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[–] [email protected] 55 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You're also getting an extra dose of radiation just being that high up in the air.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Well more from being in the air than just the scanner I believe!

https://xkcd.com/radiation/

[–] [email protected] 33 points 4 months ago

Hell, I'd give myself a dose of radiation to avoid going to Texas.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago

Just wait until you get to Texas! 🌞🌞🌞🌞

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Just another reason to stay in the basement

Watch out for that radon!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Afaik radon is actually much more of a problem in houses WITHOUT basements.

Granted, I'm no radiologist* and it might just be considered less of a problem because the basement acts as a buffer zone between the source and the parts of the building where you spend most of the time, thus making your exposure over time negligible compared to the same amount of radon with no buffer zone 🤷

*or cunning linguist

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yeah it's only because you might spend less time in the basement. In fact they tend to be the worst because they often capture the gas through the sumps and other intrusions, and tend to be less well ventilated. Moreover radon, in North America, is worse in places that build with basement more often (due to lower frost lines). My understanding is that radon comes from uranium rock fragments that were transported down from the arctic via glacier movement.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

You're not supposed to go on the conveyor to the X-ray machine, that's just for your stuff

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It's been a long time for me, do you have to go through TSA checkpoints for domestic flights now?

[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 months ago

Just for the last 23 years.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago

When was the last time you took a flight? 30 years ago? lmao

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

pretty sure they use radio these days

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

TSA pre-check is so worth it