This week Nikki and Kate watched The Ruins and discussed nuclear semiotics, gore levels, and guarding beans.

Rated R for strong violence and gruesome images, language, some sexuality and nudity

Content warnings:

Blood, gore, audio gore, cutting, amputation, body horror, someone struggling to breathe, broken bones, stabbing, death of a child, jump scares, trypophobia, vomit, anxiety attack, claustrophobia, self harm, gun violence

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Our intro and outro music is Spooky Drill by AlisiaBeats and the cover art is by Nikki Solomon

Sources:

99PI. (2014, May 12). Ten Thousand Years. 99% Invisible. https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/ten-thousand-years/

SciShow & Savannah Geary (Host). (2025, August 29). How to Make a Warning Last 10,000 Years. SciShow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj1oITXzqyg&t=600s

Maya Bridge. (2023). Languages. Maya Bridge Language Services. https://www.mayabridge.org/languages

Na'atik Mexico. (2025, April 30). Is Maya a living language? https://naatikmexico.org/blog/is-maya-a-living-language

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_nuclear_waste_warning_messages

https://wipp.energy.gov/pdfs/site_markers.pdf