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[–] tsiad_mordecai_miktros@lemmy.world 58 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

why are they so mean what did he do

[–] dditty@lemm.ee 92 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] tsiad_mordecai_miktros@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

poor guy how will he feed his children now

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It’ll be OK, look on the bright side!

yea at least he wont have to pay taxes

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Oh, so that's its supervillain moto!

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

(Phew, missing punchline fixed :) )

[–] superkret@feddit.org 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

His son will be lighter next year

yes thats the bright side

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

well that's not acceptable in this economy

[–] superkret@feddit.org 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

poor guy we have to dismantle the deep state systems that allow this type of stuff to happen i dont know what its called

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] tsiad_mordecai_miktros@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

this is so sad i will make a post on !chadmctruthstruth@lemmy.world raising awareness

https://lemmy.world/post/25273084 i hope we can get his job back

[–] Fermion@feddit.nl 12 points 2 weeks ago

The justification given was incoherent.

[–] madjo@feddit.nl 2 points 2 weeks ago

He made someone look directly into his beam.

[–] EchoSpire@lemmy.ml 42 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] MoonElf@hexbear.net 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

Artificial Immolation

[–] Rudee@lemmy.ml 33 points 2 weeks ago

Supervillain origin story if I've ever heard one

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Sounds like it was a 2 petawatt pulsed laser, with picosecond pulses, so 2kJ/pulse. Staggering amount of power and energy for a pulsed laser!

Note that it's not CW, so the average power will be much, much, much less than the pulsed power. Too lazy to find the rep rate to see average power.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Gets angry and lies himself on top of a high powered sniper rifle

[–] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 weeks ago

That's a pretty niche role, a position as part of the laser grid at a museum is much more steady

[–] don@lemm.ee 11 points 2 weeks ago

The amount of cannons that have had to get in the unemployment line is stratospheric.

[–] sgbrain7@lemm.ee 10 points 2 weeks ago

I know he'll prove those guys wrong some day

[–] DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
  • Laser is fired:
  • Laser is fired in Japan: 😯😯😯😯😯😯
[–] psyklax@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 weeks ago

Skillset too specialized. He'll never get another job in that field.

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago

Can't be that powerful if they just like that got fired

[–] friendly_ghost@beehaw.org 4 points 2 weeks ago
[–] theOneTrueSpoon@feddit.uk 3 points 2 weeks ago

I'MA FIRIN' A mediocre employee

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

Well yeah, clearly because all this time he's been a massive fraud! He's clearly a tampon in disguise

[–] kewko@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Is it because all the labs kept chasing the laser pointer?