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PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days ago

The past is a funny place

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PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days ago
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    Another one that always surprised me was in using lead to sweeten wine.

    But I’m sure historians 2,000 years from now will look at all the dumb dangerous poisonous things we’re doing to ourselves today and wonder what the hell was wrong with us.

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      18 days ago

      “I Have One Word for You: Plastics”.

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      Pretty sure we mostly know them already. Problem is most aren’t listening.

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        Problem is most aren’t listening.

        and we keep inventing new threats to the species.

        see: AI - not just in it’s horrible potential, but also it’s ridiculous use of resources and carbon output.

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      The similar part is they also knew it was bad but they did it anyway.

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      Even worse, we are aware of the dangerous poisonous things we are doing to ourselves today, and we still keep doing them. What the hell is wrong with us?

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        Capitalism

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        Lobbyist s for big corporations

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        Romans were plenty aware of the hazards of lead, too. Like us, they kept using it for economic reasons

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      It’ll be plastics. “They stored… Drinks in this?.. Were they insane?”

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      (Plastics)

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