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Honestly I don't know why, but submerging a big machine just makes it look 10x cooler (in a figurative sense, in addition to literal)
I don't make the rules
It always seems ominous to me. It could be 100% inert and harmless and knowing that I would still absolutely lose my shit panicking if I fell in.
"It's just there for cooling" - someone
"NO IT GRABBED ME AND PULLED ME IN, I DIDNT TRIP!" - Me
Submechanophobia vibes, for sure.
I'm not tangled... it grabbed my leg ^ahhhhfuckahhhhh^
You're not wrong!
You’re right, and the Cherenkov radiation just makes it look cooler