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paleotn

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27. Chernobyl

Reply to Shipwack (Reply #15)

Fri Jun 5, 2026, 12:35 PM

21 hrs ago

"Liquidators." I've assumed that's a relatively good translation of the original Russian.

"I want you to go out there and clean up all those pieces of highly radioactive graphite. But only for a set number of minutes. Stay out any longer and you'll die a horrible, painful death. Within that time limit, you may still die a horrible, painful death. Here's some cheap ass tools. Now get to work." "Yeah, OK."

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Duct tape. Works great. Dr. T 22 hrs ago #17

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Clicking on the link, it's updated: barbtries 22 hrs ago #21

Great news malaise 22 hrs ago #22

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Thanks for this malaise 21 hrs ago #33

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My first thought BaronChocula 21 hrs ago #32

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Way above my paygrade malaise 21 hrs ago #36