Geiger counter against banana, green glass, uranium ore, and a 1930s Fiestaware plate

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  • @dassignal15
    @dassignal15  8 місяців тому +7243

    If you want to buy this stuff, I recommend these items:
    Geiger Counter - www.amazon.com/Geiger-Counter-Nuclear-Radiation-Detector/dp/B0BHH9X1WG?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=signal15-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=cc060f92b199eaf6fdca48d00fe7aab8&camp=1789&creative=9325
    Uranium Ore - www.amazon.com/Uranium-Mineral-Geiger-Counter-Included/dp/B0CMW2X8SG?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=signal15-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=cf171a94273ddd5440dd632c82d94d96&camp=1789&creative=9325

    • @devvildogg1775
      @devvildogg1775 8 місяців тому

      Where can I buy that plate?

    • @yagerjager
      @yagerjager 8 місяців тому +1426

      Can I buy the plate?

    • @Edub-em3rr
      @Edub-em3rr 8 місяців тому +872

      My mother in law needs an entire plate service for 12. Where can I buy that?

    • @phillhuddleston9445
      @phillhuddleston9445 8 місяців тому +273

      @@yagerjager That's my question too, I want a radioactive plate, it looks like it could power a small city for a year!!!

    • @vinny.deadmou5d46
      @vinny.deadmou5d46 8 місяців тому +106

      ​@@Edub-em3rr antique stores..I have afriend in nj that has every color and set as much as u want..he does ship out I believe.. LMK if interested

  • @zitzle
    @zitzle 9 місяців тому +136929

    The only plate that cooks your food with no outside heat source

  • @davidthedegenerate7841
    @davidthedegenerate7841 8 місяців тому +62816

    You know it's bad when the Geiger counter stops clicking and starts beeping

    • @sirstan262
      @sirstan262 8 місяців тому +2636

      Every click is a radioactive molecule passing through the reader. Insane.

    • @angry_zergling
      @angry_zergling 8 місяців тому +1649

      I have a uranium glass check source and my counter goes from clicking to beeping to wee-woo-wee-woo-wee-woo.

    • @davidthedegenerate7841
      @davidthedegenerate7841 8 місяців тому +1397

      @@angry_zergling that's the "don't even ask a doctor, you already know" level when they hit you with the weewooweewoo

    • @Rqndy23
      @Rqndy23 8 місяців тому +327

      @@davidthedegenerate7841I always picture the SpongeBob episode where they go to gloveworld whenever I hear wee-woo 😂

    • @einehrenmann6156
      @einehrenmann6156 8 місяців тому +232

      @@davidthedegenerate7841shit is the same with poisonous or toxic gas detectors you have to wear when you work in that industry. Starts of making some clicks to let you know something is up then goes crazy with lights and beeping telling you to put on your mask and gtfo.

  • @kelbybrewer2038
    @kelbybrewer2038 8 місяців тому +21859

    When he moved the plate away to get an accurate control reading, I just knew it was gonna be wild.

    • @DemnRaig80
      @DemnRaig80 8 місяців тому +81

      Lol.... Accurate

    • @christovelasquez9595
      @christovelasquez9595 8 місяців тому +27

      Same!

    • @rollin18wheels
      @rollin18wheels 8 місяців тому +146

      Yeah. Fiestaware is absolutely bonkers. And to think our grandparents, or mine anyways, most likely ate several meals, either at home or with friends, off of sets of these. They made coffee mugs, etc too. Scary stuff.

    • @wisico640
      @wisico640 8 місяців тому +20

      Whats the point of the radiactivity? They didn't know? Or they thought it was good? 😮

    • @WarFoxThunder
      @WarFoxThunder 8 місяців тому +1

      IKR LOL

  • @ProvidedMinkFilms
    @ProvidedMinkFilms 2 місяці тому +987

    Ah yes. The single most terrifying noise you could ever hear randomly. The Geiger counter screaming it’s head off

    • @jabberwocky8021
      @jabberwocky8021 Місяць тому +10

      That would be bad but I think hearing a bear growling right behind you while hiking might be a little worse.

    • @staticbuilds7613
      @staticbuilds7613 Місяць тому +6

      A scream in your house when you are home alone is probably more terrifying

    • @ProvidedMinkFilms
      @ProvidedMinkFilms Місяць тому +6

      @@staticbuilds7613 a knock through an exterior wall would be up there too

    • @lanmandragoran8337
      @lanmandragoran8337 Місяць тому +1

      @@ProvidedMinkFilms Guess I just live in too much of the Ghetto, a knock on an exterior wall wouldn't bother me in the least bit. I've had to walk outside my room's window to tell people to stop standing AT MY WINDOW to bullshit in a dark alley in the middle of the night.
      I live 30ft from a Speedway.

    • @FoxWood2222
      @FoxWood2222 Місяць тому +2

      ​@@jabberwocky8021 not so bad once I remember that I can outrun you.

  • @Huh-x5v
    @Huh-x5v 7 місяців тому +48646

    The “let me move that” told me everything I needed to know

    • @maxruggiero4338
      @maxruggiero4338 7 місяців тому +306

      Same lmao

    • @dreknows
      @dreknows 7 місяців тому +88

      Lol exactamente lo😅😂😂😂bro I thought same

    • @Patataf
      @Patataf 7 місяців тому +28

      Same

    • @darktemplar446
      @darktemplar446 7 місяців тому +16

      Same here. 😂

    • @RaeontheLeft
      @RaeontheLeft 7 місяців тому +10

      For Real

  • @Pez_Destroyer
    @Pez_Destroyer 7 місяців тому +10247

    It's estimated that Fiestaware plates contain about 4.5 G of uranium. The uranium oxide was used for the red color

    • @Bdoll1993
      @Bdoll1993 7 місяців тому +187

      So don't buy Fiestaware plates lol

    • @chaysethebadger
      @chaysethebadger 7 місяців тому +372

      ​@@Bdoll1993 they aren't made new anymore. But yeah if you see them at a yard sale, you might snag it to sell to collectors

    • @mtheoverlord7840
      @mtheoverlord7840 7 місяців тому +369

      ​@Bdoll1993 The plates aren't dangerous. They type of radiation that the plates emit are safe to be around, because the alpha particles get absorbed by pretty much anything around it, including air. In addition, the amount of radioactive particles emmited from coated plates of that Era isn't high enough to be an immediate danger.
      The only way you might be at risk of absorbing the radioactive particles is if you were to consume the plate itself, but you wouldn't be absorbing a lot of particles. In addition, uranium is a toxic metal so you'd probably have other things to worry about aside from radioactivity 😂

    • @insomniac_at5461
      @insomniac_at5461 7 місяців тому +74

      Not just red, a whole load of their plates are radioactive. They are safe to use as decoration though, as long as they aren’t in any way damaged

    • @two-bitmathews8896
      @two-bitmathews8896 7 місяців тому +24

      @@chaysethebadgerthey actually do still make fiesta ware

  • @mudman7618
    @mudman7618 7 місяців тому +3685

    That plate gives a whole new meaning to nuclear family.

    • @stevecappella7358
      @stevecappella7358 6 місяців тому +25

      That was a good one.

    • @animewatchinrobo
      @animewatchinrobo 5 місяців тому +4

      giving me "i dont want to set the worldddd, on fireeee" vibes lmao

    • @andykapfenstein7032
      @andykapfenstein7032 5 місяців тому +4

      The family that glows together, GROWS TOGETHER!

    • @mist5142
      @mist5142 4 місяці тому +1

      Btw it’s completely safe to use unless it’s chipped or cracked

    • @AnglAfro
      @AnglAfro 4 місяці тому

      The Oblong family

  • @userundefined01
    @userundefined01 Місяць тому +199

    I miss the 1930's/1940's. What a great time to be alive!

    • @benrodriques
      @benrodriques Місяць тому +2

      Better than the time we are in now .........

    • @WithASideOfTibbs
      @WithASideOfTibbs Місяць тому +8

      What a great time to be alive... for a very brief amount of time lmaooo

    • @smoothyodaproductions4373
      @smoothyodaproductions4373 Місяць тому +11

      @@benrodriquesnot true at all. Not sure if youve heard about the great depression and world war 2

    • @boRegah
      @boRegah 9 днів тому +1

      The present is the most prosperous, most safe and most healthy time since the inception of civilization itself. Everyone is better off everywhere. And yes you should look at earth as a whole

  • @EternalCaretaker
    @EternalCaretaker 7 місяців тому +4672

    For any curious: "Uranium was used in the glazes on Cloisonné jewelry to make orange, yellow and green colors. Some Fiestaware produced before 1973 used depleted uranium to create the color of the glaze."

    • @wills.5762
      @wills.5762 7 місяців тому +234

      Didnt start using depleted uranium until the 50s, it was the good extra radioactive stuff prewar.

    • @AndrewBlacker-t1d
      @AndrewBlacker-t1d 7 місяців тому +30

      Thanks for the information.

