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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Because Seattle is full of them

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

What’s it got to do with being a nuclear engineer though? It just seems so random, it feels like I’m missing something.

[–] Vespair@lemmy.zip 16 points 10 months ago

Yes, and therein lies the humor, the juxtaposition of opining in casual tone what feels implied by the speaker to be mundane and relatable but which is in fact extremely niche and specifically un-relatable.

[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

I suspect they are hoping to get their hands on some radioactivity which will turn them into an animal-human hybrid.