Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/01/29/someone-paid-us100000-for-th.html
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THE ONLY SURVIVING RELICS OF “LITTLE BOY,” THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB DETONATED OVER HIROSHIMA…
Oh no, there is still plenty of radioactivity at the places they were dropped, so lots of surviving relics…
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“Ah, shit, Bob. Is it green to arm and red to disarm? Or was it green is unarmed and red to arm? I mean, green means ‘go’, but red indicates danger… a f**k. Well, Bob, we got a 50-50 chance of getting it right, so just go for it.”
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This is a piece of history, but that history is one of unimaginable violence and destruction. Who lusts after this?
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Hiroshima today is a much larger city
Noted for its seafood
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To be fair, it does seem like a pretty significant historical artifact. Horrible, sure, but probably in the same category as a Mongol bow used in the conquest of Baghdad or the first AK-47 ever produced. Hopefully it’s going to a museum and not some weirdo’s house to be used for god know’s what kind of creepy nonsense.
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If online forums are any indication, lots of people.
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Someone with enough money to pay for them. So, you know, someone of “means.”
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A museum would be an acceptable option.
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I’m going to push back on that: there was only one ‘Fat Man,’ [correction: ‘Little Boy’] there were thousands of Mongol bows and maybe millions of Kalashnikovs.
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I’m not sure what direction you believe that pushes the historical value of these plugs. Wouldn’t the fact that there was only one Little Boy make that value go up?
(Leaving aside the fact that there was one first AK-47 produced and I’d doubt there are any surviving bows from the siege of Baghdad, let alone thousands)
It was my understanding that the radiation levels at Nagasaki and Hiroshima were on par with world average. Is that not the case?
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When all the nazi paraphernalia has dried up, this is what they’re left with.
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I’m of the opinion that a single, handmade item is inherently more valuable [for most values of “value”] than any mass-produced item, even the first of a run.
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yes, but the human bacon it left behind still sizzles.
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Face it. It’s probably going to some weirdo’s house to be used for god know’s what kind of creepy nonsense.
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Why the fuck aren’t they in the national archive?
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They should’ve been donated to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. (And if you’re in Japan, it’s a must-visit.)
http://www.hpmmuseum.jp/?lang=eng
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But what do you do for the rest of your day there?
