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[@howiedewin3688]

I'm old enough to say that I actually survived the Cuban Missile Crisis. As a shower thought, regardless of your age, you did too.

[@TheTrickyTwix]

That was pretty deep im surprised this doesn’t have more likes

[@LawnMowerFan]

Commenting so you can get the 1k likes you deserve. I agree with august

[@Showtimethegoat]

Me and my friend talked about this some years ago about how many times the world had almost died of a nuclear obliteration and how if that happened would we even be alive and the answer is no most of our parents may not have Ben been born for that to happen

[@asheep7797]

good point

[@recruitlegionary6529]

Underrated comment

[@holdenlester]

It's terrifying to think that at least twice there have been people who had the entire fate if humanity on their shoulders, and miraculously neither time did they choose wrong and fire the nuclear weapons

[@LLlap]

That`s the two we know of. There might`ve been more.

[@suman_gautam]

We're only observing the universe in which to the right choice was taken by them :\

[@Palinghufter]

How long will it be before someone makes the wrong choice? Accidentally or on purpose?

[@ALCRAN2010]

I remember some incident were armed nuclear missiles flew on fighter jets over the US on some training run. Don't recall the name of the incident.

[@reda84.]

@Kleii203 The weeb ew exurb1a, i hope you know the terrible shit he did, if not then google it

[@ZeleonScience]

The words "accidental" and "nuclear war" used in the same sentence is honestly so terrifying

[@dazaiel8081]

An oxymoron lowkey.

[@RavenFlight413]

@@dazaiel8081 not so, as faulty information almost led to the end of the world before. That would be an accident simply by being misinformed and believing it was already all over, so might as well. a dark mindset.

[@pumpkingamebox]

Simple human error. The thing you simply cannot prepare against because it happens to the best of us just as much as to the worst of us. We stand on the precipice of fate.

[@giovac.6814]

Almost terrifying as a President that accidentally mispokes every couple of sentences and have been "encouraging" this war since 1997 at the very least.

[@aimeeaidanu]

It is possible that an accidental nuclear war could occur if a missile is launched unintentionally or if there is a miscommunication between countries.

[@eggznobacon2337]

It's really scary when you think about how powerful these weapons are.

[@arandomkittenwholikesmoney2390]

But that’s the thing, people can’t or won’t comprehend the destruction that these weapons might bring. If we could truly understand, we’d be brought to our knees by crippling anxiety every single day. I guess it’s a coping mechanism?

[@sirmeowthelibrarycat]

@@neoncyberia 😖 You are only one person. Your death in an accident would not have horrendous consequences for all life on Earth 🌍. Deaths in a nuclear war would be beyond comprehension. Consider that the strength of current nuclear weapons is measured in multiples of the bomb detonated at Hiroshima. Multiple destruction. Devastation. Deaths. Now reflect on your comment more seriously!

[@arandomkittenwholikesmoney2390]

@@neoncyberia That's kinda what I'm saying though, it's a coping mechanism in our brains to not be able to calculate the many ways we could die horribly right at this second. And anyways, I never said that we should be anxious, just that if we thought about it too much we most definitely would be.

[@gottagofastest]

@@sirmeowthelibrarycat Except we're talking about his point of view so what he said was valid. Dead from a car or dead from a nuke, it doesn't make any difference to him when he's dead.

[@sirmeowthelibrarycat]

@@gottagofastest 😖 Indeed - as it would to the billions killed by nuclear war. My point is that a relativist attitude to such devastation is most inappropriate. To seemingly dismiss the latter because of the former is crass beyond measure. There is absolutely no comparison between them in terms of death.

[@DrShrimpPuertoRico_]

“I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.” - J. Robert Oppenheimer

[@mritunjay244]

which actually is a quote from a hindu scripture and related to one of the three supreme dieties, Shiva (Also known as the Destroyer of Worlds)

[@zudarzahnshow5759]

@@mritunjay244 From Bhagavad Gita

[@Selfmadehuman50]

@@mritunjay244 its vishnu

[@mritunjay244]

@@Selfmadehuman50 wrong mate, the 3 dieties are Brahma (The Creator), Vishnu (The Sustainer) and Shiva (The Destroyer), all being manifestation of one Supreme Being.

[@Selfmadehuman50]

@@mritunjay244 i mean Vishnu said it

[@TheOicyu812]

Little known fact: 100 Seconds to Midnight was originally the working title of Iron Maiden's song but ultimately the band decided to go with 2 Minutes to Midnight. True story!

[@bigfloppa1765]

Up the maiden's!

[@takeuchi5760]

TTWOOO MINUTESSS TO MIIIIIDDNIIGHT!!!!

[@daver2111]

Edddddieeee!!!

[@michaelfried3123]

and yet we are still just Children of the Damned.... UP THE IRONS!

[@echoofdawn7209]

two-mi-nutes sounds more sing-able than one-hun-dred se-conds

[@youwillneverguess]

The sun will rise tomorrow. If it doesn't, we will all be dead and we won't notice. So until then, I will continue to act as if the sun will rise tomorrow.

[@-SteampunkTraveler-]

Me too kiddo , Me too.

[@commitrobberies]

The sun will always rise tomorrow, but truly it's a matter of if we will rise tomorrow...

[@youwillneverguess]

@@commitrobberies In which case, there's no need to worry.

[@karpig8939]

I mean most of us will know when we are slowly dying from third degree burns, shrapnel injuries, acute radiation sickness, buried under rubble what not. Others will survive and starve. Only some of those will manage to survive to die from disease, infection, Cancers (UV radiation will be extremely high in the years after the dust settles). Babies that are born will probably be deformed.

