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[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 years ago

These snowflake babies can't even stay in a hot car for a while

Back in my day we used to mine for coal for 10 hours without light or water

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago

Yeah that checks out.

[–] ober9000 19 points 2 years ago

That explains a lot.

[–] Thteven 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

That hose water hits different though for sure. So tasty.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lead was used as a flavoring agent for a very long time amongst the upper class in history. Often added to water or wine to make it more sweet. Obviously it's fallen out of favor now that we know what lead does, but it was a big deal in Rome.

So yeah, humans historically prefer lead water for some reason.

[–] 666dollarfootlong 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The chemical code for lead is Pb, derived from plumbum, meaning plumbing. Lead was used as piping for a long-ass time, until most of people went literally insane and started dying from the lead exposure. Thats probably how the Romans fell.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Interestingly, lead pipes aren’t actually bad if you have super hard water. The lead ends up lined with buildup. Of course, any time you have to make a repair, you end up destroying the lining and going back to leaching lead.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

Potentially unrelated, but lead tastes sweet. Yummy yummy.

[–] animelivesmatter 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

when I was a kid we'd leave the gas stove running all day to make our lungs stronger

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Just breathe that nice fresh coal mine air like the rest of us 8 year olds.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

No lies detected.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

As a snowflake I agree

[–] ohlaph 5 points 2 years ago

Self owns are the absolute best.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Just took a brief glance at that guy's twitter and discovered that this is not satire. Explains a lot

[–] Someboynumber5reborn 3 points 2 years ago

You'd have to to be a republican

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

yeah, snowflakes can’t handle hot pavement, they melt

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Yep certainly explains things.

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