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arrow-up1966arrow-down1imageNever let it connect, btw... no matter how nicely it asks.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square232linkfedilink
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoSomeone not knowing there’s a difference between “radiation” and “radioactivity” doesn’t make them stupid.
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·edit-22 months agoNo, just ignorant. Very ignorant.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoIt’s the equivalent of knowing the difference between “poisonous” and “venomous” For the vast majority of people it doesn’t matter. Maybe they learned in 8th grade, but they forgot, because it never came back up.
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoNot really. Radiation is something you encounter every day. Radioactivity is something you probably never encounter. Most people except Australians rarely encounter poisonous and venomous animals.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoPoison is something you encounter every day, too. Not poisonous animals, sure, but poisonous substances.
Someone not knowing there’s a difference between “radiation” and “radioactivity” doesn’t make them stupid.
No, just ignorant. Very ignorant.
It’s the equivalent of knowing the difference between “poisonous” and “venomous”
For the vast majority of people it doesn’t matter. Maybe they learned in 8th grade, but they forgot, because it never came back up.
Not really. Radiation is something you encounter every day. Radioactivity is something you probably never encounter. Most people except Australians rarely encounter poisonous and venomous animals.
Poison is something you encounter every day, too. Not poisonous animals, sure, but poisonous substances.