teachers call it MAD
when two countries come to an understanding that if one country launches an attack the other will retaliate with equal force
when two countries come to an understanding that if one country launches an attack the other will retaliate with equal force
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by IFXXavier July 6, 2005
Get the musalmaan mug.Difficult to define exactly, but it's not the actual *name* of a situation or doctrine. Rather, it describes the outcome of a given action in the circumstances:
In the case of the US and USSR, their shared determination to retaliate to an attack by the other - given the size of their nuclear arsenals - would've assured mutual destruction.
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Basically, if you're going to be screwed over, make sure the rest of the world is, too.
Basically, if you're going to be screwed over, make sure the rest of the world is, too.
During the Cold War, the US and the USSR built massive stockpiles of nuclear weapons while following a strategy of mutually assured destruction
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Includes straight liking one anothers pages and commenting on every post/picture/status dating back to the day they became facebook friends.
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Includes straight liking one anothers pages and commenting on every post/picture/status dating back to the day they became facebook friends.
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Person 1: John is constantly straight liking Hillarys facebook.
Person 2: Yes, but Hillary comments on all his status updates.
Person 1: Oh so they are into the whole mutual creeping thing. Why don't they just exchange phone numbers?
Person 2: Yes, but Hillary comments on all his status updates.
Person 1: Oh so they are into the whole mutual creeping thing. Why don't they just exchange phone numbers?
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Person A turns down the thermostat. Person B waits for A to leave, turns it back up. Repeat until one has to leave out of frustration. This is the point of mutually assured douchebaggery.
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