Talk:3158: Shielding Chart
Brb, going out to buy some lead. Fephisto (talk) 01:49, 23 October 2025 (UTC)
My new expansion to Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock is coming along nicely. KelOfTheStars! (talk) 02:25, 23 October 2025 (UTC)
Ah yes, you can make sound in a vacuum! King Pando (talk) 02:41, 23 October 2025 (UTC)
- Well, there's air in her helmet, presumably... 160.39.41.199 05:05, 23 October 2025 (UTC)
We're not gonna have a good time filling out this table, are we? 47.141.47.226 05:14, 23 October 2025 (UTC)
- i bet randall is laughing at those silly explainxkcd editors who now have to elaborate on every single square. if i were conspiratorial i'd say he wrote this just to spite us. raeb 08:46, 23 October 2025 (UTC)
- Nah, I'm good at filling out tables :) --DollarStoreBa'alconverse 13:07, 23 October 2025 (UTC)
A bit surprised there's nothing about keeping Mr. Faraday away. --130.233.188.214 06:50, 23 October 2025 (UTC)
- He was a doctor, so apples would do the job for that. 82.13.184.33 13:21, 23 October 2025 (UTC)
This came out a couple of weeks after the 50th anniversary of Jaws, so it's disappointing that "a bigger boat" isn't one of the protections. Barmar (talk) 14:24, 23 October 2025 (UTC)
"Air," "Lead," "Water," and "Glass," and a near-perfect "Vacuum" actually vary by thickness. I guess Oven mitts, armor, bio-hazard suits, faraday cages, and shark cages do too but those usually come in human-scale sizes. A meter of air won't give you significant protection against gamma rays, but if you are anywhere near sea level, the air above your head does. A near-perfect vacuum too wide for a shark to get to you before it dies will protect you, one only a few nanometers thick probably won't. 64.201.132.210 18:20, 23 October 2025 (UTC)
