• Ligma_Male [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      yeah if you don't want to break a glass thermometer and get mercury in a soldier's ass and blood.

      which, I think that would be funny but the people running the military probably prefer to avoid such casualties, unlike civilian ones.

        • Ligma_Male [comrade/them]
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          2 years ago

          i'm way too hungover to look up the history of the technological development of medical thermometers

        • Alaskaball [comrade/them]
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          2 years ago

          :edgeworth-shrug: it's more commonly seen outside of combat operations like at fobs, fireballs, and so on. You're more likely to see a tampon or tourniquet than a butt thermometer out on patrol.