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Banana @ Banana @sh.itjust.works
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Every generation has some product/ingredient that they didn’t know was dangerous at the time: tobacco, lead, asbestos, etc. What is that item for this generation?

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  • Fair enough, thanks for humouring me anyway!

    • Every generation has some product/ingredient that they didn’t know was dangerous at the time: tobacco, lead, asbestos, etc. What is that item for this generation?

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  • The fact that you assume that the reason I used that word is because they disagree with me tells me you arent coming into this discussion with respect, so I'm going to have to-respectfully-decline to elaborate as I'd rather not get into the nuance of this topic with someone who evidently already has their mind made up.

    • Every generation has some product/ingredient that they didn’t know was dangerous at the time: tobacco, lead, asbestos, etc. What is that item for this generation?

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  • Eh I disagree about the Sinophobia thing, they're not expressing fear or dislike of Chinese people, they're criticizing the chinese government.

    Criticizing an authoritarian government =/= racism. People =/= their government.

    • Every generation has some product/ingredient that they didn’t know was dangerous at the time: tobacco, lead, asbestos, etc. What is that item for this generation?

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  • Yeah but stumbleupon didn't send people down radicalized pipelines. Not all algorithms are bad, some are though.

    • Every generation has some product/ingredient that they didn’t know was dangerous at the time: tobacco, lead, asbestos, etc. What is that item for this generation?

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  • I don't think using the term "free speech" in this context is correct since free speech doesn't extend to whether an app or website deletes your comments. Free speech just means the government won't reprimand you.

    Tiktok definitely takes things down, and I'd say that algorithm has done more harm than good in how fast it radicalizes people.

    • Every generation has some product/ingredient that they didn’t know was dangerous at the time: tobacco, lead, asbestos, etc. What is that item for this generation?

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  • Do you know if bicycles also create tire dust or do they not go fast enough?

    • Every generation has some product/ingredient that they didn’t know was dangerous at the time: tobacco, lead, asbestos, etc. What is that item for this generation?

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  • What about natural sweeteners like Stevia? Has anything come out about it? I know it has weird effects like it can cause indigestion and other things, but I haven't personally heard anything about it actually being bad for you (though I have not looked very far).

    • Every generation has some product/ingredient that they didn’t know was dangerous at the time: tobacco, lead, asbestos, etc. What is that item for this generation?

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  • I don't think it's fair to say "safer" or even "less safe" because it's more complicated than that. Because it doesn't combust it doesn't do a lot of the same harm that cigarettes do, however, inhaling vapour creates a host of entirely different problems, one being an increased risk of pneumonia, plus the massive increase in the amount of nicotine people who vape consume can affect your bladder, oddly enough. People are just ill informed tbh.

    • Every generation has some product/ingredient that they didn’t know was dangerous at the time: tobacco, lead, asbestos, etc. What is that item for this generation?

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  • Honestly though the conditions in the US right now are eerily similar to the conditions right before the fall of Rome

    • I love true crime!

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  • This should be a season of American Vandal

    • Do you need to vent about something?

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  • I am so angry. I am so sick and tired of just stating my experiences as a woman and having people who are not women straight up tell me that I'm wrong. About my own life experiences. It's fucking exhausting to be surrounded on all sides by bad faith actors, knowing full well that you won't get through to them, and feeling defeated, like the world is going backwards and you can feel your rights being torn away from you bit by bit, trying desperately to stand up for yourself and having any words you say fall on deaf ears. I'm so sick of not being listened to. I'm so sick of not being believed. I am so fucking sick of not being respected. I just want to be treated like a human and not be criticised for literally just fucking existing.

    I'm so done.