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Chernobyl Becomes Tourist Hot Spot

Posted by michael on from the we're-not-above-puns dept.

prostoalex writes "18 years ago on April 26, the Chernobyl disaster occurred in Central Ukraine. Nowadays, as British Telegraph reports, the radioactive disaster area is becoming a tourist hot-spot with 3000 visitors paying $200 for a guided tour each year."

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  1. Re:Hot Spot? by real_smiff · · Score: 2, Insightful

    sure they're both dirty and unpleasant places, but:
    you need to go to a Porta-Potty, you don't need to go to Chernobyl. (I think they think) THAT's what makes this figure amazing :p

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  2. Re:Look Maw!! by JohnHegarty · · Score: 5, Insightful

    nothing like disabled children for a laugh....

    these are real people ....not a cheap joke in a b movie....

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  3. Ah, yes, capitalism by dhasenan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Death and dismemberment turned into tourism and profit. I sense a distinct lack of respect for the dead. On the other hand, do they care?

    1. Re:Ah, yes, capitalism by coyote_oww · · Score: 2, Insightful
      Death and dismemberment turned into tourism and profit. I sense a distinct lack of respect for the dead. On the other hand, do they care?

      How many people visit the USS Arizona every year?

      It's not safe or fair to blindly attribute motives to people.

  4. Re:Look Maw!! by PoliticallyIncorrect · · Score: 2, Insightful

    not funny... sad.. the author was an idiot and so are todays mods apparently... it's in fashion to shit on people who innocently use off-color or slightly off-color jokes/comments.. you know what.. get over it, people... laugh... or don't .

  5. Pathetic. by superhoe · · Score: 3, Insightful
    If Chernobyl disaster jokes are OK at this level, can I start telling some 9/11 WTC jokes now?

    What, no?

    Why?

    Victims' of Chernobyl suffering is a real fucking thing, I've seen it. This thread makes me sick.

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