[@youwillneverguess]

​@@karpig8939 It's good to know that you're already defeated in our hypothetical thought experiment. You've decided to lose before even stepping on the field. Congratulations. At least no future generations will be infected with your weakness of mind and spirit.

[@tjhodge3517]

I remember watching your 2 minutes till midnight video, was what originally got me into your channel, one of my favorite videos ever, im excited for this one

[@Enchanter144]

meanwhile shower thought got me here

[@AbdulWahab-lm8xw]

Same here

[@Yash-tz8gp]

@@Enchanter144 same :)

[@jameschambers9969]

Everyone: hey, how many nukes did you guys lose or missplaced. The US and USSR: Good question.

[@rudra62]

Decades ago, one of my professors said that a nuclear exchange would not happen because of a decision made by any government that had nuclear weapons to settle an international incident. His belief was that a nuclear exchange would happen because of a non-governmental extremist organization making their own point. I'm no longer sure that's true, but MAD seemed to show there was something to it.

[@realhuman5688]

I think the US has lost like 14 nukes, and the soviets have last like 40, probablyy more. Sleep well tonight

[@theioncow18]

The US is mostly clear about it, the Soviets never said anything.

[@TeddyTB58]

the us lost about 14 nuclear bombs, but the soviet union never spoke about any of the lost bombs, so they basically could be lost anywhere and we dont know about it.

[@crusader2043]

@@TeddyTB58 so who’s up for a trigger hunt

[@The_Qu]

Can we appreciate that Aperture did't put a sponsor in the end of this serious video even tho he could.

[@rottenapple4404]

What a useless comment.

[@The_Qu]

@@rottenapple4404 yeah just like you

[@siddhantahuja5384]

Never stop making videos, Aperture. A request from the bottom of my heart. They are scarily beautiful. ❤️

[@IBRAHIMARSHEDCHOWDHURY]

its honestly scary to think that every1 u love and care about can just vanish within a second tnx aperture for covering this topic

[@end4567]

I cannot feel love.

[@IBRAHIMARSHEDCHOWDHURY]

@@end4567 why ? if nobody else loves u u can love urself and be happy :)

[@end4567]

@@IBRAHIMARSHEDCHOWDHURY You're too sweet. I feel to bad being cynical around you. Well said.

[@IBRAHIMARSHEDCHOWDHURY]

@@end4567 ahh dont wry we're all going to die anyway 🙃

[@Yumino_7435]

@@end4567 can I love you. :3

[@AlexandrBorschchev]

This guy is the physical embodiment of the word "shower thought"

[@jabezjoshua710]

Well said!

[@CommentComment-yf5nd]

Lool

[@matthansigowa3988]

Last time you made a video about this it was 2 minutes (120 seconds). Thanks for letting us know we're in an even worse place than last time 👍🏿

[@small_SHOT]

yay

[@JSp4wN]

The securities contract is almost like what Germany signed after invading Poland. Just signatures.... "history doesn't repeat, but it does rhyme."

[@TheFuzzypuddle]

This is one of the most cinematic and well put together videos I've seen on topics such as these. Most videos on these types of topics simply cut together some grainy cold war footage. I can tell you took time to color grade and balance the footage to help convey a sense of dread and the seriousness the topic deserves. Also, the steady pacing feels as if the video is slowly marching toward an inevitable conclusion. Nice work.

[@walking_introvert]

I'm pretty sure the billions of common people across the world know how insane and stupid this is, while the few who control the levers of power have all our fates in their hands.

[@meferswift]

Weak suffer strong decide

[@thepooaprinciple5144]

@@meferswift If the weak know they are the weak, why not then become the strong? The weak remain weak because they choose to be, or because they have not yet learned that they are strong....its honestly that simple.

[@meferswift]

@@thepooaprinciple5144 you already know that.

[@meferswift]

@@yes4891 do it.

[@yes4891]

I'm still gonna do it though Ratio + putin fell off + mid + L bozo + WWIII + youre white + youre lame

[@exyl_sounds]

It scares me that canada is right in between the US/russia where a nuke exchange would fly over the north pole right above us 💀

[@poorlymoth]

Damn I never thought about that

[@lukassalota1269]

Hi Exyl

[@jimmyjam2540]

It scares you? I'm in the US!! I'm on one of the receiving ends 😭

[@DroopyDelta]

oh hiya there exyl

[@danielvidal7163]

Russia would nuke Canada because they're part of NATO

[@mattmessmer]

"consequences that you have never faced in your history" Japan: "Oh is that right old man? Got us shaking in our boots"

[@Cotac_Rastic]

Ironically the Japanese surrendered to the Yanks because Russia was about to tear Tokyo another O.

[@nathanb011]

It's important to note that essentially every single nuclear reactor that wasn't created by the USSR before Chernobyl is incapable of the devastation that is imagined if a nuclear reactor is damaged. Even nuclear material transfer containers are essentially unbreakable. They can be hit with a full speed train without a dent, and even if there was a dent, the imaginary green goop that people imagine nuclear waste to be doesn't exist; it's all solid. Nuclear reactors can most definitely be hit with a missile and continue operating normally, since there's enough concrete to, well, stop neutrinos. Even then, any slight vibrations in the soil or air will result in the reactor shutting itself down automatically anyways. Even if the shock ruptured the reactor and an actual meltdown occurred, it would be entirely contained within the reactor. The reactor core would simply, well, melt down. No explosion. Chernobyl was a disaster far greater than anything ever imaginable today. Fukushima, which for some reason is often compared in the same sentence, was a result of poor planning where all backup electricity was stopped, and there is not a single recorded death from radiation due to that incident. The deaths are all from people trampling over each other out of fear.

