kid didn't wear a seat belt in the back of a car and he killed his mother during a crash
LocalZoophile
How clever! Did it quickly during the crash so it looks like an accident /s
Cookie39
Julie knew her killer, that advert worked, I am kinda haunted by it and have always wore my seatbelt since. That and Princess Di.
ShadeEmberi
https://www.businessinsider.com/when-americans-went-to-war-against-seat-belts-2020-5?r=US&IR=T
XAMANDER
It's their God given right. And no one will take that away from them. Freedom! Freedom! Freedom! /s
Shaodyn
You joke, but when seatbelts were first mandated in the 60s, people literally cut them out of their cars.
badatediting
Holy fuck, we dont deserve to survive as a species
potatoardvarkhybrid
"you can take our lives, but you will never can take our freedom" - Steve Braveheart
massondillon127001
Except that's nothing alike what's going on. U reached and failed
KleptoKea
It's exactly what's going on
RootMeanSqr
Something just went over your head.
Rogermooreseyebrow
I read your comment in the voice of super Mario
ConfederacyOfDunces
Ok, beans new account with terrible opinions. Whatever you say.
ConfederacyOfDunces
*brand new
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Deadmetal42
People are dying and some fuckwits don't want to help stop that, it's pretty damn close.
JupiterMiningCorpRep
Everyone inconveniencing themselves little to save the lives of others. Someone ignoring that and getting others hurt. Sounds spot on tbh.
Eldibs
What do you do with all the extra time you saved by not typing out the other two letters in "you?" Not studying, that much is obvious.
LooseyGooseyBrett
Did the moon not exist back then? Because that can light up a city a lot better than a house lamp.
GoodBrotherGrimm
The moon was invented in 1963, idiot.
nomorehate
kaymon
You expect clear skies in England?
JupiterMiningCorpRep
Also they'd also avoid flying in clear skies, clear bright nights just meant that the anti air guns & fighters could shoot them down easier.
1maGoh12
The moon was created back in the 50s. It's an antenna for the bird drones.
stingraysds
KleptoKea
Found another victim of the American Education System
DMYourPics
What's easier to see at night: a cyclist with no lights or a cyclist with lights?
Rogermooreseyebrow
Yeah but It's flat anyway so if it's side on you get no light from it /s
Exyr
There were...
fionaComputerLifter
And quite a few people died not being able to see while walking around at night
sweetdaddyg
Yes, they were called the Republic of Ireland
dukegonzo
HonestCommentFarmer
I feel honored to give you your 1000th upvote for that.
NinetiesBoomer
CplCarrot
Consequences too if you were dumb enough.
jG123
Did someone go and put there lights out?
ensensu
Did they die somehow?
HedonistBeard
More importantly there were actual consequences for them rather than a limp "we have to respect their wishes". They got arrested and shit.
Brittle7299
Not that easy. Part of having free speech is having to contend with perceptions you find dumb as fuck or even down right dangerous.
Niccolo101
And, y'know, being blasted to hell.
fionaComputerLifter
Nah Hodges would shout at them
LooseyGooseyBrett
Did the moon not exist back then? Because that can light up a city a lot better than a house lamp.
AmateurHuman93
We found the anti-blackout person!
morelikeconsham
Tell us about how the virus is small enough to pass through a mask, too. Since we're doing idiotic half-reasoned contrarion arguments.
canadianreserve
Holy shit some people are dumb
DustyMcKnuckles
The altitude at which bombers do their thing was pretty damn high. As in moonlight detail isnt that great.
NeteaPolyDruidMom
The London blitz is in line with the great smog of the factories of the time. They couldn't see each other
GondwanaCraton
Don't be a dumber fuck than you absolutely have to be. Blackouts worked, and the moon has existed for longer than mankind has been able to
GondwanaCraton
light the night with a fire or gas or electric light.
Exyr
Dunno. I live in a city that is perpetually foggy/cloudy. Lights make an easier target. I havent seen a celestial event in like 4 years
gradeD
Lima?
