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ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
The Cobalt-60 in that cinnamon stick has a half-life of about 5 years. It says it was made in 1963 so with the drop in radioactivity you’ve probably got a few months left to live!
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
12 half lives is 4096x drop in radioactivity.
Laborer3652@reddthat.com 3 months ago
Which is why they have a few months to live, and not a few minutes.
yesman@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Your overestimating the lethality of radiation. The “Demon Core” guy lasted 9 days. The firefighters from Chernobyl lasted a month. The only criticality events that I can find with immediate fatalities also involve steam explosions.
For those who know, steam is scarier than radiation or fire.
dafo@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I think you’re reading their comment too literally. I think it’s meant as a joke that the stick is nearing its “EOL”, not the person holding it, but they’re wilfully misinterpreting it.
ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 3 months ago
You are not considering what @ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca is considering.
OP at that stick with the Kellogs™
Laborer3652@reddthat.com 3 months ago
I’m just explaining the joke.