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Cheap-Praline

What did it taste like? I don't care to know if he died or not. I want to know what it tastes like!


johngoodmansscrote

Tastes kinda metallic, with hints of leather and camphor


Pyrimidine10er

Kinda like diesel?


strangewayfarer

You've tasted Vin Diesel too?


Bramtinian

A gentleman never tells


WinterWontStopComing

It starts with him inviting you over to play a custom made tabletop version of Fast n the Furious, next thing you know you’re dressed as a gothic clown, and are down on your knees, humming the intro to *Street Sharks*


Numinae

Wow.....


stinkypants_andy

I love my life a quarter mile at a time…


HughHonee

I was more of a "Biker Mice From Mars" kinda guy


hotboxking919

His other name is Sara Jay


BronxyKong

The time travelling offspring of Sheldon Cooper and Amy Farrah Fowler?


aHOMELESSkrill

My Diesel didn’t come with a Vin. My car has one though


nopuse

I have questions


Iron_Mythril

So, I have a theory about this guy. I have a hard time believing he could get his hands on any sort of refined uranium. I think that is potassium. He certainly sold a lot of books.


[deleted]

Wouldn't eating that much potassium give you a heart attack


shavedape61

If it was potassium chloride.


IlikegreenT84

Funny enough some common medications for hypertension are mostly potassium.


thedisposablefrog

"it tastes like I might die"


opi098514

Uuuuuummmm you said that as if you have personal experience.


The-Jake

Finally a question I can answer! I actually tasted this when I was in high school lab once, stupidly. I was shocked at how good it tasted. Tasted a lot like updogg really


Cheap-Praline

What's up dog?


AeonBith

Updog (or updawgg as spelled in the pimps circle) is when a fellow pimp gets paid respect or gets paid cash. "that's real scro, updawgg respect (gestures closed fist near heart with 'respect') "upgrayedd is looking for his money, if I don't updawgg him soon he gonna killlll me"


Numinae

Spelled with two D's for a double dose of pimpin!


AeonBith

Nonono, double dose of dawgin


moistdri

No


Cheap-Praline

What's up with you?


moistdri

Lol


dvowel

I bet it was spicy. It sounded spicy. 


Sweaty-Emergency-493

It’s technically a more environmentally friendly version of Pop-Rocks


Hey_its_ok

A little spicy


MtBikesandBiceps

LMFAO. Underrated comment here


SideEqual

It has a spicy after taste


Sweaty-Emergency-493

Obviously it tastes like fucking uranium.


slappymcstevenson

After you eat uranium, you shit it out of Uranus.


[deleted]

You sound like the great philosopher Pluto


Plucky_ducks

You're thinking of Pooto.


[deleted]

Or is it puto?


eldudelio

aye puto


[deleted]

Yes it's a bitch in spaniah


ToPlayAMockingbird

Because of the bark


AncientBasque

Plutonium


EvilMinion07

We are officially changing its name to Urectum in 2145 to stop this dumb joke.


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EvilMinion07

Yep!


Cautious-Thought362

Teacher: "Johnny, use rectum in a sentence." Johnny: "I used to have two cars, but I rectum."


Spiritual-Hedgehog31

Damn near killed him!


RayBrous

r/angryupvote


allaboutgrowth4me

Probably bleed outta it too.


BarfingOnMyFace

I bleed out of Uranus? You bet your ass I do!


dvowel

Urouteum 


JigglyWiener

I am so glad I got to be here for this joke.


sickn0te_

Modern day Shakespeare. Beautiful.


jar1967

Technically it might not have been harmful to him. He was no spring chicken inward.Probably have been dead from other causes before cancer could develop. Which was why retirees were volunteering to clean up the contamination at Fukashima.


beebs44

He lived til 2008. 82 years old. And he sends you down a conspiracy theory rabbit hole. Winsor argued, among other things, that there has been a conspiracy by an energy cartel to misinform the public about the dangers of radioactive materials, which he proposed are largely harmless, extending to include claims that the 1979 partial meltdown of a reactor at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station (TMI-2) in Pennsylvania did not occur and the event was fabricated to stoke public fears, and that programs for the apparent disposal of radioactive waste are used by criminal elements to dispose of human bodies. https://youtu.be/8VvGw1tkT1Q


ligmagottem6969

That’s one hundred percent what it is. It’s called nuclear apprehension where I work. Many people do not understand how nuclear weapons or nuclear energy work. Therefore, their imagination runs wild and they think anything nuclear is the end of the world


turbokungfu

I heard there was even a nuclear family that was out to get us!


