Though her methods were criminal and involved kidnapping children from poor families to sell to wealthy ones, her practices inadvertently shaped key aspects of the modern adoption system.

Oh. My bad. TIL

Okay, you got me there. What about “Iran used to be nicer”? Would that be okay?

I assume it’s to avoid the disinformation running rampant which made the US give up on reason as well. And India is so tightly populated that they really can’t mess around with measles outbreaks.

Depends on where you’re from and what the regulations are, might have been just non-denatured high% vodka essentially. As so much was needed regulations weren’t the strictest everywhere.

Anyway, I’m not gonna believe you before I see you take a mouthful of 80% alc and swirl it around your mouth and smack smack smack mmm. Without making any sort of sour face.

Because if you do, then that’s actually medically concerning, because that’s a poison and we have systems in our bodies to make us not ingest poisons easily. As in, that’s why we can taste bitter. Alcohol isn’t bitter per se but it’s a volatile solvent, and at those percentages it’s just not in anything way a taste. It’s a sensation.

I may be wrong, but I don’t believe you. You also say you don’t "really drink, so I’m thinking a younger person who’s had a small hit and enjoyed the aftereffects and can’t now discern them.

When you talk about “ethanol for disinfection”, do you mean denatured alcohol? Because if so, I believe you even less.

Well yes, Iran used to be nice.

Unfortunately they had/have oil.

https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/war-for-oil-conspiracy-theories-may-be-right

Yeah I’m not gonna believe this before I see you drinking 80% alcohol without making a sour face.

It’s less about respecting Cheney and more about excluding Trump out of something. He’s such a baby it will make him furious.

I read that in the voice of Frank Skinner.

Wait wait wait.

Sooo… a theocratic nation lead by irrational bigots, using decade old ultracapitalistic plans… aren’t getting shit done?

I just played for the first time ever.

Realistic af. Even got the older wounds bleeding

You mean billionaires who are murderers, not people willing to murder billionaires?

Because the latter is what I prefer.

If the maggots aren’t jumping, it’s considered to have gone off, iirc.

Well it’s essentially just herbal opioids, so yeah, it will make you dependent then you can ease that dependence by getting even a harder dependence from like Oxy or fentanyl.

This is the actively ingredient in kratom: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitragynine

Again, it would be about the volume, not just having music in a helmet.

Tony’s type A personality may suggest he was in fact listening to it too loud.

Iluvatar vs Morgoth?

2000s were the peak crossroads of old and modern life and its fun to look back

FYI in ten years kids will be saying the exact same thing about the 2010’s, just like they did 10 years ago with the 90’s and for my gen it was the 80’s-70’s.

Usually these TIL threads give me nothing new.

This one is new to me. Thanks.

If deterrence worked the US wouldn’t have such a high murder rate and drug prohibition in general would actually work.