Gay bombs

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An artist's impression of what a Gay Bomb could look like. It proposed a bomb “that contained a chemical that would cause enemy soldiers to become gay, and to have their units break down because all their soldiers became irresistibly attractive to one another”.

In an act of brilliance (or insanity) they came up with the perfect secret plan. Tom Ballard is an award-winning comedian and broadcaster who gets to perform the ancient art of stand-up comedy all around the country and the world. Duration: 28 minutes 16 seconds 28 m.

The answer seemed obvious: sex. Program: How I stopped worrying and learned to love the Gay Bomb. The United States Air Force came up with the bizarre concept of creating a 'gay bomb' to make enemy soldiers sexuall attracted to one another. They put together a three-page proposal in which they detailed their $ million invention: the gay bomb.

But how could the airforce make that work to their advantage? What Happens if A Gay Bomb Drops?🙀 Let's unpack the history and harmful stereotypes behind the idea of weaponizing identity. When he found out that it actually happened, he was gobsmacked. Presented by Tom Ballard.

Gay Bombs emerge from a sabotaged topological strategy and build new architectures from this detritus. The concept involved dispersing sex pheromones to induce mutual sexual attraction among enemy soldiers, with the intention of causing confusion and disrupting military cohesion.

Play Duration: 28 minutes 16 seconds 28 m. " Gay bomb " is an informal term referring to a proposed non-lethal psychochemical weapon that was speculated by the United States Air Force in the s. Gay Bombs take on the climate of their cultural production in order to more effectively subvert the US Air Force's original goal of developing a gay bomb.

Back to top. Image Details An artist's impression of what a Gay Bomb could look like. Among the most preposterous ideas came when the US Air Force Wright Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio, proposed to build the “Gay Bomb, ” which would make enemy combatants “sexually irresistible to one another.” The Gay Bomb masterminds requested six years and a budget of $ million to complete the project.

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