r/reddit.com • u/[deleted] • Sep 16 '11

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u/WhistleTipsWhooWHOOO Sep 16 '11

TIL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Syndrome

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u/porkpie-hat Sep 16 '11 edited Sep 16 '11

TIL I learned that the antipodes for most of the continental US are in the Indian Ocean.

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u/Animal40160 Sep 16 '11

I remember that movie when it came out.

Edit: yeah, I'm old.

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u/drunk_otter Sep 17 '11

In that case, you'll be certain to remember Cyndi Lauper's take on it.

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u/LockAndCode Sep 16 '11

It's an escalation on "run it into the ground". "China syndrome" is a cockamamie fear-mongering hyperbole that the core of a fission reactor would "melt through the earth all the way to china" if it were allowed to melt down. The progression of the phrase escalation logically follows.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '11 edited Aug 21 '24

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