Nukes, nubs and coners: The unique social hierarchy aboard a nuclear submarine

Re:Nukes, nubs and coners: The unique social hierarchy aboar... by gennarro on Monday April 25, 2022 @12:34PM (#31157239)

This started interesting but then devolved into lines like:

“ Despite his excitement, he is the smoothest Reactor Operator in the nuclear program and can catch a power spike like he’s dimming the bedroom lights next to his waifu body pillow.”

Is this a serious article or not?

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Re:Nukes, nubs and coners: The unique social hierarchy aboar... by OldManAndTheCpp on Monday April 25, 2022 @12:55PM (#31157580)

This is something like a "culture" article, answering not "what does a Reactor Operator do?" (operate the reactor, duh), but "what is a Reactor Operator like?".

Describing them in this joking, colorful way give readers more of a feel of the Reactor Operator archetype than a bland "they were the people who scored highest on the standardized test for the navy". It's trying to convey the feeling that "these are the nerdiest people on boat full of nerdy people".

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