    • @paultgreen
      @paultgreen 6 місяців тому +79

      The comment I came to the comment section for

    • @SixtySixHundred-1982
      @SixtySixHundred-1982 6 місяців тому +124

      To expand slightly, back in the day it was widely believed that a small amount of radiation has some health benefits. Consequently, during the early 20th century, everything from toothpaste, hair products and even something called a, “scrotal radiendocrinator” which was a specific tool for irradiating that "manly" area existed.
      Unsettling that a lot of artifacts from this era still exist, locked away in people's garages and loft spaces. Patiently waiting for an unassuming someone to irradiate. 👍

    • @bobbythepirate1430
      @bobbythepirate1430 6 місяців тому +52

      How depleted can it be if it's bangin out rads like that?

  • @sysghost
    @sysghost 7 місяців тому +7053

    Good that the plate was made back when uranium wasn't dangerous.

    • @ValexNihilist
      @ValexNihilist 7 місяців тому +363

      Is that before or after the time when heroin wasn't dangerous?

    • @greg.peepeeface
      @greg.peepeeface 7 місяців тому +149

      Before, like when humans lived with dinosaurs, and we had them as pets (I would name my dinosaur Dino).

    • @paulbunyangonewild7596
      @paulbunyangonewild7596 7 місяців тому +102

      People who think all regulation is bad regardless, be like:

    • @SentinalSlice
      @SentinalSlice 7 місяців тому +6

      Hahaha

    • @Heavywall70
      @Heavywall70 7 місяців тому +113

      And cigarettes were like smoking a vitamin.

  • @captainchippie4454
    @captainchippie4454 7 місяців тому +2361

    When you started with "let me move that..." i knew there was something up with that plate man. Thats insane.

    • @SoftHyphen.
      @SoftHyphen. 7 місяців тому +2

      It's perfectly safe too

    • @omniverseunisec2496
      @omniverseunisec2496 7 місяців тому +5

      I like how he threw the uranium quick, but holds the plate. Lol

    • @perenpuree
      @perenpuree 7 місяців тому

      Incredibly perceptive

    • @GordonFreeman.
      @GordonFreeman. 7 місяців тому +1

      Such an original comment

    • @vgamepuppy1
      @vgamepuppy1 7 місяців тому +10

      ​@@omniverseunisec2496 uranium is a heavy metal. Direct skin contact with heavy metals can be irritating and can transfer it to your digestive tract if hands aren't washed properly.

  • @snailsaredumb9412
    @snailsaredumb9412 Місяць тому +27

    "Lemme move that" was the first and only sign I needed to know which had the most rads

  • @Killerabbet
    @Killerabbet 7 місяців тому +3806

    The thrift store $2 price tag on the Fiestaware plate is perfect

    • @lukeslayer
      @lukeslayer 7 місяців тому +38

      It's 9 bucks

    • @erikalanreed8198
      @erikalanreed8198 7 місяців тому +12

      I looked at that first thing!! I found my scintillator at a heap of old electronic equipment at an estate sale. I wanted to buy a lot of what the old guy had accumulated but got this thing for nothing because I bought an old shotgun. I got rid of the shotgun, but held on to the ancient scintillator from 1945. I had to make batteries for it to work. It needed two 18 volt 'burgess' batteries, so I made some out of a lot of 9 volt batteries, and replace a hard to find glass electronic tube in the pre-digital circuit board. The batteries just didn't last as long as I liked, and there wasn't any way to make it beter except to get a newer one. I used that thing a lot, and found out about many products that were making people sick or could be a cause for cancer because of the incredible amounts of ionizing radiation being emitted from them.

    • @laurastabell2489
      @laurastabell2489 6 місяців тому +9

      The old geiger counters have an unshielded calibration source in them. The very thing you use to test for dangers is dangerous.

    • @Nine-Signs
      @Nine-Signs 3 місяці тому

      the cancer is free,

    • @timross1159
      @timross1159 3 місяці тому

      Ya now there .50 cents each after this vid

  • @CanadianPermacultureLegacy
    @CanadianPermacultureLegacy 3 місяці тому +5575

    Nuclear engineer here. These plates are alpha emitters, and while they are extremely dangerous as an internal dose (if the plate broke and you breathed in the dust), the alpha dose cannot penetrate the dead skin layer of your body. As long as the plate remains intact, they are extremely safe. You will get more dose walking outside.
    Still not a good idea to have these plates (if they break), but this guy is totally safe handling that plate.

    • @michaelsilguero3551
      @michaelsilguero3551 3 місяці тому +116

      im just curious, since you do seem to know...what about hairline cracks in the glaze? And also, I used to be on a US Navy Submarine, which im sure you're aware, is powered by uranium. What is the similarity here, if any, to my exposure, and as you said, alpha waves dont penetrate the outer layer of our skin, but doesnt it penetrate into pretty much everything else? Like the food we eat or water we drink in our vicinity, not necessarily the protected stuff, but what we dont think about on the daily. We had a shielding wall of course, but once its on us as we leave the shielded area, doesnt it stay with us as we travel? And can therefore contaminate the things we touch and consume?
      Asking for a friend :p

    • @badnrad
      @badnrad 3 місяці тому +40

      thanks lol grew up with these plates! probabky broke a few over the years though heh

    • @demonsluger
      @demonsluger 3 місяці тому +7

      So if in a korean spa or just came from one stay away from the plate x)

    • @AwfulLottaYea
      @AwfulLottaYea 3 місяці тому

      @@michaelsilguero3551I wish they responded to you

    • @raccoontrashpanda1467
      @raccoontrashpanda1467 3 місяці тому +48

      You make the plate sound very dangerous considering people would scratch the surface with their cutlery while cutting food and tiny particles could easily be eaten.

  • @Puddingskin01
    @Puddingskin01 8 місяців тому +17109

    "Be careful sir...the plate is hot."

    • @garysimon7765
      @garysimon7765 8 місяців тому +71

      Good one

    • @jdniedner
      @jdniedner 8 місяців тому +60

      They did get rather hot in the microwave when id reheat items as a kid... Guess it's from all the heavy metals

    • @louskunt9798
      @louskunt9798 8 місяців тому +4

      🤣🤣😂🫡🫡

    • @Hope_Boat
      @Hope_Boat 8 місяців тому +21

      Why are there three eyes on my fish?

    • @SeanSauvageau
      @SeanSauvageau 8 місяців тому +10

      Thanks, Ron White! Always coming in clutch with the TOXIC comment

  • @skyradtvcomics4981
    @skyradtvcomics4981 Місяць тому +49

    Some Fiesta ware and certain other types of pottery made in the early to mid-20th century are radioactive because uranium was used to make the colored glazes. Intact dishes do emit radiation but aren't harmful. However, the risk of exposure increases if the pottery is chipped or cracked

    • @shaec3405
      @shaec3405 Місяць тому

      You go ahead and eat off that.... None for me

  • @jeffbryson
    @jeffbryson 7 місяців тому +9180

    What can I say? The 30's just radiated with excitement.

    • @6clu
      @6clu 7 місяців тому +50

      Sigh.. just take my like..

    • @S0HAMS0NAR
      @S0HAMS0NAR 7 місяців тому +6

      😂

    • @davidarnett7570
      @davidarnett7570 7 місяців тому

      Probably why they had less cancer don’t they treat cancer with radiation I wonder if that’s a coincidence

    • @axeldominguez5027
      @axeldominguez5027 7 місяців тому +8

      They saw the particles jumping and thought "I wanna share the excitement in these atoms with the world😊"

    • @ChaosUnleashed265
      @ChaosUnleashed265 7 місяців тому +4

      genuinely thought you said excrement for a sec there and i was gonna say well considering the depression that makes total sense.

  • @eliadbu
    @eliadbu 7 місяців тому +5040

    Seller: "Which color would you like your plate?"
    Buyer: "Radiant orange, please."

    • @ozzypuff8957
      @ozzypuff8957 7 місяців тому +12

      Underrated comment

    • @limitlesstoaster2672
      @limitlesstoaster2672 7 місяців тому +8

      ​​@ozzypuff8957 I would argue it isn't underrated. Don't get me wrong, it's a great comment, just not underrated.

    • @ozzypuff8957
      @ozzypuff8957 7 місяців тому +8

      @@limitlesstoaster2672 ur mom

    • @limitlesstoaster2672
      @limitlesstoaster2672 7 місяців тому +5

      @@ozzypuff8957 At least I have one. 😁

    • @richardvanmarter9269
      @richardvanmarter9269 7 місяців тому +3

      @@limitlesstoaster2672 bro just gave up, you might've been right there💀

  • @SpingotGoomer
    @SpingotGoomer 7 місяців тому +3862

    The fact you had the move the Fiestaware plate at the beginning says everything 😂

  • @jacewilliamson4698
    @jacewilliamson4698 Місяць тому +5

    you know its bad when the Geiger counter starts playing Sandstorm

  • @23salamander
    @23salamander 4 місяці тому +2410

    Our new fusion warheads will have a fiestaware core for sure

    • @johnnoe9682
      @johnnoe9682 4 місяці тому +6

      Niiiice

    • @hyronharrison8127
      @hyronharrison8127 4 місяці тому +8

      Yay, now everyone will get vaporized with fancy dinnerware!

