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1. ninja8tyu (ninja8tyu@varishangout.net)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 09:56:00 JST ninja8tyu
   so i came across a conspiracy theory involving fluoride being toxic to the human body
   
   and i believe it
   
   i didn't brush my teeth EVER when i was a kid (because trauma), like only a few times a month, and i rarely got cavities
   
   my teeth have since felt weaker and more sensitive, plus 4 filled cavities, as i developed a habit of brushing at least once a day to try and be normal, so...
   
   i might have to invest in fluoride-free toothpaste, wherever i can find it, but i think i'mma skip the mouth wash and using toothpaste to brush my teeth.
   
   just water to rinse and a floss.
   
   https://invidious.varishangout.net/watch?v=-hvhAEiB19M
   • Shizu (shizu@varishangout.net)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 09:55:59 JST Shizu

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     @ninja8tyu I brush without toothpaste and I never had cavities, so maybe :awoo_think3:
     :gura_sus: 1e+6 litres :flag_china: likes this.
   • Immahnoob (immahnoob@varishangout.net)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 16:00:59 JST Immahnoob

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     @ninja8tyu :shrug: Fluoride-free toothpaste isn't some kind of uncommon thing. There are like a ton of them here in Romania for example, like Parodontax.
   • ninja8tyu (ninja8tyu@varishangout.net)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 16:06:37 JST ninja8tyu

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     @LoliHat @Shizu @Vidmastereon @rlier23 adaptability is one of my strong-suits, so i won't have to worry about that
     
     honestly, having some preparation will help me stay sane, because i have at least some things to back me up, no matter how little
   • LoliHat (lolihat@varishangout.net)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 16:06:38 JST LoliHat

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     @ninja8tyu @Vidmastereon @Shizu @rlier23
     
     >i'll have to research how to properly stock up for an apocalypse with my minimum-wage lowered-hours income, but for now, guess the best i can do is exercise and eating right
     
     The most important thing is being able to adapt and accept that the old "normal" will never come back.
     
     It doesn't matter how buff you are, how many skills you know, or what prepper materials you've assembled if you crack under the psychological strain and end up eating your gun.
   • VidMasterEon (vidmastereon@varishangout.net)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 16:06:39 JST VidMasterEon

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     • Shizu
     @ninja8tyu @rlier23 @Shizu Conspiracies benefit a lot from something similar to the Gell-man amnesia effect:
     
     "In a speech in 2002, Crichton coined the term "Gell-Mann amnesia effect", after physicist Murray Gell-Mann. He used this term to describe the phenomenon of experts believing news articles written on topics outside of their fields of expertise, yet acknowledging that articles written in the same publication within their fields of expertise are error-ridden and full of misunderstanding:
     
     Media carries with it a credibility that is totally undeserved. You have all experienced this, in what I call the Murray Gell-Mann Amnesia effect. (I refer to it by this name because I once discussed it with Murray Gell-Mann, and by dropping a famous name I imply greater importance to myself, and to the effect, than it would otherwise have.)
     
     Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray's case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the facts or the issues. Often, the article is so wrong it actually presents the story backward—reversing cause and effect. I call these the "wet streets cause rain" stories. Paper's full of them.
     
     In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story, and then turn the page to national or international affairs, and read as if the rest of the newspaper was somehow more accurate about Palestine than the baloney you just read. You turn the page, and forget what you know.
     
     That is the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect. I'd point out it does not operate in other arenas of life. In ordinary life, if somebody consistently exaggerates or lies to you, you soon discount everything they say. In court, there is the legal doctrine of falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus, which means untruthful in one part, untruthful in all. But when it comes to the media, we believe against evidence that it is probably worth our time to read other parts of the paper. When, in fact, it almost certainly isn't. The only possible explanation for our behavior is amnesia.
     
     The Gell-Mann amnesia effect is similar to Erwin Knoll's law of media accuracy, which states: "Everything you read in the newspapers is absolutely true except for the rare story of which you happen to have firsthand knowledge."
     
     Normal fags have no trouble believing that the story told about the JFK assassination or 9/11 is bullshit but if you try to tell them something like that the government is lying to them about covid there is no possibility in their mind that the government could ever lie to them
     
     You know how in the matrix Mr. Smith can switch places with another person?
     It happens in a way IRL
     If you are talking with a normal fag and start to touch on a verboten topic, up pops Mr. Smith to replace your friend and shut down the conversation
     I call this the "Mr. Smith effect"
   • ninja8tyu (ninja8tyu@varishangout.net)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 16:06:39 JST ninja8tyu

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     @Vidmastereon @Shizu @rlier23 i suppose it's time to truly prepare
     
     i'll have to research how to properly stock up for an apocalypse with my minimum-wage lowered-hours income, but for now, guess the best i can do is exercise and eating right
   • ninja8tyu (ninja8tyu@varishangout.net)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 16:06:40 JST ninja8tyu

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     @rlier23 @Shizu i wonder if i should believe most conspiracy theories regarding new products, innovations, and technology after the industrial age
     
     so many artificial things, many bad for the body and mind, almost all came from corps dumping waste with everyone clueless of the consequences
     
     and all of which is covered up with lies and deceit which might last ages past us that everyone believes, and those who are willing to ask questions are labeled as insane
     
     who knows, maybe microplastics are delayed-actors which affect the DNA such that it eventually embeds itself into the DNA, disrupting the code and eventually leads to all life becoming sterile
   • salty_apollyon (rlier23@varishangout.net)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 16:06:41 JST salty_apollyon

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     • Shizu
     @Shizu @ninja8tyu i think fluoride also was a sub-product of nuclear weapon manufacturing and other chemical processes, which back then was an issue because most big corpos would ust dump that shit anywhere.
     until it was magically discovered that it's "good for your teeth" and then suddenly all that was was now being sold to be put in the water supply of americans and other stuff
     (ignore the thumbnail) this video curiously has some interesting stuff on this topic too
     https://invidious.varishangout.net/watch?v=XFYOm8miA24
   • LoliHat (lolihat@varishangout.net)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 16:07:15 JST LoliHat

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     @ninja8tyu @Shizu @Vidmastereon @rlier23
     
     And anything you don't need you can get from the inevitable pillaging and looting.