▲ 886 ▼ Vaccines don’t cause autism, but the lie won’t die. In fact, it’s getting worse. (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by jeffw@lemmy.world [M] to c/news@lemmy.world 169 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Cosmicomical@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) Carpe noctem permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] OpenStars@discuss.online 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Okay (1) FUCK YEAH, but also (5) did you just change the rules there - are you a billionaire? Or just (d) viva la vida loca:-P. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cosmicomical@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I'm sure the moment I were to become a billionaire people would finally pull out the guillotines. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OpenStars@discuss.online 1 point 2 years ago Nah. Except yeah, probably. People aren't great at handling subtleties - e.g. "tax the wealth" becomes "kill the billionaires", as if the taxation part wasn't the point, or the fact that actual trillionaires exist is somehow not relevant, etc. It's easier to shoehorn facts into what people already want to do:-P. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mokus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Carpe jugulum permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cosmicomical@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I said carpe? Sorry i meant carpet permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Okay (1) FUCK YEAH, but also (5) did you just change the rules there - are you a billionaire? Or just (d) viva la vida loca:-P. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cosmicomical@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I'm sure the moment I were to become a billionaire people would finally pull out the guillotines. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OpenStars@discuss.online 1 point 2 years ago Nah. Except yeah, probably. People aren't great at handling subtleties - e.g. "tax the wealth" becomes "kill the billionaires", as if the taxation part wasn't the point, or the fact that actual trillionaires exist is somehow not relevant, etc. It's easier to shoehorn facts into what people already want to do:-P. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cosmicomical@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I'm sure the moment I were to become a billionaire people would finally pull out the guillotines. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OpenStars@discuss.online 1 point 2 years ago Nah. Except yeah, probably. People aren't great at handling subtleties - e.g. "tax the wealth" becomes "kill the billionaires", as if the taxation part wasn't the point, or the fact that actual trillionaires exist is somehow not relevant, etc. It's easier to shoehorn facts into what people already want to do:-P. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 1 point 2 years ago Nah. Except yeah, probably. People aren't great at handling subtleties - e.g. "tax the wealth" becomes "kill the billionaires", as if the taxation part wasn't the point, or the fact that actual trillionaires exist is somehow not relevant, etc. It's easier to shoehorn facts into what people already want to do:-P. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mokus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Carpe jugulum permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cosmicomical@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I said carpe? Sorry i meant carpet permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cosmicomical@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I said carpe? Sorry i meant carpet permalink fedilink source parent