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> if just one seed has a crack in it and you swallow it it will stop your heart in about thirty minutes. That is complete bullshit and you shouldn't be posting
by hypfer 4mo ago
> if just one seed has a crack in it and you swallow it it will stop your heart in about thirty minutes.
That is complete bullshit and you shouldn't be posting it this confidently.
Those seeds are very poisonous, yes, but not in that cartoonish way. It's not cyanide.
- NooneAtAll3 4mo agoeven cyanide isn't cartoonish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6hOVhQQ9hI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6hOVhQQ9hI substance itself is not what kills you - it's the dose
- lostlogin 4mo ago> substance itself is not what kills you - it's the dose Doesn’t that apply to every single thing that exists?
- reltnek 4mo agoThe old toxicology proverb is: "The dose makes the poison"
- butlike 4mo agoI like to extend it to: "the portion makes the poison." Beyond getting the alliteration, it also includes food, which I think is important. A glass of water won't kill you, two gallons of water will. An ice cream cone once in a while is nothing; one every day will make the doctor's eyes go wide.
- hackeraccount 4mo agoJesus. I had a colonoscopy. Don't tell me about drinking 2 gallons of water. I won't even get started on an ice cream cone a day.
- qingcharles 4mo agoYes. IIRC Congress paid for a study in the early 20th century to try to nail a definition of the word "poison" by injecting mice with different quantities of bleach. The conclusion was that everything is a poison at the right dose. Most medicines are great at low doses, but then kill you when you take too much of them. Heck, even water is a poison.
- murderfs 4mo agoThere Is No Safe Dose of Prions: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3156228/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3156228/