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Everyone is a gangster until the room glows blue (thelemmy.club)
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[–] Psionicsickness@reddthat.com 39 points 2 weeks ago

If you are exposed to a ton of radiation really fast, it ionizes the water in your eyes, causing what is referred to as a “blue flash”. Basically if you see it, you’re going to die very painfully over the course of the next few hours.