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[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 105 points 17 hours ago (17 children)

I am once again reminding the world that the ancient Romans warned not to buy slaves from asbestos mines because of the health issues they had.

We have known for a very long time that asbestos was bad and we keep using it to this day.

At least we aren't using it to make easy clean tablecloths and napkins that only need to be thrown in a fire to clean...

[–] notsure@fedia.io 12 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

...have you heard the latest presidential executive order from the U nited S tates?...

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 17 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

... I picked a bad presidential term to stop smoking

[–] notsure@fedia.io 9 points 16 hours ago

...have some airplane! glue...

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