# Now that the Norks are \*really\* going to nuke us, I have one question: what's up with their lids? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 29, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-norks-are-really-going-to-nuke-us-i-have-one-question-whats-up-with-their-lids/654271 "2013-03-29T16:31:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![vd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b19c9b/32.png) [@vd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vd)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-norks-are-really-going-to-nuke-us-i-have-one-question-whats-up-with-their-lids/654271/41 "2013-03-30T16:59:03Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > I have only one thing to ask about the linked article. > The proposed attack sites included Austin, Texas. > What? Someone said they needed to show an \*ostentatious \*plan of attack to frighten their enemies. Bad translation. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-norks-are-really-going-to-nuke-us-i-have-one-question-whats-up-with-their-lids/654271/42 "2013-03-30T18:32:05Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > Am I the only one who finds it odd that the [Great Leader uses a run-of-the-mill iMac](http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02522/north-korea-jong-m_2522857c.jpg) while signing the Armageddon papers? It’s a Chinese knock-off. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-norks-are-really-going-to-nuke-us-i-have-one-question-whats-up-with-their-lids/654271/43 "2013-03-30T18:58:59Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > The proposed attack sites included Austin, Texas. > What? Maybe Kim Jong-un is an A&M fan. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-norks-are-really-going-to-nuke-us-i-have-one-question-whats-up-with-their-lids/654271/44 "2013-03-30T19:13:26Z")
Don’t worry. I hear you get used to the taste of grass after awhile. But will we have to have loud speakers in all our homes? Cause that would be really irritating! ---
**Author:** ![artemis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@artemis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/artemis)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-norks-are-really-going-to-nuke-us-i-have-one-question-whats-up-with-their-lids/654271/45 "2013-03-30T19:47:53Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Don’t worry. I hear you get used to the taste of grass after awhile. Speak for yourself. I have no intention of eating grass - and why should I? I have wealth beyond your wildest dreams. Right this very moment three - yes, THREE! - small birds are being kept in cages in my basement, and I am not going to share them with anybody. Their delicious flesh is mine, all mine! I may trade some of their feathers for some snow to make coffee, though, as all ours appears to be melting… > [@](#): > > But will we have to have loud speakers in all our homes? Cause that would be really irritating! How could listening to continuous broadcasts of our divine Supreme Leader’s immoral words of wisdom ever be irritating? ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-norks-are-really-going-to-nuke-us-i-have-one-question-whats-up-with-their-lids/654271/46 "2013-03-30T20:38:24Z")
Want to determine the rank of someone is in the various military, police, and fire brigades/departments around the world? Check out [this nifty uniform insignia encyclopedia](http://www.uniforminsignia.org). ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-norks-are-really-going-to-nuke-us-i-have-one-question-whats-up-with-their-lids/654271/47 "2013-03-30T20:54:15Z")
Gaah. I just looked out the window of the bus, and all the signs are in Korean. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-norks-are-really-going-to-nuke-us-i-have-one-question-whats-up-with-their-lids/654271/48 "2013-03-30T21:33:20Z")
He’s a fugly little man. Reminds me of Tattoo except Tattoo was cuter. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-norks-are-really-going-to-nuke-us-i-have-one-question-whats-up-with-their-lids/654271/49 "2013-03-30T21:40:08Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > So, isn’t there a North Korean rocket scientist _facepalming_ somewhere? I can’t believe the freaking GENERALS are that ignorant. Actually, North Korea is too poor to be able to afford real rocket scientists. They had to make do with rocket Scientologists who think any missile can hit a target if you give it a personality test and audit it enough. Soon we’re going to see Kim Jong Un jumping on a couch yelling about how much he hates the US. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-norks-are-really-going-to-nuke-us-i-have-one-question-whats-up-with-their-lids/654271/50 "2013-03-31T01:52:49Z")
There’s a good interview which has just appeared with someone who studies NK propaganda for a living (CIA people don’t give interviews) from the [NYTimes](http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/29/the-internet-loves-kim-jong-un-gags-but-what-does-north-koreas-propaganda-mean/). Videos are included. In the last one, the infantry can really hold position. I gotta invite the war-gaming thread over here. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-norks-are-really-going-to-nuke-us-i-have-one-question-whats-up-with-their-lids/654271/51 "2013-03-31T02:37:29Z")
