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‘Nuclear Boy’ and His ‘Stinky Poo’ Help Japanese Kids Understand Radiation
- Posted on March 22, 2011 at 9:09pm by
Meredith Jessup
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Parents in Japan have struggled to calm the fears of their children following the devastating earthquake and near-meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear power plants damaged during the natural disaster. One innovative father, however, has brought an explanatory story to life on the internet that is gaining traction around the world for its G-rated message.
The animated story revolves around “Nuclear Boy” who has an upset stomach, much like Three Mile Island Boy and Chernobyl Boy have had in the past.
Watch the whole ‘Nuclear Boy’ cartoon (with English subtitles):
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Sinista MACE
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 4:29pmYou’d be surprised what kids understand if you just tell them the truth in stark real terms, not comical cartoons.
It’s akin to talking gibberish to your babies instead of speaking clear precise english.
Report Post »raderby
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 7:39amand they say the USA is dumbing down the kids. Enough with cartoons. Reality is weird and wonderful enough. Ever try and use spoken language to explain things to a kid? Sometimes challenging, but always the best way. Think cave, think no technology. Draw hand on cave wall. Make X through the hand. OR TRY TALKING TO YOUR KIDS!!!!
Report Post »powedj
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 12:49amNuclear boy needs to meet Hank, the Christmas Poo.
Report Post »Rob_M
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 12:43amI’m a big anime fan. I assure you if you think this is weird you don‘t know anything about japan’s animation industry. I’ve seen things that would make german adult film starts blush.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 12:09amI think I’ll go over to Huff Po and try to negotiate with them. I‘m sure thay just don’t understand Americans. Yeah! That’s it. They just don’t understand us.
Report Post »islandlady
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 11:19pmThe Father is a Father not a Physicist. Many men wouldn’t even try to help. Its probably
Report Post »all he could do. I show mercy to those poor people. It could very easily be us. (U.S.)
going through this. I don’t trust what anyone is saying about this incidence. Remember the
Downwinders? We have better metering devices but are we still getting the facts, or in 20 years
are the cancer rates of the west coast going to increase 3,000 percent?
That should be what is on the Huntsman Cancer Institutes minds. Ill bet they know the truth.
God Bless us. AND DRILL BABY DRILL Southern Utah still has reserves and so does Alaska.
Showtime
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 11:39pmDrill, Baby, Drill?
Report Post »With a seven-year ban on drilling? No drilling on the east or west coast. No drilling in Alaska. No drilling in the U.S. mainland. We have to use our reserves. BRILLIANT!!! So what are we going to do when our reserves run dry? And, what the hell is Obama giving BRAZIL $20 billion for, to drill in the Gulf of Mexico, boost Brazil’s economy, and so we can BUY BRAZIL’S oil? What’s wrong with that picture? Obama is shaking us down! ~
kurwa
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 10:58pmthats nearly as much sh** as Beck and his M&M’s was feeding us about the nuclear situation . No Problem folks Move right along, Nothnig to see here,, Only 3 people died at Chenorbyl
In Real News.. http://www.counterpunch.org/takashi03222011.html
Report Post »teachermitch32
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 11:08pmBoys and girls of the Blaze, we have a new troll. His handle is Kurwa Boy. He leaves poo poo everywhere he goes.
Report Post »CanteenBoy
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 11:19pmYay, new troll!!
Report Post »marine249
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 11:22pmhe stinks also
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 11:25pmPoor little kid, someday you’ll grow up, I just hope you live long enough.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 11:32pmWorse than our poo poo boy?
