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Tom Lehrer - We Will All Go Together When We Go

The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel · 5M views · 2008-03-20 · 3:27

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Overview

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

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

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2017–2022

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Diederich · 2020-05 · Recommendation

For those who aren't aware and/or won't look this reference: [LINK] As the other comenter noted, Tom Lehrer is indeed a national treasure, and his satire is top shelf. From the light-hearted "The Elements": [LINK] (watch for the surprise at the end) To the gallows comedy of "We Will All Go Together When We Go": [VIDEO] NB: I appreciate the irony linking to YouTube content in a 'WTF Google/YouTube' thread.

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imagine99 · 2022-10 · Joke / meme

Adopting an attitude similar to Tom Lehrer in "We will all go together when we go" [1] may provide some peace of mind in this case. In any event, here is a rousing, uplifting song which is guaranteed to cheer you up: [1] [VIDEO]

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bobsmooth · 2022-03 · Joke / meme

Either we all die or we don't[1], either way there's nothing you can do. I'm sure there's things you can be worried about that you can actually affect. [1] [VIDEO]

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