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ashley fairbanks
@ziibiing.com

i got advertised to on instagram for a radiation sickness kit to have on hand in case of nuclear disaster and i think they are really overestimating how much i want to continue living in that scenario

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Margaret Killjoy
@margaret.bsky.social

I can't speak to this particular advertiser, but I think there's actually more of a gradient of survival in nuclear disaster than most of what media represents, and certain preparedness can make a huge difference. the more generalized that preparedness is, the less traumatic the whole thing is.

Margaret Killjoy
@margaret.bsky.social

Depending on your distance from whatever happens, there IS a role for "hide in the basement with your family for three days and then continue your life with less cancer than otherwise." And certain meds do help that.

ashley fairbanks
@ziibiing.com

i think it was disturbing to me because it's offered in a very typical instagram aesthetic "oops nuclear fallout" sort of vibe for $385?

Scott Moore
@scottmoore.bsky.social

I grew up near a SAC base and radiation sickness wasn't even on the menu. Graffiti at high school read: In case of nuclear attack, 1) face toward Castle (the AF base) 2) bend over 3) kiss your ass goodbye

Amyville Hoyrror
@amyhoy.bsky.social

my husband, like everyone in western europe at the time, lived through chernobyl. why wouldn’t you want to live through that? nuclear stuff has a very short range of severe effects and a huge range of minor & somewhat avoidable effects

Amyville Hoyrror
@amyhoy.bsky.social

“disaster” is a different word than “war” for a reason and even nuclear war is by no means a guarantee of apocalypse. the only nuclear war that ever happened left most of a small country basically okay, to say nothing of the rest of the planet.

ashley fairbanks
@ziibiing.com

sigh. this was just a little joke about it already being a bit of a struggle to go on, i don't think I could handle nuclear disaster on top of it.

Sevoris (he/him)
@sevoris.bsky.social

...tbh, anything where you need this, and authorities can't get relevant treatment to you, this is only going to help so much. Like the particular sweetspot of "need to keep radioactive iodine and cesium out of my body" and "won't get covered in radioactive fallout" is... pretty small AFAIK.

ChuckBS
@chuckbs.bsky.social

I think about meds ai have to take to be functional as a person. Even in a small scale event, I would imagine the shortage of those meds alone, to say nothing of the actual radiation, would make my life not worth it.

cera
@thegreatsarini.bsky.social

i am so so sincere when i tell people im checking tf out if there’s some sort of apocalyptic event. i’ve seen the shows. i’ve read the books. that is not a life for me.

cera
@thegreatsarini.bsky.social

RIGHT people don’t think about what it would actually be like. i was not built for mad max survival escapades. i was built for the couch.

Emily (spooky)
@emilyrose.bsky.social

I like that they included zofran in the kit. That’s a nice touch. But I think that’s where the cost comes from, since that’s a prescription med, so you’re paying for a doctor’s visit as well. If you want the other two (I’m with you — just let me die), you can just buy them on Amazon or whatever.

Emily (spooky)
@emilyrose.bsky.social

Actually, I just went to check the price on Amazon, and they don’t have any Prussian blue pills (only paint), but try to sell you methylene blue instead, as if all blue medications are interchangeable. You can get them elsewhere though for way cheaper than that kit.

Emily (spooky)
@emilyrose.bsky.social

Google also shows you methylene blue in the search results. This would be annoying if I were looking for paint, but is absolutely unhinged for medication. It would make way more sense to intersperse results for iodine tablets, since at least it treats the same thing (more or less).