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[GeeTeeCee]

If I saw a mushroom cloud on the horizon my first thought would not be to measure it with my trusty thumb.

But I live in different times, I suppose.

 

[PaulloDEC]

Shame it isn't true. Pretty neat idea.

 

[Matrix XII]

Wow, that is mind blowing! (I don't even care if it isn't true)

I learned something today.

 

[Calabi]

If your alive to see the mushroom cloud then I think your pretty much fine apart from the death from radiation of course.

 

[Calamari41]

It's true. People really thought it's a thumbs up?

Even the artist himself was fooled!

 

[Shane]

I'm confident this is true.

Edit: Saw earlier post. This should have been true. Would have been a perfect image to match the tone of the earlier (i.e. 1 & 2) games.

 

[jesu]

It would give blind cobblers a greater chance of living.

 

[Matush]

I don't know what to believe.

Spoiler

in b4 avatar quote

 

[Gold_Loot]

Seems like both sides of the debate are correct. Vault boy may indeed be giving just a thumbs up, but the distance thing is real as well.

 

[Steiner84]

What say you GAF? Is this true? Is it something I missed from the games?

well, i havent played fallout, ao i dont know if you missed it in the game, but i thought this was common knowledge.
So, yeah, its true


edit: nvm, apparently not true. But i have heard this story before, not related to fallout.

 

[Stet]

Something about an atomic bomb going off and everyone around me suddenly winking and giving the mushroom cloud the thumbs up is kind of deranged.

 

[Haunted]

Even the artist himself was fooled!

 

[Crankshaft]

I don't care which story is true. Whenever I see that image now - I will think about the mushroom cloud.

 

[Crayolan]

I look forward to the game theory episode on this.

 

[VaultBoy101]

I have nothing to add to this conversation.

 

[TheCochese]

 

[Scrooge McDuck]

So OP, reading 9Gag i guess? I saw that image *err* having that conversion yesterday, too!

It's perfectly plausible that OP's acquaintance was the one who read it at 9gag. Why must everything be sneaky-wink-wink?

 

[The Lone Courier]

Fun fact my avatar is vaultboy holding a BB gun.

 

[LordCiego]

From what I understand Bethesda has said he is simply giving a thumbs up.

But Bethesda didnt create Pipboy, dun dun dunnnn....

 

[Hanmik]

just to end this... so there is no more misunderstanding.

 

[the_batman]

don't you think that if you saw a mushroom cloud, whatever the distance, you should take cover instead of stare at it with your thumb sticking out?

 

[Nibel]

just to end this... so there is no more misunderstanding.

Yeah, seems like something Reddit made up. We're done here folks.

 

[TheRedSnifit]

Well, duck and cover also sounds like bs but it was a thing. I would say this sounds plausible

Why would duck and cover sound like BS? It's pretty common sense.

 

[Majukun]

If I saw a mushroom cloud on the horizon my first thought would not be to measure it with my trusty thumb.

But I live in different times, I suppose.

well i'ts not like you can outrun an explosion

that bein said,it's just a thumbs up

 

[the_batman]

Why would duck and cover sound like BS? It's pretty common sense.

depends on the distance from detonation.

 

[Earthpainting]

More little known facts: Vault Boy is not baring his teeth in his wide open smile. That is actually a luscious white moustache, and his real mouth is below it. It's white because of radiation or some shit, I don't know. You think of something.

Mario also says 'Yahoo' in his game because of an old sponsorship deal to try and salvage a struggling search engine.

 

[Killyoh]

There's already a thread for that http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=232550


(and it's not true.)

 

[Philippo]

Nah, he's just a very charismatic guy.

 

[Danneee]

I just realized Vault Boy only have 4 fingers.

 

[zackmorris]

If he was just giving the thumbs up why would he be closing one eye? I've heard the "thumb story" but it was that if your thumb covered the mushroom cloud of a blast you would be a "safe" distance away from the radiation and other carcinogens that occur during a nuclear strike.

 

[QuantumSquid]

That mushroom cloud thing is a myth that spawned on some meme website, if I remember correctly.

It's not true.

 

[Javier23]

What if it's both?

I've always read it like that.

EDIT: Oh well, I just finished reading the thread.

 

[Hanmik]

do you guys not know who Tramell Ray Isaac is..?

he is the one who drew Vault boy..

so let me repost..

lol