Study referenced in NYT article that was the basis for the article above:
Fallout from U.S. atmospheric nuclear tests in New Mexico and Nevada (1945-1962) https://arxiv.org/pdf/2307.11040.pdf
The question "why are we built like this", appears to imply a builder, of which there is none. We evolved this way, along with many other species. And on some level that actually had some randomness which in combination with real world fitness testing drove our evolution. Or you could take a short term view and say that you were "built" like this because your parents had sex, and these were the genes that combined to make you.
My first thought is it would be something like this (https://radiopaedia.org/articles/chauffeur-fracture?lang=gb) . According to radiopedia, that fracture came from the crank handle, of an old fashioned crank start car, reversing and impacting the dorsum/ back of the wrist. Additionally they use terminology, e.g. dorsiflexion? instead of extension, and abduction? instead of radial deviation which is a bit different than I was taught, and taught to others. Tho' that mechanism doesn't seem to be what I recall from school. In the off chance that I'm correct, as I recall the fracture occurred when one wrapped one's thumb around the crank handle, such that when the engine started the thumb would provide leverage against the radial styloid process. I've met people who own such antique cars, and have never heard of any of them making this mistake. So to answer your question, it's not random, few things actually are. It's the radial styloid.
Seeing this, wouldn't anyone, who isn't part of the hard core of the POS base, get really PO'd and motivated to do all the poll work etc to push the GOPers out? This isn't a long term strategy, and it's coming from a minority of eligible voters. So wouldn't they likely lose in the long run? Not flexible enough to keep with the changing times; they make themselves irrelevant. SMH
If you want something here from another site e.g. Reddit, then make it here. Each of us reddit-fugees can help in the migration by bringing the good things from our previous social spaces. Let's make Lemmy the best of all worlds. :-D
You claim to have some clear ideas about why people drink diet sodas. Great. And wish to label me in your own way, not so cool. I was just talking about me, and why this is a non-issue for me. I have a significant educational background in diet and nutrition, and have chosen based on that education to avoid things that are not shown to be helpful, i.e. artificial sweeteners. Personally I happen to like tea, and tisanes, without sweeteners - caloric or non. Turns out tea is the most commonly consumed drink in the world.
I'm all for removing toxics from my diet, sure. The thing is, afaik, there is no nutritional function nor benefit to consuming aspartame or for that matter any non-nutritive sweetener. So if it isn't doing anything I need, I'll just skip it. As Michael Pollan said, "Eat Food. Not too much. Mostly Plants."
Wait, wait, what are they, I've gotta click that link to find out.