r/memes • u/Laktosefreier • 13h ago

The nostalgia

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u/dextras07 13h ago

Let me guess, radioactive stuff?

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u/DukeofCheeseCurds 13h ago edited 12h ago

Radium in the watches and uranium in the dishes

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u/Lord_PPyron 12h ago

Odd this is the second post about radioactive personal goods in about 3 hours. Wonder who set the algo to spicy today

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u/Mysterious-Fokus 7h ago

🎶URANIUM fever has done and got me down
URANIUM fever is spreadin' all around🎶

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u/PeterNippelstein 11h ago

There was radium make-up and lipstick too

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u/Intelligent_Box_8247 13h ago

or they did not just have colored life..

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u/chrxslove 13h ago

someone explain this meme to me and bring me a McChicken when you do

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u/TheNoGoat Tech Tips 12h ago

They mainly used radium for glow in the dark stuff. Like watches. Look up Radium Girls for more info on the horrors.

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u/VampireSomething 9h ago

That's why they added many rules when it comes to glow in the dark materials afterwards. The most important one was in regards to workers right to knowing about the substances they are exposed to.

Look up Radium Girls rule 34 for more info.

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u/altunno 8h ago

From the deep recesses of my memories, I remember reading about companies using radioactive materials for glow in the dark firearm sights and on analogue watches. I think this was 21'st century stuff which is a bit weird. Is there some isotope of uranium or something that's safe enough to have so close to your body?

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u/randypeaches 12h ago

The glow in the dark toys in the 50s were simple radioactive material. Either by mixing it with paint or just straight up having a chunk of it inside the toy

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u/Imaginary-Primary280 11h ago

here’s a mc chicken buddy

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u/MiniGui98 12h ago

It's all fun and games until your son's jaw start falling apart a week after he received a new shining toy

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u/MysticAscendant 12h ago

In 2100s we got Glow in dark Condoms 🌚

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u/somecanuck416 12h ago

Tritium glow in the dark stuff are cool

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u/1llDoitTomorrow 12h ago

They were putting that glowing stuff in everything, including the tv

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u/GAGODEMON 6h ago

CIA toys

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u/crazytanker 5h ago

We gonna talk about the Radium Girls with this one?

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u/thriftstoremando 7m ago

Radium Girls 2: Radium Boys