What Is The DEMON CORE?

Watch this, I’m gonna touch it
Please comment if you know more about this meme's origins.

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[haydenTenno-]

The demon core was melted down into 3 smaller cores for “normal” nuclear tests

[mfaizsyahmi]

The demon core + screwdriver totally encapsulated the cavalier attitude of scientists back then, and Aperture Science fits right in.

[marcusmerchant]

Slotin saying "Well, that does it" as his first words after the critical event is just horrifying. That's what a man who knows he signed his death sentence says.

[SlayCC]

I suggest a petition for all of us to hold our hands together and channel the power of the demon core to defeat a space villain while Hooked on a Feeling by Blue Swede plays on the background

[xai]

Demon Core is an extremely metal name for only killing 6 people, considering Little Boy and Fat Man killed thousands. Then again, it was never detonated, so we never saw its true potential.

[analogicaleuphimism]

My favorite part of the story is when the Demon Core said "It's Demon' Time" and demoned all over Louis Slotin and all his colleagues, so inspiring

[errmm]

I shit you not this was in my recent physics exam, funniest shit ever. Referred to the core by its actual name 'rufus' for the entire section

[funnymansam]

I sure hope I don’t get my head pierced by an invisible stream of protons going close to the speed of light at this collider facility due to faulty warning systems and incompetent staff

[fizz-fozz]

Karameru has a series called "Demon-Core Kun" that's been running for ages now. Definitely deserves a honorable mention for the vaporizing humor.

[grungletv]

And an even more interesting (And horrifying) aspect of Louis Slotin's story was in the aftermath of the initial event. He had all observers in the room stand back in their original spots at the time of the accident, so he could calculate just how many years had been taken off of each of their lives.

[TheAmazingCowpig]

I'm still curious as to how and why the Demon Core just decided to embed itself in the internet's collective consciousness recently. A good chunk of the popular content surrounding it is already a few years old.

[THEREALSCRAPPY]

I love how everything can become a Meme, for better or for worse.
Even the most deadliest, horrific and traumatizing things can be used to invoke humour.

[Cyranek]

some say the demon core is still out there

[kylebeguhl]

Ah, yes. The demon core.

An absolute classic.

[Reed_Walters]

I remember reading up on this so long ago, I never thought this would turn into a meme of all things, what's next, an atom smasher incident? 🤣

[faizan]

My biggest achievement being I learned about the Demon Core and awaited you to make a video on it. Truly an ingenious gentleman I am.

[pineapplecke]

Oh so this is what SpongeBob is adding to squidward's confinement.

[JadeMythriil]

Imagine civilizations in the future speaking stories of the "elephant's foot" or "demon core" like some ancient mythical artifact and for people to just dismiss them as only myths like how we dismiss medieval stories of dragons and mythical creatures.

[widget]

The demon core being a meme is my favourite thing this year. Its real, its terrifying, and it's killed people, but despite that, it's also just a ball and the stories around it are so human and dumb that they make me smile. We really do live in an almost magical time

[stargazer-elite]

I cannot let you escape Squidward I am adding another demon core to your confinement until you calm down