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[–] yads@lemmy.ca 195 points 1 year ago (18 children)

MSG. People will swear it gives them all manner of ailments

[–] quadrotiles@reddthat.com 31 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I bought a big pack of msg from the Asian supermarket and use it instead of normal salt for many things. My partner and I call it wonder salt.

(Of course, msg like normal salt or anything should be used in moderation lol)

[–] megane_kun@lemm.ee 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

I bought a big pack of msg from the Asian supermarket and use it instead of normal salt for many things. My partner and I call it wonder salt.

I hear the voices of my ancestors cry in confusion.

But seriously speaking, I've never encountered MSG being used in place of salt. We use it here to give food more of that nondescript meaty taste (aka umami).

Personally, if I need both salty and umami tastes I'd reach for soy or fish sauce first (depending on what's being cooked). I'd only add MSG and/or salt if I really have toβ€”usually to make minute adjustments.

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[–] SPOOSER@lemmy.today 23 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I remember when I was looking up diet videos years ago everyone was VEHEMETLY advocating against MSG and how bad it was for you, especially for diabetics. I'm still not entirely sure what to believe, but I know MSG isn't as bad as everyone thought it was.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 172 points 1 year ago (5 children)
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[–] riskable@programming.dev 162 points 1 year ago (14 children)

LGBTQ people and drag queens.

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[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 156 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In South Korea most fans have timers so they're not left on overnight, because people think it'll kill you if you do leave it on.
This belief wasn't helped by medical examiners putting "death by fan" on the death certificates of suicide victims to help the dead save face and spare the families the embarrassment of a "cowardly death" for a few decades.

[–] MicrosoftSam@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (9 children)

What is death by fan supposed to mean? Like how would you die from a fan?

[–] Garzak@lemmy.world 126 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] Psychlops@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

Lol, Jesus Christ

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[–] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 100 points 1 year ago (18 children)

For my country (Germany): Catching a draft. Basically people believe that a light breeze from an open window will make you ill.

[–] minorsecond@lemmy.ml 44 points 1 year ago (3 children)

We have a similar one here in the US. People think if you go outside when it's too cold, you'll get sick.

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[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 23 points 1 year ago

Not only colds, but you also get stiff necks! According to my mother, it's almost instantly. Leaving two windows open makes here neck stiffer than a priest in a kindergarten, but only inside. Standing in the wind outside is perfectly fine.

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[–] swnt@feddit.de 79 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (17 children)

Living near a nuclear plant.

Little do they know, that they get more than 50x more radiation effect from the natural surroundings and the rocks in earth than from the nuclear plant 🀭 And our body is really capable of dealing with that since the beginning of our evolution (DNA repairs and co).

https://pages.vassar.edu/ltt/files/2011/04/Screen-shot-2011-04-21-at-1.18.09-AM1.png

here is a chart showing radiation intensities for various sources of radiation

[–] Perfide@reddthat.com 40 points 1 year ago

Living near a coal plant, on the other hand, is really, REALLY bad for you.

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[–] golamas1999@lemmy.world 73 points 1 year ago (4 children)

5G, Vaccines, MSG, WiFi, Socialized Medicine, Jews.

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[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 73 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Staying in hostels when traveling overseas. The amount of people who tell me I'm crazy and going to get murdered if I stay in a hostel is ridiculous.

Hostels are great, and not any more dangerous than hotels are, you just have to look at reviews and go for the type you want. You can also rent private rooms at a lot of them. I always stay at one's with a kitchen so I can save a bunch on food, too.

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[–] Lolors17@feddit.de 65 points 1 year ago (6 children)

The Tor Browser, it's just a normal Browser with some functionality to improve privacy.

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[–] spauldo@lemmy.ml 60 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Jet fuel.

People seem to have the impression that it's some extremely explosive stuff that has to be handled with the upmost care, but it's just highly refined kerosene. It can be used as a replacement for Diesel fuel in many cases - in fact, U.S. military vehicles can run off either. We put it Toyota Hylux pickups up in northern Greenland because it doesn't gel up like Diesel fuel.

[–] ttk@feddit.de 29 points 1 year ago

It doesnt even melt steel beams, so...

