this post was submitted on 03 Nov 2024
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Out of Context Comics

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Comic panels taken out of comics so we can make fun of them!! We love the golden age stuff!

Rules:

  1. Comics must come from actual comic books. No AI or Photoshops.

  2. Single panels are preferred.

  3. Comics should be unintentionally funny. Spider-man cracking wise is not what this is about.

  4. Don't be a dick.

  5. I can't believe I've had to add this... NO RACISM.

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[–] HowManyNimons 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not sure how context could improve this one.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

It doesn't, the rest of the story is not nearly as remarkable as the fact she is casually given an orphan source. Nobody gets heavy metal poisoning or cancer.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

I found a red "DANGER ☢️ HARMFUL RADIATION" sack made of thin cloth in the attic. Contains sewing supplies. I don't have a Geiger counter, should I be worried?

[–] FlyingSquid 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That depends. Do you now have trouble sleeping at night because of the glow you're emanating?

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yes but the bag was next to circa 1980s welding rods which I couldn't help but eat so it might have been the thorium. I can't take a good photo, it's all grainy and somehow gets worse with longer exposure.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Heh -- there is a smartphone app called GammaPix that claims to be able to detect gamma radiation via your phone's camera, but the reviews are mixed. Still, it's cheaper than buying a Geiger counter!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Old GM tubes are cheap and the electronics are easy enough to make for me. I'd do it if I was actually worried. The noise in the photo is fake but that would be a ridiculous amount.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Cool! (I couldn't tell a circuit diagram from a Circuit City, so I'm stuck paying retail for things like that!)

[–] LemmySoloHer 17 points 3 weeks ago

These sound like lyrics from the Fallout series soundtracks.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

If that bag is about the same size as her head, which for girls averages ~50 cm circumference, then there's about 2 litres of uranium there. Uranium's density is 19g / cm3, so that's about a 40 kg bag she's lifting in one hand. Strong girl!

We can also determine that that's a bag of U-235, because the critical mass of U-233 is only 15 kg, and she'd be in the middle of a mushroom cloud otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

How wholesome! Every orphan source needs a loving home!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The irony is that she lives in a world where absolutely everything but that sack is slathered in lead-based paint!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The comic implies that this is naturally-occurring uranium, which is a very weak source. Its main danger is heavy metal poisoning, just like lead.

[–] FlyingSquid 4 points 3 weeks ago

And asbestos underneath it.