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I always thought this was a fun topic. What power would you choose?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Once plutonium reaches critical mass it automatically explodes.

Your average full grown adult is well more than critical mass.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

It explodes yeah but it's more like a radioactive flashbang than a nuclear bomb, there's a great video online explaining how they had to coordinate chemical explosives and concave lenses to properly aggravate the uranium.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Fair, though that particular shapechanging option has a deadline of ~24,000 years, so they'd better hop to it.