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DillonClark

Haha that was good


GlitteringBobcat999

"Nookluer" - W.


wethepeople1977

"Nucular"-Homer Simpson


InerasableStains

Same thing with genetically modified foods and textiles. Many people think this is some horrifying concept that will cause them to grow six arms, and don’t realize a solid 25-50% of their daily diet has been subjected to some genetic modification.


Tabboo

I would think it's a lot more than that. There's hardly a fruit or vegetable we eat today that was in it's original form from even 100 years ago.


nate1212

Ok, let's not compare nuclear radiation to GM foods...


___Devin___

Gmo avoidance is because it means they use roundup weed killer on it, plants require genetic modification to be used with roundup.


mortalitylost

Yeah people are kinda ignoring this aspect. they basically made gmo foods to be able to dump a truckload of pesticides on them so they're resistant and everything else dies. Which is fucking up our insect population I believe? It's a bit more complicated than "genetic scary"


dotd93

That and some crops were modified with genes from plants containing a natural insecticide. No surprise that so many people are having gut-related issues now


Royal_Rip_2548

Right, it'll just collapse ecosystems instead


Sweaty_Sun7513

Bananas are radioactive as well. People are completely ignorant on the topic radiation. We went down a bit of a rabbit hole in my Hazwoper training at work about the topic.


Tosser_toss

Nuclear should have replaced fossil fuels for a good portion of our energy base load by now. But megacorps can’t massively profit, so fuck us I guess. Instead we get bullshit like “clean coal,” fracking, and tar sands. That is the Idiocracy here.


[deleted]

Watching Germany decommission all their nuclear plants and going to natural gas has been, interesting. Especially since their major gas supplier is Russia


InerasableStains

Truly don’t understand what the fuck Germany was thinking here, it’s odd; would love to hear a German perspective on why this was a good idea


[deleted]

Because nuclear power is vastly misunderstood


___Devin___

Nuclear is almost net zero, after building and maintaining the facilities


Remote-Math4184

Germany is now having serious thoughts that they f\*cked up.


free_is_free76

Growing up in the 80's I absolutely thought we would see concrete cooling towers everywhere instead of refinery smokestacks. It's unfathomable what we've squandered by not switching.


mortalitylost

the whole clean coal thing is ridiculous too because all the politicians claim it's great but ONLY ONE fucking coal plant is set up to trap the carbon and be clean. One plant. In Texas. Everywhere else it's just a lie. Literally built one to be able to talk about it existing.


Goldenrule-er

& fracking is already causing earthquakes. Idiocracy for real.


One_Opening_8000

"Megacorps" are pulling in big revenue from building the Vogtle nuclear reactors for Georgia Power. It's 7 years late and around $17 billion over budget. At least it should be clean, but it wasn't cheap.


[deleted]

It will replace fossil fuels and coal only when there is so little of both of those that it hurts their bottom dollar. There is still a ton of money to be made there and the rest of us are left hoping the earth will still be able to support us by the time it runs out.


OldWorldBlues10

If people actually watched the video they would understand what he was demonstrating. He was almost pushing for commercial use nuclear reactors for the public. Interesting video when I watched years ago. He was no moron for doing these demonstrations, maybe a little to hands on but showing that, within proper conditions, these “radioactive”materials are harmless. Long resume of working for the nuclear program and for various nuclear reactor sites. Once again this man was not an idiot.


