• Ligma_Male [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    yeah if you don't want to break a glass thermometer and get mercury in a soldier's ass and blood.

    which, I think that would be funny but the people running the military probably prefer to avoid such casualties, unlike civilian ones.

      • Ligma_Male [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        i'm way too hungover to look up the history of the technological development of medical thermometers

      • Alaskaball [comrade/them]A
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        2 years ago

        :edgeworth-shrug: it's more commonly seen outside of combat operations like at fobs, fireballs, and so on. You're more likely to see a tampon or tourniquet than a butt thermometer out on patrol.