The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Lemmy Be Wholesome@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhat a lovely thing to do.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1857arrow-down115
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minus-squareCadeillac@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoElectricity did burn down my house though
minus-squareRiven@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoReminds me of how people were claiming, technically rightish, that seat belts injured a ton of people when they were first made legal way back when. Like yea, injuries due to car crashes spiked a ton that first year but that’s cause people stopped fucking dying in car crashes thanks to them.
minus-squareNotyou@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoExactly. Head injuries also went up in the military after the introduction of the metal helmets in WW1. Some extra critical thinking might tell you those head injuries would have been deaths of not for the helmets.
minus-squarebane_killgrind@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoElectricity doesn’t kill people, misusing guns - I mean misusing electricity kills people
Electricity did burn down my house though
Reminds me of how people were claiming, technically rightish, that seat belts injured a ton of people when they were first made legal way back when.
Like yea, injuries due to car crashes spiked a ton that first year but that’s cause people stopped fucking dying in car crashes thanks to them.
Exactly. Head injuries also went up in the military after the introduction of the metal helmets in WW1. Some extra critical thinking might tell you those head injuries would have been deaths of not for the helmets.
Electricity doesn’t kill people, misusing guns - I mean misusing electricity kills people