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-square157linkfedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down10
arrow-up124arrow-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-square157linkfedilink
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-up0·2 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
minus-squareislandofcaucasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoOh shit, I was thinking there was no way that hundreds of thousands of people did from drowning every year, but they actually do. WHO estimates that every year over 200k people die from drowning
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
Oh shit, I was thinking there was no way that hundreds of thousands of people did from drowning every year, but they actually do.
WHO estimates that every year over 200k people die from drowning