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[–] psychothumbs@lemmy.world 60 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Swimming around in a spent nuclear fuel pool: https://what-if.xkcd.com/29/

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[–] PsychicPsquirrel@lemmy.world 53 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Australia. Maybe not completely harmless, but far less dangerous than non-Australians make it out to be.

[–] spauldo@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's what the drop bears want you to believe...

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[–] BryonyPlato@lemmy.world 52 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Video games. There’s absolutely no evidence that they make people more violent.

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[–] Jode@midwest.social 48 points 1 year ago (5 children)
[–] jocanib@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Completely harmless? C'mon.

[–] kryptonicus@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago (4 children)

There have been three accidents related to nuclear power generation, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukashima. There were a total of 33 deaths attributed to those three incidents (32 from Chernobyl and 1 from Fukashima.)

There are 58 deaths per terawatt-hour attributed to coal alone, mostly due to air pollution.

I'd say that nuclear power is very close to completely harmless in comparison. Certainly in contrast to its perception among the general public.

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[–] dudewitbow@lemmy.ml 47 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Sharks.

More people die due to things like selfies, falling out of your bed, tipped vending machines and heck, even balloons, then to a shark.

Just because something can kill you doesnt mean it will, more often than not, it actually wont.

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[–] TheBananaKing@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (13 children)

Huntsman spiders

They are large, and they gallop across your ceiling like demented gazelles, chasing down cockroaches.

However, they're nonaggressive to humans, you'd have to seriously harrass one to provoke it into biting you, and the worst they could do to you is a beesting-like bite.

They're also all named Kevin.

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[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 45 points 1 year ago (9 children)

The dark. Everything seems more scary in the dark

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[–] SPOOSER@lemmy.today 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Scuba Diving. Lots of people have heard that your lungs can pop or something similar and it makes them really afraid to try it. If you hold your breath, you may have issues with your lungs but your SCUBA apparatus is such an amazing design that even if you need to throw up underwater it's designed to filter your vomit through the apparatus so you can continue breathing even after throwing up THROUGH it (which you should do if you feel nauseous down there). Just keep the apparatus in your mouth and don't stop breathing and you'll have a great time.

Scuba Diving is one of my favorite things to do and I really think more people should try it!

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[–] HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Spiders.

Even black widows basically have to be harassed into biting.

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[–] Saundsr@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Dihydrogen monoxide except for when it completely replaces the air.

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[–] xylogx@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Canadian Geese. They are super aggressive but cannot hurt you.

[–] g0d0fm15ch13f@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Dude one stole some Doritos from me once. Wtf do you mean "they can't hurt you"

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[–] popemichael@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (7 children)

People who are dependent on opiates and opioids.

Some people who are in a lot of pain legitimately need the medicine in order to have a normal life. It doesn't make us high, it makes us 'normal' because we actually require the medicine to bring us to normal levels of activity.

Just because someone is physically dependent on the medicine, does not make them an addict too

Most of us would rather never take another pill in our lives if we were suddenly healed.

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[–] Vex_Detrause@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 year ago (17 children)

Cellphones in a gas station. Also double dipping in a sauce or dip.

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[–] EverlastingAnthesis@rammy.site 26 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Wild strawberries. As far as I know there are no wild strawberries that are poisonous. There are two types, wild strawberries that resemble normal strawberries but smaller, which taste delicious, and mock strawberries, which taste like water but are also safe to eat. Mock strawberries can be recognized as growing upward and having protruding red seeds.

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[–] supersane@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 year ago (19 children)
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[–] appel@whiskers.bim.boats 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)

Climbing, the gear is all rated to lift 2 tonnes, so a medium sized car. It won't snap with you on it.

Edit: sorry this is misleading, climbing is not harmless, and a lot can go wrong even with good equipment. The point I wanted to convey was that equipment failure is an unlikely cause of problems for climbing

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[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Most US cities are not as dangerous as the news makes them out to be.

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[–] collin@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

According to my mother, gay marriage. Nuts on mustaches is just the end of the world to her for some reason.

Otherwise, she's a sweet lady.

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[–] bhj@lemmy.one 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

ITT: people that don't know what completely harmless means

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