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[–] 86 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Can't find it for the life of me... Describing a web comic vs actually posting it always feels like a flop, but...

Aliens abduct a physicist, who doesn't seem to give much of a damn about the abduction but is instead enthused to learn about the alien tech on board, so they give him a tour of the ship. They get to the power reactor and start dropping a bunch of sci-fi jumbo about "We harness dark matter to... (sci-fi Ruth Goldberg machine) ...and finally, we use the heat it generates to boil water and crank a turbine!!"

*Physicist drops to his knees in despair and let's out a dramatic 'noooooo!'

 

Paraphrasing heavily due to having shit memory. I thought it was a SMBC comic, but... /shrug.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    "And then, the power generated is used to heat water and generate steam!"

    "No...."

    "That steam is used to turn a wheel!"

    "No! NOOOOOOO!!!!!"

    "Hey dude, calm down."

    -Actual exchange during first contact.

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