    • @umitencho
      @umitencho 4 місяці тому

      ​@@hyronharrison8127vaporize me in blue plz

    • @Rico-oy3dc
      @Rico-oy3dc 4 місяці тому +3

      Initiator

    • @Loki_is_my_name
      @Loki_is_my_name 4 місяці тому

      Interesting fact for you, fiesta-ware stopped production due to a top secret government project. They needed all available uranium for the Manhattan Project. True story. Look it up.

  • @kevmoful
    @kevmoful 8 місяців тому +1630

    I’m an RSO and I honestly had no idea that our elders had to walk up hill both ways and consume gamma rays . Hard knocks

    • @benjaminsinger1897
      @benjaminsinger1897 8 місяців тому

      Yeah but back then the Cocaine was better and not laced with fentanyl. That is how they had had the energy to walk so far up hill both ways. One way to the dealer and one way to school.

    • @seanmurry6903
      @seanmurry6903 8 місяців тому +68

      A little ionizing radiation builds character grampa says😂

    • @brobot411
      @brobot411 8 місяців тому +22

      Alpha rays actually but your point still stands xD

    • @kevmoful
      @kevmoful 8 місяців тому +10

      @@brobot411 I strictly work with xray machines . When it comes to radioactive elements I am admittedly ignorant.

    • @dustybeaver6823
      @dustybeaver6823 8 місяців тому

      RSO=Registered Sex Offender?😮

  • @14rs2
    @14rs2 8 місяців тому +5535

    As soon as he went “I’m gonna move this out the way” whilst leaving the uranium ore where it was, you knew that plate was gonna be be firing more bullets than an A10 😂

    • @Karth303
      @Karth303 8 місяців тому +48

      BRRRRRRT.......

    • @BlueFalcon235
      @BlueFalcon235 8 місяців тому +29

      I paused the video at that moment to see which one of you noticed it like I did. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Can't have cross contaminated readings.

    • @user-vz9ft9wm8s
      @user-vz9ft9wm8s 8 місяців тому +4

      I completely understood this refence and needed it for guidance lool

    • @user-vz9ft9wm8s
      @user-vz9ft9wm8s 8 місяців тому +1

      BRRRRRRTTTTTT

    • @mgkcjk
      @mgkcjk 8 місяців тому +6

      Like the A-10 it also kills your friends as well, horrible plane

  • @rafaeldavila6039
    @rafaeldavila6039 Місяць тому +3

    He said the banana and marbles were barely radioactive but I'd guess what really is radioactive is his hand after barehand touching that plate. You can see on the marbles, when he moves his hand away the geiger counter goes down and when his hand get closer it goes back up.

    • @jt0n
      @jt0n Місяць тому +1

      oh my god you're right, that's concerning

    • @ABitOfRetroK9
      @ABitOfRetroK9 8 днів тому

      Woah I didn't notice that before you're right o.o

  • @undergroundmonorail
    @undergroundmonorail 7 місяців тому +3217

    "Let me move that" is some INCREDIBLE foreshadowing

    • @Koreyink
      @Koreyink 7 місяців тому +6

      I didn’t realize until I saw this comment 😂

    • @misanthropiclusion
      @misanthropiclusion 7 місяців тому +3

      Cute avi

    • @lewis7515
      @lewis7515 7 місяців тому +2

      Or, it just renders the entire video, worthless?..
      To heavily suggest in the first 5 minutes of Avengers: Endgame that Tony Stark might die, would not be, "INCREDIBLE foreshadowing"?
      It would be to totally ruin the movie with a spoiler that destroys any suspense....you may as well have not made it, and saved everyone a lot of time and money.

    • @nightfall1249
      @nightfall1249 7 місяців тому

      :3

    • @rei_flac
      @rei_flac 7 місяців тому +2

      I heard that and immediately knew

  • @StayFrostyMyFriends
    @StayFrostyMyFriends 9 місяців тому +5896

    Just dont make things like they used too....

  • @snackerrr
    @snackerrr 8 місяців тому +2624

    Those clicks started coming in so fast it activated the 24h remaining timer.

    • @chumpchimp1976
      @chumpchimp1976 8 місяців тому +34

      That's a solid joke

    • @SomeKidsAtHomes
      @SomeKidsAtHomes 7 місяців тому +4

      Deadly would be 5000 sieverts, so 25 000 hours remaining yeah

    • @flipwonderland
      @flipwonderland 7 місяців тому +9

      @@SomeKidsAtHomes no, 10 sieverts and no hospital in the world could save you

    • @MonkeyJedi99
      @MonkeyJedi99 7 місяців тому +3

      I was told to bring a Geiger counter, but I didn't know why.
      Then it clicked.
      (From an XKCD comic.)

  • @ArasHussein-s3q
    @ArasHussein-s3q 2 місяці тому +9

    The last sound is me quietly opening the door at 3 AM

  • @creativecreeper6147
    @creativecreeper6147 7 місяців тому +3176

    I kept thinking, "Don't touch the ore with your bare hand!" only for the Geiger counter to go ham when being NEAR the plate!

    • @ThoorstenDoernbach
      @ThoorstenDoernbach 7 місяців тому +32

      Touching the plate should not be too bad, because there is nothing sticking to the hand.

    • @gioxenit
      @gioxenit 7 місяців тому +131

      ​@@ThoorstenDoernbach You won't see anything stick. The particles are going though your skin and every cell hit can get permanently damaged.

    • @ThoorstenDoernbach
      @ThoorstenDoernbach 7 місяців тому +20

      @gioxenit you are talking about the radiation itself. I was referring to the radioactive matter.

    • @m808bscorpionmbt3
      @m808bscorpionmbt3 7 місяців тому

      The ore really isn't so bad so long as you wash your hands afterwards, its only really dangerous if you eat it because its like eating lead

    • @alexsysoev7774
      @alexsysoev7774 7 місяців тому +51

      @@gioxenit Relatively mildly radioactive objects like that are not dangerous during a short exposure. It is dangerous to constantly carry such an object with you, however.
      This is why radioactive dust is the most dangerous thing in contaminated areas. It settles on the skin, clothes, hair, and worst of all - in the lungs. There is no way to wash it from there.
      So if the plate was covered with in a layer of radioactive dust, touching it would be a super bad idea.
      But since the plate is clean, damage caused to cells during short-term exposure will not be a problem.

  • @miipa
    @miipa 8 місяців тому +1775

    The sound of those Geiger counters is just haunting and I adore it

    • @elliotkamper
      @elliotkamper 8 місяців тому +12

      Did you also play the greatest sniper mission in the FPS genre? I think our love of the Geiger counter sound comes from that haha

    • @andrewsock1608
      @andrewsock1608 8 місяців тому +4

      @@elliotkamper I didn’t hear it in splinter cell

    • @angelo3805
      @angelo3805 8 місяців тому +16

      @@elliotkamper”40,000 people used to live here “

    • @Maevelikeschampagne
      @Maevelikeschampagne 8 місяців тому +1

      reminds me of original red dawn

    • @stijngoossens9131
      @stijngoossens9131 8 місяців тому +1

      Rust legacy. Great geiger sound.

  • @ballard66766
    @ballard66766 8 місяців тому +699

    It's uranium dye in the red paint that made them radioactive. Sold in gas stations until 1952

    • @Goldenfightinglink
      @Goldenfightinglink 8 місяців тому +57

      Took too long to find, thanks!

    • @MB-jg4tr
      @MB-jg4tr 8 місяців тому +45

      The comment we all need. Thanks

    • @NateB
      @NateB 8 місяців тому +9

      Where can I read more about this?

    • @Cabin_Fever13
      @Cabin_Fever13 8 місяців тому +12

      Jesus christ...

    • @rlewis1946
      @rlewis1946 8 місяців тому +15

      I can remember my Mom collecting plates as premiums at a gas station in Oshkosh, Wisconsin back in the early 1950’s, when my Dad filled up his 1951, blue Ford sedan. We those plates and other dishes radioactive? Never knew, we didn’t have a Geiger Counter…

  • @MrMegazwerg
    @MrMegazwerg Місяць тому +1

    Imagine having some old plates at home and you don't have a geiger counter

  • @Moonkyst
    @Moonkyst 7 місяців тому +1025

    In the 60's, my dad went through all my grandma's Fiestaware with a Geiger counter. He took all her blue plates away.

    • @RuinaLux
      @RuinaLux 6 місяців тому +43

      ​@@maj.FrankMBurnsI think you missed the joke my dude. This only affects red/orange plates.