[@demoniack81]

Yep. Chernobyl might well be the single deadliest peacetime event in human history, but not for the reasons people think. It only killed a couple thousand people with radiation, but it undoubtedly killed tens of millions due to the widespread rejection of nuclear power that it caused. If it weren't for Chernobyl, civilian nuclear research would have continued, reactors would have kept getting cheaper and more efficient, and use of fossil fuels for power generation would probably be relegated just to poor and politically unstable countries. For example Italy was about to go full nuclear just like France, we had several plants planned and in various stages of regulatory approval, and one that was being built and was 90% complete. They were all canceled and the existing reactors were shut down. And so instead 7 million people lose their lives to air pollution every year, in large part caused just by heating and electricity generation (60% of the world's emissions are heating and electricity generation). And to say nothing of the devastating consequences of climate change that we're only just starting to see the beginnings of. And despite the fact we *know* all of these things, people *still* reject nuclear power even when it's clear that it's our only hope for salvation. Instead of eliminating that 60% of emissions, we're spending trillions to electrify cars which only make up like 6% of global emissions, and people think that's going to fix everything. Thanks soviets, you really did us a solid there.

[@ShaunMichaelW]

so they are only attacking these plants so that they can remove their energy source?

[@demoniack81]

@@ShaunMichaelW Pretty much. That, and stirring up fear in the west as a bonus.

[@aminemokhtari6534]

Always overlooked 💯 good stuff mate

[@danishsamir8807]

🙋

[@aadityakumar3692]

i DO NOT want to comment on this video 10 years later saying "this did not age well"

[@bennetmoatshe3918]

George Carlin : When you're born into this world, you get a free ticket to the freak show, and when you're born in America you get to be in the front row.

[@Bikerider919-23]

Also "Its all bs folks and its bad for ya"

[@madisonsherouse1497]

I feel so "privileged"

[@neonbunnies9596]

It should also be noted that people are trying to find loopholes in MAD. Would you launch your nuclear arsenal if an opposing power used just one nuke? Two? Four? If tactical nukes start being dropped, whether in shows of force or actually in war, the idea that MAD may not be working is incredibly worrying

[@Cotac_Rastic]

Well Constantinople thought their walls were impenetrable too until the Turks brought a fcking artillery piece. Its just the evolution of humanity and warfare.

[@sdwone]

Some Western analysts reckon that, should Putin use a tactical nuke, NATO might respond with a massive conventional counterstrike to rapidly de-escalate an already very dangerous situation. But truth be told, no one really knows... And as for strategic nukes, once one of those birds start flying, its a pretty sure bet that they'll ALL start flying... Such as the MAD Doctrine dictates!

[@neonbunnies9596]

@@sdwone MAD dictates that one cannot perform a nuclear strike on another nuclear power without destroying themselves in the process. However, destroying yourself and the rest of the world just for a show of force that killed nobody is not a good idea. MAD will not trigger less a nuclear power thinks that they're going to die anyways

[@sdwone]

@@neonbunnies9596 Mmmm... Not really sure what you're trying to say but picture this. Let's say hypothetically Russia goes for a tactical strike against Ukraine.. A likely scenario. The Russians are getting their asses kicked, thanks to all the modern military hardware we're giving to the Ukrainians so, Putin opts to use bigger weapons. Going along with some of the current war games being discussed, NATO then retaliates with a MASSIVE conventional strike to a) Punish Russia and b) to hopefully encourage Putin to de-escalate the situation because NATO didn't opt for a nuclear counterstrike. But Putin, losing the war and suffering heavy losses by NATO, now starts to think the unthinkable... Launch a direct nuclear strike against targets in Europe, now that WW3 has effectively started. The big question here is, does he go all out, or go for a limited exchange? Well... He's losing the war and he knows he has NO chance against NATO... Surrender? But then what? Russia, as he knows it, would then cease to exist. And because NATO struck first, he may well reason that MAD has just been rendered null and void anyway, because a nuclear power just struck another nuclear power... In a conventional strike. So essentially it boils down to either surrender and let his people live, or take NATO out and die. Stark choice! But one that, should he commit, he knows he has to go ALL the way, not to achieve victory, but to ensure the utter destruction of his enemy... AKA MAD! As I said, a chilling hypothetical! And the BIGGEST gamble in ALL of Human History, by NATO, that Putin won't invoke MAD because he was hit conventionally. But I don't know... The fact that he's already been flexing his nuclear muscles, makes me believe that, once NATO turns their current proxy war with him into a real war, and knowing that he hasn't got a hope in Hell of winning... He'll bring Hell to us ALL...

[@neonbunnies9596]

@@sdwone except NATO knows that Russia probably knows this and would prefer to not have WWIII with the largest nuclear power on Earth. Besides, NATO is defensive. So unless a stray Russian rocket accidentally falls into Poland, they have no reason to get involved. And why should they invade anyways? If they're choosing to subdue the Russian threat with a pre-emptive strike, they risk destroying themselves in the process, and Russia knows this. Even if NATO chooses the very risky decision to attack despite Article 5 not having a justification to be triggered, it's important to remember that Russia nor NATO want a full nuclear exchange. Most wars don't last long, because all parties can see where it's going and skip to the end. If one party has made massive pushes into another country but can only hold their position at a mountain range, then they skip to end and sign a peace treaty where the new border is at that mountain range. No need to spill blood over what everybody can see coming. Once Russia realizes it can't beat NATO, they can just skip to the end and try to sue for peace. No need to destroy the world. And "Russia would cease to exist?" What makes you think that? Western economists know that the economic depression of post-WWI Germany caused WWII, so they wouldn't do anything that could potentially radicalize the Russian population. Also, why would Putin choose to kill millions of people, including his by proxy, in a full nuclear strike instead of just going for peace? Putin's goal is to take over the world with Russia. He can't do that if the country in a nuclear wasteland. "Admit defeat and keep Russia alive" is probably the best option here, so they can hopefully recollect and reattack in the future.

