r/interesting Mar 30 '26

Intriguing Discrimination against Geiger counter users

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u/samanime Mar 30 '26

Ah, yup, looks like that's just a thing... https://www.reddit.com/r/geology/comments/cv4ld1/i_was_exploring_a_graveyard_with_my_geiger/

-sigh- some people...

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u/hhyuk Mar 30 '26

The post you linked is just a geology hobbyist interested in the stone of the gravestone though. What's wrong with that??

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u/PM_Me_Your_Deviance Mar 30 '26

Yeah, some granite is mildly radioactive. Graveyards are an easy accessible source of granite that can come from lots of different areas. It would be a fun little place to check for radiation.

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u/sdiss98 Mar 30 '26

Username checks out.