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<p>104.225.172.143: </p> <hr /> <div>&lt;!-- Please sign your posts with ~~~~ and don't delete this text. New comments should be added at the bottom. --&gt;<br /> I think that's called a recipe for disaster. NOTE: I am also 104.225.172.143. [[Special:Contributions/138.43.101.123|138.43.101.123]] 14:36, 20 August 2025 (UTC)<br /> <br /> My best recipe comes with a Notice to Mariners [[User:Hcs|Hcs]] ([[User talk:Hcs|talk]]) 14:45, 20 August 2025 (UTC)<br /> <br /> I added a transcript. Hopefully it's okay. [[Special:Contributions/104.225.172.143|104.225.172.143]] 14:54, 20 August 2025 (UTC)<br /> <br /> A gram of gold runs on the order of ~$100 USD as of writing; a gram of cs-137 looks to be in the millions~billions range. --[[Special:Contributions/158.91.163.9|158.91.163.9]] 14:55, 20 August 2025 (UTC)</div>

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<p>104.225.172.143: Remove extra newline</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 3131<br /> | date = August 20, 2025<br /> | title = Cesium<br /> | image = cesium_2x.png<br /> | imagesize = 588x298px<br /> | noexpand = true<br /> | titletext = Someday I hope to find a way to mess up a recipe so badly that it draws the attention of the International Air Transport Association, the International Mathematical Olympiad, or the NSA.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|This page was created recently. Don't remove this notice too soon.}}<br /> Doesn't that shit explode in water or something?<br /> <br /> That's not the half(-life) of it.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Don't remove this notice too soon.}}<br /> <br /> :[Megan, on the left, looks at a news story on her phone next to Cueball.]<br /> <br /> :Megan: There's a recall of frozen shrimp contaminated with cesium-137.<br /> :Cueball: With ''what?''<br /> :Megan: I know, right?<br /> :Cueball: ''How!?''<br /> <br /> :[Megan puts her phone away and shrugs.]<br /> :Megan: No idea, but I bet it involved some expensive equipment. Those cesium sources aren't cheap.<br /> :Cueball: Man.<br /> <br /> :[Megan stops shrugging, with Cueball in thought.]<br /> :Megan: It's honestly a little inspiring to realize that it's always possible to screw up in a totally new way.<br /> :Cueball: Yeah, the biggest agency '''''I've''''' drawn by messing up a recipe is the local fire department.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}&lt;noinclude&gt;</div>

104.225.172.143 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:3131:_Cesium&diff=384595 2025-08-20T14:55:22Z

<p>104.225.172.143: </p> <hr /> <div>&lt;!-- Please sign your posts with ~~~~ and don't delete this text. New comments should be added at the bottom. --&gt;<br /> I think that's called a recipe for disaster. [[Special:Contributions/138.43.101.123|138.43.101.123]] 14:36, 20 August 2025 (UTC)<br /> <br /> My best recipe comes with a Notice to Mariners [[User:Hcs|Hcs]] ([[User talk:Hcs|talk]]) 14:45, 20 August 2025 (UTC)<br /> <br /> I added a transcript. Hopefully it's okay.[[Special:Contributions/104.225.172.143|104.225.172.143]] 14:54, 20 August 2025 (UTC)</div>

104.225.172.143 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:3131:_Cesium&diff=384594 2025-08-20T14:54:47Z

<p>104.225.172.143: </p> <hr /> <div>&lt;!-- Please sign your posts with ~~~~ and don't delete this text. New comments should be added at the bottom. --&gt;<br /> I think that's called a recipe for disaster. [[Special:Contributions/138.43.101.123|138.43.101.123]] 14:36, 20 August 2025 (UTC)<br /> My best recipe comes with a Notice to Mariners [[User:Hcs|Hcs]] ([[User talk:Hcs|talk]]) 14:45, 20 August 2025 (UTC)<br /> I added a transcript. Hopefully it's okay.[[Special:Contributions/104.225.172.143|104.225.172.143]] 14:54, 20 August 2025 (UTC)</div>

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