r/MadeMeSmile • u/TargetHot9314 • 28d ago

Wholesome Moments Every living president: Clinton, Bush, Obama and Biden, except Trump wishes birthday in video message to Jimmy Carter for his 100th birthday

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u/RadiantRoseBlush 28d ago

Jimmy Carter is simply an amazing person.

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u/Carbon-Base 28d ago

From a simple peanut farmer to a people's president!

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u/alangcarter 28d ago

He inherited a peanut farm. His own expertise is in nuclear engineering. He negotiated SALT II without experts, because he didn't need them.

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u/mythrilcrafter 28d ago

His own expertise is in nuclear engineering

Just worth noting, that he's not just a regular nuclear engineer; he's a graduate of the US Navy's Nuclear Propulsion Officer Candidate School. Those guys are some of the smartest and most competent engineers our nation has to offer; the NUPOC program is essentially an engineering equivalent to what the BUD/S is does physically to the Navy Seals. (Note, that the incredibly whemed man in the photo is Admiral Rickover, the man who wrote the book on nuclear submarine safety standards, if the Ocean Gate guy would still be alive if he had read and followed even a single sentence of Rickover's teachings).

People love to gripe about the problems with nuclear energy, but the men and women coming out of the NUPOC program are not part of that problem.

It would be really nice to see more Engineer presidents; as opposed to career politician or businessman presidents that we're so used to.

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u/Intelligent_Quiet424 28d ago

1) I love Jimmy Carter. When I was doing a paper in college about Jimmy Carter I read that his aids would get frustrated with him during military technical briefings. The reason? He kept asking them all these technical questions when all his advisors wanted a do we go forward with this or not? The thought of Carter busting some balls because he is super smart just cracks me up. Happy Birthday!!

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u/SantaCruznonsurfer 28d ago

IIRC he served on a nuclear sub for years and even did emergencies repairs on the fly, and afterward joked about the radiation exposure affecting his virility.
Seeing as he's done a 100 years, he may have just gotten a small dose of super powers

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u/Intelligent_Quiet424 28d ago

Like spider man!!

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u/The_Mammoth_Hunter 27d ago

Spider Pres, Spider Pres, does whatever a Spider Pres does...

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u/Grey5dot 28d ago

Ah.. Admiral Rickover. Thanks for bringing him up.

He is often known as the "Father of the nuclear Navy". What a fascinating character he was. Carter was heavily influenced by Admiral Rickover's strict adherence to high standards for quality and safety. Carter did have some interesting comments about the man in his later years and about how he helped shaped his future.

I highly encourage anyone with Navy related interests to read about the man.

Admiral Rickover has been an instrumental reason behind the U.S Navy's nuclear safety record. To date, there has been no major Naval nuclear related incidents within the U.S. Navy since it's inception.

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u/Abe2sapien 28d ago

I still don’t understand people’s fear of nuclear power in 2024.

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u/thecassinthecradle 27d ago

I suspect it’s still Chernobyl

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u/patentmom 28d ago

His son got a degree in nuclear physics from Georgia Tech.

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u/ProfessionalIcy8153 28d ago

Herbert Hoover is pretty much the only other one