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https://itstillworks.com/12613629/can-a-tv-give-off-toxic-fumes

the part about electronic odors explains it pretty well

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[โ€“] remotelove 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Byproducts of burning PET (soda bottle plastic): hydrochloric acid, sulfur dioxide, dioxins, furans and heavy metals

No, you can't go all Dread Pirate Roberts and slowly build up an immunity to those over several years. Try as you might to impress that lady friend, it won't work.

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[โ€“] remotelove 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The Dread Pirate Roberts reference is from the movie Princess Bride.

Wesley spends years building up an immunity to a fictional substance called "iocaine powder", the most deadly substance known to man. He tricks a foe into drinking wine laced with it, killing his foe while he survives.

https://princessbride.fandom.com/wiki/Iocaine_powder