• Wrufieotnak@feddit.org
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    6 months ago

    Yeah, now that the USA attacked in (yet another) UN violating war, those Swedish nerds really have to give it to him. Or his feelings will be hurt.

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        6 months ago

        If he were to bomb a nuclear facility in Stockholm that then experienced a catastrophic meltdown, but for some reason the residents supported the action against them, would it be called the China Stockholm Syndrome?

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          6 months ago

          You need to explain that “China” part in there for me. I understand the Stockholm part of the joke, but not the other one.

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            6 months ago

            While the antipodes of China include Argentina with its Atucha Nuclear Power Plant the phrasing is metaphorical; there is no way a core could penetrate the several-kilometer thickness of the Earth’s crust, and even if it did melt to the center of the Earth, it would not travel back upwards against the pull of gravity. Moreover, any tunnel behind the material would be closed by immense lithostatic pressure.

            Thanks xkcd! Wait, it’s wikipedia???

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        6 months ago

        I could try to weasel myself out of this by saying I was emulating Trumps knowledge and attention to detail… but yeah, didn’t know that, thanks for correcting!