Plates with dividers from grown ass people is the worst here
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I hate this so much that I love it
Is that uranium glass?
You guessed it.
Hopefully there's still enough rads to keep stuff like salmonella out of the food
Ironically, it's not the radiation that makes uranium dangerous here. Uranium is a heavy metal, and toxic in its own right. Enough can transfer to the food to give heavy metal poisoning, akin to eating off of plates with lead paint.
Whoa, that's one unexpected silver lining.
Technically yes, as long as none of it is chipped, or gets chipped during use.
Me after dinner
Well you don't need to turn on the bathroom light when you get up at night to go for a piss
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Yeah its safe. Your aunties nasty ass jello salad with banana's in it is giving you far more radiation exposure than those plates, because you put it inside you.
You could put one of those candle holders inside you if you're so inclined.
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As long as it isn't uranium glazed glass it is safe to eat from. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1322875/
From the paper: "The maximum quantity of uranium leached from the uranium-bearing glasses was about 30 micrograms L-1, while that from the ceramic-glazed items was about 300,000 micrograms L-1. "
Thanks for posting this!!
Also, the green glow isnβt from radioactive decay, itβs the uranium fluorescing under the UV light stationed just out of frame.
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My wife collects uranium glass. Itβs mostly safe. Most uranium glass has very little uranium in it and that is mostly sealed away within the glass. However, like lead crystal glass, very very very tiny amounts can leach out over time and end up in food or drink. The amount that can leach out like this is not going to cause any problems for you. Still, wash before and after use to further minimize contamination and donβt used chipped or scratched glass that could shed larger particles.
I wouldnβt use them as my every day plates but for special occasions itβs a fun conversation starter.
I am guessing, much like with people who manufactured glowing things using radium in the 20th century, the workers who make this stuff are at far greater risk than those who eat off of it.
Probably, the dangerous part is working with the powders before melting. I havenβt looked into it much but uranium was a common glass ingredient until the government grabbed it all to make bombs.
... Itβs mostly safe. Most uranium glass has very little uranium in it and that is mostly sealed away within the glass ...
That's ... way too much "mostly" for my taste.
Mostly safe like X-rays are mostly safe. Do it once in a while and you wonβt have a problem but if you have to stand next to the machine 30 times a day, you should probably not.
"what the fuck is this"
"it's uranium"
sounds like a fun conversation indeed
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To be fair smoking a cigarette will put more radioactive contamination in you than these plates.
That's why smoking is generally discouraged.
Yeah, I quit smoking and switched to snorting uranium glass powder instead
Try crushing it and soaking it in clear liquor then absorbing it in a tampon and boofing it that way.
People should only smoke uranium glass.
Eggs at thanksgiving??? No. It's not safe. It's going to cause stinky farts in the house, at max capacity! 200 people, all egg farting in one house???
Pretty sure you need gas masks.
Why do so many people get gassey eating eggs? I can eat over a dozen deviled eggs in one sitting and not have a single issue
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If you don't reach critical mass, did you even feast?
"Oh hey! Neat plates!"
See the group name
Looks like it's being lit with a black light
I don't know if this is real, but real uranium glass just glows (although it is not this brightly unless the light is fairly low). I have a tiny bit on a keychain somewhere.
I used to keep it in my pocket as my normal keychain and joke that it would stop me from having kids.
It apparently didn't.
Not quite,
Radioactive substances don't actually glow visibly themselves...
Uranium glass fluoresces under UV, and tritium vials and radium paint contain phosphers that convert radiation to visible light.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphorescence https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorescence
Well all I know is I could see my keychain glow in the dark and it claimed to be uranium.
I guess whatever is in it isn't uranium then. π€·
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