[@yvngboi7040]

it’s scary to think that at any moment with miscommunication everything can end.

[@woomyboy98]

I hope their autocorrect is very good

[@takeuchi5760]

The thing is it won't be a swift death for most of the world, it would be slow burn mixed with radiation exposure, starvation, and probably awful climate.

[@DanskeCrimeRiderTV]

This is not true. Everything won't just end.

[@DanskeCrimeRiderTV]

@@takeuchi5760 radiation exposure is not actually that dangerous.

[@DeltafangEX]

I mean sure, but not so much more scary than any of the other things that can kill you and everyone you know and love in seconds (or even less). Earthquakes, storms, volcanoes and more happen on a pretty frequent basis. Hell, volcanoes and meteors are responsible for the end of most life on the planet multiple times over and they didn't even get to understand why everything ended. Yeah, it's scary, but raising awareness and understanding is a better option than letting that fear control your ability to enjoy your own life.

[@Gogo-fu6qd]

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones". - Albert Einstein

[@lokijordan]

Well- radioactive sticks and stones.

[@bookworm8368]

@@lokijordan Finally, a world where my lack of marketable skills will mean something.

[@lokijordan]

@@bookworm8368 Can you throw a stick? YOU'RE IN!

[@diomolyfurtv4351]

Sticks - 1 Stones - 0 Cyber wars? Just went in my head dont mind me

[@shersher5076]

meaning: wwiii will devastate the planet to the point where the only weapons that will be available afterward are sticks & stones....

[@Localguitarman]

Thinking about how absurd it is, beyond comprehension, that some senile men have the ability to decide humanities fate. I mean who are they, but mere humans. They aren’t gods who can decide whether one should live or not Why do they get to choose. Why What about them makes them qualified to decide the fate of humanity.

[@offa]

U have to convince Putin that his family/ Russians ultimately will not survive nuclear exchange (war), despite deep bunkers. US has to train Africans in using heavy machinery to dig up Russians out of their bunkers, so that Africans can eat the Russians. US needs to distribute maps to Africans to show them where to dig for Russian meat.

[@cow1816]

@@offa The fuck are you on?

[@rottenapple4404]

Simple. New world order.

[@Localguitarman]

@@rottenapple4404 its not fair at all

[@rottenapple4404]

@@Localguitarman I know. We the people around the world need to join hands and fight the powers who wish to enslave us... we have the numbers.

[@Louvenio]

Thanks for making an not-sponsored video about a serious thing like that, at least share a patreon so we can support you there so you can make more ad-free videos

[@djaeoh8670]

deserves way more views! y’all know how much work went into the video? I can just imagine

[@Kazh2474]

This might be my favorite video made by Aperture. Goosebumps

[@wavingwaters6107]

I really hate the world I live in now, at any moment, you and I could be thrust into literal doomsday which would probably mean the end of human life as we know it

[@lonewanderer9982]

Dye to climate collapse its now inevitable.

[@faisalshah7674]

Sounds interesting 🤔

[@theluftwaffle1]

I don’t believe that every single person would die in a modern nuclear war. For good or ill humans are like cockroaches. Think of all bunkers or isolated population around the world. Of course it’ll likely be the rich and the politicians who survive the longest. The idiots who pressed the big red button will be whisked away to their XYZ bunkers to drink Champaign and eat like kings when we all die horribly.

[@offa]

U have to convince Putin that his family/ Russians ultimately will not survive nuclear exchange (war), despite deep bunkers. US has to train Africans in using heavy machinery to dig up Russians out of their bunkers, so that Africans can eat the Russians. US needs to distribute maps to Africans to show them where to dig for Russian meat.

[@offa]

@@theluftwaffle1 U have to convince Putin that his family/ Russians ultimately will not survive nuclear exchange (war), despite deep bunkers. US has to train Africans in using heavy machinery to dig up Russians out of their bunkers, so that Africans can eat the Russians. US needs to distribute maps to Africans to show them where to dig for Russian meat.

[@KhakiCap]

I always thank KZbin for bringing me the most wanted informative videos that everyone wants to watch and always bring existential crisis...

[@aliyanpops6424]

Can't wait to play Metro Exodus irl in the coming 50 years

[@officialGamer1000]

I’ve been hoping you’d make this video for a year now! It was the first video i watched that made me subscribe !

[@notmymind1789]

The Doomsday Clock was set to '100 seconds to midnight' in 2020 and it's remained at that time up to this point.

[@indahf.freztiyana824]

Every time I look at the news about Russia-Ukraine war on the news, my dad would come to me and smile he said "See...? It happens, yes...? What did I tell you...?" Then I answers "Dad, if you had the power to stop the war after you knew it and before it started, would you do it...?" He said "No, of course not...! That would made what I said is wrong..."

[@offa]

U have to convince Putin that his family/ Russians ultimately will not survive nuclear exchange (war), despite deep bunkers. US has to train Africans in using heavy machinery to dig up Russians out of their bunkers, so that Africans can eat the Russians. US needs to distribute maps to Africans to show them where to dig for Russian meat.

