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[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 days ago (4 children)

That’s dangerous information to freely put out into the world, jr.. As an atheist, the only reasonable thing to do is to craft a fluoride knife and use it to strike down god. I’ll come out correct, one way or another.

[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 days ago

See, it's common knowledge that you can't "take anything with you when you go," but it's also known that your body will rise out of the ground on the last holy day, so clearly your physical form is made manifest. What THAT means is that if I fuse my ulna and radius into a triangular bayonet, and then rip off my hand when I appear before god, I can stab him! And now I know what material to coat my bones in!

AND I KNOW WHAT FLUORIDIC COMPOUND PENETRATES SKIN TO THE BONE!!

MAAAAARGARET?!? WHERE'S THAT HFl THAT WE HAVE SITTING AROUND?

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

An Unholy Fluoride Warrior

[–] KenOh@feddit.online 2 points 3 days ago
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He declares a jihad against fluorine.

[–] SlothMama@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Ouch my Pineal Gland

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

If this is a call to stop fluoride to be in water, sure that might be fine. But if this fuck is banning toothpaste?

Yeah I've got pretty soft teeth, I always make sure my toothpaste has floride in it.

But like I hope this isn't about pineal glands disconnecting from God or whatever. I wish these people would just take psychedelics and leave us alone.

[–] MyOpinion@lemmy.today 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The dumbest people in the room are running our country.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

My understanding is that basically the political issue is that as we shifted to a more-specialized set of people working in various areas, experts


usually people with a university education in a particular relevant area


became the decision-makers. That led to some other people feeling disenfranchised, feeling that they had no input, because nobody cared about their positions.

That became exacerbated on things like homosexuality, where you had the reclassification of homosexuality in the DSM causing domain experts to be touching on things that some felt to be value questions, things that should not be a matter for specialists.

So what the Trump administration is doing is letting people feel that they're getting to have their input, even though they aren't some elite domain expert. Democracy has been restored, because now Joe Blow gets to say things and be have his voice visibly heard, rather than just being condescendingly ignored by bureaucrats who make the calls.

Trump beating up on Ivy League universities is political theater putting them in their place.

Stuff like that. Makes people who felt disempowered feel like order has been restored.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 11 points 3 days ago

Some people believe that their ignorance is as good as hard-won facts. Fuck those people. You deal with the world as it is, not as in some dimwitted, stunted delusion.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

TIL: god loves tooth decay /s

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

he created strep mutans that causes tooth decay, so yes he does love it.

[–] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

They also created humans that cause dentists. So god needs to make up their fucking mind.

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[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Fluoride is to "god" as kryptonite is to Superman?

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

No, no, no. God is omnipotent and all creating, so why would God create something that could make his beloved worshippers disconnect?

Unless? No, it can't be. Ok, hear me out here. ..unless God isn't real 😲😲

It's either that, or the person who believes God can easily be defeated by chlorine is not a true believer of God being an all powerful being.

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

say and do anything to be 'relevant' and get shares.

that's all they need to keep being in the spotlight

(not blaming you or whatever, just this is what's happening and we can't stop it without stopping information which is what they want)

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

theres always a correlation when someone becomes a looney right wing, like the people like SORBO, cavaziel who suffered brain damage.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 days ago
[–] tonytins@pawb.social 3 points 3 days ago

This same person dismisses trusting the experts because that would be a religion. Hypocrisy doesn't even begin to describe this guy.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 1 points 3 days ago

Guess people with well water are shit out of luck.

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