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[–] Sentinian@lemmy.one 34 points 1 year ago

These snowflake babies can't even stay in a hot car for a while

Back in my day we used to mine for coal for 10 hours without light or water

[–] yote_zip@pawb.social 23 points 1 year ago

Yeah that checks out.

[–] Thteven@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

That hose water hits different though for sure. So tasty.

[–] LeylaaLovee@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lead was used as a flavoring agent for a very long time amongst the upper class in history. Often added to water or wine to make it more sweet. Obviously it's fallen out of favor now that we know what lead does, but it was a big deal in Rome.

So yeah, humans historically prefer lead water for some reason.

[–] 666dollarfootlong@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The chemical code for lead is Pb, derived from plumbum, meaning plumbing. Lead was used as piping for a long-ass time, until most of people went literally insane and started dying from the lead exposure. Thats probably how the Romans fell.

[–] MopedGirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

Interestingly, lead pipes aren’t actually bad if you have super hard water. The lead ends up lined with buildup. Of course, any time you have to make a repair, you end up destroying the lining and going back to leaching lead.

[–] partyparrot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 year ago

Potentially unrelated, but lead tastes sweet. Yummy yummy.

[–] ober9000@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

That explains a lot.

[–] animelivesmatter@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

when I was a kid we'd leave the gas stove running all day to make our lungs stronger

[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Just breathe that nice fresh coal mine air like the rest of us 8 year olds.

No lies detected.

[–] Catasaur@lemmy.catasaur.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

Just took a brief glance at that guy's twitter and discovered that this is not satire. Explains a lot

[–] genoxidedev1@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

As a snowflake I agree

[–] ohlaph@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Self owns are the absolute best.

You'd have to to be a republican

[–] germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

yeah, snowflakes can’t handle hot pavement, they melt

[–] Sh4d0w_H34rt@geddit.social 1 points 1 year ago

Yep certainly explains things.

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