    • @dongkeedixNIGHTMARE
      @dongkeedixNIGHTMARE 6 місяців тому

      ​@@maj.FrankMBurns #specialneeds #bozo #lulz

    • @danellacullen4401
      @danellacullen4401 6 місяців тому +9

      @@maj.FrankMBurnsr/whoooosh 😂

    • @danielcormier1777
      @danielcormier1777 6 місяців тому +21

      Lmao dad had it out for ol nana lmaooo

    • @justfor8550
      @justfor8550 6 місяців тому +1

      ​@@maj.FrankMBurns lmao, they got you good🤣

  • @michaelbroyles7488
    @michaelbroyles7488 8 місяців тому +5517

    Couple things to point out from someone in the nuclear industry. One, your meter only reads to 100 microsieverts per hour or 10 mR per hour. So each beep indicates it’s reading above scale, however if it was as high as 200 then the beep would be continuous not intermittent, so it’s reading somewhere in the ballpark of 10 mR or a little more on contact given the beep ever so often. Two, you’d have to hold that plate directly against your abdomen for about 7 hours to get the dose of a mammogram or abdomen X-ray. It would take nearly 21 days straight non stop bracing this against your chest to pick up the yearly allotted dose limit set for the safety of all radworkers. So I’m not saying it’s great, but distance is a principle of radwork, and at about a foot away it was only reading about 3 mR, and would take nearly 1700 hours to get to your dose limit. Also, if any of you have ever had a full body CT scan, you’ve effectively held that plate about a foot from your chest for about 334 hours. Again, not saying this is good or that we should all go buy these plates and snuggle with them, but it’s not as dramatic as this demonstration makes it out to seem.

    • @pdoyled
      @pdoyled 8 місяців тому +292

      Thanks for the info, I was searching a while for this comment in the sea of all these other over dramatised comments 👍

    • @michaelbroyles7488
      @michaelbroyles7488 8 місяців тому +128

      @@pdoyled Of course, always happy to share, I did the same thing seeing if anyone else had already explained.

    • @chrisdetky
      @chrisdetky 8 місяців тому +119

      This comment is why I came to the comments section, thanks for the knowledge!

    • @ilovemalechickens
      @ilovemalechickens 8 місяців тому +37

      You're doing the lord's work

    • @williamfoote2888
      @williamfoote2888 8 місяців тому +27

      Health Physics walks into the room.

  • @JakeKoenig
    @JakeKoenig 4 місяці тому +3979

    Pro tip - If your Geiger counter starts sounding like a scene from the HBO Chernobyl miniseries, you need to throw that item away.
    EDIT - "throw that item away" was bad phrasing. I meant you should get rid of it (by following the NRC guidelines for disposing of nuclear waste).
    I fixed my mistake, now leave me alone. 😆

    • @jerichaux9219
      @jerichaux9219 4 місяці тому +212

      But geiger counters are expensive

    • @scotthayes3032
      @scotthayes3032 4 місяці тому +14

      ok captain know it all

    • @JohnSmith-pl2bk
      @JohnSmith-pl2bk 4 місяці тому +41

      @@jerichaux9219
      Yes!
      A man with a Goonish humour!
      Well played Sir Spike!

    • @WestCooly
      @WestCooly 4 місяці тому +22

      Instead of washing instructions the text on the back just says drop and run

    • @Chadwicktrumpet
      @Chadwicktrumpet 4 місяці тому +17

      You mean grab with bare hands right 😂

  • @Not_aYoutuber
    @Not_aYoutuber Місяць тому +1

    You know it’s bad when the Geiger meter starts playing rush e

  • @Resi1ience
    @Resi1ience 7 місяців тому +866

    The plate being opposite the banana told me what I needed to know. The "Let me move that" just confirmed it

  • @nattybird1146
    @nattybird1146 8 місяців тому +3409

    Worlds funniest plate to gift to your enemy

    • @SoftHyphen.
      @SoftHyphen. 7 місяців тому +2

      Wdym

    • @Thefirstbrady
      @Thefirstbrady 7 місяців тому

      I mean, if he slept with it under his nuts for a decade, MAYBE he would get nut cancer lol. Its still pretty low.

    • @Thefirstbrady
      @Thefirstbrady 7 місяців тому +30

      Did somes maths. Itd be about 550R over 10 years. A single dose of 500 kills so I stand by my comment. Had to be sure lol

    • @Alkatross
      @Alkatross 7 місяців тому +34

      Where did these tumors come from? And why is my food always warm?

    • @waywardvoid
      @waywardvoid 7 місяців тому +15

      ​@@CockTortureJutsuit would still accumulate over time, but I don't see anyone using these rare dishes every day unless it's like a full set (unlikely). But still over time this would increase the chances of cancers and other detrimental health issues, so maybe longer than 10 years but definitely a decline in their well-being

  • @ronnelson7828
    @ronnelson7828 6 місяців тому +1225

    Your new diet is really working.
    You are positively glowing!

    • @Bramon83
      @Bramon83 6 місяців тому +8

      i love you

    • @racingflash6292
      @racingflash6292 5 місяців тому

      First plate in the history of earth to ignite a house without as much of a spark and probably stay the same after the burning house collapses.

    • @slimspinach8554
      @slimspinach8554 4 місяці тому

      😂

    • @Unknown-UpTown-Resident
      @Unknown-UpTown-Resident 4 місяці тому

      🤣🤣👍👍

  • @MrLocke-lw9lx
    @MrLocke-lw9lx 2 місяці тому

    This explains so much about the area where those plates are made.

  • @whydidtheychangemyname
    @whydidtheychangemyname 8 місяців тому +734

    The fact that he has to move the plate away from everything else at the beginning says so much more than any Geiger counter could.

    • @fuckcensorship69
      @fuckcensorship69 8 місяців тому +11

      Not really. It was foreshadowing, but I didnt think it would be that much higher than uranium

    • @pappapaps
      @pappapaps 8 місяців тому +5

      ​@@fuckcensorship69 I was thinking the same

    • @driftertravelerman6893
      @driftertravelerman6893 8 місяців тому +3

      Thats whem i knew shit was getting real

    • @borttorbbq2556
      @borttorbbq2556 8 місяців тому +3

      ​@@fuckcensorship69I thought the marbles would be a tuch more

    • @gibthegrey2214
      @gibthegrey2214 8 місяців тому

      ​@@fuckcensorship69he had uranium ore feiesta were uses refined uranium oxied for pigment

  • @tysonsiemens9009
    @tysonsiemens9009 8 місяців тому +2241

    Fallout has warped my mind so much as soon as the Geiger counter started going off i had a mini panic attack

    • @riverregionrebz
      @riverregionrebz 8 місяців тому +131

      Yea this guy is bold to do this with no radaway

    • @davidthedegenerate7841
      @davidthedegenerate7841 8 місяців тому +92

      Warped? Feels like the correct response ngl

    • @hornhunter7
      @hornhunter7 7 місяців тому +54

      ⁠@@davidthedegenerate7841 If it’s doing a the iconic giger chirp your relatively fine. It’s when it’s one continuous noise is when you should be concerned.

    • @davidthedegenerate7841
      @davidthedegenerate7841 7 місяців тому +29

      @hornhunter7 still see no reason why it's unreasonable to have the instinct to avoid radiation when you're being told it's higher right now than normal

    • @tysonsiemens9009
      @tysonsiemens9009 7 місяців тому +12

      @@davidthedegenerate7841 an aggressive knee jerk reaction to a video is slightly unreasonable lol

  • @Antney946
    @Antney946 6 місяців тому +889

    That was the great thing about these plates- they looked great AND were self sanitizing!

    • @Yuma_Tsukumo
      @Yuma_Tsukumo 4 місяці тому +6

      LMAO ONG

    • @Trapoholic-dk3vd
      @Trapoholic-dk3vd 4 місяці тому +14

      LMAO ONG BRO, IM DEAD RN NO CAP. THATS CRAZY ONG BRO

    • @baldability
      @baldability 4 місяці тому +1

      @@Trapoholic-dk3vdtype shit fr

    • @spod715
      @spod715 4 місяці тому +6

      Brainrot

    • @TonedVirus3
      @TonedVirus3 4 місяці тому

      ​@@spod715 more like fanum tax Ohio gyatt

  • @Zyclon_Break
    @Zyclon_Break Місяць тому +1

    „Let me Remove that“ for Measuring the Background Radiation, said it all.

  • @DoBraveryFPS
    @DoBraveryFPS 7 місяців тому +1457

    On ebay, the red Fiestaware plates cost 6x more, and are shown next to a geiger counter so that ppl know they're getting the good radioactive stuff lol 😂

    • @ThroughTheViewOfMatthew
      @ThroughTheViewOfMatthew 7 місяців тому +50

      What a weird dystopia we live in 😂

    • @KaizarNike
      @KaizarNike 7 місяців тому +56

      @@ThroughTheViewOfMatthew well what do they say, "what doesnt kill you makes you more receptive to dying."

