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[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 15 points 2 months ago

What an advance age we live in. Lead poisoning had been replaced by plastic in every way!

[–] astronaut_sloth@mander.xyz 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Millennials and Gen Z make fun of boomers for being lead-brained. Gen Alpha and Beta will make fun of Millennials and Gen Z for being plastic-brained.

[–] Swallowtail@beehaw.org 8 points 2 months ago

And Gen X gets completely forgotten, as usual.

[–] Glasgow@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago

They’ll be full of plastic too. About half of it is plastic we breath in dust from clothes and tyres and nobodies even talking about fixing it.

And it’s Gen X that got the brunt of lead.

[–] Captainvaqina@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Layer this on top of lead poisoning and you get traitor supporting magats.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Ah, that's a piece of shit. God damn it.

[–] callyral@pawb.social 0 points 2 months ago

me after 500 years recovering from microplastic consumption (i still have microplastics in my bloodstream):