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They're correct though, that was /pol/s origin story. That Containment worked roughly as well as the one in Chernobyl though.




Objection: The Chernobyl containment building generally speaking does its job. /pol/, on the other hand, leaks like an incontinent old man in a retirement home. "Containment" only works if you have jannies that actually sweep it up. 4chan, much like Voat, suffers a problem of people spamming up boards and threads with unrelated crap that is ostensibly supposed to be kept to other boards/threads (like /pol/). The reputation they have is a consequence of that unmanageability (just like Voat ultimately suffered from when they embraced Reddit's cast-offs and suddenly had people talking about "shitskins" and "day of the rope" everywhere).

> Objection: The Chernobyl containment building generally speaking does its job.

The Sarcophagus and the new containment building sure, I meant the original one before the accident.


You do know that they physically disabled the safety systems at Chernobyl before the accident. They were running an incredibly irresponsible test at the plant. The rumor is that that test was for the PhD thesis of the kid of a central committee member.

I know, I've been to Chernobyl myself. I'm also aware that the reactor there DIDN'T have another containment Unit like Fukushima which was the whole joke.



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