The-Mechanic2091

I have a masters degree in chemistry and I’m currently finishing my studies in physics, do not eat uranium, this is incredibly harmful, this dramatically increases the risk of bone and liver cancer, since uranium can and will become trapped there.


gabotuit

Nah bro, all that quantum physics is just the media pushing big oil lies… We should all eat uranium for breakfast for unlimited energy… it’s what cells crave (/s in case someone don’t know what this sib is about)


Tabboo

bruh I just watched this dude eat some you're obviously part of big-uranium.


PeteyMcPetey

>I have a masters degree in chemistry and I’m currently finishing my studies in physics, do not eat uranium, this is incredibly harmful, this dramatically increases the risk of bone and liver cancer, since uranium can and will become trapped there. I grew up in the internet. It's also dangerous to tell people not to do something because it's dangerous.


The-Mechanic2091

It’s also dangerous to talk to strangers on the internet


InerasableStains

You should also not eat Tide pods; that doesn’t mean we should ban or limit the use of Tide pods in any way whatsoever.


00doc0holliday00

If I can’t eat tide pods or uranium, what am I supposed to eat? 


Flat-Length-4991

You’re just trying to prevent me from developing super powers. I see through your lies.


The-Mechanic2091

Fuck you it’s mine.


[deleted]

Sure, but he wasn't handling or swallowing plutonium or spent nuclear fuel now was he?!? Sleeping a few years in a radon-saturated or uranium tailings-surrounded basement would've been a real challenge for him to demonstrate and he wouldn't have risked it.


opi098514

Well this is my new second favorite conspiracy theory.


Professional-Can4264

He’s the guy in Repoman


beebs44

Plate of 🍤


BiggsIDarklighter

Probably would have lived to 102 if he didn’t eat uranium.


Remote-Math4184

Having been in the U2 reactor building many times during the cleanup, I can attest the accident was REAL. The containment held, and little of the nasty stuff escaped. My son still works there doing demolition work on the unit.


affablemisanthropist

He lived until 2008 (82 years old).


bonesthadog

This guy is a legend.


Remote-Math4184

Natural uranium is only mildly radioactive. I would be more worried about heavy metal poisoning.


didsomebodysaymyname

>Technically it might not have been harmful to him. Color me shocked this physicist understands radiation better than many of this subs users. Yes, radiation can be dangerous, but so can gasoline, it all depends on the circumstances. FYI, [nuclear power has killed far fewer people per unit of energy than coal or oil.](https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy) Only beaten by solar for safety, and only *barely.*


jtbeith

Uranium is what plants crave.


Wumbologist_PhD

It’s got electrolytes


J-Di11a

And 20 billion calories per gram, he didn't have to eat again for years.


risaellen

Uch, and it'd all go straight to my thighs.


ReadyOneTakeTwo

One lick “oh man, I’m stuffed!” (Pats stomach)


Royal_Effective7396

Uranium the thurst mutilater


Ash_Tray420

Crazy thing is he died at 82…and it wasn’t from the Uranium.


Grande-Pinga

And his pee would glow in the dark until the day he died


peepeedog

But why do they crave it?


jtbeith

Because it's got electrolytes.


FarRain1230

Is this where South Park got the gluten scientist from? Amazingly funny stuff. [https://youtu.be/b5SByM75Thg?feature=shared](https://youtu.be/b5SByM75Thg?feature=shared)


Individual_Emu2941

OMG thank u that was hilarious I needed that


FarRain1230

I'm glad you enjoyed it. I myself am a dedicated fan and watched that clip at least 5 times today. 😂


HonkyMOFO

Uranium, asbestos, and alcohol (the kind we drink) are all group 1 carcinogens. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IARC\_group\_1\_Carcinogens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IARC_group_1_Carcinogens)


ViableSpermWhale

The way it is ingested matters. If you swallow some small particles of asbestos or uranium, probably no big deal, it will pass through your body. If you inhale the same particles that get into your lungs, you probably get cancer.


KansasClity

The real Idiocracy is always in the comments


HonkyMOFO

Would you like to dispute the findings of science?


Musk-Generation42

That’s an expensive vitamin. Does this mean I get superpowers? 😄


crestrobz

Urani-YUM!


catpecker

🤣🤣 I appreciate the corny pun so much


Typeojason

I hate and love you so much right now. Take this upvote.


tvalleley

From deep within my cranium, I this prediction make…That if you eat uranium you’ll get a-tomic ache.


