diff --git a/jacob/sad.js b/jacob/sad.js
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+process.env.UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE = 6;
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+function bad() {
+  fs.readFile('/dev/random', 'utf8', function(err, content) {
+    console.log('finished opening /dev/random');
+  });
+}
+
+function sad() {
+  fs.readFile(__dirname + '/sad.js', 'utf8', function (err, content) {
+    if (err) {
+      console.log(err.message);
+    } else {
+      console.log('got sad.js!');
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+  bad();
+}
+
+sad();