[@caelmcleish1212]

I’m not at the kind of dark place where I think about it for any other reason, but when the missiles launch, I don’t intend to be around for their detonation. The mere thought of nuclear Armageddon is starting to become all too present on my mind, and it terrifies me how close we could be to the end. I hope that when the moment comes, history repeats and the world doesn’t end. But the likelihood is that the moment is fast approaching, and it won’t be a miscommunication this time. Hug your friends and family tighter. Love your pets more. Make peace with your mistakes and regrets. If there’s not much time left, make sure you make the most of it.

[@romeo-0016]

All war is built on grudges, all grudges are built on war. For as long as humanity has existed, this has been true. Thought experiment for you: Think of what started the cold war, think of what caused that, keep going until you can't anymore and see how many generations have been in this one fight.

[@DrakeKillah]

The situation The World is in right now is immensely scary... I had a nightmare a few weeks back, where I stepped out on my deck in the middle of the night, because it was as bright as day. As I stepped out the door, I saw a mushroom cloud on the horizon, I just muttered "Fuck... I'm dead..." Before I woke up in the most shocked state I have ever been. That feeling stayed with me for several days. To top it off, I rarely have nightmares. I'm usually calm and content, and sleep like a baby. That's all gone now.

[@ScottYoung-il7gk]

Ask the people of Africa, how scary the world is. They already live in the apocalypse. Now it's our turn.

[@BadAthisOMG]

chills during the last part, dude. chills. this is amazing.

[@ziziroberts8041]

I was waiting for someone else to mention the midnight clock. And here we are. Timestamp: 25 March 2022

[@user-nw7zj2du9p]

Forgive us, Einstein, we fucked it up.

[@end4567]

He was a jew.

[@WAVE0025]

We had one job, to not end the world, but we still fucked it up, truly, we sincerly apologize, Einstein

[@lukassalota1269]

@@end4567 and?

[@DAVADMDAVAD]

I was born in 1965. I am old enough to remember 'Duck And Cover' drills and was part of CAP or Civil Air Patrol, which was a joke, it being in a Chicago suburb. But all my life I watched the skies for a distant flash, the hearald of the end. Sometimes I would lay awake at night, thinking about the glass of my windows blowing in at supersonic speeds, tearing my body apart as I slept or worse, Earth shaking booms that would wake me in time for my incineration...Or worse, a slow vicious death from irradiation mass hysteria, starvation, and a waterless dry throated death. I often tried not to think about these things, I tried not to think about Red Dawn where Powers Booth discusses what's left of China around a post apocalyptic campfire. Now, at 57, with kids in their teens, I know a terrible horrifying truth. My children are doomed. I no longer care about myself so much, I've felt pains of which you cannot imagine in my lifetime. May you never feel the pains, both physical and emotional that I have endured. Even to the worst of you I say this. But as I watch my country slide into Fascism, totalitarianism, and tyranny; and I watch as just the other day the polar caps had heat waves, I know that you all will be fighting over rusty cans of beans in the streets before long. This is the start. Putin is just one in a string of coming 'Strongmen' who will assume power and kill with impunity. Torture, starvation, enslavement, and Genocide are already taking place, even in our own country though smaller increments (here's looking at you, Home Depot, Walmart and Amazon) but they will grow. Soon enough, such things will come to our shores and all those people with their gun shops and gun stockpiles and yipeekayay bullshit will starve along with the rest of us, turning their weapons, not on Russia or China or Iran or North Korea or Saudi Arabia or Kazakhstan or Pakistan but on thy neighbor. YOU. And the Preppers in their little holes, the billionaires on St. Kitts or in Iceland or the rednecks up in the Virginia Hills or in Idaho or Wyoming, they might last a bit...but whoopdeedoo. It won't matter. they won't re-make our world. Those people can't think for themselves to begin with and the rest wont share or lend a hand. It's coming. Yeah, I am a doomsayer because I have been watching the skies since 1973 or so, when I was old enough to understand to do so. And I can tell you, it's coming. And you're all so god damned fucked. It's too bad, too. Because just a few tweaks to our genome, reduction in the population, reduction in our agrression centers through genetic or chemical manipulation on a massive scale or through some kind of virus, and poof....no more wars. But good luck with that.

[@shanemcdowell3628]

"It's either such a large problem that it's something to ponder every moment until it occurs, or that it will soon no longer be my problem at all."

[@Foussa]

What a fascinating world we live in. Thank you! As always, amazing video!

[@nikolaifukr]

How the fuck is it fascinating we could die from a guy who's name sounds like the word poutine

[@anhduc0913]

"Peace". As in 2 people on guillotine holding the rope that hold the blade of the other person. One let go and both are dead.

[@joshuamichaelrico7365]

It just feels like it will soon in 2-3 years, it will go to “90 seconds to midnight” or less given that months later the invasion began

[@nromk]

Reminds me of how the USA, the UK and Russia promised to defend Hawaii... and over 100 years later, Hawaii is a US state.

[@me-pe9ug]

Who else thinks this he should do a sleep podcast?

[@Grow_YOW90]

Great timing on this video... I would like to see you do a video on the US debt clock explaining how every number is relative and how it's directly affecting every single one of us.

[@ziziroberts8041]

The x-ray hands. Bone chilling.

[@simonandrejko3036]

Keep these coming aper, great vid as always!

[@Abell_lledA]

One doesn’t experience self transcendence, the illusion of self only dissipates- 🎈

[@arson1tez]

Exurbi1a sums up nukes perfectly... "A 23rd century weapon made in the 20th century."

[@yashsharma3148]

Can you make a video on cost of creating an entire new planet ?

