• @yesman
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    6013 days ago

    yesman: please write a short response to this article in the voice of a libertarian

    GPT: sure, I’ll be happy to do that:

    Just another case of power hungry government trying to tell citizens what they’re allowed to do with their own body. They killed a whole industry just because one guy had a side-effect.

    • @toynbee
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      413 days ago

      Makes one wonder about the content of that “Radium Girls” book.

      • nocturne
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        813 days ago

        It is based on real people. Those girls are why many of the labor laws we have in the US exist.

        • @CitizenKong
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          313 days ago

          And their jaws literally desintegrated. And they still had to fight for their bosses to change anything. Also, the non-toxic alternative was only slightly more expensive.

          • nocturne
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            112 days ago

            Radium paint was used on watches into the 70s despite what happened to the radium girls in the 20s-30s.

    • @shalafi
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      312 days ago

      These kinds of stories are exactly where Fallout themes came from.

  • nocturne
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    1913 days ago

    My high school drama group did Radium Girls last year. Really good play, the movie is mediocre though. Check out a production if you get a chance.

    • Maeve
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      313 days ago

      I read about it several years ago. It’s fascinating and sad

  • @Tenthrow
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    1213 days ago

    That story is a wild ride.

    • Maeve
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      413 days ago

      If by that you mean, “wtf?!” I agree.