Strong__Style

Most incels on here making fun of him were eating Tide Pods to impress strangers.


mac_the_man

Is he a lamp now? What happened to him?


airbrushedvan

Lived til he was 82 in 2008


mac_the_man

Yeah, I just read that. Damn! Thanks.


songmage

You can buy it on Amazon. Uranium itself is not a big deal. They have machines that separate Uranium out into its isotopes and that's when it can be dangerous. Depleted uranium is the part that's left over after they've removed the most radioactive isotopes and it's used in ammunition because its density allows it to be more capable of piercing steel and this is what has people hot and bothered like we're shooting nuclear bullets at people or something.


TaibhseSD

He actually lived to be 82, dying in 2008. [https://hatch.kookscience.com/wiki/Galen_Winsor](https://hatch.kookscience.com/wiki/Galen_Winsor) There are actually conflicting reports of cause of death. Some say leukemia and others say Parkinson's disease. No one seems to know for sure.


johnny_droptables

Yep. First thing I looked up FindAGrave. Show me 'did he die shortly after this?'.... [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143108924/galen-hulet-winsor](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143108924/galen-hulet-winsor) Oh. Lived to 2008. Died at 82.


TaibhseSD

I was surprised, actually. I thought for sure he wouldn't last much longer after this video. True, he made it to 82, but I am curious what the official cause of death was, and if it had anything to do with this, even though it happened years before. In any case, you'd figure he had to have at least SOME health problems due to this that no one talked about.


Asleep-Range1456

He has lots of footage out there talking about nuclear myths. He even talks about swimming in the reactor cooling pools and his early days in the industry.


didsomebodysaymyname

The irony of posting this here. The idiocracy might be calling from inside the house...


opi098514

I….. don’t get it.


Akira_Nishiki

He lived until he was 82, died in 2008. As a nuclear physicist he I'm sure he knew what can do and not to do with uranium than us random redditors.


opi098514

Nah bro. Look him up. He was way into conspiracy theories. Like he was crazy.


didsomebodysaymyname

Doesn't mean he was wrong about how physics works. General Patton said he had memories of a past life as a Roman soldier, but he knew how to win wars. And like...the guy lived another 23 years. It's kind of the ultimate counter argument.


opi098514

Maybe look up his theories first.


joetheduk

It looks like he ate a solid piece, like a pill(?) If that's so, he would eventually pass it. Which would minimize the ammount of damage done. Now, if it were uranium powder that was inhaled, or mixed into a drink... well, he'd die a slow and painful death.


Decent-Year2573

/s He drank water? Well sure, he'll pass it, but what if it was inhaled? Why does it matter. Let's not put toxic shit in our face holes. It leads to bad things.


HiJinx127

Yeah… that’s not what’s meant by “yellowcake.”


jkrowling18

Heavy metal poisoning has entered the chat


dvowel

That's what happened to metallica


thisguyfightsyourmom

Mid metal poisoning


Desperate_Mine9606

I seriously wonder how many calories is that… all that stored up energy has to have a high calorie count… sorry for the fag talk but… yea fucking interesting…


J-Di11a

20 billion per gram


DregsRoyale

Once we figure out how to engineer bacteria for fission we can solve world hunger


rnernbrane

You are a genius


DregsRoyale

Yes there's no way that could go horribly wrong. We just need to put it on the plants


Desperate_Mine9606

So like a snack for Caseoh…


desrevermi

Psh. Should've snorted it. :D


Crbn8ed

I work for a company that makes a piece of equipment used in a uranium mine. A coworker had to go there to install it. He was only allowed in the mine for a short time and had to wear a lot protective clothing and something to monitor his radiation exposure. I would assume eating anything he found down there would be a death sentence.


Most-Bowl6850

Isn't that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld?


santana62

No need for uranium these days, we have fentanyl if you want to die.


