Proof That Speed Runs Aren't Always A Good Thing

Proof That Speed Runs Aren't Always A Good Thing
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Nothing says "efficiency" quite like compressing 40 years of nuclear energy production into 3 seconds! The Chernobyl disaster is what happens when someone takes "let's overclock this bad boy" a bit too literally. Nuclear engineers discovered you can indeed break the laws of thermodynamics if you're willing to break absolutely everything else in the process. The look of sheer horror perfectly captures that moment of realization: "Congratulations, comrade, you've invented time travel—specifically, a way to instantly transport radioactive material across half of Europe."

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