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Re:Nuclear fusion: WEST beats the world record for plasma du... by mrguyorama on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @11:48AM (#43104240)
The problem is that there are numerous people on HN that spew these insane takes fully sincerely

A Modest Proposal is a lot less funny when you have people who really do believe we should eat babies to solve the Irish problem.

Re:Nuclear fusion: WEST beats the world record for plasma du... by ahazred8ta on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @09:15PM (#43110285)
One teacher handed out sour patch kids gummy babies and had the students read A Modest Proposal. Really drove the point home. It was epic. https://old.reddit.com/r/Teachers/comments/1hz41n1/a_modest_...