r/AskReddit • u/vicmackey1981 • 29d ago

If we could set up a Truman Show scenario where Trump thinks he’s President again and the public send in scenarios for him to deal with, what would you suggest?

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u/Teh_Cactus 28d ago

You know, it kind of saddens me that he never thought to ask if they could reverse the fins to just blow the hurricanes away.

Seems like something on his level.

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u/ThisGuy928146 28d ago

Well, he did suggest nuking a hurricane, and that windmills cause cancer.

Maybe if nukes cause cancer, then windmills can actually stop a hurricane...

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u/babyrobotman 28d ago

nuking a hurricane

What the fuck

For reals

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u/Totally_Generic_Name 28d ago

Needless to say, this is not a good idea

https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/C5c.html (or https://what-if.xkcd.com/23/)

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u/Malus_a4thought 28d ago

I wish it was needless to say. It wasn't. More than once I had to explain to fellow Floridians why that was a bad idea.

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u/FlyExaDeuce 28d ago

I would first ask them why thet think it would help the situation, because the answer is bound to be entertaining

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u/Camgrowfortreds 26d ago

They probably think burn the hurricane

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u/aScottishBoat 28d ago

Trump is a Floridian, too. It all makes sense now.

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u/JangoDarkSaber 28d ago

Trump is the ultimate Florida man

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u/cool23819 28d ago

I-

do the constant hurricanes we get blow away brain cells with it or something?!?

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u/eviltwinky 28d ago

It did make me wonder if it would work. If we had something that wouldn't spew radioactive material anyway.

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u/SuboptimalButHopeful 28d ago

You know, I can't remember if it was Florida or maybe South Carolina where LEO had to plead with people not to shoot at the approaching hurricane. So I'm not shocked.

Edit: Yeah, FL

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2017/live-updates/weather/hurricane-irma-a-monster-storms-devastating-path/please-dont-shoot-at-the-hurricane-officers-say/

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u/notjustanotherbot 28d ago

So his decision might have some fallout?

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u/texican1911 28d ago

The idea certainly generated a chain reaction.

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u/Embarrassed-Ad-1639 28d ago

That is radiating out to his followers

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u/notjustanotherbot 28d ago

Wonder if it will achieve a critical response?

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u/Thraxster 28d ago

More than his diapers

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u/notjustanotherbot 28d ago

The bomb might actually have a shorter toxic half life.

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u/treezOH123 28d ago

But what if we made a net to catch it, then harness its power for our own uses? s/

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u/CaptainCoffeeStain 28d ago

I can only imagine the supreme disillusionment felt by the NOAA employee who had to write that section of the FAQ.

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u/LonePaladin 28d ago

The XKCD guy's browser search history must be amazing.

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u/Leather_Boots 28d ago

The gem in the xkcd questions & answers was the dude asking about strapping c4 to a boomerang. Why indeed would you want to strap explosives on an object design to fly back to you if it misses its target.

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u/InternetPhilanthropy 28d ago

I think the authorities in the Rump's life are people who ask stupid questions.

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u/bp_516 28d ago

But it worked in Sharknado!

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u/slaaitch 28d ago

That's probably where he got the idea.

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u/SilverKnightTM314 28d ago

I love that paper.

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u/WhipWing 28d ago

The end with the C4 boomerang is actually hilarious.

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u/WIbigdog 28d ago

At the end of the day, the energy released by a nuclear weapon is peanuts compared to the energy that drives a hurricane. A nuke would do quite literally nothing to a hurricane.

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u/Living-Complex-1368 28d ago

It is annoying that the link has been redirected and you have to search for a more mealy mouthed statement that says it won't work but not that it is a bad idea. More "no criticism of king Trump" bs.

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u/a_lonely_trash_bag 28d ago

It hasn't been redirected, though???

If you're on mobile, it originally loads with the desktop layout but quickly switches to the mobile layout. Is that what you're talking about?

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u/Living-Complex-1368 28d ago

Probably. I'll have to try on my computer to reach the page. But the quote "needless to say, this is not a good idea," is not in the mobile version.

Edit nope, the quote is there, it is just hard to spot in the mobile format (after I scroll past all the stuff that isn't the item the original link pointed to and expand the thing I was obviously looking for that was hidden.)

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u/banjaxed_gazumper 28d ago

It actually doesn’t seem like they looked at the idea very rigorously. I would like to know the minimum size nuclear blast we would need to disrupt a hurricane.

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u/Burntbadger89 28d ago

Don't knock something until you try it!

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u/Famixofpower 28d ago

Why does that page load the question, then immediately go to another page?