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    The City-Sized Nuclear Bunker Chairman Mao Built

    Norway Builds Giant Shelter For The End Of The World
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    Image of 5AMfrenchtoast 5AMfrenchtoast
    11/18/09

    In reply to The City-Sized Nuclear Bunker Chairman Mao Built
    Creepy as FUCK.
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/18/09

    In reply to The City-Sized Nuclear Bunker Chairman Mao Built
    Sure it could have held six million people...for several hours, stacked like cord wood. then the air would have given out. Hey! the air would give out first! We don't need restaurants, showers, food or water, the air will give out! It can hold 12 million people!
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    Image of Post-Nuked Post-Nuked
    11/19/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo:
    Even if they packed 15 million in there, when they died they could always blame it on Western capitalism. Though, to be fair...
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    11/18/09

    In reply to The City-Sized Nuclear Bunker Chairman Mao Built
    looks like a great teen drug takin party spot.
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    11/18/09

    In reply to The City-Sized Nuclear Bunker Chairman Mao Built
    It didn't help that Mao underestimated the destructive power of Soviet warheads (the Sovs compensated their less accurate warheads with bigger destructive yields) and the actual cost of building a city sized shelter on the then fragile Chinese economy.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    11/18/09

    In reply to The City-Sized Nuclear Bunker Chairman Mao Built
    ... jeez, Dixia Cheng literally translates to "Underground City". I thought we Chinese people were supposed to have more flowery terms for these kinds of things? Like Prosperous Subterranean Utopia or something.
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    Image of burlybax burlybax
    11/18/09

    @crashedpc - Haifisch: Maybe since its a dirty, wet, swampy, nasty, nuclear fallout shelter intended to squeeze 6 million people into it, they just said ehh fuck the silly name, just call the kettle black..
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    11/18/09

    @burlybax: Never underestimate the Chinese tendency to completely euphemize (made up word) something that's utterly shite. Oooh, believe me, I know this first hand.
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    Image of Shini: R.O.A.C.H. Shini: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/18/09

    @crashedpc - Haifisch: Maybe they were feeling really utilitarian that day.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    11/18/09

    In reply to The City-Sized Nuclear Bunker Chairman Mao Built
    Nothing dank or depressing here.
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    Image of RavenNemain RavenNemain
    11/18/09

    @BadUncle: Nope - all you need is an attractive wall sconce, maybe some decorative potporri - would fit nicely in the pages of Better Homes and Bunkers.
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    11/18/09

    @BadUncle: yep, and no possibility of Ghosts or weird underground dwellers, the last insane survivors of political prisoners or fringe science experiments!
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    Image of MrPliskin0 MrPliskin0
    11/18/09

    @goldfarb: So you find the Observer yet?
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    Image of MargaretMoony MargaretMoony
    11/18/09

    @goldfarb: Watch out for the Albino ratboy! He's a bitch when you don't pay your neighborhood fees.
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