    • @Quincy8Boy
      @Quincy8Boy 7 місяців тому +2

      I gotta see this. How do they ship it?

    • @1mariomaniac
      @1mariomaniac 7 місяців тому

      ​​@@Quincy8Boy The Fiestaware is made using uranium oxide for the glaze. This, while potentially harmful if ingested, does not pose a significant health risk to own. This is because the uranium oxide glaze only emits large alpha particle radiation, which can't even penetrate the outer layer of skin.
      Edit: This is to say that it would probably be handled just like any other fragile package.

    • @soiledflapjacks1938
      @soiledflapjacks1938 7 місяців тому +25

      @@ThroughTheViewOfMatthewHow that a dystopia? Collectors want old radioactive dinner plates, and you see that as dystopic?

  • @SaVaGeHuNtEr2294
    @SaVaGeHuNtEr2294 7 місяців тому +528

    No wonder grandma and grandpa use to travel uphill both ways anywhere, they had super powers from eating off radio active plates

    • @kismetcaffet9862
      @kismetcaffet9862 7 місяців тому +16

      Or brain damage from their radioactive plates that prevented them from realizing they could switch routes to go downhill each way.

    • @kawikalo
      @kawikalo 7 місяців тому +3

      This made me laugh so hard

    • @salvadordollyparton666
      @salvadordollyparton666 7 місяців тому

      little a, little b... maybe downhill just looked like uphill, cause radiation sickness? just a guess.@@kismetcaffet9862

  • @jeliban9924
    @jeliban9924 5 місяців тому +3724

    -1 hp -1 hp -1 hp -1 hp -1 hp, -10 hp -10 hp - 10hp

    • @sega-nesmaximus6664
      @sega-nesmaximus6664 4 місяці тому +173

      + 1 Rad
      + 2 Rads
      + 5 Rads!
      + 10 Rads!!

    • @KaiKresge
      @KaiKresge 4 місяці тому +51

      Hes gonna turn into a ghoul

    • @-KingD-
      @-KingD- 4 місяці тому +41

      This sounds like a great time to mention that I'm selling Rad-Away, and RadX

    • @quandaledingle3517
      @quandaledingle3517 4 місяці тому +9

      @@-KingD-I’ll trade you my 9 mm for some rad away

    • @jordyhelwig7657
      @jordyhelwig7657 4 місяці тому +7

      ​@@quandaledingle3517dude no way
      Radaway is worth much more than a measely 9mm
      It might say worth 30 caps
      But you gonna get14 for it
      Radaway is atleast 40

  • @michaeltodd343
    @michaeltodd343 2 місяці тому +1

    My mother had a ton of these plates (Fiesta) when I was a kid. Her "Nuke Plates" were her favorites.

  • @onepunch7632
    @onepunch7632 7 місяців тому +3989

    "You think you have it tough son?! Well when I was a kid, we ate our food off radioactive plates and whoever lost a tooth had to clean the dishes." 😂

    • @marshallmathars
      @marshallmathars 7 місяців тому +14

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @99MarcC
      @99MarcC 7 місяців тому +5

      LOL

    • @HikaruAkitsuki
      @HikaruAkitsuki 7 місяців тому

      That plate is for display purposes.

    • @iz6566
      @iz6566 7 місяців тому

      It was not radioactive back in 1930s. Probably it came from somewhere near nuclear bomb test site. Until very recently nobody cared for the people living in the vicinity of these sites.

    • @idocare6538
      @idocare6538 7 місяців тому +1

      Excellent!

  • @Fredroc57
    @Fredroc57 6 місяців тому +439

    This explains why pictures of my grandma in her young days she was so radiant.

  • @drhandle4498
    @drhandle4498 7 місяців тому +959

    "How's dinner?"
    "Not great, not terrible."

    • @KayLewis
      @KayLewis 7 місяців тому +49

      "I'd give it a 3.6."

    • @stephenschaffenberger6765
      @stephenschaffenberger6765 7 місяців тому +19

      Supremely under appreciated comment.

    • @Will6852
      @Will6852 7 місяців тому +1

      This man is delusional, send him to the infirmary.

    • @burninator14
      @burninator14 7 місяців тому +1

      ayyyy

    • @Will6852
      @Will6852 7 місяців тому +7

      Get this man to the infirmary.

  • @TwinShards
    @TwinShards 2 дні тому +1

    You know it's THAT bad when you think to yourself "If i was forced to eat on that plate or on a uranium ore shaped plate, you would pick the urarnium plate"

  • @jh4684
    @jh4684 4 місяці тому +703

    I once played around with one of those in college. Didn't get a lot of clicks until I went to scratch my head with my finger while still holding onto it. Went off like that plate. The metal frames of my glasses from Lens Crafters were going crazy. Now I have plastic frames.

    • @carbine090909
      @carbine090909 4 місяці тому +8

      No $hit?

    • @ljb9001
      @ljb9001 4 місяці тому +15

      Plastic ear pieces still have metal on the inside

    • @professoryorick5676
      @professoryorick5676 4 місяці тому +7

      ​@@ljb9001 most do, esp the special frame/lens ones
      hot sand + metal skeleton = moldable (to an extent)

    • @giftofthewild6665
      @giftofthewild6665 3 місяці тому

      ​@@professoryorick5676wtf

    • @truestbluu
      @truestbluu 3 місяці тому

      i have transparent plastic glasses and they still have thin metal wire in them

  • @brybryguy6314
    @brybryguy6314 7 місяців тому +570

    Fun fact, its the paint. This company used uranium oxide in their red and orange paint. They used it between 1936 to 1972.

    • @olachens
      @olachens 7 місяців тому +11

      Not from 1943-59, as the uranium was in use in the development of the atomic bomb. Also, natural uranium was used from 36-43, and depleted uranium was used from 59-72, making the newer ones less radioactive.

    • @KshitijBhayani
      @KshitijBhayani 7 місяців тому +1

      every company with red plates in the 1930s used it.

    • @xArsVivendi
      @xArsVivendi 7 місяців тому +10

      So a Fender Stratocaster (electric guitar) from 1960 in Fiesta Red should be radioactive aswell? :o

    • @wile123456
      @wile123456 7 місяців тому

      Pure evil company, radioactivity was known at that time. So many people they've given cancer to over the years yet unpunished for it

    • @saral8911
      @saral8911 7 місяців тому +4

      ​@@xArsVivendiThe plate has glaze that is fired in a kiln to melt the glaze onto the plate. It would be chemically different from paint used on a guitar. That being said, it might be worth checking the guitar, just in case.

  • @michaelreedx6823
    @michaelreedx6823 8 місяців тому +195

    Popular in the 1930s through 1960s, Fiestaware, Homer Laughlin and a couple other manufacturers produced ceramic plates, cups and other dinnerware items were available with a bright red-orange glaze. The way they obtained this unique color was to add Uranium compounds to the ceramic glaze mix. It succeeded in producing a new and attractive color, but the dinnerware was quite radioactive. Although there is no immediate harm to using the dinnerware for eating & drinking, it was surmised that over extended periods of time, with sufficiently acid foods and liquids, some of the Uranium compounds could possibly leach out into the food.

    • @schnittmagier5515
      @schnittmagier5515 7 місяців тому +26

      Thank you. Your comment is exactly what I was looking for.

    • @JessaLynn8
      @JessaLynn8 7 місяців тому +12

      Thanks for including this information! I was really hoping to hear the backstory to that plate! Much appreciated! ❤

    • @acestealth1354
      @acestealth1354 7 місяців тому +11

      Probably wasn't microwave safe either.

    • @steffen5121
      @steffen5121 7 місяців тому +6

      Imagine breaking the plate and breathing in the dust....

    • @deanfielding4411
      @deanfielding4411 7 місяців тому

      Very interesting thank you.

  • @johndanielwood
    @johndanielwood 2 місяці тому

    You know that the plate was gunna be off the charts when he had to move it away before testing the other objects.

  • @blazing_pyro67
    @blazing_pyro67 8 місяців тому +1725

    Sir... If you drop that plate you'll become a ninja turtle.

    • @BroApollo
      @BroApollo 7 місяців тому +8

      😂

    • @Adventist1997
      @Adventist1997 7 місяців тому +14

      Actually, I think he'll become a superhero. Similar to the DC superhero Dead-Man.

    • @ghoultooth
      @ghoultooth 7 місяців тому +2

      @@Adventist1997TMNTs are superheroes aren’t they?

    • @Adventist1997
      @Adventist1997 7 місяців тому +1

      @@ghoultooth
      Nah, just some teenagers that like kicking butt and eating pizza.

    • @flamingfoxx
      @flamingfoxx 7 місяців тому +2

      ​@@Adventist1997So like Spiderman lol

  • @angelotro
    @angelotro 8 місяців тому +1491

    "This fish only had two eyes when I put it on the plate..."

