brunhiddensmusings:iridepigs:twinkcommunist:In case anyone’s wondering is because getting an x ray o
brunhiddensmusings:iridepigs:twinkcommunist:In case anyone’s wondering is because getting an x ray once is so barely harmful that it rounds to zero but standing in front of an x ray emitter 40 hours a week for years will definitely kill youIf I go to the bar and have one drink with the bartender I’ll be fine. If the bartender has a drink with every patron then they will die before people figured this out X-rays were the cool gimmick to use as often as possible like youd use it to check every damned pair of shoes in your size to see which ones fit best instead of trusting which one feels right, and then kids would literally play around shoving their hands in when theyre bored mom is taking too longso back in this time period your doctor would literally use the X-ray machine they showed on buggs bunny, with it on staring at your skeleton for a good five mintues. but people were dumb then very VERY ASTOUNDINGLY dumb -- source link