Jpopy@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoEvery generation has some product/ingredient that they didn’t know was dangerous at the time: tobacco, lead, asbestos, etc. What is that item for this generation?message-squaremessage-square40linkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10
arrow-up19arrow-down1message-squareEvery generation has some product/ingredient that they didn’t know was dangerous at the time: tobacco, lead, asbestos, etc. What is that item for this generation?Jpopy@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square40linkfedilink
minus-squaresadbehr@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoHave you heard of Dihydrogen monoxide? It literally kills hundreds of thousands of people every single year all over the world, including young children. You don’t hear about it in the news though do you…
minus-squareislandofcaucasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI’m confused about how it kills hundreds of thousands of people per year. How, by drowning?
minus-squarepiece@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoIt’s an old (early-internet?) joke iirc. And yes, I think that’s the answer
Have you heard of Dihydrogen monoxide? It literally kills hundreds of thousands of people every single year all over the world, including young children.
You don’t hear about it in the news though do you…
I’m confused about how it kills hundreds of thousands of people per year. How, by drowning?
It’s an old (early-internet?) joke iirc. And yes, I think that’s the answer