Post #2005871
2026-05-05 08:44 UTC
man if there was a common household chemical, like plastifier, that causes psychosis after couple months of use in small segment of population, you would absolutely hear no end of this [1]. but you see, now it’s an app, oh we’re just throwing hands, can’t do anything about it and it’s but one of inconveniences that we all have to pay for Progress and Glorious Technocratic Future
[1] i’m thinking here of things like phthalates, bisphenol A, PFOA or paraquat, herbicide linked to increased risk of parkinsons and banned in some countries. their harmful effects need a lot of time to show up and are nowhere as dramatic
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@flowerysong@awful.systems 2026-05-05 14:02
For future reference: “throwing hands” means initiating a fight, it’s a piece of slang that is very distinct from throwing your hands (up/in the air.)
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@fullsquare@awful.systems 2026-05-06 07:48
bindeez 2007 recall would be close. tldr childrens toy contained plastifier that turned out to metabolize to ghb, this in turn was put in there as an unauthorized cost cutting measure by manufacturing subcontractor. within 2 weeks of the first incident there was a global recall. note that nobody died and there are no expected long term medical consequences. new batches had added bitrex and undergo qc for this specific contaminant, and brand name was changed