▲ 301 ▼ Ancient wisdom often sounds like common sense now that it is commomly taught. What is some ancient wisdom that we no longer teach because it was wrong? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by TheLadyAugust@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 180 comments fedilink hide all child comments This question inspired by this post..
[–] Restaldt@lemmy.world 50 points 2 years ago (4 children) Its perfectly safe to burn any and all trash Especially batteries permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] piecat@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago It was safe to burn batteries when they were made of zinc. Modern battery chemistry is the problem there permalink fedilink source parent [–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago It was somewhat safe when there were like 2 billion people on the planet. Not so much when there's 8 billion. permalink fedilink source parent [+] magnor@lemmy.magnor.ovh 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] magnor@lemmy.magnor.ovh 1 point 2 years ago All sane people know you should eat batteries, damn it! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] piecat@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago It was safe to burn batteries when they were made of zinc. Modern battery chemistry is the problem there permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago It was somewhat safe when there were like 2 billion people on the planet. Not so much when there's 8 billion. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] magnor@lemmy.magnor.ovh 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] magnor@lemmy.magnor.ovh 1 point 2 years ago All sane people know you should eat batteries, damn it! permalink fedilink source parent