Today I learned that it is illegal to sell tritium in the us but it is not illegal to buy it in the us…so here is a website selling tritium trinkets that come from taiwan!

They are like glow sticks that last for 10 years, it is perfectly safe unless maybe you were drinking liquid tritium for a few weeks.

  • @[email protected]
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    63 months ago

    I love the one on my keychain — usually forget it’s there until I’m somewhere so dark that it suddenly it lights up the entire door handle.

      • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️
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        83 months ago

        Certainly not.

        In fact, no knife or gadget manufacturer has yet seen fit to pay me to shill their stuff. Which is a bummer.

        • @[email protected]
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          43 months ago

          I used to work with someone bearing the last name of “Leatherman.” They similarly lamented their lack of association with the company sharing their name.

          • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️
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            43 months ago

            The Leatherman tool company is indeed named after its creator’s last name, which is also of course “Leatherman.”

            I know we all like to joke about that Tim Apple guy calling the shots and fucking everything up all the time at the iPhone-and-computer company, but the owner and founder of the Leatherman Tool Group is literally Tim Leatherman.

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              63 months ago

              Oh, sure, many companies are named after their founder’s surnames - I didn’t mean to suggest I doubted that. I just meant that the Leatherman I knew was unassociated.

              The “Tim” fact is pretty funny. Thank you for the information.

        • confuserOP
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          23 months ago

          Ohh I think I got confused when you mentioned plug, I guess you meant linking to your post

    • randombullet
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      33 months ago

      I have the glowrhino prybar on my keychain for 4 years now.

      It’s actually one of the more useful thing I’ve kept on my body.

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    103 months ago

    I have one of these that’s about 6 or 7 years old at this point and still glowing alright. Pretty neat little things!

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    303 months ago

    it is perfectly safe unless maybe you were drinking liquid tritium for a few weeks.

    Don’t tell me what to do! I do what I want!!! Also…unrelated…but I think I’m going to go lie down for a bit.

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    53 months ago

    I had one a few years back but my necklace broke and I lost it. It was neat, I should get a new one.

  • @[email protected]
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    183 months ago

    Since when is it illegal to sell tritium in the US? Gun companies selling tritium glow in the dark sights all the time.

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      3 months ago

      Actually now that you mention it I think you are half right after looking into it more.

      It does seem like it is actually heavily regulated and not necessary illegal, but I guess this would mean illegal for unlicensed people to sell.

      If I had to guess most sellers in the us with tritium in their products aren’t selling tritium but rather selling procured items with tritium and thats probably a legal workaround for that.

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    3 months ago

    They are like glow sticks that last for 10 years, it is perfectly safe unless maybe you were drinking liquid tritium for a few weeks.

    Now there is nothing I want to do more than drinking the forbidden heavy water

  • Shadow
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    223 months ago

    I’ve have one on my keychain for years, it’s great. Not visible during the day, but just bright enough at night to make them easy to spot.