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Instagram influencers flocking to Chernobyl to take dumb photos (UP: Tweet in OP is misleading)
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It's generally safe to hang out in the Exclusion Zone these days. These people who are visiting the zone for a few hours are going to be safe and will likely not see any excess risk of cancer.
They're not being Darwin Award winners, just tacky assholes.
You should watch Dark Tourist episode on Chernobyl. The levels are not necessarily safe.
Yet another drive by who thinks Chernobyl is still dangerous.
As is typical of this forum uneducated nonsense like this thrives while sober and knowledgeable posters are ignored.
Uh... Wouldn't top right photo be old/bullshit? As the chimney has been dismantled a few years ago and the old crumbling sarcophagus covered with the new dome.
Yeah, it's old, and most of the photos are actually from random tourists and not influencers. But people on ERA saw an opportunity to hate on "influencers" and they lept on it, truth be damned.
Tweet in OP appears to be misleading
Nah bro see there was a show.
Let's leep facts out of this thread
Hilariously the one actual "Influencer" is the lady in the first photo who is dressed in protective gear.
It's fake news, guys.
These hot takes, they don't stop coming.
wait a minute they do official tours knowing they're giving these tourists cancer?
someone needs to take them to court
someone needs to take them to court
It is not even that dangerous. You could even wear bikini or speedo you are still going to be fine. She might take that photo in the safe area, unless it was in nuclear area, im sure she is going to be fine
Serious question: I've heard of people visiting Chernobyl for a while now, long before the show existed, but that they couldn't stay long or you'd get sick from the radiation poisoning. My question is, how long would you be able to stay there?
It strongly depends where exactly you go. Here is a chart of radiation doses made by xkcd:
Source: https://xkcd.com/radiation/
Edit: So an hour at Chernobyl could give you a dose of 6mSv, which is comparable to a chest X-Ray.
By staying several hours there (or alternatively visiting places that have stronger radiation like the hospital basement where the contaminated firemen uniforms still lie to this day), you would accumulate the yearly dose clearly linked to an increased cancer risk (100mSv). But since it is over such a short period of time instead of a year I'm sure the effect would be worse and more pronounced.
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Seriously, this place is usually quite good when it comes to science but people in this thread are talking like you're going to turn into a Fallout ghoul with a tumour the size of your head by going near the place.
Watch this video for comparison. It might surprise you which activity on this planet regularly exposes people to unhealthy amounts of radiation:
Stop smoking!
Hot take: in terms of "respecting the spirit of the place", these selfies are not worse than say, Call of Duty using it as a backdrop for their shooty shooty FPS game, for instance.
There are still pockets of potential high radiation sources you need to be mindful of. Things like rooms with closed doors.
I'm pretty sure having a guide with you at all times is mandatory for admittance into the zone, at least.
The only idiots here are people in this thread making posts like these.
TIL that most people here know nothing about the Chernobyl site. People have been going there for years, no spending a couple hours there does not give you cancer.
Also the entire basis of this thread is a tweet from a random person that is lying about all the photos in the tweet.
Also the entire basis of this thread is a tweet from a random person that is lying about all the photos in the tweet.
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