this post was submitted on 04 Oct 2023
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Did it smell like death when it was running?
It probably did. Can't imagine that smell
Does this increase performance?
you've made a bioreactor!
Don't people add desinfectants to the water to prevent this?
Was this staged just for the picture or did someone actually manage to do that to their PC?
Only thing OP said is "Algae from a customer's unit that eroded the aluminium and ruined his pump"
I bet that smelled real nice
Whattthefuuuuuuu
i bet he nutted in there, why else would that much algae grow there?
Good theory. Now we're gonna get a half-algae half-human.
Can’t fake that… nasty
I bet it tastes tangy.
At first I was thinking smugglers found a new way to get weed across the border… then I zoomed in. I wish I had not zoomed in.
Hmm, water loop goop.
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