In Sweden they test the air raid alarms every first Monday of the month in case the Russians attack, which apart from being ridiculous is counterproductive because everyone just learned to zone out the air raid sirens. I have been raised since birth to ignore air raid sirens and I'm really good at it by now. Air raid sirens do not make me lose focus on what I am doing, they don't interrupt coversations since you just move a bit closer and speak a bit louder without thinking, they certainly do not wake me up, etc. If they ever turn them on in a real crisis these might not be good skills to have.

[–] gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net 3 points 15 hours ago

The Russians should attack the first Monday of the month

[–] KnilAdlez@hexbear.net 5 points 19 hours ago

It's worse here, everyone hears to siren and immediately goes outside to look at the storm. There is palpable disappointment when they realize it's just a test. Someone could hijack the system and wipe out everyone in midwest.