kickerwrites:

when it comes to Fallout I’m more and more convinced that the rest of the world is fine, fairly well rebuilt, and looking at the US with a mixture of horror and fascination

botanists poring over satellite imagery marvelling at how literally nothing has regrown in the entire period

anthropologists astonished by the prevalence of barbarity and violence and the utter breakdown of the rigid class and social structure that had been in place before

phonecalls going between world leaders in the 2280s like

Germany: they’ve regained flight.
France: oh god. no. we need to prepare, warn everyone.
G: it’s okay, it’s a zeppelin. maximum speed 60mph.
F: seriously?
G: yes.
F: [snorting laughter] wow. how long’s that taken them. 200 years? classic.
G: I know, right? I can’t wait to tell England.
F: Can we videoconference it? I have to see her face.