# Where did "Nuke 'em from orbit" come from? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 11, 2007, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440 "2007-03-11T02:35:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/21 "2007-03-11T15:33:55Z")
[QUOTE=Cisco] Same as Justice Stewart’s ruling on obscenity. [/QUOTE] There it is! Better get another look, just to be sure. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hogwash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e57/32.png) [@Hogwash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hogwash)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/22 "2007-03-11T16:27:17Z")
The weirdo posters mostly come out at night. Mostly. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/23 "2007-03-11T16:31:04Z")
My mommy said there were no weird posters, no _real_ wierd posters, but there are… ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/24 "2007-03-11T16:50:03Z")
Seventeen posts? Hey, man, I don’t want to rain on your parade, but we’re not going to last seventeen _thread views_. Those mods are gonna come in here, just like they did before, and they’re gonna come in here and they’re gonna come in here and they’re gonna ban us! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/25 "2007-03-11T16:54:31Z")
[QUOTE=lno] Those mods are gonna come in here, just like they did before, and they’re gonna come in here and they’re gonna come in here and they’re gonna ban us! [/QUOTE] Well that’s great, that’s just fuckin’ great man. Now what the fuck are we supposed to do? We’re in some real pretty shit now man… That’s it man, game over man, game over! What the fuck are we gonna do now? What are we gonna do? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/26 "2007-03-11T17:18:36Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] Well that’s great, that’s just fuckin’ great man. Now what the fuck are we supposed to do? We’re in some real pretty shit now man… That’s it man, game over man, game over! What the fuck are we gonna do now? What are we gonna do? [/QUOTE] Well, I mean…I know this is an emotional moment, but let’s not make snap judgments. Let’s move cautiously. First, this message board has a substantial dollar value attached to it… ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/27 "2007-03-11T17:25:21Z")
They can bill me! ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/28 "2007-03-11T17:27:45Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] Well, I mean…I know this is an emotional moment, but let’s not make snap judgments. Let’s move cautiously. First, this message board has a substantial dollar value attached to it… [/QUOTE] Maybe you haven’t been keeping up on current events, but we just got our asses kicked pal! ---
**Author:** ![George\_Kaplin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3e96dc/32.png) [@George\_Kaplin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/George_Kaplin)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/29 "2007-03-11T17:34:24Z")
Look, this is a multi-million dollar message board, okay? **Contrapuntal** can’t make that kind of decision, he’s just a grunt! No offence. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/30 "2007-03-11T17:34:34Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] Maybe you haven’t been keeping up on current events, but we just got our asses kicked pal! [/QUOTE] I know, I know, but we’re dealing with changing scenarios here. This thing is major, **Contra**. I mean really major. You gotta go with its energy. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/31 "2007-03-11T17:36:23Z")
[QUOTE=outlierrn] They can bill me! [/QUOTE] This is clearly an important poster we’re dealing with here. We can’t just arbitrarily ban him– ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/32 "2007-03-11T17:39:40Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] This is clearly an important poster we’re dealing with here. We can’t just arbitrarily ban him– [/QUOTE] Those two posts are worth millions to the Chicago Reader Straight Dope division. If you’re smart, we can both come out of this heroes, and we will be set up for life. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/33 "2007-03-11T17:44:21Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Those two posts are worth millions to the Chicago Reader Straight Dope division. If you’re smart, we can both come out of this heroes, and we will be set up for life. [/QUOTE] You just try getting a sock/troll past the mods. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/34 "2007-03-11T17:48:24Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] You just try getting a sock/troll past the mods. [/QUOTE] How can they ban it if they don’t know about it? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/35 "2007-03-11T17:53:55Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] How can they ban it if they don’t know about it? [/QUOTE] But they will know about it, **What**. From me. Just like they’ll know how you were responsible for the creation of one hundred and fifty-seven socks here – ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/36 "2007-03-11T17:55:09Z")
y’know I don’t know which is worse, you or the mods, you don’t see them screwing each other for a percentage ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/37 "2007-03-11T17:55:18Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] But they will know about it, **What**. From me. Just like they’ll know how you were responsible for the creation of one hundred and fifty-seven socks here – [/QUOTE] Wait a post! ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/38 "2007-03-11T17:55:51Z")
_: does knife trick, bouncing sharp point faster and faster on the blue line between posts in thread :_ ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/39 "2007-03-11T17:59:04Z")
You know, I’m as against nuking the whole site from orbit as anybody, but I’d make an exception in this case :mad: ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/40 "2007-03-11T18:01:29Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] _: does knife trick, bouncing sharp point faster and faster on the blue line between posts in thread :_ [/QUOTE] Hey, Cervaise, did anyone ever mistake you for a man? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440.md?page=3)