Whenever I see an update on these sort of articles, the planet always ends up being a tide-locked hell-scape full of toxic chemicals.

I find it reassuring that the government is at least acting like they can't identify this user without Reddit's consent. I wonder why this charade is necessary; are they trying to set a legal precedent?

Does anything useful even come in 8K at this point? I saw it as a spec last time I went television shopping, but it seemed like something that wouldn't be useful for another decade.

When my school was hit by a natural disaster, I had the opportunity to switch from a premier Catholic school to a premier public school for two semesters.

...let me tell you, the biggest disservice that you received was a systematic lowering of academic standards. The difference was night and day. There is no way that that curriculum was preparing students for college.

Since there is a limited window in which brain plasticity is at its peak, catching up at university isn't an option. Public school students are at a permanent disadvantage; it's an equal opportunity problem.

Lol. Although this claim might be technically true, comparing the cost of the first prototype lithium ion battery with a modern mass produced batteries is apples to oranges.

Technically, Mary concieved a child with the Holy Spirit, and Jesus is the Holy Spirit who is God.

I believe they need to start randomly drug testing politicians and public officials. They should be held to the same standards as the 30% of the workforce that are legally required to be part of the government's drug-free workplace program.

If the person manufacturing their toilet paper isn't allowed to smoke weed or take drugs, they shouldn't be allowed to either. Since the head of the FBI is undoubtedly a sensitive safety position, they shouldn't even be allowed to take prescription controlled substances.

I think it's presumptuous to assume that the increase in prices that just happened to be identical to the tarrifs had anything to do with the tarrifs.

Reddit really sucks. Once you get one temporary ban, the automated system really fucks you at any point in the future.

Before the Internet, kids lived isolated existences that precluded communication. They would sit in their rooms, listen to records, and engage in immoral masterbatory behavior.

You're on the right track, but radiation poisoning is a more likely explanation. It causes severe vomiting and diarrhea. If there ever was a nuclear apocalypse, a lot of people would die in the bathroom.

Personally, I've never not received something that was sent in the mail. I've had stuff stolen on my doorstep, but my mail carrier has a 100% success rate at getting things to my door.

In real life, she is probably a gay male accountant from Ohio. I feel like people in these situations go out of their way to create alternate identities.

I've seen a lot of false flag operations on both Reddit and Lemmy, so none of this is surprising. In this instance, however, I think it's just a joke.

I read it. It's not compelling.

The first cited research regarding DNA damage is a dead link. It says "error: this is not a published article" or something like that.

The second cited research is an abstract claiming that 20% of mice developed lung cancer after being exposed to vape smoke for 9 weeks. The methodology is blocked behind a paywall, but I'm betting they concentrated trace components and blasted mice with it for two months straight. This isn't very informative; if I concentrated the carcinogens found in normal city air, I could probably achieve a higher kill rate.

A better example of this strategy would be if I blasted mice with extremely high intensity UV radiation to prove that the sun was dangerous. Sure, 90% of mice would quickly get skin cancer, but it doesn't tell us how harmful the sun is in real scenarios. Blasting an animal with a lifetime worth of sun in an hour is more dangerous than gradual exposure.

Tobacco the plant has a host of carcinogens. No matter where you put tobacco -mouth, lungs, bladder, nose, ass, wherever-it causes cancer. The article's claim that nicotine causes lung cancer but nicotine gum is safe is pretty ridiculous.

Source: I'm a chemist. Part of my schooling was making mundane results appear as sensational as possible.

...I'm fairly certain monitoring waste waters to determine the rate of drug use is a common and widely used procedure. Like, it is happening and it has been happening for a while now.

I would just ignore the inbox. It has become so cheap to create automated fake accounts that what you see on the internet doesn't reflect reality. On well-funded platforms like Reddit these misinformation bots need to at least act like rational individuals, but claiming to be a far-left liberal is enough for free reign on Lemmy.

It sucks, but the Internet is still adapting to this new technology. I try not to let perceived peer pressure determine anything about me.

I don't have much faith in the Democrats. I'm reading Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States. It's a great book, and everyone should give it a read. It basically sums up the entire history of America from a Liberal law professor's point of view.

... regardless. In terms of taxes, Democrats are largely responsible for increasing taxes on the poor and subsidizing the rich. They at the same time give weak concessions to the lower class, but these are flimsy enough to be overturned the minute Republicans are in charge.

He summed it up in one sentence:

In a two-party system, if both parties ignore public opinion, there is no place voters can turn.

This is pretty much the only strategy they have. Although their country is one third as populous as the United States, their defense department has less funding than Arkansa's public education system. Outrage from the America public is their only defense against US military superiority.

It's a good strategy. I'd be upset if my tax dollars blew up thousands of civilians making a human chain around a powerplant.

I imagine this is mainly being pushed by the people of Baton Rouge and New Orleans. There's a bridge near the French Quarter where hundreds of homeless people congregate. People wouldn't mind, but the panhandling and open crack use looks bad in a city dependent of tourism.

The most interesting aspect of this area-in my opinion-is the army of 10 year olds selling crack on their bicycles. They keep it under their tongue and swallow it if they are robbed or stopped by a police officer.

...this is one of the least offensive aspects of this community. Between the lack of education and widespread acceptance of statutory rape, it's hard to understand how people could live like this. People from up north don't understand how bad it is. Forcefully removing these kids from their parents is probably the only way to break the cycle of abuse.