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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

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Please Help Reverse This (i.imgur.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Between the lead fuel, plastics, and possibly other issues not yet proven to be an issue like food colorings and preservatives, we may actually be dumber today than 150 years ago.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

We just have access to more platforms to share our opinions and people have access to more sources of information to reinforce their bad opinions.

During the Spanish flu people were fighting against preventive measures, the anti Vax movement existed in the late 1800s (example for those who read French https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/634164/la-grogne-contre-les-vaccins-et-les-mesures-sanitaires-des-le-xixe-siecle ), there's always been people supporting fascists and so on...

[–] asyncrosaurus 3 points 4 months ago

Doctors used to refuse to wash their hands before performing surgery.