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[–] Triumph@fedia.io 231 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Tylenol is a brand. Acetominophen was created in 1878 (or 1852, depending on who you ask).

e: That doesn't make RFKJr not wrong and insane, in case it needed saying.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 72 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Over half of Americans read at a 6th-grade level or lower and our President speaks at a 4th-grade level. How many you suppose know Tylenol and acetaminophen are the same thing?

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just wait till they hear what big pharma is doing with paracetamol

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I could totally see acetaminophen makers rebranding with a "new" paracetamol

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

lol my guess is like 70% of people in the us don’t know what acetaminophen or paracetamol are, so Tylenol could just come out with Lonelyt Extra Stength and bam, sales

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

Ah!

There's dihydrogen monoxide in my drinking water!

Ahhhhh!

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] clif@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Look at the elitist over here that knows how to read : P

I never learned and you can't make me.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 33 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Wasn’t ibuprofen what they were blaming? Or did they switch to acetaminophen?

Edit: just saw the Trump clip, now it’s acetaminophen’s fault, lmao. Funny how it’s something that’s actually safe to take for pain during pregnancy, because of course they can never pass up a chance at making women suffer

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

I only ever saw Tylenol.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

They don't care about women's suffering, but I think this is a case where it's incompetence rather than malice.

What's extra crazy about this is that one thing we do know, for certain, can be damaging to a fetus is for the mother to have a fever. Acetaminophen reduces fevers. This is yet another case of an anti-vaxx nutjob thinking the cure is worse than the disease.

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not to mention, this doesnt prove tylenol doesnt cause cancer, it just proves that tylenol isnt the only cause of cancer.

Obv it doesnt, but this argument is just bad.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

you fucked the argument lol

[–] RFKJrsBrainworm@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

He is absolutely insane

Do you think RFK knows this?