One of the worst alien-invasion scenarios I can envision is aliens decide to conquer the Earth by giving super-advanced weapons to whichever Terran tribe will be their most obedient lackeys. And the winner is North Korea. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-norks-are-really-going-to-nuke-us-i-have-one-question-whats-up-with-their-lids/654271/52 "2013-03-31T03:29:25Z")
Every time I see photos of NK military, I’m reminded of Phil & Kaja Foglio’s “Girl Genius” webcomic, in which the Jägermonsters are always impressed by a large, elaborate hat, and rate a person’s importance by just how big and elaborate their hat is: [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080514](http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080514) ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-norks-are-really-going-to-nuke-us-i-have-one-question-whats-up-with-their-lids/654271/53 "2013-03-31T03:38:27Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > [Sure they have.](http://free-extras.com/images/marvin_the_martian-5214.htm) Heh. I looked at that and saw that my niece is among the 1.8 million people who have “Liked” that picture on Facebook. Weird feeling going to a random page and seeing your relative’s name right in the middle of it! ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-norks-are-really-going-to-nuke-us-i-have-one-question-whats-up-with-their-lids/654271/54 "2013-03-31T04:35:43Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Back to the headgear… > > [My dad](http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m305/llaaksonen/LTDad.jpg) wore [one of these](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/US_Navy_Hat_Lieutenant_Commander_No_Scrambled_Eggs.jpg), . . . But his hat didn’t double as a ping-pong paddle. ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-norks-are-really-going-to-nuke-us-i-have-one-question-whats-up-with-their-lids/654271/55 "2013-03-31T05:47:08Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > I have only one thing to ask about the linked article. > The proposed attack sites included Austin, Texas. > What? Its the real home of the airforce and the essential guidance system of the USA’s missiles, defensive as well as offense. They saw that in Dr Strangelove, it must be true 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hawkeye73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@Hawkeye73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkeye73)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-norks-are-really-going-to-nuke-us-i-have-one-question-whats-up-with-their-lids/654271/56 "2013-03-31T06:02:01Z")
I like how “advanced” their technology is in the photo. They have steno pads, pocket notebooks and paper maps. Kim Jong-Un reminds me of a spoiled, fat, rich-kid in America. He only has friends because he has lots of cool toys and money, gets his way a lot, throws fits, and at the end of the day will go home and eat some Rocky Road and fall asleepon the couch watching TV. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gCG5TxfPgpA/hqdefault.jpg "Spoiled Fat 4th Grader Part II") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCG5TxfPgpA) ---
**Author:** ![Hawkeye73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@Hawkeye73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkeye73)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-norks-are-really-going-to-nuke-us-i-have-one-question-whats-up-with-their-lids/654271/57 "2013-03-31T06:04:38Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uhU3eSd3o4) This one reminds me of Kim Jong-Un too… ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-norks-are-really-going-to-nuke-us-i-have-one-question-whats-up-with-their-lids/654271/58 "2013-03-31T06:37:14Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > Yes, the lines should be curved. Should be, if you are going to use the lines to measure distances or read off details of the trajectory. Straight lines will do if the only important thing is the end point and the end point details (distance, travel time, number of civilians to kill ) ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-norks-are-really-going-to-nuke-us-i-have-one-question-whats-up-with-their-lids/654271/59 "2013-03-31T06:47:22Z")
The photo shows the ranks large stars … means top brass. 2 = Lieut. Gen 3. Colonol General 4. General of the . (eg army,navy, airforce, missile ) I thought the photo shows a 2, 2x3 and a 4. So they are not showing rank, two guys with the same stars have different hats. I think the two different hat styles are just fashion or formality. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-norks-are-really-going-to-nuke-us-i-have-one-question-whats-up-with-their-lids/654271/60 "2013-04-01T19:29:36Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > I just hope nothing interferes with Kim Jong Un’s follow up to his hit Gangnam Style: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0) [This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cG7ZVBXQII) is Kim Jong Style. 😛 [QUOTE=John Mace] Don’t worry. I hear you get used to the taste of grass after awhile. But will we have to have loud speakers in all our homes? Cause that would be really irritating! [/QUOTE] Grass? We ain’t got no grass. In America, we eat coffee made from snow provided to us by the government while we wait for our daily heroin injections! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-norks-are-really-going-to-nuke-us-i-have-one-question-whats-up-with-their-lids/654271.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-norks-are-really-going-to-nuke-us-i-have-one-question-whats-up-with-their-lids/654271.md?page=4)