#3168: Beam Dump

XKCD comic, described below.
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[Ponytail is standing in front of a diagram on the wall, pointing at it with a pointer. The diagram has a picture of a waterslide and some untelligible text. The waterslide has two paths at the bottom; one returns to the base of the entrance tower, the other goes to a large black block. On the right stand Cueball, Megan, and White Hat facing her.]

Ponytail: If the emergency stop is activated, any riders on the waterslide will be diverted into the beam dump, a large graphite block which will safely absorb their momentum.

[Caption below panel:]

We regretted hiring an accelerator phsycist to design our water park.


(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)

Title text:We're adding some industrial flypaper to minimize reflection or scattering of customers who might complain.


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