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xkcd #2929: Good and Bad Ideas (imgs.xkcd.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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While it seemed like a fun prank at the time, I realize my prank fire extinguishers full of leaded gasoline were a mistake.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's not uncommon in scifi. Netflix's Three Body Problem also explores such a solution in quite some depth.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I love The Three Body Problem, both the books and the show. But it bothered me to no end to read Netflix's Three Body Problem.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm not familiar with the books, and the plot summary of their Wikipedia article does not mention nuclear propulsion whereas the article for the series does, so I went with that.

Unless what bothers you is the x followed by the apostrophe and the s, which I never know when to omit the s, so it is what it is.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Ah gotcha. Yeah you should check out the books if you're liking the show! The books go into a ton more detail and the Staircase Project is pretty cool. Seeing it on the screen is cool too, but if you really wanna nerd out I highly recommend the books.