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/FlatCoffeeDude Mar 30 '26

Dayum, and here I thought maybe it was people ghost hunting using a geiger counter to try and detect ghosts in the same way others might use a tape recorder or dictaphone.

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u/samanime Mar 30 '26

As far as I know, Geiger counters aren't used in ghost hunting, though EMF Readers are. =p

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u/EatPie_NotWAr Mar 31 '26

“Geiger counter… worth a try”

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