Talk:2052: Stanislav Petrov Day

Wednesday was also Talk Like a Pirate Day Barmar (talk) 14:51, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

What is a pirate's favorite letter?

Aaaar!

Many people think it's the 'R', but it's actually the 'C'! 162.158.106.168 15:05, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

...I feel like I've read that on a webcomic somewhere... 172.68.174.16 15:32, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Ye'd think they'd be the most fond if the 'C', but without 'P', they just be irate. 108.162.241.100 16:01, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Ayyy, got this one pretty fast. 162.158.154.13 15:18, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

I thought that International Talk Like A Pirate Day was September 19th. I've been celebrating it on that day for decades Mr. I (talk) 19:37, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

I just read about Mr Petrov the other day, maybe on Quora. I wonder if Randall received the same article in his daily digest :) 141.101.107.78 16:26, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

History of Petrov Day as a holiday

My critics: Not explaining much to the comics content; even admires that a stupid citation is still needed; this Wiki isn't a link list; I can do more... But I don't want to do censorship so maybe we can put this into a single sentence belonging to an explanation. Otherwise some could be moved to a trivia section. --Dgbrt (talk) 18:17, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

I can't find anything specific, but a couple other articles list this BBC link https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-24280831 which states that his heroism was kept secret until after the collapse of the Soviet Union (1991ish) and that Mr. Petrov "kept silent for 10 years" - so 1993 or maybe 2001. Afbach (talk)

I think everyone missed the subtle point in this comic - Stanislav was famous for correctly identifying the nuclear attack alert as a false alarm, and Cueball thought the calendar alert he received was a false alarm as well! I believe that's the real joke here! Ianrbibtitlht (talk) 14:30, 29 September 2018 (UTC)