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Tom Lehrer - We Will All Go Together When We Go

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What it is

Tom Lehrer's gallows-humor song about nuclear annihilation, in which everyone goes together when the bomb drops.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Mostly quoted as a joke in nuclear war and doom threads, with one commenter praising Lehrer's satire.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “Tom Lehrer is indeed a national treasure, and his satire is top shelf.”

    Gallows-humor Lehrer satire song

    Diederich, 2020-05 · Recommendation · in “Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube”

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Topics: tom lehrer, satire, cold war, dark humor

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