Idiots in the news Part II: We're better than that guy that did that thing. Get off my lawn, Jaybar.

[Roranora]

it's admittedly a very close race between almost all flavors of heavily industrialized farming but i might give the edge to feed lots or meat packing over pig or chicken farms or dairy operations

[dasva]

I live in an area with a lot of large farms with cows, chickens and one of the largest slaughter houses in the region. Cows are pretty meh though most have pastures and not packed in like some places. The slaughter house is probably the worse nearby but the smell doesn't travel farm. The chickens themselves aren't that bad but the smell from the manure is the worst and smell it for miles

[Outlaw]

Girl's mouth allegedly set on fire by a dentist in what experts call a 'freak accident'

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...ident-n1112706

And you thought you were afraid to go to the dentist before..

[Kalmado]

93 year old man shoots apartment maintenance manager over water damage in his apartment.

Spoiler: show

[dasva]

A Georgetown family is being sued by their neighbor for their playscape on their own property for their terminally ill son

So yeah HOAs are still the worst but not quiet as bad as this neighbor

[Karbuncle]

Man, I don't want to wish nasty things on their neighbors, but I wouldn't weep if they met an unfortunate accident.

[dasva]

Today's episode of everything causes cancer in California

California considers declaring acetaminophen a carcinogen

Evidence for acetaminophen's link to cancer has been weak enough that the International Agency for Research on Cancer declined to list it as a possible carcinogen following reviews in 1990 and 1999. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned state officials that labeling acetaminophen as cancer-causing would be “false and misleading” and also illegal under federal law

Adding a chemical to the list can have broad repercussions. After the state listed glyphosate — widely known as the weed killer Roundup — as a carcinogen in 2017, a jury ordered the company that makes Roundup to pay a California couple with cancer more than $2 billion. A judge later reduced that award to $87 million. That's just one of the estimated 13,000 pending lawsuits involving the chemical.

[synistar]

This is how absurd Prop 65 warnings are. Even Disneyland causes cancer.

[Karbuncle]

Being born has been known to cause cancer too TBH, we should look toward banning it.

[6souls]

This is how absurd Prop 65 warnings are. Even Disneyland causes cancer.

So you're pro lead poisoning?

[synistar]

As a California resident, Prop 65 warnings are background noise since those notices are everywhere. Coffee places last year got an exemption from posting Prop 65 warnings because of the trace amounts of acrylamide in coffee beans and the science behind it didn't see if coffee was a significant contributor to cancer. Plus there's health benefits to coffee.

Other places these warnings are posted commonly:
-Parking lots
-Any restaurant/food truck where food gets cooked because cooking starch makes acrylamide - so p much any food service place
-Cars
-hotels
-Theme Parks
-Dentists and Hospitals

[dasva]

Yeah most in cali just kind of ignore posted signs for most part while people elsewhere are alarmed. But on products it might draw alarm and there is a lot of money involved you often don't hear about. The real problem is for the businesses. The bounty program encourages lawyers to bring suit themselves against random companies and harm is basically assumed unless you can prove otherwise so most just settle and lawyers get most the money

[Rulke]

^It's this. The warning isn't to actually warn anyone, its a way to get money from people.

[6souls]

https://apnews.com/5041eef8e5db713884f657b02f76415b

New Mexico man arrested after attempting to pay for services with a prostitute, who was an undercover officer, with a hamburger. The article notes the man is a registered sex offender out on probation.

[Xno Kappa]

[synistar]

https://www.latimes.com/california/s...illed-in-stunt

Daredevil in a DIY rocket was killed when he was suspected of being knocked unconscious when attempting to fly to a height of 5000 feet. His parachute and all backup parachutes failed to deploy and he went all Wile E. Coyote back down to solid ground. Was also a Flat Earther so nothing of value was lost.

[Zeb]

A literal flat earther.

[Gadritan]

Was also a Flat Earther so nothing of value was lost.

From the article: “I don’t think he believed it,” Shuster said. “He did have some governmental conspiracy theories. But don’t confuse it with that flat Earth thing. That was a PR stunt we dreamed up.”

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[Mertron]

From the article: “I don’t think he believed it,” Shuster said. “He did have some governmental conspiracy theories. But don’t confuse it with that flat Earth thing. That was a PR stunt we dreamed up.”

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[Gadritan]

Tbf the only reason I remember hearing about this guy is because of the "gonna fly a rocket to prove the earth is flat," thing from a year ago or so, so it worked.

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