People are going nuts about fluoride

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I wouldn't worry too much about fluoride in the water, what's more likely to fuck people up are the trace, or not so trace, pharmaceuticals in the water supplies.  There is no conclusive science out there right now that tells us what the long term consequences of prolonged exposure to even trace amounts of pharmaceuticals.  The best they can come with at this point is "fuck if we know?"


Don't worry about the fluoride.

Yeah, pretty much this.

Not to mention PCBs, mercury, lead, arsenic, radionuclides, DDE, VOCs, MTBE, and a host of other industrial contaminants.

[Roly Poly Oly-Garch]

Something else occurs to me...(nano-rant follows):

Really Portland?  REALLY?  The "city of the weird", and the BEST you can do is some rehashed Bircher shit?  FUCK YOU, PORTLAND, YOU'VE LET ME DOWN FOR THE LAST TIME.  We're cutting off all trade.  No more un-rusted 80s bikes for YOU, fuckers!

Well Cameron Whitten(sp?) did end his hunger strike in front of city hall for the right of a homelesss tent city to keep operating downtown...slow news cycle, I guess.

[Roly Poly Oly-Garch]

Show me any evidence that anyone's physiology involves fluoride being bad for them at the amount they receive from drinking tap water. Otherwise, that's a pretty meaningless argument that can be applied to literally anything.

Plus there's the option to ingest BPA in bottled water if the tap-water offends a person.

[Kai]

I wouldn't worry too much about fluoride in the water, what's more likely to fuck people up are the trace, or not so trace, pharmaceuticals in the water supplies.  There is no conclusive science out there right now that tells us what the long term consequences of prolonged exposure to even trace amounts of pharmaceuticals.  The best they can come with at this point is "fuck if we know?"


Don't worry about the fluoride.

Yeah, pretty much this.

Seconding this.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

"Spinach"



Yeah, PUT MORE IRON in the tap water! That won't precipitate out any more than it already does! How about we add calcium as well?

[The Wizard Joseph]

All I can say on the subject is: OMG Babies don't even have teeth man! <Is hyperlink!

The fluoride bit is a little too much to me. I'm fine and I've been on the 'ride for my whole life.

Also, OCE, dude, you seem bright. You are acting a bit like a jerk though. Do not mistake opposition of thought for an insult and open fire. Unless you are here to troll. If that is the case... good fuckin' luck. You were warned. Where do you think trolls come from, huh? 

[hirley0]

I wouldn't worry too much about fluoride in the water, what's more likely to fuck people up are the trace, or not so trace, pharmaceuticals in the water supplies.  There is no conclusive science out there right now that tells us what the long term consequences of prolonged exposure to even trace amounts of pharmaceuticals.  The best they can come with at this point is "fuck if we know?"


Don't worry about the fluoride.

Yeah, pretty much this.

Seconding this.  weighing IN 71.5Kg 1.5 over

i think i should weigh may often: 1:40:40.? pdT

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Next Saturday they're having a big fluoride protest: https://www.facebook.com/events/430120720358121/

Do any Portland spags want to go with me to sell handmade tin (okay, aluminum) foil hats to the protesters and film the encounter?

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Next Saturday they're having a big fluoride protest: https://www.facebook.com/events/430120720358121/

I suppose they felt they had too much credibility with regard to the whole Occupy thing.

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Next Saturday they're having a big fluoride protest: https://www.facebook.com/events/430120720358121/

I suppose they felt they had too much credibility with regard to the whole Occupy thing.

If I can't dance on Henry Trendley Dean's grave, it's not my revolution!

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I think, in the end, freaking out about a fucking conspiracy theory is easier than freaking out about mega-corporations fucking us in the ass.

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I think, in the end, freaking out about a fucking conspiracy theory is easier than freaking out about mega-corporations fucking us in the ass.

DING! DING! MOTHERFUCKING DING!

[The Wizard Joseph]

I think, in the end, freaking out about a fucking conspiracy theory is easier than freaking out about mega-corporations fucking us in the ass.

I think it's probably both. It's the freaking out that needs to be addressed IMO. It is ineffective... and predictable.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I think, in the end, freaking out about a fucking conspiracy theory is easier than freaking out about mega-corporations fucking us in the ass.

I think it's probably both. It's the freaking out that needs to be addressed IMO. It is ineffective... and predictable.

I'm gonna disagree.  Freaking out was, for a time, effective as hell.  But now many protestors have found something more underground to protest.  Retro-activism.  I'm cooler than you are, because I'm on the leading edge of protest.  And so on.

Hipster paradise.

[The Wizard Joseph]

I think, in the end, freaking out about a fucking conspiracy theory is easier than freaking out about mega-corporations fucking us in the ass.

I think it's probably both. It's the freaking out that needs to be addressed IMO. It is ineffective... and predictable.

I'm gonna disagree.  Freaking out was, for a time, effective as hell.  But now many protestors have found something more underground to protest.  Retro-activism.  I'm cooler than you are, because I'm on the leading edge of protest.  And so on.

Hipster paradise.

See, I wasn't around for the bad old days of protesting. The images and clips from the 60's speak to me of a generation of patriots and nutjobs in equal proportion.  Some were both. They took it seriously and there were very serious consequences.

I cannot say that ALL that goes on today is hippy-hipster-dipsterism, but the current idea of peaceful protest has as much edge to it as boiled toast when compared to iron cats like MLK and Ghandi. They paid the price of speaking truth to power. I don't know enough about Ghandi to say, but I believe king saw the bullet coming. He stood his ground. Others will too in the future, but I wonder if it will be enough in the end.