loren ,
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okay but why do they make those radios out of ham?

CedarTea ,
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@loren
Well, if you ever look at a radio wave you'll see that it's swine-usoidal

healyn ,
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@loren it's the best conductor of electricity. Think we all learned this early in high school lol

loren OP ,
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@healyn ohhhhhhhh

InterferencePattern ,
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@loren shortwave radio is famously used by spies. By making the radios edible, they are able to effectively hide the evidence.

chfour ,
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@loren yummy 😋

HCBunny ,
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@loren

Old tradition from the ham prohibition days.

moldyringwald ,
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@loren @dannotdaniel Well ACTually most if them are just a pork byproduct now. They haven't been made of genuine ham since the 40s

VE2UWY ,
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@loren I mean, it's tasty, for one. For two, at least in the USA, there are large "CAFOs” — confined animal feeding operations — and they generate a LOT of ham… so, it made sense for people to make it into radios.

dannotdaniel ,
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@loren first used by cops 🥓

MishaVanMollusq ,
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@loren

@smolrobots ⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️

daniel_meyers ,
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@loren canned obsolescence

joat ,
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@loren Hamplitude Modulation

cmdr_nova ,
@cmdr_nova@mkultra.monster avatar

@loren a little snack, as a radio treat

prettyhuman ,
@prettyhuman@piipitin.fi avatar

@loren
Misnomer. They actually just use the tin. It's the right shape. :blobcat_owo:

owl ,
@owl@u8.is avatar

@loren it's good at pigging up vibrations

loren OP ,
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@owl OinkFM

owl ,
@owl@u8.is avatar

@loren slam that ham!

MikeHar94962844 ,
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@loren Because the Hindus won't let them use beef.

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