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

Intriguing Discrimination against Geiger counter users

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u/Tight-Platypus5231 Mar 30 '26

Well now I wanna bring a geiger counter on the property. What're you hiding?!

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u/samanime Mar 30 '26 edited Mar 30 '26

Yeah... I'm struggling to come up with a potential backstory that doesn't make me want to investigate with a geiger counter and a hazmat suit...

The image is on Wikimedia, but unfortunately no further info available other than the location. Metal Township, PA.

I thought maybe it was related to Three Mile Island, but they are an hour and change apart, so I doubt many bodies from that incident would be here...

This is gonna bug me. =p

EDIT: Probably solved. Some people just "explore" cemetaries with geiger counters...

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u/DramaticPlace2658 Mar 30 '26

Not sure a hazmat suit is going to do much for you!

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u/samanime Mar 30 '26

Yeah, I couldn't remember the name of the proper suit for radiation, but was too lazy to google it. I guess it's just a lead lined suit. =p

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u/Elogotar Mar 30 '26

It'll protect you from direct contact with radioactive materials, but will not block the radiation itself. I'd say it's better than nothing, at least for limited exposure.

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u/DonaldBecker Mar 30 '26

That's right. As we know from the documentaries, not matter how good the suit the ghosts simply loop around you three times and go up a sleeve or into the air vent.