    • @philliam111
      @philliam111 8 місяців тому +7

      Lool golden

    • @TheAdequateMedia
      @TheAdequateMedia 8 місяців тому +3

      You mean Geiger counter goes BRRRT

    • @rusted5408
      @rusted5408 8 місяців тому +2

      The best comment today!

    • @TheAdequateMedia
      @TheAdequateMedia 8 місяців тому +1

      this wasn't meant for this. wtf youtube shorts. in another thread someone mentioned an A10 level of clicks or something.

    • @Onyx408
      @Onyx408 8 місяців тому +1

      😂😂😂

  • @bland9876
    @bland9876 8 місяців тому +964

    Well now I understand why some plates say "not for food use" on them.

    • @daniellemartin9896
      @daniellemartin9896 8 місяців тому +35

      These were made for eating from though.

    • @gingivitis9148
      @gingivitis9148 8 місяців тому +18

      Umm so it's not recommended to eat tomato basic dishes on these dishes coz there too acidic, red is the most radioactive I think and a plate that old is probably cracked so it's definitely not safe to eat off. 1930's didn't really care that much about not poisoning you.
      Modern stuff is different tho

    • @kickfroggy
      @kickfroggy 8 місяців тому +4

      There can also be a bunch of toxic metals in the glaze

    • @fozzyozzy1030
      @fozzyozzy1030 8 місяців тому +19

      ​@gingivitis9148 modern stuff is not that different. Now it's microplastics in everything

    • @rodmena3404
      @rodmena3404 8 місяців тому

      When they're not the food is it's usually because they have lead in them

  • @goodapplebadapple1369
    @goodapplebadapple1369 3 місяці тому

    For some reason the sound a Geiger counter makes is one of the most ominous sounds I’ve ever heard

  • @G0SuBunnY
    @G0SuBunnY 4 місяці тому +581

    Fiestaware plate: "ITS TIME TO PARTY"
    Geiger counter: " AHHHHHHH AHHHHHH AHHH THE PLATE"

  • @KJ6SSV
    @KJ6SSV 5 місяців тому +293

    I grrew up in the 1960's and we had these plates. I remember my mother saying to be very careful with the red ones as we could not get them anymore for .... some reason

    • @scotthayes3032
      @scotthayes3032 4 місяці тому +12

      you just made that shit up

    • @KJ6SSV
      @KJ6SSV 4 місяці тому

      @@scotthayes3032 Then this whole video is made up

    • @dagneytaggart7707
      @dagneytaggart7707 4 місяці тому

      ​@@scotthayes3032No, my family had Fiesta Ware growing up

    • @KJ6SSV
      @KJ6SSV 4 місяці тому +52

      @@scotthayes3032 I think you have been using one of these plates as a hat.

    • @ptsdgopedsnbikes8156
      @ptsdgopedsnbikes8156 4 місяці тому

      😂😂😂🎉🎉​@@KJ6SSV

  • @TehBigMoose
    @TehBigMoose 6 місяців тому +617

    Need to start bringing a geiger when i thrifting for plateware

    • @MultiMachinegunner
      @MultiMachinegunner 6 місяців тому +12

      Some old green glassware too

    • @bugglemagnum6213
      @bugglemagnum6213 5 місяців тому +2

      @@MultiMachinegunner he showed uranium glass marbles they're not as radioactive

    • @MultiMachinegunner
      @MultiMachinegunner 5 місяців тому +7

      @@bugglemagnum6213 I'm talking about the old uranium glassware

    • @Mystic-Midnight
      @Mystic-Midnight 5 місяців тому +5

      I mostly worry about lead paint cause I feel that's far more possible

  • @Neo_320
    @Neo_320 Місяць тому

    That sound when the counter got close to the plate is nightmare fuel

  • @rhsking05
    @rhsking05 9 місяців тому +2607

    So it’s a self sterilizing plate. That’s pretty cool.

    • @turnkit
      @turnkit 8 місяців тому +271

      Most sterilizing when used to eat a sandwich set in a man’s lap?

    • @rhsking05
      @rhsking05 8 місяців тому

      @turnkit and who made that sammich and then put it on that plate that SHE picked out from the store? That’s right, his wife. Just like Eve, that bitch is feeding him nothing but trouble. You think little Jr is his? Ha!
      At least he’s having a snack with no living organisms on it.

    • @chevy28369
      @chevy28369 8 місяців тому +33

      ​@@turnkit
      Well done! BOOM!

    • @jigga272
      @jigga272 8 місяців тому +91

      It’s also a YOU sterilizing plate.

    • @JamesBurris340
      @JamesBurris340 8 місяців тому +24

      That is exactly what I was thinking.
      No germs or bacteria growing on this food!

  • @dachemurray5565
    @dachemurray5565 4 місяці тому +752

    Favorite dish wear of the Nuclear family!!!

  • @peteyourdoom
    @peteyourdoom 7 місяців тому +782

    Had to look it up.
    1936-1943 - Fiesta red was produced using natural uranium
    1959-1969 - Fiesta red Fiestaware was produced using depleted uranium
    1969-1973 - Fiesta red Fiesta Ironstone was produced using depleted uranium

    • @miskaknapek
      @miskaknapek 7 місяців тому +15

      Irony : maybe they started using cadmium instead ;)

    • @dundee5593
      @dundee5593 7 місяців тому

      Wtf. Why ?

    • @fishinghuntingfool
      @fishinghuntingfool 7 місяців тому +22

      How the hell did they get away with that?

    • @FabledGentleman
      @FabledGentleman 7 місяців тому +66

      This is one of those things that fits in perfectly with Fallout lore. Even the dinner plates are made with uranium.

    • @brianmclane8922
      @brianmclane8922 7 місяців тому +6

      dude wtf
      anyone sue them??

  • @Kooolmun
    @Kooolmun Місяць тому

    I hear that geiger counter and Uranium fever just starts playing in my head

  • @coachmen8508
    @coachmen8508 8 місяців тому +857

    The question isn't
    is the plate microwave safe ?
    the question is
    is the microwave safe from the plate??

    • @cujosink1531
      @cujosink1531 8 місяців тому +15

      yeah seriously what happens when you microwave it

    • @bear76009
      @bear76009 8 місяців тому +39

      ​@@cujosink1531it's like crossing the streams in Ghost busters.

    • @tomifost
      @tomifost 8 місяців тому +39

      @@cujosink1531 The microwave levels up and you go back in time.

    • @donaldhobson9027
      @donaldhobson9027 8 місяців тому +1

      English isn't your first language, huh?

    • @JediLoreen
      @JediLoreen 8 місяців тому +3

      *safe

  • @derekday4832
    @derekday4832 8 місяців тому +381

    A glow-in-the-dark plate that doubles as a night light for midnight snacks.

    • @alientiger21
      @alientiger21 8 місяців тому +6

      And cooks your snacks too

    • @Latvijas_Amēlija
      @Latvijas_Amēlija 8 місяців тому +1

      ​@@alientiger21 teens dont need to worry waking up there parents at 3am now😂

  • @NikolaTesla-hd4nm
    @NikolaTesla-hd4nm 9 місяців тому +550

    Brings new meaning to nuclear family

    • @eemoogee160
      @eemoogee160 8 місяців тому +6

      Who needs microwave dinners?

    • @VoiceOf1CryingInTheWilderness
      @VoiceOf1CryingInTheWilderness 8 місяців тому +15

      I had no idea the term "nuclear family" came from the radio active plates families used together. UA-cam comment sections are extremely educational. Thanks random dude!

    • @lasagnasux4934
      @lasagnasux4934 8 місяців тому

      ​@@VoiceOf1CryingInTheWildernessthat's a complete lie. Don't believe the comments!

    • @lasagnasux4934
      @lasagnasux4934 8 місяців тому +2

      Nice to see my comments have disappeared, but I am still receiving notifications from this.

    • @ozzyxn4084
      @ozzyxn4084 8 місяців тому +4

      @jameszacknehring787no… it doesn’t

  • @Delta58784
    @Delta58784 Місяць тому +1

    Casually touches uranium ore with bare hands

  • @Ehh.....
    @Ehh..... 7 місяців тому +100

    And people wonder why old folks are so loopy. Between the radioactive kitchen plates and cups, the toys and tools coated in lead, and all the abestos in the walls and cellings. It's miracle that they're still alive.

    • @vroomgc
      @vroomgc 7 місяців тому +8

      And yet some of them are living till their 100 :)

    • @AbsentWithoutLeaving
      @AbsentWithoutLeaving 7 місяців тому +7

      Explains a LOT about the ensuing generations, though.

    • @BraveNewWhirled
      @BraveNewWhirled 7 місяців тому +14

      Let's not forget the joys of leaded petrol and lead water pipes...1970's kids were virtually X-ray proof..🤪😀

    • @hardopinions
      @hardopinions 7 місяців тому +9

      I wonder what they will say about current generation in 100 years when we discover how great microplastics or other chemicals are.

