A viral Reddit thread asks the real question: If WW3 starts and nukes drop, are we still showing up to work? Dive into the darkest, funniest dev reactions.
Mid-sprint, grinding away at some spaghetti code, I stumbled upon a Reddit thread about World War III and nuclear winter. And it hit me: Holy sh*t, if a nuke drops, do I still have to stand up in tomorrow's Daily Scrum, or do we just switch to remote?
Geopolitics are crazy right now, but as devs, our main concerns are usually merge conflicts, caffeine, and surviving office politics. Over on r/antiwork, someone dropped a tactical nuke of a question: "Whilst I am not in Iran, or America... what's everyone's take on potential nuke? Are we still showing up to work the next day, or are we calling in?"
It sounds like a meme, but it perfectly exposes the dystopian reality of corporate grind culture. Even if the world ends, your boss expects the servers running on cloud vps to keep serving traffic, and you better not miss your timesheet deadline.
The comments are a beautiful mix of dark humor and sheer despair. Here's the breakdown of how people plan to handle the apocalypse:
Long story short: Whether it's a global pandemic or literal Armageddon, to a toxic company, you're just a number on a payroll spreadsheet. Stop killing yourself for an employer that would replace you before your ashes hit the office floor.
Keep grinding your tech skills, maybe stack some cryptocurrency in a cold wallet just in case the post-apocalyptic economy runs on Doge, and remember: your mental health and your family come first. If the world ends, let the C-suite figure out how to restart the router!
Source: Reddit (r/antiwork)
