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1. Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Saturday, 20-May-2023 18:20:37 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:
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   • mike805 (mike805@fosstodon.org)'s status on Saturday, 20-May-2023 19:38:53 JST mike805

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     @thatguyoverthere So, what's atomic about it?

   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Saturday, 20-May-2023 19:38:53 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     • mike805
     @mike805 they irradiated the plants. Most died but on the outskirts you got some interesting mutations. Pink grapefruit is a result of atomic gardening iirc.
   • mike805 (mike805@fosstodon.org)'s status on Saturday, 20-May-2023 19:42:03 JST mike805

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     @thatguyoverthere No man-eating plants or giant fruits the size of cars? Oh well.

     It is funny how "atomic" was attached to everything. Kind of like AI is now, and electric was in the late 19th century. There is always some technology seen as a miracle.

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   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Saturday, 20-May-2023 19:43:49 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     • mike805
     @mike805 yeah it was a big thing after the war to find peaceful ways to use nuclear energy.
     
     https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/atomic-gardening/
     
     > Ruby-red grapefruit, rice, wheat, pears, cotton, peas, sunflowers, bananas and countless other produce owe their present-day heartiness to the genetic modification afforded by atomic gardening.
   • mike805 (mike805@fosstodon.org)'s status on Saturday, 20-May-2023 19:52:07 JST mike805

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     @thatguyoverthere Well in the 19th century people were drinking atomic water, some of it actually dangerously potent.

     Some people tried to ship water from springs known for their healing powers. The water quickly lost potency. Such water often had radon which decayed quickly, and so it was decided the radiation must be responsible for the healing.

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   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Saturday, 20-May-2023 19:54:47 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     • mike805
     @mike805 now people buy jewelry made from impact sights from space debris that provide "healing energy" in the form of... ionizing radiation :lol:
   • mike805 (mike805@fosstodon.org)'s status on Saturday, 20-May-2023 20:02:09 JST mike805

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     @thatguyoverthere some people still believe in "radiation hormesis" and pay to sit in underground mines and get dosed.

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