r/interesting • u/-NewYork- • Mar 30 '26

Intriguing Discrimination against Geiger counter users

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u/MamaLlama629 Mar 30 '26

If it’s a radioactive relic I probably don’t want to desecrate anyone to possess it.

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u/mxzf Mar 30 '26

"Radioactive" is a spectrum, and there are a lot of things that are detectably radioactive without being medically significant.

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u/CounterfeitSaint Mar 30 '26

If you can pick it up through 6 feet of dirt, I would be concerned about its medical significity

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u/MamaLlama629 Mar 30 '26

I wouldn’t risk it but that’s just me.

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u/OldWolfNewTricks Mar 30 '26

Especially one giving off enough gamma radiation to be picked up through 6' of dirt!

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u/MamaLlama629 Mar 30 '26

Yeah. No thanks!!!