50501@50501.chatB to /r/50501 Mirror@50501.chatEnglish · 18 days agoOur city schools have lead poisoning; the CDC's response...imagemessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up1637file-text
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minus-squareMECHAGODZILLA2@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·18 days agoGood point, and with the costs saved from removing flouride, they could further increase child-hydration profit margins by simply having them eat the paint off the walls instead.
minus-squareWorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·18 days agoSolution: don’t have children. Let some more intelligent species with kindness and empathy take over.
minus-squareMECHAGODZILLA2@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 days agoDarn, I already had one. I might consider handing them off to a more intelligent species though, if you have a recommendation? Bonobo maybe?
minus-squareWorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoI suggest we do some genetic fiddling, like how scientists gave the NOVA1 gene to mice. They have been shown to have more empathy than humans.
Good point, and with the costs saved from removing flouride, they could further increase child-hydration profit margins by simply having them eat the paint off the walls instead.
Solution: don’t have children. Let some more intelligent species with kindness and empathy take over.
Darn, I already had one. I might consider handing them off to a more intelligent species though, if you have a recommendation? Bonobo maybe?
I suggest we do some genetic fiddling, like how scientists gave the NOVA1 gene to mice. They have been shown to have more empathy than humans.