[@Deheader]

Holy cow this was a great video

[@dougg1075]

HR McMaster said today on a podcast that “we could sink all of Russia’s ships and Putin Knows it.” One person asked him “ what if he uses a nuke on Ukraine?” McMaster said “ he knows he wouldn’t survive that and if he did we have conventional things that would make sure he does he does” Like we wouldn’t even need to respond with nukes.

[@Ginger_Hrn]

To be honest, this clock is partially flawed. Like on 2002 , when the full-scale nuclear war between India and Pakistan was almost inevitable but the clock remained at 7 minutes while on Russo-Ukraine it resides on 100 seconds. Note : the shots were literally exchanged on punjab and kashmir border .

[@mingusog7036]

Because since its inception, the clock has become commercialized. Telling everyone that they're all about to die in a nuclear fireball gets more engagement then telling everyone that everything is hunky-dory.

[@Cotac_Rastic]

@@mingusog7036 LoL i remember reading their reports during the Trump administration right after he signed that treaty with the DPRK, they were skrieking endlessy and fearmongering like they were being paid for it... Wait.

[@echosmoon5605]

I really hope if Putin decides to launch nukes, the guy on the other side decides not to launch them.

[@tsweens13]

"World war I was fought with guns and bombs. World War II saw machines taking to the sky and sea. World War III will be fought with Nuclear bombs, wreaking destruction like never before, And World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." a paraphrase of the quote by Albert Einstein

[@sdwone]

Hopefully, if push comes to shove, we'll stop these endless wars at III. The idea of entertaining more world wars after this one, sounds like Endless Hell to me! And I know that wasn't Einstein's intent... His intent was to try and make people understand that WWIII would set us back 1000s of years... Assuming any of us make it alive...

[@Nullzeros]

I feel like it’s closer now. We’re in the threshold. Even threatening each other with Nukes even if no one would actually use them runs the chance of a mistake. During the Cold War we nearly destroyed each other multiple times. Only because of reasonable individuals we avoided it. My bets are we’d destroy each other by mistake, which is sad.

[@conditionedby]

Living in this world right now, is like watching on a suicidal friend or family member. You care about them so much, but sometimes, you wish they'd just end it so you won't have to live in absolute worry and pain. And personally, i feel like that person has already died.

[@ramzisramce1272]

Thank you for this video 💖💖 I was waiting for this topic from your perspective ✨ There was some new things that I found out 😊💙

[@jackson.6282]

Humans never change. We entered are descent long ago, we have dues to pay, and the reaper is now knocking on our door. Good luck humanity. You don’t have much longer.

[@Normal_Individual_]

This wasn't the best thing to listen to in an attempt to sleep.

[@pumpkingamebox]

You know? Knowing all of this. Do you really want me to care about the world and what I’m doing in it? Do you know how much effort and mental fortitude it takes to perform Sisyphus’ work? You have to be absolutely MAD (no pun intended).

[@rahko_i]

Otherwise great video, but the connection to nuclear power plants was a bit stretched to say the least. Nuclear power plants have nothing to do with nuclear war and the chance for a nuclear power plant to go critical - even during a war - is very low. NPP's are not just "quite safe", they are in fact the most safest form of power generation. More people have already died from Russia taking over the Chernobyl area than actually died in the accident itself. Why would an attacker even attack an NPP? They are so expensive infrastructure that the attacker would certainly want to use them themselves when they have taken over, not destroy them. Unless they are solely in the business of obliterating the other nation (which makes absolutely zero sense). And even then they might as well just use the nuclear bombs which are much more effective and powerful than trying to use NPPs as weapons.

[@hawtsauce1902]

As i am from Ukraine, i can tell you that the theory of “destroying Ukraine nation” does not seem that stupid to me and my country. Futhermore, they happen to attack the reactor itself. Whether it was on purpose or not i guess we’ll never find out, so it’s up to everybody to decide

[@rahko_i]

@@hawtsauce1902 I am sorry what you are going through in Ukraine and I feel for you. I certainly have the privilege to take a look at the matter from an outside perspective, so take this with a grain of salt. However, that being said, I still think that even Putin is not that stupid that he wanted to utterly destroy whole of Ukraine. What would be the point of invading in the first place if it was? Wouldn't it have been quite a lot easier to just send a few nukes and be done with it? Putin in his delusions still thinks that Ukraine belongs to him and he is trying to take the country for himself, even if he does some damage on the way, the end justifies the means to these kind of a-holes. My point is, even to a maniac like Putin, Nuclear Power Plants still are not being used as weapons and they contribute nothing to the risk of all-out nuclear war.

[@masonswensen1049]

Yes there were "less deaths" but what about the people that didn't evacuate in pripyat for 36 hours? Im sure most of them will die of cancer etc

[@eeeee6431]

@@masonswensen1049 Which is why nuclear power plants have so many safety standards nowadays

[@sharrpshooter1]

I think his point was more in the sense of, countries will have power demands they cant meet due to Russia, so they will turn to nuclear power. Which is all fine, except if you have a nuclear power plant, you basically have the technology to make an nuclear bomb now too. Its a way to get into nuclear weapons but under good pretenses like "oh we only need all of this uranium and refinement for our power plants" but they could easily use all the infrastructure to then make bombs too

[@finn7383]

It is not the nuclear wepons that will end humanity, its the pride and greed of people with too much power who do not understand the concequenses of their actions since they feel protected. This is how war starts and this will be how humanity end. Humans are not ment to wield those powers. It corrupts them and drives them to despair.

[@baghouse2678]

I find it weird how many comments there are praising this video like "woo great stuff man!!" when it's a very scary and serious subject

[@jimmyc1518]

What's even more scary is people think they're getting the whole truth by watching this video when all it's actually doing is echoing the mainstream war propaganda and singling out Russia as if that's the source of the problem.

