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oh, man, this is so spot on! "They're also generally liars." / "God's gift to mankind, except for the dumb ones"

• ncmncm 4y ago
  What do they have cause to lie about? (Also: how do you pronounce "coners"? Does it have an etymology?)
  • brandmeyer 4y ago
    Cone - er But its spelled differently. The correct spelling is `conr` for Can't Operate Nuclear Reactor.
  • jedc 4y ago
    I'm jaded because I was in charge of the ELTs division for a while, and during that time, I had one guy pop positive on a drug test (but he said he didn't take anything) and another guy submit a letter saying he was a drug user (even though he never popped positive for anything.) And this was out of a division of ~5-6 people. So...
  • sgarland 4y ago
    Their job, mostly. Let's say they took a sample of the primary coolant, saw that pH was going to get very close to the lower limit, but also that they were going to be relieved of duty in 12 hours. Eh, just write it down a little higher and don't bother adding. Now the next person takes their sample, and finds that pH is now out of spec. They probably suspect that the previous person lied, but they can't prove it, and anyway if they reported the numbers accurately, there would be a huge investigation, lots of audits, generally not good. So they'll just report that it's low and they need to do an addition, and then lambast the person when they see them next.