Good point, and with the costs saved from removing flouride, they could further increase child-hydration profit margins by simply having them eat the paint off the walls instead.

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Solution: don't have children. Let some more intelligent species with kindness and empathy take over.

[–] MECHAGODZILLA2@midwest.social 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Darn, I already had one. I might consider handing them off to a more intelligent species though, if you have a recommendation? Bonobo maybe?

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 1 points 5 days ago

I suggest we do some genetic fiddling, like how scientists gave the NOVA1 gene to mice. They have been shown to have more empathy than humans.

[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 10 points 6 days ago

Those same lead filled schools will be sold to private equity companies for pennies on the dollar because they will say they are full of dangerous chemicals. Those private equity companies will rent them out to charter schools and take in the same kids that were already going but charge the parents on top of taking the vouchers the govt gives out.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

No one who unironically thinks the private sector will take care of everything knows what an externality is.

[–] circuitfarmer 36 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Everything about the current Republican party exists to break government to the point of it ceasing to function. When that happens, they can point at it and say "see? Government doesn't work."

Then they sweep in with a privatized solution to the problem they created, and they get richer.

They know it's essential. They also know you'll pay for it if they can kill the governmental solution.

[–] AizawaC47@lemm.ee 3 points 5 days ago

So just like private equities.

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 20 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yes yes let's all just make pithy comments and tut tut about those nasty repugnicans

How many of you have been to a protest in the last month?

The answer better motherfucking be all of you.

[–] jimbel@lemm.ee 4 points 6 days ago

Word

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I don’t see what the problem is.

The current administration grew up breathing air filled with leaded gas fumes and they’re just fine.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 6 days ago

Just like all the people saying how "I was hit as a child and I turned out fine!" and then want to hit kids

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago

Lead poisoning the youth is considered a desirable outcome for the current admin.

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

The left needs to do with "waste, fraud, and abuse" what the right did with "woke". I guess that might be tough because the left doesn't mindlessly parrot talking points as prolifically.

[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

But if we DONT Poison our Kids HOW would we be Able to Afford ANOTHER MultiBillion Dollar contract for President Elon Musk's companies?

[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Plus it's only inter city, mostly minority children who are affected.

[–] llamatron@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

But if a thing isn't making a rich guy richer should it really exist?

[–] coaxil@lemm.ee 7 points 6 days ago

The suffering is the point.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

The facist broligarchs don’t give an F

[–] MTK@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Honestly, big brain move. Poison everyone with lead, they become stupider, you get more voters, you add more lead to the water.... Become the smartest man alive

[–] RymrgandsDaughter@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

I knew that was coming

[+] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world -10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

ahh Mr Larson.

One of these days we'll talk about what it means to accept a framing.

[–] dota__2@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

context?

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[–] dota__2@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

no. context for the rest of your comment. what does the second sentence refer to?

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[–] dota__2@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

so you wrote all that to just jerk off instead of simply answer the plainly asked question. you are part of the problem.

edit: you know i made a point when they go and downvote things i've said in complete other locations.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If he had phrased it as "aren't an example of waste, fraud, or abuse" then your long point might have some substance. That's not what he said - he specifically and only says that protecting kids isn't wasteful. You might want to step back and consider you might be trying to see more than what's there for your own biases.

And all the sentences matter. Without context few would understand what he was talking about. The first describes the problem initially as presented to the CDC. The second is the CDC's response in light of admin cuts to every damn thing they can. The last is simply stating that once again money is favored over public safety, even kids' safety.

Btw, there always has been waste, fraud, and abuse in lots of places, including the government. How you determine what is and isn't such things and do something about them is key to whether it improves or worsens things. And DOGE is neither of these, it's an absolute money grabbing with no plan or structure. Hence the point of this tweet.

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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

So it's framing if he doesn't include in a tweet specific about the CDC and leave a side note that all of the efforts to find waste and such is a sham. Which would remove the focus on the topic about the kids, and isn't necessary because most anyone is going to know he's talking about the subject of the CDC being cut and how it affects this singular issue.

Not everything can include all subjects, that's almost a form of Gish Galloping where everything is mentioned but nothing is talked about enough to matter.

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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Which he did.

I honestly reread it a few times before I replied to you, just to make sure I didn't miss something. Since I'm sure we both agree that the cuts to the CDC that caused this denial of help is a travesty, how would you suggest he had worded things to both keep the attention on the danger to the kids while also "framing" it correctly to avoid what was clearly confusion to a few readers who apparently read between lines and saw his endorsement(???) of DOGE.

[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Congratulations, that was the most insufferable comment I've seen all week.

[–] Batmancer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

Same. In a good way. Lots of jargon(god I hope that was jargon) and was a challenge.