50501@50501.chatB to /r/50501 Mirror@50501.chatEnglish · 1 month agoOur city schools have lead poisoning; the CDC's response...r.50501.chatimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1639arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1634arrow-down1imageOur city schools have lead poisoning; the CDC's response...r.50501.chat50501@50501.chatB to /r/50501 Mirror@50501.chatEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square33fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agoYou think they won’t save money by putting lead in things?
minus-squareMECHAGODZILLA2@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month 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-up3·1 month agoSolution: don’t have children. Let some more intelligent species with kindness and empathy take over.
minus-squareMECHAGODZILLA2@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month 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-up1·1 month 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.