Ryan Castellucci (they/them) 
@vidister apparently five minutes of arc welding burns the flesh, so it seems legitimately scarier to me
210561 ✨ [Q]@ryanc @vidister can confirm, welding skin burns are significantly easier and nastier than sunburn
speaking from experience
Manawyrm | Sarah@q @ryanc @vidister
It's just australian summer sun, but at home...
Still, it's ionizing radiation!
It will break apart the chemical bonds of organic molecules (like your skin!) in the same way as a radioactive source would (with less energy, but still)!
Random DNA-bitflips until enough cells die (or you find that lucky combination that gives you cancer!)
^,,^ 
@manawyrm @q @ryanc @vidister The ionizing ones will be attenuated within millimeters if this graph is correct https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Upper-plot-Attenuation-length-of-the-VUV-light-in-air-these-values-were-calculated_fig24_334825561 (assuming it continues like that below 80 nm)
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