    • @annonone93
      @annonone93 7 місяців тому +2

      Don’t forget the lead in the petro/gas (the stuff for fueling cars which back then had insane emissions)

  • @anacalon
    @anacalon 8 місяців тому +881

    The only piece of dinnerware guaranteed to last for 4.5 billion years before it breaks in half!

    • @johnywalter9788
      @johnywalter9788 7 місяців тому +9

      Underrated comment

    • @BarginsGalore
      @BarginsGalore 7 місяців тому +12

      well this specific plate is gonna break in half at a completely random time but all the plates together average out to breaking in 4.5 billion years

    • @Drad_
      @Drad_ 7 місяців тому

      Ayy that's a good one

    • @derlowenkonig7971
      @derlowenkonig7971 7 місяців тому +1

      And it keeps your food warm!

    • @kalithechamp1412
      @kalithechamp1412 7 місяців тому

      Or Until you drop it on tile flooring

  • @Based_Dept.
    @Based_Dept. 8 місяців тому +459

    Imagine being a housewife in the 30s, putting up all the clean dishes into the cabinet, and the plates go super critical

    • @henryalexandercox
      @henryalexandercox 8 місяців тому +7

      That would be so hot

    • @spyder001
      @spyder001 8 місяців тому +2

      It was only a small chip.

    • @Not2daybro
      @Not2daybro 8 місяців тому +1

      Bringing a whole new definition to portable hotplates

    • @ficktuck2293
      @ficktuck2293 8 місяців тому +3

      "That's not how this works, that's not how any of this works!"

    • @asher9827
      @asher9827 8 місяців тому +2

      ​@@ficktuck2293was looking for this comment. Bro really said the plate would go super critical 😂😂

  • @godchi1dvonsteuben770
    @godchi1dvonsteuben770 2 місяці тому

    Fun fact. The small towns that surrounded military bases in the 1930s were commonly pre furnished, by the government, with Fiestaware for their kitchens. That plate was probably in one of the cottages near one of the atomic testing grounds in New Mexico.

  • @lt209
    @lt209 8 місяців тому +284

    It was only that orange color fiestaware. I'm from the county that those are produced in and we are within the 10 mile EPZ for Shipingsport Nuclear Power plant. Years ago during one of our preparedness drills the story goes someone hid one of those pieces of ware in their pocket when they went through the screening drill....needless to say the FEMA people weren't as amused as the responders😂

    • @kickfroggy
      @kickfroggy 8 місяців тому +4

      Thank you! This made my day

    • @krwd
      @krwd 8 місяців тому +3

      it was in a red too and other companies had used that glaze as well

    • @ossyx
      @ossyx 8 місяців тому

      hahahah, gonna keep this in mind

    • @Mordecai9052
      @Mordecai9052 8 місяців тому

      Potter, eh?

    • @lt209
      @lt209 8 місяців тому

      @@Mordecai9052 no a Bruin, but I'm attached to the north now

  • @Cinnamonster83
    @Cinnamonster83 9 місяців тому +352

    They often used Uranium in the glazing process in the 20's and 30's.

    • @joestendel1111
      @joestendel1111 8 місяців тому +40

      AND THEY STILL CANT GET PLATES TO GLOW LIKE THEY USED TO

    • @theoak64
      @theoak64 8 місяців тому +35

      There was also glass produced in the 1930's called Vaseline Glass that when you hit it with an ultraviolet light glows green and it was produced with uranium in it.

    • @highbrass7563
      @highbrass7563 8 місяців тому +5

      Thank you

    • @SonJWri
      @SonJWri 8 місяців тому +33

      I was reading that Fiesta used that glazing for their "Radioactive Red" until 1972. 😂

    • @BigBear21740
      @BigBear21740 8 місяців тому +4

      I was gonna ask... Thank you.

  • @johnwilson1094
    @johnwilson1094 4 місяці тому +627

    Fun fact. Go visit the Adamson House in Malibu, California. Taking the tour of the house, built with floor tile, counter tiles, and decorative wall tiles, all built in the 1930s using uranium glazed by the Rindge family that owned large parts of Malibu in the 1920’s and was wealthy enough to keep the Pacific Coast Highway from being built there until the 1930’s.
    Supposedly a complete tour is like getting a chest X-Ray. Many old houses in the northern part of Santa Monica, built in the same time period also have the same glazes as the Fiesta Ware plate shown here.

    • @zxcvbnmjfjf
      @zxcvbnmjfjf 3 місяці тому +8

      This has incorrect information. They did not use uranium glazed tiles. The tiles utilized chemicals that are not allowed today like Cadmium and Cobalt. Cobalt can be radioactive and the State Park service has gone through the house with a Geiger counter to make sure it is safe.

    • @zxcvbnmjfjf
      @zxcvbnmjfjf 3 місяці тому +3

      This has incorrect information. They did not use uranium glazed tiles. The tiles utilized chemicals that are not allowed today like Cadmium and Cobalt. Cobalt can be radioactive and the State Park service has gone through the house with a Geiger counter to make sure it is safe.

    • @bmthfan1231
      @bmthfan1231 3 місяці тому +3

      @@zxcvbnmjfjf did a lot of googling, so gonna need your source on this.

    • @johnwilson1094
      @johnwilson1094 3 місяці тому +6

      @@zxcvbnmjfjf thank you! Thirty years ago I was told by a medical student that a tour exposed one to the equivalent of a chest x-ray, and many houses in the more expensive parts of Santa Monica that were built in the thirties had radioactive glazings. I know many things, but I am not “wedded” to the things I know. I am always glad to get the straight scoop on something I’ve long known wrongly.
      Thanks!

    • @aidenramberg9095
      @aidenramberg9095 3 місяці тому

      my military family was moving and we had to stay in a temporary base housing known as a TLF and it was like a couple decades old, like i mean the walls had possible lead paint still on them. The REAL scary thing was when my dad used a pocket geiger that he borrowed from a friend he knew on the base and brought it to one of the ancient plates that was in storage at the place. yikes

  • @luciferr-_
    @luciferr-_ Місяць тому

    when the geiger counter isnt even in frame and you can hear it going crazy already

  • @LimpDixkit
    @LimpDixkit 8 місяців тому +122

    I used to work for Homer Laughlin China Co. As did many generations of my family. The entire river valley is riddled with Cancer. They would bury their waste around the surrounding areas.
    Seeing this video explains it perfectly.

    • @danmoritz3319
      @danmoritz3319 8 місяців тому +1

      Really? There's cheap land there that I now know I shouldn't buy. Very scenic views, though.
      You are across the river from Calcutta, OH, where WV, Ohio and PA meet, which used to have most of the ceramics factories in the USA.
      There's an important history there most people don't know about.

    • @d3athreaper100
      @d3athreaper100 8 місяців тому +1

      Thats creepy

    • @LimpDixkit
      @LimpDixkit 8 місяців тому +15

      @@danmoritz3319 yep. A lot of ceramic history. It is not irregular to be digging in my back yard and find chunks of old ceramic pieces.
      I moved here 10 years ago. History and Nature are a few of the reasons I stayed. Nature has been ruined over the years though. From the waste incinerator, to the constant pollution in the river, to the derailment. There's really nothing left to enjoy.
      At one time you could confidently drink from springs. Not so anymore. The number of childhood cancer cases is really concerning given the population size.
      Industry has taken all it could from the valley. Leaving the valley and its people sick .

    • @jeffbybee5207
      @jeffbybee5207 8 місяців тому +1

      Which valley please?

    • @jeffbybee5207
      @jeffbybee5207 8 місяців тому +1

      ​@@LimpDixkit where is this valley you speak of please? Best wishes to you sir.

  • @JohnFBramfeld
    @JohnFBramfeld 8 місяців тому +983

    Don't stack those plates too high.

    • @williamevans6522
      @williamevans6522 8 місяців тому +52

      Sheldon Cooper would be making a Fiestaware reactor

    • @Based_Dept.
      @Based_Dept. 8 місяців тому +76

      Imagine stacking up all the clean dishes and they go super critical

    • @realBokidwell
      @realBokidwell 8 місяців тому +31

      Just don't surround it with tungsten carbide...

    • @kepler180
      @kepler180 8 місяців тому +1

      why?

    • @b.c.2281
      @b.c.2281 8 місяців тому +21

      @@kepler180 The joke is that the plates are fissile material. Tungsten is a neutron reflector and would make enough fissile material go critical.

  • @IveSeenSomeStuff
    @IveSeenSomeStuff 8 місяців тому +752

    And he’s just there holding the plate.. menacingly

    • @garrisonlail
      @garrisonlail 8 місяців тому +11

      Depends on what exact radiation it is

    • @nitro3307
      @nitro3307 8 місяців тому +15

      "GET OUT OF THERE, SPONGEBOB!!!!"

    • @realadrianbravo
      @realadrianbravo 8 місяців тому +4

      Made me laugh out loud.