[@swordyshield]

@@jimmyc1518 Russia is the source of this problem.

[@jimmyc1518]

@@swordyshield right because bin laden that the greatest spy apparatus the world has ever seen that nobody could find until a CNN reporter managed to not only find him in his cave but to interview him 2 months before 911? Absolutely a coincidence nobody needs to be questioning the media, if they tell you something Absolutely take it to the bank, they're good people just trying to help us🤡

[@swordyshield]

@@jimmyc1518 ah yes becasue bin laden totally has any relevance to the current war. Your one of the people who go "USA bad!!" and then assume its somehow its their fault when this is clearly just 100% putins fault

[@lukassalota1269]

@@swordyshield Not only Russia

[@KyayOh]

I got notified this video as soon as it hit midnight

[@dazwillz7137]

The doomsday clock must be at about 1 minute to midnight now...

[@co2_os]

How exciting

[@dazwillz7137]

@@co2_os for you maybe...

[@aaronhow1932]

@@co2_os How is that exciting?? It's tragic.

[@aaronhow1932]

@@dazwillz7137 That sounds very sarcastic.

[@dazwillz7137]

@@aaronhow1932 he must be mad lol

[@elliotjoseph92]

We have come too close. In a room full of armed aggressors, its time to start taking the bullets out of the gun.

[@tablab165]

New nuclear reactors have passive safety features that, in the event of power loss, cause them to go dormant rather than melt down. Germany and other EU countries had it wrong by switching from nuclear to wind and solar. They had to use Russian LNG and local brown coal as backups to such intermittent sources. Even old light water reactors are safe compared to coal. Make new nuclear reactors and super deep geothermal plants with those new light pulse drills where the crust is thin enough.

[@TuskForce]

Chernobyl made especially boomers dislike it and Fukushima put a coffin into the nail. Additionally, there were always protests against storing the waste. Otherwise nuclear plants would still be in use in Germany.

[@kalt7990]

The Pax Romana didn't require nukes for 200 years of relative peace.

[@kain5056]

Thinking that building a doomsday weapon and going all "if you destroy us we will take you and everyone else down with us" is in any way a good idea is just asinine.

[@Henriburger1]

But is there a better way to "guarantee" everyone's safety? If you have an idea share now.

[@kain5056]

@@Henriburger1 I don't know, maybe *not* having a literal doomsday weapon? Sounds MUCH safer to me than having one.

[@Henriburger1]

@@kain5056 That sounds awesome, but as much as I would like for that world to exist it doesn't. Wishing the problem didn't exist doesn't actually solve it. How do you insure one country does not obliterate another without threatening them? That's the actual issue. I don't like war, I don't like violence, but I also know that people will abuse power if given the chance. If one side says "OK lets both get rid of all of our nukes" how do you know the other isn't keeping some? Wouldn't you keep some just incase they did? And wouldn't they be thinking the same way?

[@kain5056]

@@Henriburger1 I don't know, I don't have all the answers, I only know that threatening to destroy the world to keep the world safe is dumb. Even if they all keep some of them in that scenario though, it would still be much better than the ridiculous amounts they have now. Like, why in the world do they need thousands of them when a fraction of that is enough to destroy the whole planet, that's overkill with the entire world at stake. I *do not* feel safe like this. I feel the opposite of safe. Having fewer of them would at least be a step in the right direction. Also, go to wikipedia and take a look at "list of nuclear close calls". It may give an idea of how easily the doomsday weapon can go very, VERY wrong.

[@car8070]

great video! production quality is top notch. my respect.

[@mrnobody9268]

If you make the videos in 21:9, please upload them in 21:9 so people with the right screen can view it proppely. I use a extension to make it seem full screen but it is basically making it bigger so even with 4K even the text lose detail even tho it was exported in 21:9

[@ShaunMichaelW]

i liked the movie look. full screen and i might have not even clicked on this video

[@eternalendless001]

The Doomsday Clock has moved to 90 seconds to midnight, or 23:58:30. Scary how we're getting closer and closer to midnight.

[@imhollywood101]

Humanity has another few hundred years tops. Enjoy the ride while it lasts.

[@starblaiz1986]

You realise the moment we establish a self-sustaining colony off-world, the survival of our species is practically garenteed, right? o= And that will certainly happen before the end of the century. So if Earth has a few hundred years left that's fantastic news!

[@ANTH0NY.VII.]

Decades*

[@crypticTV]

1:50 Le Pen - I see what ur doing Aperture

[@WhiteShadow-yq9hn]

Great video, as always, pity we have to even be needing to watch videos of such content. But what you do, you do well, keep it up Aperture

[@thecatdragon589]

ngl this was super calming and helped me get some much needed sleep. th for the upload

[@orion2832]

We all love your content aperture, please keep it up

[@WalshStreet]

I love you aperture

[@greaseman6538]

Huge shoutout to Vasili Arkhipov, what a bro

[@andyc9902]

❤️

[@abhisekpal5026]

Surely, human are the most dengerous animals breathing on the planet. Have you ever heard, a lion killing other lion cubs?

[@cozychamomile]

I'm terrified of the day when we run out of Petrovs. The day where we have someone with complete control of an arsenal of nukes that has lost their humanity and goes MAD.

[@Henriburger1]

Ironic to say that now when it seems that day has already passed.

[@cozychamomile]

@@Henriburger1 ;)

[@creative.money_eu]

The right answer to deciding whether to use a nuclear weapon is ALWAYS NO!!!!!!

