LA Times article claims that the Delaware freeway bridge that is tilting is a DEFCON level 5 incident. According to wiki that means that the situation is normal. I think that I’ve seen this mix up before, but I always giggle when I see it.
Other DEFCON level mix ups that you’ve seen? Other common mistakes of this type to discuss?
It came up in an episode of The Big Bang Theory. Fortunately, Sheldon was present to correct the error.
I must have seen that BBT episode somewhat recently. I knew that this had come up in the past six months or so. Couldn’t figure out where.
There are certain things that I eat that send me to DEFCON 1.
The title of the movie “Defcon 4” isn’t actually all that dramatic, film art notwithstanding.
It’s basically saying “Everything’s normal…nothing to see here.”
It’s always best to go with “DEFCON 3” that way the people who know how DEFCON works and the people who don’t both think it sounds serious.
There’s also the old first-person shooter Defcon 5. I’m assuming they were going for more of a “Defcon 1” feeling with that title.
ETA: Apparently, there’s a whole TV Tropes page about the misuse of Defcon 5.
Sounds like a badly-engineered bug spray. “DEFCON 5… leaves your roaches shiny and spotless!”
Yeah, I saw this one in a series of private e-mails that I was cc’d on, between a brother (a friend of mine) and his sister (trustee of their late parents’ estate), regarding an outburst over whether I should be expected to keep an eye on their parents’ vacated house until they sell it:
to which I responded: