As someone who does R&D testing on plastics that are used in medical devices, I have some insight. Of course the type of plastic matters, but all plastics use carcinogenic chemicals during the manufacturing/extrusion process.

To make most plastic, a polymer resin is mixed with additives such as solvents, plasticizers, and stabilizers at high temperatures. Ideally, you want the additives to evaporate out during production so that you're left with just the newly formed plastic.

But some of these additives get trapped in tiny air pockets between polymer chains. When they're reheated, the polymer chains relax and release the volatile, carcinogenic additives into the air.

This is likely where the toxicity is coming from, not the polymer chain itself. So regardless of the type of plastic used, reheating the polymer during 3D printing will release some volatile additives.

"Gotta get them teens to work. And no public transit options please, they make my money pile smaller."

-CEO's everywhere

Y'all are way too productive...

And lazy doesn't necessarily mean quick either. Frozen pizza has gotta be the real winner here.

My friend usess this argument all the time and it's so annoying... Why should the wealthy suffer for destroying the environment when you also drive a car....

I honestly believe blocking roads the most effective way to protest in today's society.

It's one of the few ways that's dreamed "illegal" to protest. And most governments will do anything in it's power to clear the roads, including imprison people.

People need to realize that being late to work doesn't actually matter, but the state of the climate does. We need more road blocks. Some without people too, just barricades.

It just got cracked this week 🏴‍☠️

Most of those are reposted by the same account. You just need to ban a few accounts and the feed is clean again.

If it happens every time, it sort of becomes part of your overall routine. So at least you expect it a bit.

I still don't get the reasoning behind these sort of geo engineering projects. Let's say, best case scenario, it works wonders and cools the planet significantly.

The fact that we found a "solution" to the warming temperatures will justify the actions if the corporations pumping tons of CO2 and methane into the atmosphere. If anything, it will encourage them to pollute more, as there is now a way to solve the problem.

De-growth is the only way to actually solve the problem. But since it's not profitable, it won't happen under the current economic system.

Enshitification intensifies

I think capitalism is the cancer. Fascism is just the symptom of late stage capitalism.

Propaganda and misinformation campaigns

"I used to be an adventurer like you. Then I took an arrow in the knee..."

I can't believe this one from Skyrim wasn't in the thread yet.

It's extra funny cause city ppl are actually subsidizing car infrastructure in the burbs.

Why though? Do you need to be uncomfortable in expensive clothing to make good laws?

How often do you change tires on your bike vs your car? 200lbs vs 2000lbs to stop is a pretty significant amount.

Every bullet fired, every bomb dropped, is money in the bank for American military corporations. War = $$$

Seriously.... Covid was an eye opener me as well.

It was so much quieter outside. The air was cleaner. Animals were returning to previously deserted areas at remarkable rates.

Everyone was itching to get back to "normal," but normal was what was causing all of the destruction on the first place.

The government should literally be paying people to stay home and do nothing. I remember reading somewhere that it is more cost effective in the long run. Rather than fixing damage and rebuilding cities after increasingly severe natural disasters.

Ahh... The ol' Lemmaroo. Ya clever bastard

Don't forget art! Arguable the most effective tool at our disposable to shift the way humanity thinks.