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  3. Remember 100 years ago when radiation was new and exciting and poorly understood, and companies were putting radiation into everything?

Remember 100 years ago when radiation was new and exciting and poorly understood, and companies were putting radiation into everything?

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  • cammerman@mstdn.socialC cammerman@mstdn.social

    Remember 100 years ago when radiation was new and exciting and poorly understood, and companies were putting radiation into everything?

    Thankfully we learned our lesson and will never make that mistake again.

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    @cammerman that's what I thought as well... it glows it has to be powerfull. https://mastodon.social/@PictureBandit/116493017399580777

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    • guineu_roja@tech.lgbtG guineu_roja@tech.lgbt

      @datenwolf @ZenHeathen @cammerman Not sure if you say it for Palantir but these objects are not inherently evil in the silmarillion and are in fact created by an elf

      (yes I'm a big tolkien nerd)

      zenheathen@beige.partyZ This user is from outside of this forum
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      @guineu_roja @datenwolf @cammerman Never should have opened my mouth

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      • gilester45@twit.socialG gilester45@twit.social

        @artnacrea @cammerman Yes! I'm an 80's kid and I remember one of these, think I even used it. It must have been one of the very last in service in the UK.

        1000millimeter@chaos.social1 This user is from outside of this forum
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        @gilester45 @artnacrea @cammerman In the 80s ๐Ÿ˜ฏ

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        • cammerman@mstdn.socialC cammerman@mstdn.social

          Remember 100 years ago when radiation was new and exciting and poorly understood, and companies were putting radiation into everything?

          Thankfully we learned our lesson and will never make that mistake again.

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          @cammerman I always remember the old copies of "science" magazines from early 1900, with ads selling radioactive elements to eat and feel "healthier"! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ
          Still isn't enough, as I heard some years ago of people drinking colloidal gold and silver, for a presumed "healthy" effect ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

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          • 1000millimeter@chaos.social1 1000millimeter@chaos.social

            @gilester45 @artnacrea @cammerman In the 80s ๐Ÿ˜ฏ

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            @1000millimeter @artnacrea @cammerman Yeah - they were around for longer than people seem to think. Or, perhaps my little backwater town didn't get the memo about them being a terrible idea.

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            • 4censord@unfug.social4 4censord@unfug.social

              RE: https://mstdn.social/@cammerman/116590715512176086

              @cammerman remeber 50 years ago when asbestos was new and exiting and poorly understood, and companies were putting asbestos into everything?

              Thankfully we learned our lesson and will never make that mistake again.

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              @4censord @cammerman AI = Asbestos Incarnate

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              • zenheathen@beige.partyZ zenheathen@beige.party

                @guineu_roja @datenwolf @cammerman Never should have opened my mouth

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                @ZenHeathen @guineu_roja @datenwolf @cammerman ๐Ÿ˜‚

                I thought you made a good point FWIW

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                • sillycoelophysis@hachyderm.ioS sillycoelophysis@hachyderm.io

                  @ZenHeathen @guineu_roja @datenwolf @cammerman ๐Ÿ˜‚

                  I thought you made a good point FWIW

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                  @sillyCoelophysis But there are certain fandoms that just aren't worth even accidentally brushing up against.

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                  • zenheathen@beige.partyZ zenheathen@beige.party

                    @sillyCoelophysis But there are certain fandoms that just aren't worth even accidentally brushing up against.

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                    @ZenHeathen fair point, but it's kind of the AI jerks that did the brushing up against. You're just admitting to getting the reference.

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                    • sillycoelophysis@hachyderm.ioS sillycoelophysis@hachyderm.io

                      @ZenHeathen fair point, but it's kind of the AI jerks that did the brushing up against. You're just admitting to getting the reference.

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                      @sillyCoelophysis As I called out the trend of such references, though, it was like putting out bait to attract "well, actually"s. Nobody needs that kind of reply guy.

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                      • cammerman@mstdn.socialC cammerman@mstdn.social

                        Remember 100 years ago when radiation was new and exciting and poorly understood, and companies were putting radiation into everything?

                        Thankfully we learned our lesson and will never make that mistake again.

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                        @cammerman

                        ..and before that it was cocaine...

                        #cocaine in #CocaCola, cough-syrup, etc...
                        Yeah it cures everything....

                        Way before that it was fire. Burning solves everything ... #heresy, #eternalDamnation, #witches..

                        #humankind is basically a six year old with a hammer.. every new thing is a nail for a minute....

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                        • datenwolf@chaos.socialD datenwolf@chaos.social

                          @ZenHeathen @cammerman

                          Radium is just but one element on the periodic table, all isotopes of which being highly unstable. There's noting evil nor good about it.

                          The things the tech bros name their "creations" after are deliberately constructed as such evils.

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                          @datenwolf @ZenHeathen @cammerman

                          Radon "AI" would be more appropriate because it seeps into f*king everything *especially* where it's unwanted...

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                          • kf7ccc@mastodon.radioK kf7ccc@mastodon.radio

                            @cammerman https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Radium_Spray_Insect_Killer_(1909)_(ADVERT_423).jpeg

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                            @kf7ccc @cammerman Guaranteed to kill all insects and vermin.

                            ...well, it will do that, yes.

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                            • cammerman@mstdn.socialC cammerman@mstdn.social

                              Remember 100 years ago when radiation was new and exciting and poorly understood, and companies were putting radiation into everything?

                              Thankfully we learned our lesson and will never make that mistake again.

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                              @cammerman

                              we learned our lesson and will never make that mistake again.

                              THEY will never do the mistake again. The one who died of cancer, I mean.

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                              • zenheathen@beige.partyZ zenheathen@beige.party

                                @cammerman Frankly, given their penchant for naming their companies and products after evil lately, I'm quite surprised there isn't a "Radium AI" out there.

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                                @ZenHeathen @cammerman

                                They could call tokens Rรถntgens.

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                                • cammerman@mstdn.socialC cammerman@mstdn.social

                                  Remember 100 years ago when radiation was new and exciting and poorly understood, and companies were putting radiation into everything?

                                  Thankfully we learned our lesson and will never make that mistake again.

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                                  @cammerman

                                  Hahaha!

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                                  • cammerman@mstdn.socialC cammerman@mstdn.social

                                    Remember 100 years ago when radiation was new and exciting and poorly understood, and companies were putting radiation into everything?

                                    Thankfully we learned our lesson and will never make that mistake again.

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                                    @cammerman DDT was like that. They used to drive trucks through neighborhoods spraying the stuff and kids would chase it and play in the fog.

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                                    • cammerman@mstdn.socialC cammerman@mstdn.social

                                      Remember 100 years ago when radiation was new and exciting and poorly understood, and companies were putting radiation into everything?

                                      Thankfully we learned our lesson and will never make that mistake again.

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                                      @cammerman I'm glad we learned fron it right then and didn't put asbetos everywhere

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                                      • lennybacon@infosec.exchangeL lennybacon@infosec.exchange

                                        @cammerman

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                                        @lennybacon @cammerman

                                        Do they make those with shoulder harness support straps?
                                        #AskingForAFriend

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                                        • cynblogger@sfba.socialC cynblogger@sfba.social

                                          @cammerman
                                          Thalidomide was a big winner, too.

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                                          @cynblogger @cammerman

                                          It works for multiple myeloma;
                                          https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/thalidomide-oral-route/description/drg-20066301

                                          Just like Mustard Gas! Works great for multiple myeloma when you use it appropriately*.

                                          *Not an endorsement for AI

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