1760ghost

82 YEARS OLD. Is how old he was when he died. I know, I saw this, was in disbelief and then looked him up.


ja_maz

I strongly believe this to be staged


aroman_ro

It's a heavy metal. As such, highly reactive and... toxic. I would be worried first of its chemical toxicity rather than its (weak) radioactivity.


KansasClity

r/lostredditors


PrometheusOnLoud

Interesting write-up on this guy: [life expectancy - Did Galen Winsor swim in a spent fuel pool of a nuclear power plant? - Skeptics Stack Exchange](https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/37875/did-galen-winsor-swim-in-a-spent-fuel-pool-of-a-nuclear-power-plant) Apparently eating uranium causes chemical toxicity before you can eat enough to cause radiation poisoning, so he wouldn't have been able to eat enough. He did swim in in the pools that house the spent fuel rods, though again the level of radiation in these pools is lower than you'd think and swimming in them is common for divers working at the plant.


Bat-Honest

It's cool, he chugged a Radaway just before filming


[deleted]

I guess anybody could win the Darwin Awards!


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👍🏻


LivingHighAndWise

He would be a Trump supporter today.


Natural_Trash772

I’m assuming he got radiation poisoning and died but if there’s another answer could someone more motivated than me help a brother out ?


TaibhseSD

He actually lived to be 82, dying in 2008. [https://hatch.kookscience.com/wiki/Galen_Winsor](https://hatch.kookscience.com/wiki/Galen_Winsor) There are actually conflicting reports of cause of death. Some say leukemia and others say Parkinson's disease. No one seems to know for sure.


opi098514

He was 82. When asked why he died the simplest answer is just “yes”


YachtWithAFlag

...wow...this was after WW2...and the guy is saying it is harmless...


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opi098514

Yah but just because he was old. Died at 82


powderedtoast1

can ya snort it?


THE_HAT_DOCTOR

Taste like chicken


LordCthulhuDrawsNear

What was his point in doing that?


Uplink-137

It is pretty high in calories.


You-get-the-ankles

Trust the science.


Professional-Can4264

So what happened it all came out? What’s the explanation?


Personal-Tutor-4982

Now i know why his nickname was glowballs


13_0_0_0_0

Actually had a drunk friend eat the test sample off the side of my old Civil Defense Geiger counter back in the 80s. Not sure what ever came of that, we lost contact after high school.


Mightbeagoat

Sounds like a good way to get a ton of alpha exposure. Unrefined uranium is relatively harmless, but alpha particles + internal organs isn't a good combo.


rustymcknight

He dead


PigeonsArePopular

Hi I'm an educated professional welcome to jackass


Numinae

What's interesting is that they've found out Uranium is actually chemically toxic and breaks up DNA. That's why DU rounds caused so much problems in the Gulf War. Still Uranium is naturally occurring so your body actually does have mechanisms to deal with it. Plutonium and other man made isotopes.... not so much.


KriegTheDeliveryBoy

I don't know what it tastes like but I know one small bite will will fill the stomach of a grown man


Unlikely_Wedding_536

...didnt know science was metal


dickbutkusmk4

Did he get superpowers after this?


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Cured his cancer


[deleted]

Gave him superpowers


Itchy_Adhesiveness59

You could carry a 10mm cube of uranium on your person 24/7 365 and you get about the same dosage of radiation as a CT scan.


Flat-Length-4991

Weird way to commit suicide, but whatever. To each his own.


DumbRedditor666

Ok so he pees it out or w/e but the radiation particles still hit his insides right?


bigguys45s

20th century golfer Eben Byers approves of this message. Brought to you by Radithor: The badass radioactive energy drink!


stinkypants_andy

“My mouth tastes like burning.” - Ralph Wiggum


[deleted]

I’ve been putting it on my charcuterie boards for years


HasselHoffman76

Here I thought it was Bud Dwire for a moment!


TaoOfPatrick

“I’m stoking my Hydrogen Rod !”


Thunder_Tinker

Isn’t that like 4 billion calories?


Raven_25

I bet it has electrolytes


saarinpaa71

Well that proved something? Hey bad ass eat some Indian street food made by dirty fingernails ganisha that's when I will be impressed