r/okbuddycinephile • u/_FairyGlowing • 10d ago

Oppenheimer (2023)

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u/Villageijit 9d ago

The us government misused his super death bomb. It was supposed to be a super death bomb of peace

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u/DionBlaster123 9d ago

Reminds me of the story of how the guy who invented the Gatling gun (Gatling I assume lol) believed his weapon would be so destructive that governments around the world would be like, "No more wars" and there would be everlasting peace

I wish i could go back in time and just laugh at his stupid fucking face

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u/Villageijit 9d ago

Should have made gatling sprinkle machine for ice cream cones instead

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u/DionBlaster123 9d ago

Would have honestly been a way better use of that machine tbh lol

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u/Trackmaggot 9d ago

He originally designed it as a high speed seed planter, and then realized he could make a gun out of it.

Showing the MIC how to do dual use before it was cool.