r/ChernobylTV • u/[deleted] • May 06 '19

Chernobyl - Episode 1 '1:23:45' - Discussion Thread

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u/beermeupscotty May 08 '19

The scene where the firefighter picked up the piece of graphite and asked "what is this?" then within minutes his hand is just melting under his glove, so haunting. And how they made the graphite pieces glow blue! I can't even imagine being within 100 miles of the site let alone a few feet.

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u/clamb2 May 09 '19

That fucked with me. Absolutely terrifying watching knowing what he's holding and how it's already too late for him.

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u/CoffeeCatsandPixies 3.6 Roentgen May 11 '19

My wife got mad because I was literally yelling at the tv "don't fuck with that" and "no seriously don't fucking touch it moron" followed by "What did I just tell you not do? And now your hands fucked"

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u/Tokentaclops May 15 '19

It didn't matter, if I was there with what we know now I would've grabbed the first thing I could and killed myself, they were all already dead

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u/CoffeeCatsandPixies 3.6 Roentgen May 15 '19

True. But I mean usually common sense says when working around a nuclear reactor accident, maybe don't pick up the random debris

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u/kyril-hasan May 24 '19

In that time information was not wide spread and nuclear had being describe as friendly and savior thing that bring goodness to the country.

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u/Tokentaclops May 15 '19

Fair enough.

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u/CoffeeCatsandPixies 3.6 Roentgen May 15 '19

Probably better to die without melting your hands to shit while you're still aware enough to feel it.

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u/Tokentaclops May 15 '19

Everything is going to melt to shit, your hand is just a friendly introducer to the essence of your future at that point

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '19

common sense

Most of our modern common sense about nuclear fallout developed due to what happened in Chernobyl.