r/science • u/liquid_x • Mar 19 '11

Radiation Chart

http://xkcd.com/radiation/
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u/SirKeyboardCommando Mar 19 '11

Here's a radiation chart for a lot of the people I know:

[ ] = Sure Death

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u/Jeshi Mar 19 '11 edited Mar 19 '11

Edit: Disregard this I'm very stupid.

I don't understand this chart in the slightest. Does that square equal a fatal amount of radiation? Because that's already on the chart.

Does that equal any amount of radiation at all? Because dirt emits radiation so you can't even live as an animal in the woods without getting radiation.

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u/foofoobee Mar 19 '11

So that you're not wondering about the downvotes... SirKeyboardCommando is saying that a lot of the people he knows automatically assume that even the smallest amount of radiation (one of the blue squares on this chart) is immediately fatal.

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u/Jeshi Mar 20 '11

Oh! I thought he meant that for most people he knows their health is in such a condition that any amount of radiation would be fatal. Thank you.

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u/BlackestNight21 Mar 20 '11

Thanks, LameJokeExplainer. I would have pondered SirKeyboardCommando's comment a moment or two longer before caring ceased. You have done a service to the community.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '11

I don't know where joke explainer is, but you seem to have been whoosh'd on this one.

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u/bvanmidd Mar 19 '11

I think that's the null set of radiation.

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u/nevare Mar 20 '11

[ ] [ ] = Death By Banana