so okay bear w the metaphor but atom bombs are like when you've got a big group of friends and two friends in it are dating but then they break up and all hell breaks loose. cuz what happens is there's a nucleus (which is your squad), made up of protons and neutrons (friends of person a and person b). explosion is their breakup, which then splits the squad into two smaller factions, with a whole lot of drama (i.e. energy) getting released along the way.
(but even then you don't just split one nucleus and ka-boom, you need like a WHOLE LOT OF THEM, enough to trigger a chain reaction.)
particle accelerators typically just crash one solitary electron with one solitary electron. the electrons are by themselves and not in a squad, plus an electron is like about 2000x smaller than a single proton or neutron, so it doesn't cause almost any drama at all.
[ That is... mostly accurate if simplified, and a bit silly, but it's the best way he knows how to explain it without getting technical. ]
but seriously if i ever go too nerd on you in a bad way just tell me and i'll stop bc i know i can get carried away
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so okay bear w the metaphor but atom bombs are like when you've got a big group of friends and two friends in it are dating but then they break up and all hell breaks loose. cuz what happens is there's a nucleus (which is your squad), made up of protons and neutrons (friends of person a and person b). explosion is their breakup, which then splits the squad into two smaller factions, with a whole lot of drama (i.e. energy) getting released along the way.
(but even then you don't just split one nucleus and ka-boom, you need like a WHOLE LOT OF THEM, enough to trigger a chain reaction.)
particle accelerators typically just crash one solitary electron with one solitary electron. the electrons are by themselves and not in a squad, plus an electron is like about 2000x smaller than a single proton or neutron, so it doesn't cause almost any drama at all.
[ That is... mostly accurate if simplified, and a bit silly, but it's the best way he knows how to explain it without getting technical. ]
but seriously if i ever go too nerd on you in a bad way just tell me and i'll stop bc i know i can get carried away
i love you, too
[ Still makes him smile, typing that. ]
okay yeah that's fair.
present for what?