Swellmeister

Swellmeister t1_j12kwne wrote

Reply to comment by dragonfaith in Anti-inflammatory drugs commonly taken by children can cause alterations to dental enamel, study shows by cleanvar

Celecoxib is commonly prescribed for juvenile arthritis and indomethacin is commonly used for a congenital heart defect (PDA) prior to surgery. Long-term daily use is the expected dosing for those indications. You aren't typically getting a prescription of these for a headache after all.

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Swellmeister t1_iu97fxk wrote

Reply to comment by nomagneticmonopoles in TIL that Fahrenheit 451, a book about a distopian future where books are banned and burned, was banned and burned by the apartheid regime in South Africa with other tens of thousands. by open_closet

No. It's only the first half of his theme. "People will consume information in smaller bits" it still lacks the second half "and that will make them willfully stupid".

In essence they do the opposite. The drive for knowledge is a large part of what tiktok does well. People in this age have access to greater knowledge than ever before and they are taking advantage of it greater than Bradbury could have ever imagined

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Swellmeister t1_iu4p88z wrote

Reply to comment by naraic42 in TIL that Fahrenheit 451, a book about a distopian future where books are banned and burned, was banned and burned by the apartheid regime in South Africa with other tens of thousands. by open_closet

Counterpoint. Dickens is a slog to read.

And reading is not a magical source of information or intellect. There are significantly powerful stories to be told in video games and television and people eat it up. Senua's sacrifice won goddamn awards, and thats a story that cannot exist in any print medium, and only house of leaves comes close and its still not as good. The point Bradbury is makingthat people became vacuous idiots. And there is amble proof that it's a stupid ignorant point.

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Swellmeister t1_iu30fmk wrote

Reply to comment by GrandmaPoses in TIL that Fahrenheit 451, a book about a distopian future where books are banned and burned, was banned and burned by the apartheid regime in South Africa with other tens of thousands. by open_closet

No. It's because the original message is drivel "People became too stupid to read, all cuz of TV!" Hurrdurr. What a childish reactionary story, repeated a thousand times throughout the ages without a lack of truth.

"People will selfcensor because it's easier than thinking" is actually thought provoking, and quite easily found in the book, even if Bradbury didn't intend it.

Bradbury wanted there to be one theme. That doesn't mean the book doesn't have a better, more intelligent theme in it.

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Swellmeister t1_iry9baj wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL about Ragamuffin Day, a celebration in the New York metro area in the late-1800s and early-1900s in which children wore costumes and went door-to-door asking for candy or money on Thanksgiving. It fell out of favor as trick-or-treating on Halloween gained acceptance in the 1940s and '50s. by PikesPique

Why are you linking an American/Asian traditional symbol as if it has any application to European culture?

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Swellmeister t1_irhdwii wrote

Reply to comment by mrocks301 in TIL of Joseph Trombino, a security guard who survived the 1981 Brink’s robbery in Nyack, NY. He continued working for the company for the next 20 years, was nearly killed in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, and was ultimately killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks. by schmo_hawk

Cuz it happened 40 years ago, the man was the getaway driver. Punative jail is not a functional system, but despite that the man has done good while in prison.

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