Comment on Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth

• MeanEYE@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Am thinking people were mostly worried if rocket explodes during liftoff. Then again people also are completely clueless about radiation in general, especially smokers.

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  • MrShankles@reddthat.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    As a smoker: I’m not clueless, I just don’t love myself more than the addiction. But I’m getting there, cause breathing “easily” is an under-rated pleasure, when compared to… not breathing that well

    It can take time to break the mental stuff before breaking the habit, regardless of understood risk

    Now magnets though… I’m at a complete fucking loss

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    • MeanEYE@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      My point is that not many people know that tobacco contains lead-210 and polonium-210. This is why waping is safer, even though it still carries health risks it doesn’t have radioactive elements which deposit in your lungs. And it’s not a negligible amount of radiation. You’d be safer living next to Chernobyl plant before it was contained than smoking a pack a day. Do yourself a favor and switch to electronic stuff.

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  • Meowoem@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    One of the main people who raised concern about rockets full of nuclear material exploding above populated areas was mitchio kaku. He certainly has a good few clues about radiation and nuclear physics.

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