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2013-05-21

by shaenon on May 21, 2013 at 12:00 am
Chapter: My House Is Me
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    • Today’s Comic « Random Ramblings of Rude Reality
      May 21, 2013, 1:42 am | #
  1. Evil Midnight Lurker
    May 21, 2013, 12:20 am | # | Reply

    That is pretty darn adorable.

  2. Manifesta
    May 21, 2013, 12:53 am | # | Reply

    Sweetheart in impossibly cute radiation gear? Jeff FTW!

    • Patera Silk
      May 21, 2013, 1:25 am | # | Reply

      Reminds me at work one day when we were looking through a large catalog for some heavy protective aprons. Our entire female sales staff cued in hard on one page as I was flipping through. I had to explain what a bunny suit was, and could they please take their meds pronto.

      Apparently, protective clothing with full booties & head coverings overload the adorable meter.

    • Robert The Addled
      May 21, 2013, 5:10 am | # | Reply

      CONTAMINATION gear. Gammas take 2″ lead, 4″ steel, or 24″ packed earth/water/concrete (the three are equivalent) to reduce the existing flux by 90 percent.

      The goggles actually ARE radiation protection – protects the eyes from high levels of beta – TYPICAL beta (non Helen variety) can be stopped by a layer of clothing or 2-3 cm of air.

      • Riven
        May 21, 2013, 11:14 am | # | Reply

        SKIN HORSE: Where a surprising number of people know a surprising amount of things about nuclear radiation.

        • Stickmaker
          May 21, 2013, 11:20 am | # | Reply

          You can actually hold a piece of plutonium in your hand without danger from ionizing radiation. The vast majority of radiation it gives off is alpha particles, which are stopped by the layer of dead cells on the outside of your skin.

          However, don’t do this with the isotope used for radio-thermal generators. That literally glows red hot. Weapon- or reactor-grade plutonium will just feel pleasantly warn. 🙂

          • codebracker
            May 21, 2013, 11:40 am | #

            Shure, but not all radiation is ionising radiation, gamma radiation is just as deadly in bigger quantities.

          • WJS
            September 26, 2017, 8:00 am | #

            Gamma radiation is generally the higher-powered rads coming from reactors, rather than weaker decay radiation though, aren’t they?

        • hopsa
          May 21, 2013, 2:29 pm | # | Reply

          Everybody should read the “Nuclear war survival skills” handbook. Not only is it helpful in disciplines from building a dosimeter to getting light in your shelter, it will also give you a refreshing whiff of cold war on hot days. It’s free online. Seriously, go read it.

          • Robert The Addled
            May 21, 2013, 5:54 pm | #

            I’m cheating in that respect – I went to Navy schools to learn this.

  3. Prodigal
    May 21, 2013, 2:36 am | # | Reply

    On the bright side, the fleas in U.N.I.T.Y.’s cat ears are probably all dead now.

    • Anderson
      May 21, 2013, 3:50 am | # | Reply

      Doubt it. Just look at the stuff the Department of Irradiation spawns from time to time….

  4. Marcus
    May 21, 2013, 2:50 am | # | Reply

    That fourth panel sounds so much like my own life that i have to wonder.

    Also, i like where this is going. Especially since Cherenkov radiation has been a recent theme in my own life. Mostly because i recently built a sort of insectile sculpture with a vivid blue glow radiating from its abdomen called Cherenkoma. Because Cherenkov radiation is also a long time theme as well.
    Overall it sounds like the happiest place on Earth is also a Superfund site at best. i’m surprised they’re not just pouring a massive concrete cap over the whole place like with Chernobyl.

    • Vincent
      May 21, 2013, 2:52 am | # | Reply

      The concrete might be their last step.

  5. Eddurd
    May 21, 2013, 5:37 am | # | Reply

    (TUNE: “I Believe”, Drake, Graham, Shirl, & Stillman)

    I believe that somewhere in The Little House,
    Your answer lies …
    I believe our greatest foe is Disney’s Mouse …
    I hope he dies!
    I believe in sharing music with my friends,
    Like “World of Love”
    That never ends!
    I believe … I believe …

    “I believe that I don’t need those special clothes,”
    Says Unity …
    “I believe in gamma rays, a daily dose,
    Is good for me!”
    If you find the answer here for which you search,
    Or get a clue,
    Or buy some merch,
    Then we know you,
    Too,
    Believe!

  6. Danny in Canada
    May 21, 2013, 8:07 am | # | Reply

    wouldn’t hard radiation be extra-dangerous for nanobots?

    • the1trueian
      May 21, 2013, 8:14 am | # | Reply

      sane nanobots Maybe, but I’m guessing she has some kind of ants in Cat’s Cradle Where the functioning ones Repair the damaged ones, And besides since when Is radiation bad for zombies?

    • WJS
      September 26, 2017, 8:03 am | # | Reply

      The “Nanobots are indestructible” trope is quite an annoying one, particularly when “harder” sci-fi authors fall for it. It’s much more forgivable in a “Mad Science” setting, I think.

  7. jdreyfuss
    May 21, 2013, 8:13 am | # | Reply

    What’s better than a dog in goggles? A dog in a flowered NBC suit with goggles!

  8. Jeffrey Wells
    May 21, 2013, 2:57 pm | # | Reply

    Anyone attempting to analyze the Meadow using the unforgiving light of hard SF is hereby referred to the second storyline in this strip’s run where radiation made a bunch of silverfish into Renaissance Italians.

    • Tetra Valent
      May 21, 2013, 7:32 pm | # | Reply

      Oh, wow, Chris and Marcie are almost unrecognizable! Sweetheart’s changed quite a bit, too.

  9. Saberbeam
    May 21, 2013, 6:44 pm | # | Reply

    “Good Vibrations” by the Beach Boys

    I, I love the colorful, glowing air
    In this wonderful meadow that is so fair
    I hear you offer protective clothes
    So the deadly ions don’t singe off our hair

    Chorus:

    I’m pickin up bad radiation
    It’s cool, we’re on good relations
    I’m pickin up bad radiation
    It’s cool, we’re on good relations
    Bad bad bad bad radiation
    It’s cool, we’re on good relations
    Bad bad bad bad radiation
    It’s cool, we’re on good relations

    Shield your eyes
    And don this floral gown
    In this style, you’ll probably be fine
    Don’t stare into the sky
    Otherwise you’ll probably go blind

    (Repeat Chorus)

  10. Shadowmehr
    May 21, 2013, 6:57 pm | # | Reply

    I’m starting to like the squirrel. A mechanical avatar of optimism in the face of all reality. Although I think the circumstances may be wearing on the ol’ personality circuits a bit.

  11. Steve Jackson
    May 21, 2013, 9:39 pm | # | Reply

    Now I want to see a daily one-panel cartoon about these adorable robots. We will call it . . . Family Circuits!

  12. Darkstarr
    May 4, 2016, 12:06 am | # | Reply

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0W9OCjxkD8

    Heh heh heh…

  13. Knuckles
    January 24, 2022, 11:01 am | # | Reply

    Oh there is going to be some fallout when those ears fall off.

    Possibly of the nuclear variety.

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