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What is false, I stated their is no mechanism to bring fluoride topically back to the teeth where it is effective. You did nothing to refute this.

Besides the fact that flouride is metabolized and delivered to your calcified tissues, where it plays a role in the mineralization of your teeth? And that the mineralization of your teeth is the main mechanism in flouride reducing cavities? It's false because topical application isn't the only way flouride reduces cavities.

And we are not talking like anything could be a poison because even relatively small amount of fluoride introduced to the body can be harmful

... The majority of the time natural occuring levels or the levels introduced artificially are not harmful but that is not my point.

Even relatively small amounts can be harmful, so it's poison? But the majority of time it's not harmful. So how exactly is it poison?

I don't care if you claim to visit a wastewater plant or a fertilizer production site. I don't see the research you've done here. I care that you don't back up your claims with a single shred of evidence. If you want to make a point about how flouridation can be unnecessary, then you have provided some evidence there. Good work. If you want to claim that it's poison, then provide the evidence for that too.

Go ahead and block me, if you can't or won't do that.

I understand illegal immigration benefits the immigrants, thats a ridiculous point to feel the need to make.

Really?

Im concerned that illegal immigrant labor is akin to H1b or prison labor, where the worker has diminished rights and is abused more than other groups.

Are you concerned about them or not? If you're concerned about their quality of life, we should talk about how their quality of life here is better than it will be if they are deported. If you're not concerned about their quality of life, then don't pretend to be concerned and then change the subject when challenged on that concern.

And when you have one of the largest land masses on the planet, and some of the most valuable natural resources, and a declining birth rate and increasing childhood mortality, and the cost of your health care is entirely caused by artificial scarcity... hm. Maybe the problem isn't immigrants.

I'm concerned that illegal immigrant labor is akin to H1b or prison labor, where the worker has diminished rights and is abused more than other groups.

Did it occur to you that even with the diminished rights and abuse, they still chose to immigrate? And that they still wish to stay?

You're not protecting them by deporting them. If you want to protect them and help the economy, give them a path to citizenship so that they can continue to work essential jobs while receiving the labor protections of citizens that - oh, whoops. Those protections are being threatened too. Almost like the people doing the deportations have no interest in protecting people and are actively harming them.

There is no evidence ingesting Fluoride, which is a poison, is good for the body. There is no mechanism in the human body to return Fluoride to the teeth topically where it is proven effective once ingested.

This is false. Ingested flouride is distributed to calcified tissues throughout the body, including teeth. In fact, dental flourosis (the actual, clinical symptom of overabsorption of flouride during development) is only possible because of ingestion during early childhood (including before you even have exposed teeth) and even then the symptoms are usually limited to aesthetics.

Fluoride is an avid mineralized tissue seeker. Approximately 99% of all fluoride retained in the human body is found in mineralized tissues, mainly in bone but also in enamel and dentin.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21701189/

The only claim that you backed up with a source is "flouride less effective now that people also get flouride from toothpaste." Which is not surprising or controversial. You did not provide evidence that it's poison, or that metabolized flouride is somehow ineffective compared to localized flouride, which would be nonsense. Flouride plays a role in the mineralization of your teeth, and while it might have an antimicrobial effect in your oral bioflora, its primary mechanism is structural and not limited to topical application.

I have seen an unbelievably compelling body of evidence that cigarrettes are poison, and so chemically addictive that no, it's not a normal choice a person makes. People often "choose" to quit long before they actually manage to quit.

I have not seen a compelling body of evidence that flouride is poison, and you haven't changed that. And associating it with fertilizers isn't some gotcha - it's a byproduct of converting sulfuric acid to phosphoric acid via phosphate-containing minerals, it's not like we're extracting it from cow dung.

If heavy metals are being added to tap water as part of the process - which again citation needed - that has nothing to do with the safety of flouride itself and everything to do with the regulations and regulatory bodies that should be in place to prevent that and monitor tap water for concentrations of substances that have been proven to be poisonous when ingested.

Hey there. Just letting you know that in general trans people and their allies absolutely do not want to be the center of public attention like this. They didn't ask for it.

You're right, there's no good reason everyone should be so completely focused on them as a group. But that wasn't their choice. That was the choice Nazis made when the first books they burned were about gender and sexuality.

That was the choice Nazis made when they spent the last decade and the foreseeable future demonizing and discriminating against transgender people.

Not because they asked for it. Not because they deserve it. But because they are the easiest target. Small in numbers. Complex by nature. Difficult to understand for the uninformed and the disinformed. "Different."

They don't consider themselves the center of the universe. Bigots do. Bigots have decided that transgender issues should be the thing everyone cares about right now. If you want to blame anyone, blame them.

Not enough attention is given to the literal arms race we find ourselves in. Most big tech buzz is all "yay innovation!" Or "oh no, jobs!"

Don't get me wrong, the impact AI will have on pretty much every industry shouldn't be underestimated, and people are and will lose their jobs.

But information is power. Sun Tzu knew this a long time ago. The AI arms race won't just change job markets - it will change global markets, public opinion, warfare, everything.

The ability to mass produce seemingly reliable information in moments - and the consequent inability to trust or source information in a world flooded by it...

I can't find the words to express how dangerous it is. The long-term consequences are going to be on par with - and terribly codependent with - the consequences of the industrial revolution.

Anarchism uses democracy and consensus to make decisions

Genuine question: Is that not a democracy?

I’m guessing for all their talk about hating China, they’re really keen on China taking on the role the US has been playing since WWII, as they’re simultaneously doing their best to undermine the US dollar as the global reserve currency.

I'm genuinely having trouble understanding your comment then.

Who is "they" in the quote above?

You think that the CIA pretends to be an international aid organization for the sake of advancing the interests of checks notes... China? The 3-letter agency that has spent decades building and maintaining American hegemony is now serving that same purpose for a rival nation? And the people that have also spent decades building for this moment to take over the federal government entirely... want to now give their power away? ... what?

Moral excuses aside, it's money. Huge gaps means less material, one-size-fits-all installation, and arbitrary tolerances in production. Same reason the latches constantly break or get stuck - the whole setup is mass-produced as cheaply as possible.

But it's not a good way to save money. On top of the obvious safety and privacy benefits, bathroom quality can completely change a person' opinion of an establishment and is worth investing in.

Do you think these assaults are happening in crowded bathrooms? Or that other women will ignore an assault simply because the bathroom is unisex?