# Rantings about stupid nuclear reporting, and I want to bitchslap somebody, also other crap **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 26, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rantings-about-stupid-nuclear-reporting-and-i-want-to-bitchslap-somebody-also-other-crap/576077 "2011-03-26T19:11:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1000
**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rantings-about-stupid-nuclear-reporting-and-i-want-to-bitchslap-somebody-also-other-crap/576077/1000 "2011-08-05T15:12:16Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > Scientists discuss reality. You know, facts and shit like that. Facts and reality such as > [@Still support nuke power plants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-support-nuke-power-plants/574647/613): > > You are inhaling all the radioactive fallout that lands on the leaves, and putting directly into your lungs, where it does the most damage. Before WWII smoking cigs didn’t cause cancer like it does now. > > Cancer rates spiked after WWII, especially the kind that kills you. But good luck trying to prove it had anything to do with radioactive fall out. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13593152&postcount=613](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13593152&postcount=613) You know, I don’t think I’m ever going to get tired of re-quoting that. Ever. It has to be one of the most beautifully stupid things I’ve seen written. I think it should be given as a footnote at the end of every post you make claiming some understanding of the topic, just so any poor newcomer to this trainwreck is instantly aware just how well you understand the topic. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rantings-about-stupid-nuclear-reporting-and-i-want-to-bitchslap-somebody-also-other-crap/576077)._