3 ms·

I don't think we should be resorting to calling each other crying babies over this. I recognize that you were not the first. > I think nobody craves lead in t

I don't think we should be resorting to calling each other crying babies over this. I recognize that you were not the first. > I think nobody craves lead in their life. Plenty of people scoff at the idea that handling lead is risky, whether it's fishing weights, ammunition, or lead solder. I've watched a trained engineer use his teeth to crimp lead fishing weights. He said there wasn't enough exposure to matter, and people had been doing this since before he was born. Is he right? I dunno. I personally want every brain cell I can muster.

wakawaka28 3y ago
Yes, I just said it was petty to single out hobbyists who use a few grams of lead for a good purpose as if they are killing the planet. That is a hysterical take, and he got more hysterical when I called him out on exaggerating, not knowing what he was talking about, and most likely being a hypocrite. The lithium battery in each of our phones is probably more polluting than an average hobbyist's lifetime allotment of solder. >Plenty of people scoff at the idea that handling lead is risky, whether it's fishing weights, ammunition, or lead solder. I've watched a trained engineer use his teeth to crimp lead fishing weights. He said there wasn't enough exposure to matter, and people had been doing this since before he was born. Is he right? I dunno. I personally want every brain cell I can muster. Everything has costs and benefits. In many applications, there are no suitable alternatives to lead, or else the alternatives are scarce and expensive. As a society we have eliminated most excess lead so I think further browbeating over it is silly. Virtually every car has a lead battery, most brass has some lead in it, but otherwise it is scarce in most households. Ammunition is one case where lead is potentially dangerous, but if you need ammunition then the mild precautions necessary to handle the lead are well worth it.

wakawaka28 3y ago

Yes, I just said it was petty to single out hobbyists who use a few grams of lead for a good purpose as if they are killing the planet. That is a hysterical take, and he got more hysterical when I called him out on exaggerating, not knowing what he was talking about, and most likely being a hypocrite. The lithium battery in each of our phones is probably more polluting than an average hobbyist's lifetime allotment of solder. >Plenty of people scoff at the idea that handling lead is risky, whether it's fishing weights, ammunition, or lead solder. I've watched a trained engineer use his teeth to crimp lead fishing weights. He said there wasn't enough exposure to matter, and people had been doing this since before he was born. Is he right? I dunno. I personally want every brain cell I can muster. Everything has costs and benefits. In many applications, there are no suitable alternatives to lead, or else the alternatives are scarce and expensive. As a society we have eliminated most excess lead so I think further browbeating over it is silly. Virtually every car has a lead battery, most brass has some lead in it, but otherwise it is scarce in most households. Ammunition is one case where lead is potentially dangerous, but if you need ammunition then the mild precautions necessary to handle the lead are well worth it.