PickleRiiiiiiiiiiiiick
No. Ligma.
kgnzpfwws
It goes both ways. Flying bombers can be easily seen by fighters. Plus why show the outlines of buildings by contrasting window lights?
Molvanian
Have you ever flown in a plane and looked down at night? It's not a terribly hard thing, but I'd understand if you didn't. The difference
Molvanian
between natural light and ground lights is STAGGERING.
bigguywhokills
I have flown at night, and a town with lights on can be seen from dozens of miles away.
BigRedTX
Pfft. You believe in the moon?
Sasurau
ArgumentativeArguerJustBecause
PinkSodaMix
I thought the point was to make the city look evacuated so they wouldn't bother bombing it.
PinkSodaMix
Learned something new.
zapzupnz
The Germans weren’t idiots.
TheMershedPerderder
Ah yes, because we had so much light pollution before electricity was invented /s
DMYourPics
Just how long ago do you think the Blitz was for electricity to not have been invented yet?
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DMYourPics
The Blitz was during the 1940s, not the 1840s. Lightbulbs were so common that cartels controlled the market in the 1920s.
TheLesserOfTwoWeevils
Just how long ago do you think the Blitz was for the lightbulb to not have been invented yet?
Shoum
Considering the amount of clouds above the country, I would be surprised if the average Englishman knew about the moon in the first place
ChickenFingerFingers
I love cloudy weather.
jiynxed
Their space program consisted of a guy with a ladder.
FnordGallop
well, more of an angry tube of lipstick-> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Arrow
Hendlton
And a suit of armor. https://spacecentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/BIS-suit-2-e1562079162571.jpg
mmmmfunnyy
Next door neighbor refuses to turn them off…”welp, guess we’re going on a road trip tonight”
badatediting
"what road?"
Frenchgeek
Nah, they would just bury the body in the nearest garden.
Kailhun
Just find a recently bombed building
nonagon3x3
didn't really consider that tbh, but i'll believe it. ??♂️
nasukkin
And people resisted masks and social distancing during the 1918 pandemic, too. Almost like history sorta repeats itself.
nonagon3x3
unfortunately so. we are, as a species, rather predictable aren't we?
nasukkin
It goes beyond that, too. Did you know that the Spanish Virus did not originate from Spain at all? It was given its name as a way to shame
nasukkin
Spain for lack of contributions to the Great War. An intentional political misnomer. While the origin of our current-day pandemic is not in
Abistantin
Air raid wardens, would patrol the streets and see if you were breaking the blackout
LokiShinigami
Air raid, lights out, total black out. Break it up puddy tats!
Exyr
They actually had to commission a force to go around and enforce it.
P50Juan
The Luftwaffe?
AvatarTommyBee
tamawaster
ScrapCode
lylandra
Dotheyhangtoolowinthemorning
TheLegionofDoom
Ja
davidCartoonVillain
katolu
That's a thing of beauty right there.
burningeagle
sarah1047
Best response
repurposedschleem
AlGoonie
Also a record amount of home robberies when people went to the bomb shelters
fredsneed
And we bitch about "idiots" who refuse to evacuate for hurricanes, wild fires, floods...
ryukochan
Lots of people were already poor in London, and lots were newly homeless… It’s not that surprising.
astrangehop
Burglaries. Burgle.
DionysianMask
That's when you wanna do it
Theotokoss
Are you my mummy?
Masinx
zapzupnz
Muuuuuuuuummyyyyyy
whitebbwolf
not cool dude
thelegendofthetwistednavigator
They'd rob the ruins of bombed houses and steal jewellery from corpses. Frankie Frazer said it was a criminal's paradise
gbdesigns1111
Lenny McLean said this was actually the reason he became a criminal
GaySocialistLiberalMuslimCommieAtheist
War typically is a criminals paradise.
Gherkincensed
Which is why the US started so many
thelegendofthetwistednavigator
Criminals take advantage of any situation without considering anyone or anything else, war is just the biggest mess you can possibly make