[@lukassalota1269]

I would say if we use a nuke we are all dead

[@feosty5526]

What if a non nuclear nations commits mass genocide on your cities with incendiary weapons, uses chemical weapons and tortures everyone they capture like imperial Japan did At that point they deserve getting nuked

[@creative.money_eu]

@@lukassalota1269 Yeah man it makes no sense whatsoever. Nukes of all nations should be destroyed ASAP! I think if America for example would decide to destroy it's nukes, there would be much less threat to the world. Because if they say it out publicly, then no one in the entire world could say that we "nuke americans so they wont nuke us"... if I was a politician in the US, I would get rid of all nukes except maybe 10, that's more than enough. I don't see why any state in the world would need fucking 7.000 nukes... MAD...

[@eggy3394]

aperture i think it would be really cool if you would upload these on spotify as sort of like a podcast so that i could listen to it on the go or while im playing something

[@ashmax3228]

Me: sees the title Also stupid me frustrated: Wait!! its fricking 9PM what the heck is he all about?!

[@MrIzzy_10]

Hehe no way I'm first (I'm going to assume Im first as I keep refreshing latest comments and I'm the only comment here but I am 70/30 tht I'm first)

[@freedomdiev3353]

You are indeed first, sorting by newest confirms it. Congrats.

[@N____er]

You truly are the first person to ever comment on this, no contest.

[@ragunanthan787]

You are actually the first person.

[@SylasTheGreat]

You are not the first

[@yohanscold2149]

Congrats, you've achieved success. You can retire and live off you're glorious, anonymous, youtube comment fame.

[@batfink274]

Don't become too attached to this world, because one day you will need to leave it. Good dreams are the hardest to wake from and nightmares the easiest, similarly, leaving a good life you're very attached to will be incredibly difficult and very painful and leaving a terrible life will be bliss. Death is not the end, consciousness is eternal so plan accordingly.

[@peachypietro9980]

Usually, I appreciate your videos for their connectivity between different ideas. This video, on the other hand, provides a shallow analysis, with much of the regurgitated talking points of mainstream news media. A lot I could say about it, but sadly, this is the way many KZbin content creators are going these days.

[@roix5543]

this video is underrated honestly

[@a-n-d-r-e-a-s]

This is why we need to colonize other planets asap! Who knows how much time we have left or what can happen in the future.

[@youwillneverguess]

Dear god no! We haven't figured out how to live together here yet. Then there would be humans doing terrible things to each other on Mars or Uranus. Seems irresponsible to me. Only half kidding BTW, but you get my point. Maybe if there were a way to leave all the politicians on Earth... Maybe it would work for a generation or two, but once they forgot how bad we f'd up Earth they'd be right back where they started. WWII wasn't that long ago, and look at us now.

[@anishnehete]

Do you think it's easy?

[@youwillneverguess]

Let's get it right here before we try it somewhere else.

[@mvw9078]

Everybody's luck runs out eventually, which is why you should never personally bank on it. If that is the case, then why are we as a species doing it? Why is luck what has to stand between us and oblivion? Terrible power thrust into the hands of what amounts to a species of errant children. With all endangered by a single tamper tantrum, thrown by one individual, among the 7+ billion humans that exist, and the countless people who existed before us. All of our achievements, past, present, and future - erased with the press of a button. May it never come to pass.

[@devrajashok8579]

I completely concur with your presentation of Putin as a dictator, but I can't help but ask few questions: 1.) Didn't the US made similar pretexts and acted with impunity for invasions of Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya, besides illegally arming Syrian terrorists under the garb of rebels resulting in a decade long civil war.? 2.) Didn't the US stood with Saudis in their invasion of Yemen.? 3.) Didn't the US supported and turned blind eye to murderous I$®@€£i occupation and forceful evictions of P@£€$tinians for more than 5 decades? 4.) Didn't the Cuban Missile crisis was all about the USSR putting it's defences across US borders in Cuba which is in stark similarity to today's Ukraine-Russia-US equation? 5.) Didn't the broken promise of US and NATO of not expanding eastwards resulted in this Russia's invasion of Ukraine?. I can't help but ask who is actually an "wolf in the sheep's clothing"?

[@leonardodavinci5089]

I agree with you but why did you spell isreal and palestain like that.

[@devrajashok8579]

@@leonardodavinci5089 KZbin algorithm is biased towards I$®@€£, so any comment critical to I$®@€£ would get deleted.

[@vijaykumarjha7822]

5) that promise was not any formal one,it was more or less just comforting

[@6lack5ushi]

"if you want peace, prepare for war"...MAD

[@PersonaSlates]

I dunno the whole doomsday clock thing seems.. silly. I feel like instead of these clock times (which mean nothing to me) It should just be a degree of certainty. Such as a 90% certainty of nuclear war. (for example) Something that the majority of people can actually understand, as opposed to the silly boomer boomboom clock.

[@sirmeowthelibrarycat]

😡 Instead of posting such tripe on KZbin, contact the people behind the ‘Doomsday Clock’ and reprimand them for their foolishness . . . You are more qualified to hold an opinion on such matters as the survival of the human species 🥴!

[@PersonaSlates]

@@sirmeowthelibrarycat I never implied i am more qualified on matters of survival of the species. Just that the clock analogy is lost on the majority of people, and the "minutes/seconds to" Doesn't really give a good understanding of how dire the circumstances are. I feel for something as important as nuclear war people should have a firm understanding of what it is the experts are saying. Though that's just like, my opinion.

[@PauliEphresh]

I’m actually stationed in Europe right now and for some reason, I’m completely numb to any sense of fear for this situation. Once I get the call to act, My boots will probably hit ground in a matter of hours and I’ll just go from there