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[–] 101 points 2 years ago (2 children)

As we all know Alphas can be stopped by just a sheet of paper: A restraining order.

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  • [–] 40 points 2 years ago

    MFers be like “I’m an alpha male,”

    Okay bro, tell me more about how you’re a glitchy, unenjoyable mess with no content nor character.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Because neutrons are uncharged, they are more penetrating than alpha radiation or beta radiation. In some cases they are more penetrating than gamma radiation, which is impeded in materials of high atomic number.

    I did not know that neutrons could penetrate farther than gamma rays by their virtue of being neutral. Also never heard gamma rays be called y-rays. Wonder what the z-rays will be if we ever name any.

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  • [–] 61 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    γ is the Greek letter gamma. Those are γ-rays, not y-rays.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    So why are X-rays the only ones that are just X if the rest are Greek

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    In an 1895 paper, Röntgen used "X" to label an unknown type of radiation. And the name stuck, despite his later objections. (Some languages do call them Röntgen rays.)

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago

    Jimmy Neutron got game.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    Neutrino male

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    Gives a whole new meaning to "doing the neutron dance "!

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    What about the Neutrinos? They are literally penetrating all humans billions of times right now. The amount that go through your butt right now without consent is staggering.

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  • We all know the tru e alphas are the bottoms (-_-)

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