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by moistly 4y ago
”Fun” fact: cigarette filters were made with asbestos. > From 1952 to 1956, Lorillard Tobacco Company's Kent Micronite cigarettes were made with asbestos filters. The filters were advertised as increasing the experience and safety o
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by moistly 4y ago
And don’t forget that sperm counts have dropped a frightening amount, and that plastics leech hormone analogues.
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by moistly 4y ago
I have a (ex-) friend who falls for every MLM scam that comes along. Naturally, she put everything into crypto. She would undoubtedly think she could make 15% with no risk. I believe a huge number of the MLM gullible are the dupes involved
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by moistly 4y ago
One thing is certain: without change, mass killings in schools and of minorities will continue unabated. I suppose the population can be divided between those who find these levels of violence unacceptable, and those who find it acceptable.
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by moistly 4y ago
A more likely scenario: you’re heading out to attend a million man protest. The government disagrees and disables your car. https://hothardware.com/news/bidens-infrastructure-bill-mand...
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by moistly 4y ago
>> The pre-Omicron variants are far more deadly. > Not true. One of the biggest death curves was post Omicron. Look at February of this year on the death graph in the U.S. Sigh. No. Omicron death rate is lower. > The risk of dea
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by moistly 4y ago
COVID is the third leading cause of death in the USA. But I suppose you’ll tell me that it isn’t in general destroying lives. Or strangling the economy. Or putting the healthcare system at risk. Nope, it’s all good. Spread the Covid, everyo
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by moistly 4y ago
The pre-Omicron variants are far more deadly. Pre-vaccine, the variants were more deadly. Delaying infection saves lives. Gives time for people to get vaccinated. Gives time for the virus to evolve. Australia shut down a lot harder than t
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by moistly 4y ago
That echoes my experience in the same timeframe. I am ever so thankful that cellphones weren’t a thing for the first half of my life.
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by moistly 4y ago
So you’ve completely forgotten the disaster in NYC, where hospitals were so overwhelmed they couldn’t take more patients, and corpses were stacked like cordwood in refrigerated trucks. If the “fuck it we can’t control this“ attitude had pre
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by moistly 4y ago
Sunk-cost fallacy is going to run particularly strong in the financially illiterate folk who comprise the late-entry/FOMO crypto folk.
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by moistly 4y ago
I’ve a friend with a young dog that she swears has pica. It’s proving nigh impossible to prevent it from hoovering up litter. It puts goats’ reputation to shame.
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by moistly 4y ago
I suppose they might be mistaken for fine Parmesan cheese. Otherwise they’ll be fine. Have you not noticed what your dog will happily eat off the ground when you’re out for a walk? Discarded socks, gravel, bits of plastic, cat shit, gum wra
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by moistly 4y ago
> The world will benefit crypto the most Says everything about crypto priorities, really. Ask not what you can do for your country, but what your country can do for you.
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by moistly 4y ago
Fruit trees are often prolific.
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by moistly 4y ago
And seek out heirloom varieties. They might be ugly but the taste is beyond compare.
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by moistly 4y ago
Are there longevity costs to dumping power into the battery at that rate, does it shorten its lifespan? It must generate much more heat, for one thing.
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by moistly 4y ago
As it should be. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10797707/Russian-br...
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by moistly 4y ago
Wow. Talk about destroying any credibility you’d hoped to hold onto. Total foot-gun action.
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by moistly 4y ago
No doubt this design change had to be approved by the executive class. And I’m told to believe that their $20M paycheque is justified because, you know, they’re such valuable assets to the company. Smarter, savvier, better than the peons wh
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by moistly 4y ago
I am absolutely certain that this explains the changes to the iOS Safari changes. Someone justified their existence in Apple by moving the close button in the mini fixed tabs display from the left—the side it’s displayed on the tabs thems
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by moistly 4y ago
Inorganic farming isn’t going anywhere, so why the need to shit on the few organic farmers? It’s a niche market. Let them serve it in peace.
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by moistly 4y ago
Not ethically justifiable? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10797707/Russian-br... I disagree. Torturers need to be eliminated.
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by moistly 4y ago
Yay! Every site a Stormfront site! This is just what the USA needs, obviously. Not.
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by moistly 4y ago
FWIW in at least the bit of Canada that I live in, it is now damn near impossible to find a house that doesn’t have a basement suite. Boggles my mind: pay $750k+ for what is effectively a duplex. Mind, one needs the renter in order to affor
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by moistly 4y ago
But dude, we need to post this headline at least three dozen times!
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by moistly 4y ago
Who’s out there giving away free solar panels? ‘Cause I’d really like some.
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by moistly 4y ago
No. Omicron death rate is lower. > The risk of death involving COVID-19 was estimated to be 67% lower (hazard ratio: 0.33, 95% confidence interval: 0.24 to 0.45) following Omicron infection relative to Delta. https://www.ons.g
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I’m far happier to catch Omicron now, than Delta back in October 2020. Judging by ICU rates, the unvaccinated are much more likely to end up deathly ill.
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by moistly 4y ago
> These things are drugs Dopamine dosing systems.

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