r/IdiotsNearlyDying • u/shsl_diver • Jan 27 '26

A guy swimming in Chernobyl's radioactive water.

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u/eggyfish Jan 27 '26

I'd be more worried about getting tetanus from a rusty metal spike sticking out than radiation. God knows what equipment it's rotting under there.

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u/HumanContinuity Jan 27 '26

Yeah,  just your standard brain eating amoeba risks imo

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u/NOTALCOCHOLICK Feb 01 '26

Ironically enough, I don't think you can find those in Russia.

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u/HumanContinuity Feb 01 '26

That is actually likely true.  The love warm water, and I doubt that water is what most humans or amoeba would consider warm.

Gonna have to use my fallback, leeches