The former, unless those disasters also included neutron radiation (admittedly I don’t know much about either disaster)

Radioactive contamination: things don’t transfer the property of radioactivity to everything they touch and/or irradiate. If that were the case, the entire Earth universe would have become radioactive gray goo long, long ago.

When radiation workers talk about “contamination,” we mean radioactive compounds have physically transferred from one object onto/into another. For example, tools becoming contaminated with radioactive metal dust from equipment they touch, or clothing absorbing radioactive iodine gas from the air.

There is a form of radiation called neutron radiation that does make some formerly stable things (mainly metals) radioactive. This isn’t something you’re likely to encounter unless you’re a specific type of radiation worker, however.

This is mainly gear-grindy to me because the reason we don’t have gamma-sterilized produce in the US is completely unfounded fear that gamma irradiation “contaminates” everything it touches. So we could be having lovely fresh strawberries and peppers that last weeks longer than they usually do, but no, we can’t because rAdIaTiOn ScArY 🙄

one’s environment can have a pretty big impact on what one eats and how often one gets to move

wX (Weather app geared towards storm chasers, meteorologists and weather enthusiasts)

https://f-droid.org/packages/joshuatee.wx/

https://gitlab.com/joshua.tee/wx

there’s not really a way to know for sure but I imagine the price would actually come down somewhat due to removal of red tape and paperwork associated with drug control

possibly also from increased competition if that made it easier for a drug manufacturer to begin producing previously controlled drugs

for example amphetamine salt production is capped by the US DEA. if that cap were removed the supply would increase and the price might very well decrease

sadly this is largely useless speculation

Most drugs should be over-the-counter. The especially dangerous or addictive ones maybe just require counselling with a pharmacist first. But I’m more concerned about people not able to access the medication they need than I am about idiots removing themselves from the gene pool by OD.

People in my dumbass country would rather 10 people with a genuine medical need suffer as long as 1 addict can’t get a fix, and it’s so many layers of bullshit.

This actually works. I keep mine in the freezer. Generally speaking, cold slows down any chemical reaction, including the polymerization that causes super glue curing.

Also, super glue polymerization requires water, so keeping it in a low humidity area (like a fridge or freezer: cold air holds less water) extends its shelf life further.

By far the best super glue extension method in my opinion is to just buy a bunch of single use sizes.

I’m currently in the medical field but “IT” is one of my nicknames 💀 every new place I work I try to hide it but I just impulsively fix shit and then end up being expected to fix shit

put it towards a train ticket to visit the fam :)

“vaccine Georg is an outlier and should not have been coubted”

a few years ago when i updated my emergency evacuation bag i bought a road atlas of my country

No, that’s the art and science of raising plants. You’re thinking of hors d’oeuvres.

destruction/“rage” rooms

they’re an awesome concept and I can see why they’re enjoyable and therapeutic even for many people, but I just don’t like breaking stuff it makes me anxious haha

missed opportunity to name it codeine

my dumbass state has no requirements for breaks at all. one of my jobs has no official breaks. we’ve all mastered the art of looking busy while eating 💀

flip…bait?

[Source engine clanking and thudding noises]

being a USA “nationalist” is so dumb because our whole deal is being a nation made up of people from all over the world lol

to be fair it’s a pretty flag and represents the entire nation of people, not just the shitty government and fucked up history

i think of all the good people i love in my country when i see my flag. it makes me sad to think it’s also a symbol of so much bad shit :( but i also understand. :(

full take: this is a complex topic involving sociology, agricultural science, economics, culture, ethics, and more and deserves serious discourse

meme take: THAT RICE IS PRETTY I WANT IT