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  • Guys, it works exactly like guns:

    To stop a bad guy that rapes, you need a good guy that rapes.

    What's so hard to understand?

  • Something about stones and glass houses might apply here... Or is it kettles and pots?

  • Thanks for the links. Interesting reads.

    Tldr, oxfam:

    Around 50% of these emissions meanwhile can be attributed to the richest 10% of people around the world, who have average carbon footprints 11 times as high as the poorest half of the population.

    Hard to swallow pill: The way of life of the rich countries, including the one of their poor citizens, is the problem. We, the westerners, are the problem, not the billions of China and India.

    But yay electric cars and recycling... Insert "I'm doing my part" meme.

  • +1 For the Fall of Civilisations.

    After listening to the 4h one on the Aztecs, I can now say with confidence that Cortés was a special kind of bastard whose grave deserves to be pissed on by all.

  • +1 for Prospect.

    It brought me back to the weirdness of the sci-fi era of the 70s like Battle beyond the stars, Logan's run, Doppelgänger and the original West world.

    I felt like I was 8 years old discovering sci-fi again. Really worth it, although I'm sure it's not everyone's cup of tea.

  • The chemical isn't the problem, it's the dose. For instance, people have died from drinking too much water.

    Sodium nitrite is used in cured meats to prevent botulism. I use half a teaspoon for 10 pounds of meat when I make sausage. It's safe enough, at least, safer than botulism. Those people ingested way more to kill themselves, fully aware of the consequences.

    It's a tool. Like any tool, it can be used to harm, like knives, hammers or ropes. If we had to outlaw everything that could kill us, we wouldn't have much left ... Including water.