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The Secret of the Ooze: turtles, pizza, and irl toxic sludge

Published: Jan. 28, 2020, 7:45 a.m.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles \n\n

An incredible indie success story.

\n\n Pizza \n\n

Pizza popularity in the US post-WWII. Pizza classification arguments. Bread sauce cheese vs bread cheese sauce and the DRASTIC difference between the two. NYC Pizza ftw.

\n\n Wtf is a turtle \n\n

Turtles, tortoises, terrapins, and the difficulty with colloquial names. Putting them in the water to see which ones drows. Telescoping vs hinging necks.

\n\n Toxic ooze \n\n

Realizing the horrifying reason \u201ctoxic sludge\u201d was in all of our childhood media. Joe\u2019s story about that one superfund site that I can\u2019t spell. Creating better ooze monsters. Honey badger? Mantis shrimp?

\n\n Nuclear waste \n\n

Short term nuclear waste storage and the problem with active maintenance. Long-term nuclear waste storage and keeping things safe after humanity. Long-term nuclear waste warning messages. The limits of language and pictograms. Designing for \u201cbad vibes.\u201d

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This place is a message\u2026 and part of a system of messages \u2026pay attention to it! Sending this message was important to us. We considered ourselves to be a powerful culture. This place is not a place of honor \u2026 no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here\u2026 nothing valued is here. What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger. The danger is in a particular location\u2026 it increases towards a center\u2026 the center of danger is here\u2026 of a particular size and shape, and below us. The danger is still present, in your time, as it was in ours. The danger is to the body, and it can kill. The form of the danger is an emanation of energy. The danger is unleashed only if you substantially disturb this place physically. This place is best shunned and left uninhabited.

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