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If it is common knowledge that shutting a garage door with a running ICE vehicle inside will kill you, why do you think so many people think 1 billion ICE vehicles aren't bad in the atmosphere?

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  • Usually people like this start with the conclusion, and then search only for things that reinforce that (and ignore anything that conflicts). So, chances are, he wanted to believe that for whatever reason, so he sought reinforcement for that stupid idea. And found it.

    • If it is common knowledge that shutting a garage door with a running ICE vehicle inside will kill you, why do you think so many people think 1 billion ICE vehicles aren't bad in the atmosphere?

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  • Because most people are completely scientifically illiterate and do not understand the analogy you're making because they don't know what "atmosphere" is.

    • What's a luxury that would break you if were no longer able to have it?

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  • Agreed

    • If we eat three meals a day, why do we poop only once?

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  • Well played!

    • What does that "+" symbol indicate?

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  • Oh, I am well aware of C++. But I assure you that they were not referencing that when selling this goofy shit to consumers in the early 90s. I think it's just a really bad logo.

    • I didn't hear no bell

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  • Lol... Why don't you look up what % of scientific breakthroughs in the US are government funded.

    Oops.

    It's really fucking ignorant to competely disregard a peer reviewed, scientific study, simply because the URL in which it's posted on, contains "gov". Grow up.

    • What is the funniest instance of reality slapping the spoiled rich person in the face that you have seen?

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  • I bet you made that dude's day when you told him that.

    • Happy New Year Lemmy! It's 9 pm and I'm going to sleep.

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  • Fireworks also aren't legal in large swathes of the US. Doesn't stop people.

    • What's a luxury that would break you if were no longer able to have it?

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  • Not all well water is untreated...

    • What's a luxury that would break you if were no longer able to have it?

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  • Well luckily for you, apparently it's now acceptable to just blast your music out loud in public.

    • What's a luxury that would break you if were no longer able to have it?

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  • I wouldn't even call it a luxury. Hasn't been for years.

    • What does that "+" symbol indicate?

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  • Unrelated, but anyone remember "VCR+"? Man I'm old...

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_recorder_scheduling_code

    Edit: I guess it was actually "VCR Plus+" which is dumb af (it's not a C++ reference. I assure you that the marketing people at the time had no idea what that was. I'm 99% it was just a bad logo that has "plus" and a '+').

    • If we eat three meals a day, why do we poop only once?

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  • Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime

    If only the inequality gap were this small...

    • If we eat three meals a day, why do we poop only once?

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  • Because we are taught by society to not poop at work.

    LOL I must have been sick at home during that lesson...

    • If we eat three meals a day, why do we poop only once?

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  • I can confirm that gut biome is big... Back in my 20s, I seemingly wiped mine out halfway through a course of antibiotics, and it took years to get back to something somewhat normal.

    • If we eat three meals a day, why do we poop only once?

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  • Pros poop during the meal.

    • I didn't hear no bell

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    • What is the funniest instance of reality slapping the spoiled rich person in the face that you have seen?

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  • Nice.

    • What is the funniest instance of reality slapping the spoiled rich person in the face that you have seen?

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  • I hope the photographer snapped a few photos. Seems like a once in a lifetime situation.

    • What is the funniest instance of reality slapping the spoiled rich person in the face that you have seen?

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  • That's great. Hopefully that was a formative memory for that kid... I've had one or two moments when I was a young teen, where I had to have a friend break a hard truth to me about my behavior/attitude, and I still remember it because he was absolutely right and just being aware of it made a huge difference from that point forward. I still think about what he said sometimes.

    I only wish someone had said something sooner...