- "Am I the only person affected similarly by events? How else have you been coping with it all?"
No one successfully coping is going to be clicking on a 'WW3' thread in HN's 'new' queue and telling you about how they're successfully coping.
No one successfully coping is going to be clicking on a 'WW3' thread in HN's 'new' queue and telling you about how they're successfully coping.
I suspect he's surprised, if not stunned, by the difficulty that his forces are facing. So (while I would prefer he not risk it) I suspect his nukes won't work as expected either. I say that as someone who lives in the Boston suburbs, which I suspect is a high priority target for his subs.
Most importantly, perhaps, is that if it is WW3, it's going to be the world against Russia. Iran may try to help if they feel an obligation; I don't think China will because they're smart enough to see it's a lot cause.
If we assume Putin is mad, there's no reason why he wouldn't throw a nuke. Due to downside being inevitable, WW3 is a logical outcome. Otherwise we are just letting him throw nukes.
But I am kind of poor so I have an excuse for ignoring it. I do think that most people are just in denial. The same way most Ukrainians were about the possibility of a war.