By dumb mother - 31/01/2012 02:34 - United States

Today, my mother yelled at me for standing too close to the microwave. Her reason? The radiation was going to seep through, kill my sperm and cause cancer. FML
I agree, your life sucks 25 019
You deserved it 5 061

Same thing different taste

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Hey, I heard that if you stand too close to the microwave you can get cancer from the radiation in those things. You should probably stay away from them...

I wonder how much 'kimotherapy' costs? Less than chemotherapy, perhaps?

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Sounds like your mother has been standing in front of the microwave herself! Even though by my logic you wouldn't be affected by it? So. Umm? My head hurts!

mama2b3 20

Shit I do that all the time..there goes my sperm count..

Translation for 37: Uhder?? Derp, derp, but isn't youz uh gurl, derp, derp?

I think what 37 was saying is "... But you're a girl."

Wait until she hears the radiation from some cell phones.

Hopefully the radiation from your phone won't kill your sperm count. Unless you are.... yeah... using your phones vibrate function... :P

it's kind of true.. it causes cancer. You should also wait a few seconds to open it after it stops

Microwaves are electromagnetic radiation. That's just like light. They can travel a distance equivalent to seven times round the earth in a second. If you are fast enough to open the door of your microwave before the radiation has all been absorbed you're pretty fast!

TheDrifter 23

It's designed to reflect the radiation inside, so some will bounce a while before your food absorbs it. The level of radiation in a microwave is harmful, though less harmful than the tanning beds so many people use.

Wait a few seconds to open it?? Are you five or have you just skipped a lot of science classes? Think about it this way, after you turn off a light bulb how long does it take to go dark? And even the fraction of a second it takes to go dark is due to the time it takes the filament to cool not for radiation to dissipate And the light bulb in the microwave that lets you see your food is more likely to cause cancer. .

The old ones caused cancer, but the new ones literally match the background radiation that we encounter in everyday life. Learn your ******* physics people, Jesus. The wavelengths that cause cancer are no where's close to those emitted from modern microwaves

I wonder what rules your mom enforced when she heard about the nuclear radiation coming towards Cali after the Japan earthquake. Hopefully you guys already stocked up on your radiation suits.

Next she will be yelling at you to not stand next to the dog or you will get worms..

PinkFun1969 9

Oh yea!! Mama want grand babies! There are studies that if you boil water in the microwave and let it cool then water a plant, soon that plant will die. ;-(

oldirtybasterdSE 0

It dies because you put it in boiling water

rawwwrrrsheet 0

A microwave is a type of radiation that's why they're called microwaves dumbass.

Light is a type of radiation. So are radio waves. Your point is what?

His point is that he is retarded. Light and microwaves are a type of WAVES not the RADIATION that can cause cell mutations which lead to cancer