You see we could find a way to stop gasoline from being so explosive by testing and researching new ideas, or we could dump lead into it because it’s cheap. Guess what was done?
Both? I feel like I would really struggle to find leaded petrol today. Much less a car that’ll take it.
From the 1930’s to the 1990’s despite knowing of better alternatives the companies decided that lead was better
You can find it in some kinds of aviation fuel. For small planes in particular
Prescribing amphetamines for weight loss wasn’t far off the mark, though.
It works fucking great. And there are some situations where certain amphetamines are used for it still. It just turns out only certain types of brains can really handle amphetamines all that well and they don’t really function that great without them.
Which is why they are now prescribed for ADHD
Morphine and cocaïne. Truly, The cure all drugs.
Wasn’t lobotomy almost like “fashion” treatment around that time too(1900~)? I recall reading some comment or text saying something like that, but cant remember where.
I suspect that was just marketing, but yeah 🤢
I would rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy
Who else missed that the text is missing the word “to” on the first read?
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It might work for me okay if they jammed in the poker and then hooked it into a 480V power line.
[https://historybones.com/the-lobotomobile](All aboard the lobotomobile)
Oh wow lemmy, your linking system totally sucks
You did it backwards
