cross-posted from: https://real.lemmy.fan/post/1209615

The accidental citizen journalist posted a clip of the stuff of sci-fi nightmares along with the caption: “Can anybody explain this or are we just living in full-blown Gotham rn.”

Besides offering plenty of “Batman” references, witty social media users also recalled the green goo from 1990s phenomenon “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.”

“Am I too late with the reference?” someone else chimed in, along with a GIF of Dr. Ray Stantz from “Ghostbusters.”

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And just last March, green slime oozed into the entrance of the Seventh Avenue subway station in Prospect Heights in Brooklyn. Dye tracing, antifreeze and supernatural phenomena were all blamed, although the MTA flatly denied the latter.

“Unfortunately, [there were no] reports of anyone gaining superpowers and/or any teenagers becoming sword-wielding turtles. I haven’t heard any news of any particle accelerator explosions or lightning storms,” a spokesperson from the MTA told The Post at the time.