A Man Drank So Much Radium His Skull Literally Disintegrated
A Man Drank So Much Radium His Skull Literally Disintegrated
Bleach and chloroquine need to take a seat.
yesman: please write a short response to this article in the voice of a libertarian
GPT: sure, I'll be happy to do that:
Just another case of power hungry government trying to tell citizens what they're allowed to do with their own body. They killed a whole industry just because one guy had a side-effect.
69 9 ReplyIf only it was just that 1 dude
10 0 ReplyWith this new tech, we can have annoying libertarians in our pocket at all times.
#progress
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Radium stands for radically yummy
51 2 ReplyI always buy Ray-D-YUM brand radium!
16 0 ReplyMakes one wonder about the content of that "Radium Girls" book.
5 0 ReplyIt is based on real people. Those girls are why many of the labor laws we have in the US exist.
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This is some Fallout Nuka-Cola shit.
29 0 ReplyThese kinds of stories are exactly where Fallout themes came from.
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My high school drama group did Radium Girls last year. Really good play, the movie is mediocre though. Check out a production if you get a chance.
19 0 ReplyI read about it several years ago. It's fascinating and sad
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I cannot imagine the pain of your fucking skull disintegrating.
18 0 Reply"His head was swathed in bandages. He had undergone two successive operations in which his whole upper jaw, excepting two front teeth, and most of his lower jaw had been removed. All the remaining bone tissue of his body was slowly disintegrating, and holes were actually forming in his skull.".
Not just his skull, too. That's horrifying.
24 3 Replyhttps://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/skull
The jaw is part of the skull, still horrifying though, hard agreement there.
3 18 ReplyJaws are part of the skull
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Wonder if it destroyed his nerve ending at the same rate. One can only hope.
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That story is a wild ride.
12 0 ReplyIf by that you mean, "wtf?!" I agree.
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He died as he lived.
9 0 ReplyFaintly glowing?
4 0 ReplyNo head?
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Radditor
9 1 ReplyMr. Ballen featured this story a few years ago if you want to hear a dramatized version: https://m.youtube.com/watch?t=403&v=8MpR4k3-edc&feature=youtu.be
6 0 ReplySome ironic ads on that page
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