50501@50501.chatB to /r/50501 Mirror@50501.chatEnglish · 3 months agoOur city schools have lead poisoning; the CDC's response...r.50501.chatimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1630file-text
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minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 months agoYou think they won’t save money by putting lead in things?
minus-squareMECHAGODZILLA2@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoGood point, and with the costs saved from removing flouride, they could further increase child-hydration profit margins by simply having them eat the paint off the walls instead.
minus-squareWorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoSolution: don’t have children. Let some more intelligent species with kindness and empathy take over.
minus-squareMECHAGODZILLA2@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoDarn, I already had one. I might consider handing them off to a more intelligent species though, if you have a recommendation? Bonobo maybe?
minus-squareWorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoI suggest we do some genetic fiddling, like how scientists gave the NOVA1 gene to mice. They have been shown to have more empathy than humans.
You think they won’t save money by putting lead in things?
Good point, and with the costs saved from removing flouride, they could further increase child-hydration profit margins by simply having them eat the paint off the walls instead.
Solution: don’t have children. Let some more intelligent species with kindness and empathy take over.
Darn, I already had one. I might consider handing them off to a more intelligent species though, if you have a recommendation? Bonobo maybe?
I suggest we do some genetic fiddling, like how scientists gave the NOVA1 gene to mice. They have been shown to have more empathy than humans.