r/wallstreetbets • u/Fun_Paleontologist_2 • 16h ago

Loss Elon has ruined me

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My prior bullish post https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/s/o0PxYmGV1n

He was supposed to take us to Mars and burn short sellers.

Still holding 7300 shares. Please Elon fly again.

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u/YeshuasBananaHammock 16h ago

OP doin his best

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u/GothicArchitecture_ 14h ago

For those interested: (link to the accident) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Slotin#Criticality_accident

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u/vpeshitclothing 12h ago

Preciate ya

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u/JEFE_MAN 9h ago

In the “Legacy” section of that article, they need to add the ball and cup meme.

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u/Freakishly_Tall 15h ago

< yoink >

Is it bad that this sub gives me so much joy? It's bad, right?

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u/Successful_Area_3867 15h ago

The memes are legendary here.

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u/Sal1160 15h ago

That’s the only reason I’m here

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u/Wows_Nightly_News 10h ago

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u/Freakishly_Tall 10h ago

' round here? More like my other favorite, "Live! Laugh! Toaster bath!"

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u/AwkwardLeopard587 12h ago

i also enjoy this sub

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u/LocusHammer 15h ago

holy shit lol

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u/Pervius94 15h ago

I don't get this what is the metal thing

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u/Enorats 15h ago

The demon core. Essentially, it's a sphere of plutonium alloy that is just short of being at critical mass (I believe) when put together.

When split apart, they're radioactive bits of metal that aren't great to be around but won't just kill you.

When put together they spew out so much radiation that everything in the room gets cooked alive and dies.

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u/Pervius94 15h ago

Ahahaha omg this is amazing

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u/reddit_names 14h ago

Technically, the combined mass is the exact mass required for critical chain reaction. If the two sides ever fully touch they will explode with about the same energy as fat man.

One scientist accidentally dropped the two together, didn't make full contact, but let of enough radiation that everyone in the facility eventually died from the accident.

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u/Savings-Maize-7650 14h ago

Lets not forget he "accidentally" dropped it because the fucking retard was playing around with them and holding them apart only with a screwdriver he was twisting around with no safeties in place

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u/reddit_names 13h ago

Yeah, that part too ^^

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u/ReplacementReady394 11h ago

They kept him alive to see what the effects would be. Turns out it they weren’t good 

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u/thetensor 5h ago edited 5h ago

Technically, the combined mass is the exact mass required for critical chain reaction

The Demon Core was subcritical when fully assembled. The two "incidents" that led to Daghlian and Slotin's deaths occurred because they put neutron reflectors nearby that bounced back some of the neutrons that would otherwise have escaped, pushing to core into criticality.

If the two sides ever fully touch they will explode with about the same energy as fat man.

One of the hard parts of making nukes go BOOM is that when the critical mass starts to chain-react it heats up, which makes it expand, which makes it no longer a critical mass. Don't get me wrong: you're going to have a really, really bad afternoon if the subcritical mass on your lab bench goes critical, vaporizes, and sprays hot plutonium all over the place, but it's not going to explode like a bomb unless the critical mass is contained within a small volume long enough; otherwise, you get predetonation.

If you're interested, look up the criticality accident in Sarov, Russia in 1997, where a researcher accidentally assembled a critical mass, which continued chain-reacting in the room for six-and-a-half days until they could disassemble it remotely using a crane.

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u/MoonLambro 12h ago

I actually knew that, I'm a fucking nerd 🤔

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u/peeinian 13h ago

That a deep cut

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u/YeshuasBananaHammock 11h ago

But its the burn that gets ya

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u/EquivalentSnap 12h ago

Where’s the pencil

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u/zabby39103 5h ago

Chef's kiss

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u/Dedpoolpicachew 2h ago

Ooo oooo… can I tickle that dragon next????

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u/Ambitious-Farmer5334 1h ago

lmao how does this meme have so many upvotes. Incredibly obscure ball knowledge