@Jpopy@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year agoEvery generation has some product/ingredient that they didn’t know was dangerous at the time: tobacco, lead, asbestos, etc. What is that item for this generation?message-square551fedilinkarrow-up1738arrow-down121
arrow-up1717arrow-down1message-squareEvery generation has some product/ingredient that they didn’t know was dangerous at the time: tobacco, lead, asbestos, etc. What is that item for this generation?@Jpopy@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square551fedilink
minus-squareBoomBoomlinkfedilinkEnglish8•1 year agoWhat I think it is, is that every single person who ever consumes it, will eventually die. We are also literally dependant on it. If you stop ingesting it for too long, it can also cause you to die… That’s how it went around here, at least.
minus-square@lunchboxherolinkEnglish4•1 year agoThat’s my understanding as well, it was a joke about correlation != causation.
What I think it is, is that every single person who ever consumes it, will eventually die. We are also literally dependant on it. If you stop ingesting it for too long, it can also cause you to die… That’s how it went around here, at least.
That’s my understanding as well, it was a joke about correlation != causation.