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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah, where I used to live up north, even very remote lakes were poisoned with mercury said to be from coal burning in China. People were advised to not eat fish from the lake more than a few times a week or once a week for certain fish. So... tons of people just ignore that or don't even know about it because they either don't really understand or believe it, have poor information sources, enjoy the experience, or it's all they can afford.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

I know a fair amount of girls from Minnesota and Oregon who would like that because they're into fishing themselves. They grew up fishing with their fathers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It's more a "I'm a manly dude who is good at catching fish! I enjoy leisure time on lakes and I have a boat!" than a promise that they'll eat the fish. At least half the time it's catch and release fishing anyway.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago

Makes sense. What does Elron do when he screws something up? Blames everyone but himself.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I'm sure some truck drivers are very good at it, if they have to drive large trailers often for instance. But a lot of the time their giant trucks can't even fit into a parking spot without taking up more than one space.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

It’s mostly urban though. 7 million isn’t that small and it shouldn’t affect something expressed as a rate anyway.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

They’re impractical in US town centers too. Drivers of these often live in suburban and rural areas and act like “omg city = CRIME and those people”, and if they come into the city, get frustrated because their giant POS vehicles are difficult to park as they’re terrible at maneuvering (drivers and the truck) and don’t fit in many parking spaces.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

“Axis of evil” was a GWB and Cheney thing. I don’t think Obama ever used the term.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago (3 children)

regulators who don’t trust FSD are KILLING people because it’s so safe -Elron

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago

It's taken me decades to figure this out

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Do you mean stuff like preservatives, artificial colors, or things called out on Prop. 65 warnings? The one I've seen for the latter is acrylamide, which is formed naturally from cooking things. It's odd how it's labeled on some products and not others.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Thanks. Mainly I was wondering 'why Latvia'?

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