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Cake day: March 22nd, 2025

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  • skisnow@lemmy.catoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldThe good old days
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    9 days ago

    To be clear, when you say doctors endorsed cigarette smoking, a small percentage of doctors were duped into endorsing it and their recommendations boosted by the tobacco industry.

    I’ve got my Grandfather’s old copy of The Boy’s Companion published before the date in that meme, and it’s very clear in its message that smoking is bad for you. They’ve known it was harmful to health since at least the 17th century, and tobacco was only brought to Europe in the 16th.

    The cunts who sent that mascot to the hospital fucking KNEW. (edit: or at least they would have if they existed, it looks like the whole thing might have been AI generated)












  • skisnow@lemmy.catoBuy European@feddit.ukNut nut
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    19 days ago

    It’s distressing how many British sweet brands now have a chain of ownership leading to the US. Mondelez famously bought Cadbury’s, and Bain Capital (y’know, Mitt Romney’s company) own most of the “classics” like Barratts, Fox’s Glacier Mints, Poppets, Tavener’s, Mojo chews, Barker & Dobson etc. The only big non-American company left is Nestle, and they can also fuck wayyyyy off.

    It’s only Terry’s and Tunnocks left now, and even then Terry’s are owned by the Fr*nch.


  • skisnow@lemmy.catoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldWe are so cooked
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    19 days ago

    Bees live less than two months, so if only 80% of bees died in the last 8 months that would suggest a sharp recent population increase. And even if you take it as read that it means bees dying and not being replaced, 8 months is still a terrible timeframe to use because it’s literally saying “there are 80% fewer bees now, at the tail end of winter, than there were at the height of bee season”.

    I’m not saying there isn’t a bee crisis, just that this factoid is very badly worded.