# The Fluff

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fluff/595638
**Category:** Great Debates
**Created:** [September 8, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fluff/595638 "2011-09-08T18:37:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2011, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fluff/595638/61 "2011-09-15T10:25:21Z")

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Hey is this “fluff” thing just government secret speak for that Interstellar Highway they have been planning?

'Cause if it is, I need to locate my towel.

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### Author: ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2011, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fluff/595638/62 "2011-09-15T11:59:58Z")

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> [@Vahid\_Tarzan](#):
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> Stationed next to powerlines that peaked 10+mG into my living area. That’s one thing,

Certainly is a thing, but was this a response to my question? If so, how is it relevant?

Also, how did you measure the above?  
And why do you think it’s a problem? The field strength in your living area peaked at 1/50th the level _ **you are already exposed to, all day, every day, if you live on planet Earth** _ (which latter criterion, I admit, is an assumption on my part)

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> … the presence of lethal amounts of radiation in the US from Japan, another.

You measured this? How?  
Lethal? Who died?

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### Author: ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2011, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fluff/595638/63 "2011-09-15T13:38:30Z")

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> [@Mangetout](#):
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> Lethal? Who died?

Neurons 41293432-78203850, apparently.

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### Author: ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fluff/595638/64 "2011-09-15T14:18:50Z")

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Alright, enuff of the fluff. I gave **Vahid Tarzan** another chance to explain and we got the above instead. I’m closing this.

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