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IT EATS HOLES IN CONCRETE (feddit.nl)

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HYDROGEN: A DANGEROUS EXPLOSIVE! BUT IT'S OK TO BE IN OUR DRINKING WATER?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Admittedly, those are terrible, but let's focus on the bigger problem at hand: dihydrogen monoxide. It covers over 70% of the Earth's surface and kills hundreds of thousands per year.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Anyone who has ever taken in even a small amount of dihydrogen monoxide has eventually died. Lethal!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Heavy dihydrogen monoxide is used in nuclear plants! Nuclear!!!

[+] [email protected] -11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I mean they have a point on this one.

Flourine is toxic waste. They were looking for something to do with it. They learned about flourine rinses and flouride in toothpaste and said, hey, maybe this would be good for people's teeth, if we just started putting it in the water. And, apparently, it is (depending on who you ask). But that's not why they got interested in it. They got interested in it because they had these huge tanks of toxic waste, and they were trying to figure out what to do with it.

https://origins.osu.edu/article/toxic-treatment-fluorides-transformation-industrial-waste-public-health-miracle

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

The dose determines the poison.

"Salt is dangerous—because it melts ice on roads, imagine what it does inside your body."
"Oxygen is dangerous—it causes metal to rust and fruit to rot, so it can't be safe to breathe."
"Water is dangerous—it's the primary ingredient in antifreeze, which kills pets."
"Lemon juice is dangerous—it can dissolve grease and remove stains, so it's probably damaging your insides."
"Baking soda is dangerous—it can strip paint and remove rust, so it can't possibly be safe for baking."

[–] [email protected] -5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Dude I literally sent you a whole article with the history behind it, comparison of dental health over time in the US where the water is fluoridated vs Europe where it is not, all that stuff. Where in that article or anywhere in my comment did you see the logic “it’s bad at high doses so that must mean it’s harmful at small doses”?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sure, but that's not the case the original poster makes -- yours is an example of a convincing hypothesis. The original one might as well say "ooooo scary chemicals!"

[–] [email protected] -5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah so you need to go back and reply to the original commenter or something, instead of to my post adding truthful content lol. I wasn't doubling down on the meme. I was saying that unlike any of your other examples similar to the meme, there are qualified people who criticize water flouridation.

Edit: What the fuck have I got myself into 🥲

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The original one is also factual -- fluoride will eat holes in concrete.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Fair enough. I edited it to say “truthful” instead. I will now seek to exit my involvement in these comments.