• IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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    Do they even purify the drinking water in Florida? … or are people there just this stupid?

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        Maybe that was the case 20 years ago, but today there native son Gen-X and Millennial shits are voting just as hard R as the old folks used to. I’ve been here the whole time and watched the whole state transition from “haha” dumb to “dude, wtf?” dumb.

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        I’m not giving them lead as a pass. There’s a huge swath of Boomers who are just shitass, toxic, hateful people. They never grew out of their angsty, entitled bitter selves, and most are broadly uneducated, and resentful despite failing upwards for 30-40 years as a confluence of luck.

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          I never said it was a pass. But it is something you must take into account.

          We added fucking lead to everything back then. Even the fucking water lines and gasoline pumping it into every breath they took whether they wanted to or not. An entire generation fucked by lead without knowing it at the time.

          Lead exposure has been shown to things like increased aggression. Which propaganda then takes to the next level by stoking artificial fear.

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            The way you phrase and articulate your statements reads like you are suggesting that lead is the culprit of Boomer behavior, and not deep character flaws and a broad sense of entitlement and narcissistic indulgences. Hence my rebuttal.

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              Oh no there’s a lot of bullshit with the boomers. Lead is just one of many things. It’s not all just because they’re assholes, there are some legitimate contributors that result in the extreme bullshit pie.

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      DeSantis just outlawed fluoride in water and my city just… went along with it. It’s the dumbest state and I can’t wait to leave.

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          I’m not the one you asked, but adding fluoride to tap water was a revolution in dental health, so yeah.

          Just like most things, concentration matters. A little fluoride is very good for you. A lot of fluoride is bad for you. They put a “very good for you” amount in the water, and if you don’t get it from the water you should take supplements.

          You may have seen conspiracy theories about fluoride addition which have existed since the 70s, but those have about as much credibility as chemtrails.

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            Don’t know about any conspiracy theories, but my take is tapwater should be as clean as possible without any additives. Fluoride is in fish, fruits, toothpaste, make sure you eat healthy enough so you don’t need your water source to be “contaminated”.

            But I guess in the US and the food quality its better than nothing.

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              The introduction of flouride to drinking water saw a massive improvement in the public’s dental health across the board. It is still widely considered to be one of the greatest public health initiatives of the 20th century.

              You should also keep in mind that drinking water always has some level of natural flouride in it. Just the concentration varies by region. Public health officials discovered that areas with higher amounts of natural flouride also had lower rates of cavities and tooth decay. So some cities have their water flouridated to bring their flouride content up to beneficial levels.

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      The place is surrounded by sea and riddled with swamps, how dare you try to homogonize all the tasty natural flavors.