• Libra00@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I grew up in the 70s and 80s when leaded gas was still common, and I’m about as far as one can get from conservative without falling off the edge of the political spectrum.

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      4 days ago

      It’s statistics, so it doesn’t mean everyone shows lead-poisoned characteristics to the same degree. We’d probably be better off if we hadn’t breathed so much lead though.

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        3 days ago

        Sure, I realize it’s not universal, I’m just saying counter-examples exist because I am one.

        I’m also a pretty non-violent person, I’ve never been in a fight or thrown a punch in my life, even as a kid. But yeah that’s probably not the norm.

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      4 days ago

      Some people come out of it better than others. You likely overcame a significant challenge in becoming so.

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        4 days ago

        Not as far as I know? I was always pretty liberal, and then in the last 10 years or so I’ve slid sharply to the left as the bullshit in the world has increased. shrug

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        4 days ago

        My ‘extremist’ views are a rather late development, in the last 10 years or so, so that seems suspect as well. shrug Maybe I’m just a special snowflake or whatever.