Reminds me of the time a forest/bush fire was raging outside and I decided to call the fire department and wet all the grass and bush around the house with a hosepipe. My dad said it was unnecessary and the fire wouldn't get close to the house.
Lo and behold half an hour later the fire is a few metres/feet from the house and I'm still there with a hosepipe waiting for the fire fighters to arrive. Eventually they do and everything was fine in the end. But my boomer dad was like "Who could've seen this coming? That was close!" Seriously the cold war propaganda and lead poisoning has destroyed boomers brains. Just waiting to see what the neoliberal propaganda and micro-plastics will do to millennials and zoomers.
Eventually, but it had to happen in front of his own eyes for him to change his mind. Reminds me of when I was a teenager and told him he could use a debit card for online purchases/playstation store and he didn't believe me and went to my countries version of GameStop to ask them and confirm it.
Who could’ve seen this coming is like the boomer slogan. My dad literally said this after the synagogue shooting and I’m just sitting on the phone thinking jesus fuck everybody.
Ahh yes, all the crunchy teflon flakes in my scrambled eggs, just extra flavour! But seriously I've been using the cheapest stainless steel cooking set I could buy for years now, I should be fine. Entire set of pots, pans and spoons/spatulas cost 40USD in my country.
Boomers also had to deal with constant nuclear fallout until the test ban treaty. Millennials have way less radioactive ions in their bodies (still present though) although our phones probably aren't helping.
Most of the ionizing radiation people are exposed to is Radon gas and cosmic radiation, both of which are pretty much everywhere so it probably hasn't made that much of a difference. Also cell phones don't produce any ionizing radiation, so unless the components are contaminated it's fine.
I probably fucked up, I shouldn't have said ionizing radiation. I meant radioactive isotopes or whatever they're called, like that Strontium shit that's in everyones bones.
The terms are more or less interchangeable in this case; radioactive isotopes produce ionizing radiation (in the form of alpha particles, beta particles, and gamma rays) so they're the same in terms of outcome. Anyway, the radiation received from stuff that's naturally occuring in the human body is almost negligible. You get way more from eating stuff containing radioactive isotopes, like bananas or red meat (both of which contain potassium), and about 3x that in radon gas inhalation (which varies depending on various geological factors).
Nuclear detonations have had an effect on the composition of the atmosphere, but it is very small, and this radiation is basically only relevant when building extremely sensitive radiation detectors.
Reminds me of the time a forest/bush fire was raging outside and I decided to call the fire department and wet all the grass and bush around the house with a hosepipe. My dad said it was unnecessary and the fire wouldn't get close to the house.
Lo and behold half an hour later the fire is a few metres/feet from the house and I'm still there with a hosepipe waiting for the fire fighters to arrive. Eventually they do and everything was fine in the end. But my boomer dad was like "Who could've seen this coming? That was close!" Seriously the cold war propaganda and lead poisoning has destroyed boomers brains. Just waiting to see what the neoliberal propaganda and micro-plastics will do to millennials and zoomers.
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Seriously hope not, but hellworld never seems to stop
People are still managing to have lots of children, or so it seems.
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Dab on 'em once for me
Did he ever admit he was wrong and that you were right?
Eventually, but it had to happen in front of his own eyes for him to change his mind. Reminds me of when I was a teenager and told him he could use a debit card for online purchases/playstation store and he didn't believe me and went to my countries version of GameStop to ask them and confirm it.
Ah, yes, bush fires, the south african snow
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True to the name. (not gonna say the reddit phrase)
Who could’ve seen this coming is like the boomer slogan. My dad literally said this after the synagogue shooting and I’m just sitting on the phone thinking jesus fuck everybody.
Don't forget all the PFOA's from teflon and scotchguard!
Ahh yes, all the crunchy teflon flakes in my scrambled eggs, just extra flavour! But seriously I've been using the cheapest stainless steel cooking set I could buy for years now, I should be fine. Entire set of pots, pans and spoons/spatulas cost 40USD in my country.
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It's fine as long as you don't use it like normal cookware
Boomers also had to deal with constant nuclear fallout until the test ban treaty. Millennials have way less radioactive ions in their bodies (still present though) although our phones probably aren't helping.
phones arent radioactive
Most of the ionizing radiation people are exposed to is Radon gas and cosmic radiation, both of which are pretty much everywhere so it probably hasn't made that much of a difference. Also cell phones don't produce any ionizing radiation, so unless the components are contaminated it's fine.
I probably fucked up, I shouldn't have said ionizing radiation. I meant radioactive isotopes or whatever they're called, like that Strontium shit that's in everyones bones.
The terms are more or less interchangeable in this case; radioactive isotopes produce ionizing radiation (in the form of alpha particles, beta particles, and gamma rays) so they're the same in terms of outcome. Anyway, the radiation received from stuff that's naturally occuring in the human body is almost negligible. You get way more from eating stuff containing radioactive isotopes, like bananas or red meat (both of which contain potassium), and about 3x that in radon gas inhalation (which varies depending on various geological factors).
Nuclear detonations have had an effect on the composition of the atmosphere, but it is very small, and this radiation is basically only relevant when building extremely sensitive radiation detectors.
Yeah my country had an open pit uranium mine in one town :-\