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[–] [email protected] 131 points 10 months ago (5 children)

We are so close to being able to cum glitter. Just think of the possibilities. What a time to be alive.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 10 months ago

Glitter is stored in the balls

[–] Quacksalber 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"Let me nut some plastic into you, baby!"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

kids in Detroit are using their jizz as hot glue.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

And since plastics mimic female hormones...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My loads will be a shotgun blast of funfetti

[–] kakito69 10 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

The very last, maybe.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I'd say at least it's not generational lead poisoning, but we'll probably end up with that too at this rate

[–] [email protected] 39 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Approximately 40.5% of men and women will be diagnosed with cancer at some point during their lifetimes.

this might be worse than generational lead poisoning

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Nah, everybody dies of something. It's also never ACTUALLY "old age". It's either cancer, or a cascading failure of organs caused by a chronic disease, or both.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (2 children)

a lot more people are getting cancer at younger ages than before

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

and is it like how there were "suddenly" more left handed or non-straight people? Sounds more like everyone jumping on headlines.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Maybe pumping chemicals and plastic into the food and water supply is actually really good for us. I bet everyone didn't think about that.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Citation pls?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Step 1: assessment of current situation as a bad thing

Step 2: lemmy user defends bad thing for reasons, as one does

Step 3: ablockalypse nao

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

I am not defending microplastics, but pointing out how there are baseless assumptions being made.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

There's no way microplastics are worse than heavy metal poisoning.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The scale of this though...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

We used to put lead in gasoline and emit lead fumes everywhere we drove. I still don't think microplastics can compare.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

worse is pretty subjective… is brain damage worse than brain cancer?
the full effects of this aren’t understood, of course… but my money is on: very very bad.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Nah, generational lead poisoning gave us the Great Regression, taking our boomers and making them the way they are instead of being their parents, who flew to the moon and made the UN as a way to foster discission before jumping into war. There was hope in humanity's actions before lead made myopic narcissists who were okay with poisoning the world.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

lead was in everything way before the boomers… pipes, cups, plates, paint… people used to bite lead fishing weights….

lead led to the downfall of rome….

the generations before the boomers were plenty good at poisoning the earth…. and many boomers did want to stop it and started the whole hippie thing, earth day, and civil right….

it’s all so much more complex than that….

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

It was leaded gasoline that made lead ubiquitous. Previously folks could minimize the exposure with precaution but by 1930 it was inescapable. No longer limited to physical proximity, lead fumes ensured it was in the air and rain put it in the water.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

Probably worse. There is a high risk that the microplastics will cause inflammation that will lead to cancer. Microplastics are everywhere in our bodies, which means we may develop cancers throughout our body.

[–] threelonmusketeers 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Nice profile picture... Tim. Are you aware of [email protected]? It's not very active, but that's sort of to be expected in the given circumstances. Just thought I'd let you know in case you missed it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I wasn't, but just subscribed - I keep the flag on this and my KBin profile as a tribute

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 10 months ago

Nice! The community is not very active, but I've been working with a friend on some HI trivia quizzes, which we are posting sporatically.

I just saw that the fediverse canvas (like r/place) is returning next month. Do you think we might try to carve out a small HI patch?

[–] [email protected] 33 points 10 months ago

"You got microplastics in my semen!"

"You got semen in my microplastics!"

  • Reese's SemenPlastic Cups
[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago

They found it women's placenta as well. We're fucked as a species.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Misread "tested" as "tasted" at first

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[–] jballs 7 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This doesn't make me feel good about anything

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

That's fine because this isn't /c/feelsgood

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well, I'm doing my part to get rid of it all.

Guess I'll keep trying until there's another solution.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

i have a solution but im not sure youre gonna like it

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

god we're so cooked

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

So... now we need to stop jerking off because this polutes the environment too! ?!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

New shitty pickup line now available: "Hey baby, how about I inject some micro plastics into you"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'll never watch porn the same way again.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I mean a lot of porn stars are already filled with plastic.

Now they can be covered in it too!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Are we going to breed frakking cylons now?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I've seen some pretty attractive toasters.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

They are still testing? I gotta send my samples!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

It is as Jeff Goldblum said in Jurassic Park: "Life finds a way, that way is plastic, and it's not fantastic."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Does this mean people can now count as sone firm of 3d printing extruder?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Well helloooo GOLIATH!

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