People Share The First Thing They Would Do If World War 3 Was Declared

For some, it was business as usual.

Punch In

"Go to work I guess."

– Str_

"My job has contingencies for if a nuclear war breaks out. It’s comforting to know that even if America turns into an irradiated wasteland my supervisor will call and harass me about not showing up that night."

– BeefInspector

As You Were

"Same thing we do every night pinky."

– ackillesBAC

Go To Reddit

"Read Reddit comments."

– Striking_Cloud9516

"It would be interesting to see the views of Redditors on the other side of the battlefield."

"I'd look forward to seeing their human side, bypassing the 'my team' propaganda."

– MichiganGeezer

The Burning Question

"Just groan and say 'just like every other day, I wonder which country is going to blow up first.'"

– Mikegaming202

The realization would slowly settle for these Redditors.

A Serious Inquiry

"Wonder why all the stores are out of toilet paper."

– IndeSyCiv

Regrets

"Realize I should have taken Doomsday Preppers a lot more seriously."

– AbyssalRedemption

Observe, Then React

"Double check, then sit around and wait until it actually affects me."

– obscureferences

Getting Intellectual

"I would start a debate on whether the number 3 or III is more appropriate."

– anonymouspotatoskins

Let It Play Out

"let's go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for this all to blow over."

– RLDKA

Things got more serious.

Going Into Combat

"I'm active duty Army, so in all reality I’d probably get deployed, then die a horrible painful death."

– burntkofte

Last Words

"Probably just tell the people I know that I love them."

– insecure_poetry

Bottom's Up

"I'd drink. What else is there to do? It's like when the Titanic is sinking: You can either run around the deck in panic to see there's no lifeboat left or you can spend the remaining time like a gentleman, listening to the orchestra and drinking the last bottle of wine. If i go down anyway, then i go down like the second one."

– Diacetyl-Morphin

People's reactions were varied depending on their geographic location.

The ones who were further removed from origins of political turmoil seemed to have the most sarcastic answers.

But no matter where we are in the world, no one will never be immune from the atrocities of living in war time.

Want to "know" more?

Sign up for the Knowable newsletter here.

Never miss another big, odd, funny or heartbreaking moment again.