Goddamned mentally deficient Prairies shooting themselves and their labour unions in the foot with all that Conservative Blue. Absolute idiocy.
undercrust
joined 2 years ago
It absolutely, 100% is the only way to reverse the power of corporations. It worked fantastically for our (great-)grandparents to even out the scales; we need to organize to restore order.
Double dog dare you no take-backsies!
Do you recognize how immature you sound? Or are you oblivious to that part of reality too?
Anyone who enjoys the protection of their union and also votes for the Ontario PCs or the Federal CPC is absolutely fucking braindead
Absolutely, and to wit, there is yet another bloody "public consult" going on right now, and everyone in Alberta should absolutely complain:
Meanwhile, in Alberta they are un-freezing rates, "good drivers" are limited to a 4% increase, and any driver with some sort of a claim on record is about to get dry-fucked by the for-profit insurance companies again.
Dude, that's for the odds someone might have hypothyroidism, not at all related to toxicity.
And as noted by the authors:
"Hence, the application of standard household water purification (such as reversed osmosis, electro dialysis, activated carbon filter, and other adsorption/ion-exchange methods) is recommended for patients with hypothyroidism since they have a higher consumption of drinking water. The purification systems can help remove fluoride that interferes with thyroid functions."
So, if you have a family history of hypothyroidism, and you care at all about trying to avoid this incredibly common and easily treatable issue; use a water filter. It probably won't help since family history and regular exercise are much more highly correlated with the incidence of hypothyroidism, but sure, why not.
Also, and this is fun, they conveniently ignore the fact that the people drinking the most water (5+ cups group) have a lower adjusted-odds-ratio (OR) of hypothyroidism.
How about the part where the level of fluoride in the water being in the higher end of the spectrum (0.3-0.5 mg/L) gives you a *checks notes* oh yeah, 3.4% higher incidence rate of hypothyroidism. Right.
If the stupid motherfucker brushes his teeth twice daily, he's already introducing loads more fluoride to his body than any of the trace amounts they add into the public water system, which is still standards of deviation less than anything that would introduce fluorosis of childrens' teeth (since that's not possible for adults with developed teeth), let alone get to a level of toxicity for an adult.
Now, if he regularly consumes full tubes of toothpaste as a health supplement, then maybe that's a reason to be concerned about fluoride.
Oh, HPPD is definitely a thing, but extraordinarily rare.
I may have misspoke about the brown acid - this was a legit warning resulting from "home-brew chemists" attempting to make their own LSD and failing to create it properly. Most of the supplies back then were direct from Sandoz (Novartis) and basically were being given away to the scientific community for novel testing. Fun stuff.
I'm talking about the hyperbole of "acid flashbacks" which was a narrative introduced to discourage and demonize LSD usage by the political and intellectual opponents of the Nixon administration. "Rots your brain permanently" and all that other garbage.
Turns out regular LSD usage by the "hippie" community and by many people involved in high-level education (particularly college and university professors) was making people feel more connected and empathetic towards one another, and that just didn't do for the Republicans who needed everyone to fear "the other".
What they also did with marijuana and heroin, and subsequently with crack cocaine, was truly abhorrent.
The information in the hallucinogenic section about acid flashbacks is incorrect. This was a false rumour spread in the 70s to demonize the political opponents of Nixon.
Hating people never leads to logical outcomes. I'd rather accept that they've been somewhat brainwashed and battle against it, than hate my neighbour.
Dear corporations,
Your current higher profit margins were my former lunch money. You kept all my raises for yourself, and then gave yourself some nice bonuses for fucking me over.
Quit blaming ME for ruining the economy.
Sincerely, The (former) middle class