Episode 35: The Worst Thing™

This episode is primarily about the last point in the show notes. The more I think about Mutually Assured Destruction, the less confidence I have that it’s an actual deterrent to nuclear war. I’m afraid the wrong people will realize its inadequacy in preventing either a tactical strike or even a massive, apocalyptic first strike. I’d love to hear why I’m wrong or what I’m missing. To subscribe to The Tabard Farm Podcast, click Subscription at the top of the page. You can subscribe through Memberful and you’ll get a link you can drop into your podcast player that will give you access to the whole archive. It’s $5 per month, but you can just pop in and out if you don’t want to keep sliding those semolians across the counter.

Remember the halcyon days when candy and juice was considered health food? That was big granola pulling the high fructose corn syrup over your eyes.

Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story on Netflix

Jeffrey Dahmer series on The Last Podcast on the Left

The Macdonald Triad is the set of 3 factors that are predictive of sociopathic, violent tendencies.

Bob got a FitBit Charge 5 for Sober October and became instantly enamored with it.

The Sausage Party episode of The Cooking Show

These are the Coyote Rollers we’ve talked about the past couple of weeks. I used corrugated drain pipe to achieve the same effect. I just have to block off a big opening in our gates where Yeti escapes through to go upon a random journey for no goddamn reason.

Video of a Russian train moving specialized military equipment through Russia. The equipment is said to be part of a nuclear arms division and could signify preparation for a tactical nuclear strike.

Timestamp 00:56:26 is where we start talking about a flaw in Mutually Assured Destruction that I can’t get past. I think it might just be wishful thinking and a shared delusion that has allowed us to avoid nuclear war to this point.