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[-] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 6 points 1 day ago

Lead is good for blocking alpha and beta radiation, but does not do that much against gamma, which was the main radiation he received, so yeah. Probably would not have saved him.

[-] sexybenfranklin@ttrpg.network 2 points 5 hours ago

To be fair, human skin is good for blocking alpha radiation, that's an extremely low bar.

[-] janus2@lemmy.zip 2 points 12 hours ago

the thickness of lead that would have been required would have prevented him from fucking around with the screwdriver in the first place because he wouldn't have been able to reach the thing lol

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