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Demonstrating the precision of a mechanical device for handling nuclear material by shaving a colleague, UK, 1959 (media.piefed.social)

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[–] robobrain@programming.dev 6 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Looks pretty clean shaven already to me, wonder how many times this was practiced for the photo op

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[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

It’s like commercials for women’s razors, the hair is taboo

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[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 7 points 7 months ago

and how many colleagues he lost before that

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago

or how many bled to death

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