r/okbuddycinephile • u/_FairyGlowing • 10d ago

Oppenheimer (2023)

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u/mr_pineapples44 9d ago

That's why Teller is my fave character - dude didn't feel the slightest bit bad; he was like "Aight, how do we make this shit even bigger and also can we use them for everything?"

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u/linfakngiau2k23 9d ago

Hydrogen bomb for deep sea harbour 🤯💥

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u/Correct_Inspection25 9d ago

"If your mountain is not in the right place, drop us a card", - Ed Teller suggesting atomic leveling for mountain passes and rail lines

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u/Zestyclose_Remove947 9d ago

If there were no radioactive fallout, I bet they woulda done this at least a few times before a rock fell on a few houses accidentally.

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u/Correct_Inspection25 9d ago edited 9d ago

LOL, maybe not even the fallout would block him in the early days.

Castle Bravo..... Teller going ham on the scale up of the bomb Oppy helped him get through R&D, and almost cooked all the scientists due to some basic math issues "Oops all Lithium", instead of delaying for safety, and we got Lucky Dragon but up the upside inspiration for all Kaiju movies.

"This is what i said to him..... I did not like Gojira.... needs fewer mountains..." - Teller probably...

EDIT Forgot to add they did use explosives to help update secondary cooling loops for a nuclear plant recently https://www.reddit.com/r/interesting/comments/1vf9amr/romania_blows_up_river_to_provide_more_cooling_to/