    • @Fette26
      @Fette26 8 місяців тому +5

      200 mics per hour is nothing

    • @anasepho
      @anasepho 8 місяців тому

      The radiation from fiestaware is easily blocked by your skin. Eating off of them is very dangerous though.

  • @longfish5174
    @longfish5174 3 місяці тому

    Geiger counters clicking has to be one of the scariest noises you can hear

  • @jonasduell9953
    @jonasduell9953 7 місяців тому +612

    Great thing about the Fiestaware: It keeps your food warm all on its own!

  • @hondaguy9153
    @hondaguy9153 8 місяців тому +988

    "It reads 3.6"
    "Not great, not terrible."

    • @XxProudxGamerxX
      @XxProudxGamerxX 8 місяців тому +24

      If only they had the better counter

    • @TheOriginalJadolph
      @TheOriginalJadolph 8 місяців тому +52

      “Go check the reactor”
      “Sir there is no more reactor”
      “Lies”

    • @kevinm7523
      @kevinm7523 8 місяців тому +20

      You said the level wasn't that bad, sir that's because our detectors don't go beyond (not that bad)​@@TheOriginalJadolph

    • @adammonahan687
      @adammonahan687 8 місяців тому +10

      "If we hear enough lies, we will no longer recognize the truth"

    • @willist22
      @willist22 8 місяців тому +8

      "What is the cost of lies."

  • @jbc175
    @jbc175 8 місяців тому +77

    Googled “uranium red dye in dishes”
    adding uranium oxide in the glaze-measurements have indicated that by weight, up to 14% of the glaze might be uranium. How much glaze was employed per plate is unclear but it has been estimated that a single plate contains 4.5 grams of uranium (Buckley et al).

    • @BlueFunGuy13
      @BlueFunGuy13 8 місяців тому +1

      👍

    • @andybaldman
      @andybaldman 8 місяців тому +15

      It’s not unclear, it’s nuclear!

  • @everettbateman4741
    @everettbateman4741 7 місяців тому +955

    My favorite part is where he explains why and we don't have to go find out ourselves.

    • @smrtrthnu1571
      @smrtrthnu1571 7 місяців тому +216

      Strangely enough I just watched another short explaining this exact thing earlier today...lol. it's the paint on the plate. Fiesta ware ceramic plates (and I assume cups, saucers, Etc) had that bright orange color that was made with actual uranium.

    • @everettbateman4741
      @everettbateman4741 7 місяців тому +58

      @@smrtrthnu1571
      Thank you, dude.

    • @kingers36
      @kingers36 7 місяців тому +13

      Right that would’ve been good, huh?

    • @JimiJamma
      @JimiJamma 7 місяців тому +24

      You made me watch the video again because I thought I missed the explanation, then I realized it’s sarcasm!

    • @everettbateman4741
      @everettbateman4741 7 місяців тому +14

      @@JimiJamma
      Sorry. It's hard to convey sarcasm in a text. My bad.

  • @diehappy3997
    @diehappy3997 8 місяців тому +292

    Research and development department is like "let's let marketing worry about that."

    • @gatu1353
      @gatu1353 8 місяців тому +3

      Wkuk the incandescent Coca-Cola

  • @Littl3RayOfSunshine
    @Littl3RayOfSunshine 8 місяців тому +193

    When they said this plate would never wear out, they were saying it was going to last 9 billion years and they meant it.

    • @Tuubasd
      @Tuubasd 7 місяців тому +2

      9 billion? Do you think that a half-life of 4.5 billion means that if you wait twice that, so 9 billion, all of it will have decayed?

    • @barryberg2944
      @barryberg2944 7 місяців тому +6

      ​@@TuubasdWhere does a claim that? It's iust a joke, not all numbers need to be 100% accurate.

    • @twinturbo5212
      @twinturbo5212 7 місяців тому

      a few hundred years at most

    • @Bartshinie
      @Bartshinie 7 місяців тому +1

      Lifetime warranty, back in the day. 😅

  • @izimari
    @izimari Місяць тому

    The second he named some random ass plate and had to move it I already knew it was gonna go crazy

  • @Too-Odd
    @Too-Odd 7 місяців тому +62

    My boss bought a set of old Fiestaware plates for his ex-wife. He also purchased a set of lead crystal glasses and a set of Teflon coated cookware. What a nice guy.

  • @Tony32
    @Tony32 8 місяців тому +722

    "Why do you have raw meat on your plate, are gonna eat it like that?"
    "No, just give a couple of minutes"

    • @scoper7897
      @scoper7897 7 місяців тому

      Didnt ask

    • @Liiqquuiidd
      @Liiqquuiidd 7 місяців тому +5

      ​@@scoper7897It's not a question

    • @bat6353
      @bat6353 7 місяців тому +4

      @@scoper7897
      I really wanna know what goes through people's heads when they make asinine replies like this.

    • @scoper7897
      @scoper7897 7 місяців тому

      @@Liiqquuiidd but i didnt ask

    • @scoper7897
      @scoper7897 7 місяців тому

      @@bat6353 i have freedom of speech nerddd

  • @bogosbinted5432
    @bogosbinted5432 7 місяців тому +1154

    The fact that you so hastily moved the fiestaware away from you after you finished the intro said it all 😭

    • @spilledcoffee383
      @spilledcoffee383 7 місяців тому +21

      It was so it didn’t interfere with the other measurements

    • @jjwkk2183
      @jjwkk2183 7 місяців тому

      @@spilledcoffee383no????????? Reallly?????????????? Ong????????????????????????

    • @joesphene4733
      @joesphene4733 7 місяців тому +6

      ​@spilledcoffee383 did you even read the comment you replied to?

    • @jfenemer
      @jfenemer 7 місяців тому +1

      @@joesphene4733yes he did, if he would have left the plate there it would have effected the background radiation measurements and could have effected the measurements of the other items due to the plates strong radioactivity. This is shown and proven as he hold the GM tube quite far from the plate and it begins clicking.

    • @zenix3318
      @zenix3318 7 місяців тому

      are you guys human? the original comment literally says this in 1/3 the words. am i going insane? help me.@@jfenemer

  • @euphoniumplayer1able
    @euphoniumplayer1able 2 місяці тому

    As someone who has used a geiger counter very often, i knew that plate was about to pop off. I was also surprised to learn that salt water can make iron radioactive

  • @bread846
    @bread846 7 місяців тому +1676

    *Geiger counter starts clicking wildly and starts beeping* grabs it with his bare hands

    • @chandlergloyd4230
      @chandlergloyd4230 7 місяців тому +83

      handling radiation with your bare hands actually isnt that bad as long as it stays away from your torso and head

    • @ferocious_r
      @ferocious_r 7 місяців тому +12

      @@chandlergloyd4230You never touch your head with your hands?

    • @Swerv0.
      @Swerv0. 7 місяців тому +53

      In this case the plate isnt gonna hurt you unless you eat it or sleep with it every night. You probably get that much radiation in your system a week from regular household things.

    • @photon6668
      @photon6668 7 місяців тому +35

      Don't be overyly dramatic. A few seconds of holding it won't hurt you. If you decided to eat a piece of the enamel, that would likely be a problem.

    • @IfImCommentingStopMe
      @IfImCommentingStopMe 7 місяців тому +17

      200 mSv/hour is really not a big deal when you're just handing it for less than a minute

  • @starseed8087
    @starseed8087 7 місяців тому +1444

    Finally I found the perfect christmas gift for my mother-in-law

    • @AAAAAA-bv8fg
      @AAAAAA-bv8fg 6 місяців тому +35

      This gave me a good giggle. Thank you.

    • @Bowie_E
      @Bowie_E 6 місяців тому +7

      😂😂😂

    • @ThomasKostewicz
      @ThomasKostewicz 6 місяців тому +7

      That’s messed up bro😂

    • @Hheretic
      @Hheretic 6 місяців тому

      🤣

    • @Ccb516lira
      @Ccb516lira 6 місяців тому +4

      Be carefully, she can be first!

  • @A2Z2REAL
    @A2Z2REAL 7 місяців тому +452

    My mother in law just loves collecting plates. She will love this!!!

    • @PiXie232
      @PiXie232 7 місяців тому +8

      I’m sure she probably has a bunch of fiestaware if she’s a collector, they’re highly sought after. I used to have a beautiful set.

    • @runaway2874
      @runaway2874 7 місяців тому +9

      @@PiXie232it flew right over your head, didn’t it?

    • @LovingDeantheGodMachine333
      @LovingDeantheGodMachine333 7 місяців тому +6

      @@runaway2874not gonna lie it flew right over mine till I reread it….🤣😭😭😭

    • @thewhiterabbit00qd18
      @thewhiterabbit00qd18 7 місяців тому +2

      Wait? Is this going to be murder?

    • @spurnd
      @spurnd 7 місяців тому +5

      Don't give that to your mom... Oh, mother in law, never mind.

  • @matildarei
    @matildarei 2 місяці тому

    I just bought a new Fiestaware mug and salt shakers. I love Fiestaware! 💕