andyburke

This chart doesn’t show the adult blood lead levels boomers had through continuing exposure. They didn’t get as huge a dose as kids, but they got it for longer.

But yeah, you’re understanding why I am asking why people think this is becoming less of an issue. It’s just shifting a bit. As a GenXer myself, I would probably be ok with an age limit of like 40 to hold political office at this point. Neither we nor the boomers can be trusted.

What makes you think lead poisoning has wound down as GenX ages into taking over from the Boomers?

It’s a fine line - getting tired of having to meet people where they are when they’re standing in the shit.

Good on you for having the energy to keep it up.

Let.me know which bit I got wrong such that I should enhance my chill.

Oh, you means liberals did something instead of nothing, and then it wasn’t perfect, so conservatives absolutely lost their goddamn minds, only to realize hey maybe we should do something, now let’s address the things the liberals wanted to address in the FIRST FUCKING PLACE?

Is that what you mean?

To be fair, this community is fairly ripe for the humble-brag which is very cliche and is reasonable for members to be sensitive to.

Everyone down voting a story about alligators ripping a.dude apart in front of his family by a person called Lost_My_Mind. What is the fediverse coming to?

To answer the title question: they start looking for something serious with someone.

“I am not looking for anything serious.”

You refuse to address the “arbitrary” and “dire consequences” parts of my arguments by pointing at hypothetical religions. I will not respond to that.

To teach someone that they must follow arbitrary rules with dire consequences for failure is unethical.

You can decide what that means for religions.

All major world religions with many followers have arbitrary rules and dire spirital, and often physical, consequences for breaking them.

I am not here to argue specifics on religions.

I don’t think I could be more clear about why I believe teaching anyone religion as fact is unethical.

Teaching anyone that they must be judged by arbitrary, unprovable rules or face dire consequences is unethical.

You are like a younger me who refused to see the 10,000 year history of abuse and realize that any system based on “because I told you so” us unethical and harmful to human life.

It is also important to remember that religions are human organizational structures, but their basis of authority is “because I said so.” We see this structure arise over and over until it is eventually removed for something more based in reality.

The history books are full of religions’ heinous crimes against humanity. Maybe there is some religion out there that is purely benevolent but I have never heard of it in the sea of counterexamples.

If you are currently trapped in a religion, I am here to tell you that you can escape. Once you do, a lot becomes much more clear.

This would be true if religion were not so often used to suppress and hurt people.

You’re confusing weather with climate in your comparison.

Read everything you wrote again but realize you’re talking about the wealthiest dude in the world who was hawking his own shit and this was the result.

He literally has more resources at his disposal than any other human and this is what he produces, I guess as marketing?

What the fuck is going on?

I ran a BBS back when the computers had to screech at each other and I always described the feeling of the rise of the internet as “moving from a small town to the big city.”

I very much appreciate this analogy.

Business people making business decisions. 🤷‍♂️