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Everyone is a gangster until the room glows blue (thelemmy.club)
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[-] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

They weren't moving it, they were lowering a reflector to bring it close to criticality without going supercritical. It's like playing Russian roulette, except the game is to squeeze the trigger on a fully loaded revolver until just before the hammer releases, and you're using a screwdriver to squeeze the trigger. Oh! And the pistol is actually a grenade.

Bang

"Well, that does it"

this post was submitted on 06 Aug 2026
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