that doesn't seem related but it sure is interesting that it's the same number

But not in every country are the majority of the lawmakers from that sample size.

Mine eats cat shit. Must've been the Tylenol I took during adoption.

My dog's hair is going grey. I blame vaccines

Love me some capy blapies! Truly the coolest rodent of all time. Except for my friend's pet rats, those guys are the coolest if not a little too pee happy.

I think that might be the default mode for cats.

"All Cats Are On The Autism Spectrum"

Good thing it's extremely preventable thanks to modern medicine. We should all be so lucky that our greatest fear is 100% avoidable through easy life choices.

Rabies is in my top three fears, maybe even number one.

Same. I went on a road trip one summer a few years ago, and we decided to take a long detour through the Appalachian trail for part of the drive. We had all the windows down and the sunroof open, just enjoying the cool fresh air bc it was too disgustingly hot everywhere else outside of the mountains to roll them down. Anyway, we were going down this really narrow back road, seeing like 1 or 2 other cars every 45 mins to an hour, and eventually got to a point where we had to drive through a really old narrow tunnel like this one:

My first thought was, what if a bat flies in the car lmao. I demanded we roll up all the windows and shut the sunroof before we went through, and my husband made fun of me and said I was being ridiculous. I probably was, but there's way too many documented cases of people who were out in the wilderness, got a tiny bat scratch, didn't even realize it or think twice about it, then weeks or months later died a slow horrible death because of rabies. Even if you spend your last days in a hospital there's nothing they can really do by the time you're showing symptom except try to make you comfortable (which is probably impossible unless they just place you into a medically induced coma).

I also worked with a girl that grew up in Vietnam and said there were multiple times she got bit by stray dogs, and had to get rabies shots when she was a kid. I grew up in the sticks always playing with stray cats and dogs, but never thought twice about it back then. Definitely wouldn't be taking that risk now.

Anyway, tldr, some people seem to be under the impression a fear of encountering rabies is like a fear of someday encountering quicksand. I'll take my chances being ridiculous and overly safe to avoid it. Especially after reading the article and learning we've now got a fucking rabies outbreak to worry about on top of everything else going on in the U.S.

im calling bullshit on whoever told you that. im pretty sure ive heard that same story. also, rabies causes fear of water so theyd likely die of dehydration way sooner

That is part of the problem, yes.

Or instead of raising the voting question (also known as non-democracy, only-whites-can-vote etc), maybe better agree on the importance of accessible education. Such as, a well funded school system, free or cheap non-corporate universities etc.

I never thought I'd see the day where someone accurately described my outlook. Thanks, I hate it

So if we destroy Meta data centers, we can remove the Facebook from the water?

I watch it when I want to really lose my hope in the future for humanity. That feeling of frustration watching those people... Very interesting.

I guess its better to feel sympathy. Because I know each person is on their own little journey here. But its just so primitive. :)

I know you're joking but I always gotta espouse the honors of that fucking element. In it's purest form can rapidly oxidize fuck all anything! And yet helps form a crystalline structure in our enamel!

The reason we started putting fluoride in tap water is that dentists noticed people drinking well water had abnormally strong teeth because the rocks were leeching it into the water. This had the unfortunate side effect of turning their teeth brown. So some scientists and health experts found the lowest concentration that would super charge our enamel and not turn our teeth brown.

Fluoride is fucking awesome!

and at least 68% of Americans are cognitively impaired.