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 11:49pmLets hope this one is more fun than“whiteteaparty” the one trick pony. Havn’t seen him/her around lately. This one sounds similar~~~~~~hate Beck~~~~~Hate Beck~~~~~~
Report Post »kurwa
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 12:04amyes its easy to dismiss the trolls , while you conveniantly ignore Glenn totally downplaying and in fact being misleading about the nuclear situation. He was wrong about the containment areas, he was wrong about the radiation levels. Why because as usual Glenn is shillig for big business. How you people find commonality with these megastructures that would swat you away like a fly is beyond me.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 12:51am@kurwa
Report Post »Posted on March 23, 2011 at 12:04am
yes its easy to dismiss the trolls , while you conveniantly ignore Glenn totally downplaying and in fact being misleading about the nuclear situation. He was wrong about the containment areas, he was wrong about the radiation levels. Why because as usual Glenn is shillig for big business. How you people find commonality with these megastructures that would swat you away like a fly is beyond me.
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Would you just go away? You have the same snotty, holier-than-thou attitude that WhiteTeaParty does. Or is this another name you have dreamed up?
crackerone
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 2:21pmPretty sure he’s walking around with a load in his pants!
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 10:55pmAnd I just got done nuking my toilet, yeahhh!
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 10:39pmIt’s good to get the straight poop on nuclear accidents.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 12:49amThat was baaaaad.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 10:31pmWe also have a poo poo boy. He is in RIO spreading stink./
Report Post »Tnredneck
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 10:37pmHe had to leave rio early. They couldn’t take his bull s••• any more.
Report Post »eat-more-bacon-USA
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 10:30pmHuh? The fears of children? Do Japanese parents tell their young children stories of radiation sickness, Three Mile Island (was there a lot of “stinky poo”after Three Mile Island?) and Chernobyl? It would appear that this video was actually designed to frighten children, not calm their fears.
Report Post »Tnredneck
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 10:34pmNow the kids will be afraid to take a dump!
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 10:40pmThe Japaneese are the original anal retentives
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 11:44pmEat-More-Bacon-USA,
Report Post »Do you work for Piggly Wiggly?
kryptonite
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 3:38amActually, it’s the parents who should be afraid of what even low doses of radiation do to prenatal children. The evidence is there, but since Glenn is not interested, most conservatives will never be informed. Unlike the gubbermint and the nuclear experts, DNA cannot lie. Judge for yourself:
Report Post »http://nuclear-news.info/2010/01/02/low-level-radiation-and-birth-deformities/
bethsioux
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 7:02amthere was NO radation sickness following 3 Mile Island!
Report Post »Tnredneck
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 10:28pmThe Japanese do many things really well. But they suck at movies and cartoons. I would much rather get an update on this administrations attempt to collapse the free market or an update on the happenings in Libya or Israel than look at this crap! And there’s nothin good on tv either.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 11:14pmI agree.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 11:31pmI’ve been watching the Texas border and reported a raft coming across the river. When you can spot somebody, it’s a big deal. Thing is, after a few minutes or so, the raft came back across to the Mexico side with three people aboard!
Report Post »FoxholeAtheist
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 3:38pmI beg to differ. They’ve put out some amazing pieces of cinematography.
Report Post »CanteenBoy
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 10:25pmNuke Boy made a boom-boom.
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 8:02amIs that a load in your pant’s, or are just happy to see me?
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 10:20pmGood Lord, don’t pull his finger.
Report Post »redneck
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 11:34pmJust tell the kids the truth, It is believed that Obama‘s cronies figuring out how to utilize the cells’ properties to create Anti-Nuclear Energy Bacteria (ANEB), which is supposed to be used as weapons against Godzilla. The bacteria are designed to devour all radioactive material, and should prove fatal to Godzilla, but Obama has been conducting his own secret experiments.
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 11:54pmThank you Nuclear Boy’s doctors!
Text REDCROSS to 90999 to donate $10.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 12:04amBeck is starting his own TV Channel according to the NY Times, possible names:
the Weeping Channel
The Food Storage Network
Gold Slinger
Founders Keeper, Becks a Weeper Channel
9/12 – 24/7
The 4th hour Live
StuPat Vision
GTV
The Sarah Network
Mercury Rising
Jeffy’s Back Channel
We Have More Viewers Than MSNBC Network
Glenn and Pat at Tanagra
ClockKing
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 1:52amLOL! Good one, DaJaT.
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