EdibleBatteries
EdibleBatteries t1_j85bxxs wrote
Reply to comment by Skinnie_ginger in TIL the Pacific island nation of Nauru has been so damaged by phosphate mining that in 1964 Australia offered to repopulate the entire nation to Curtis Island near the Australian Coast. Nauru refused the offer in order to maintain their sovereignty and not become part of Australia. by triviafrenzy
Such black and white thinking, assuming everything is a shade of gray. The “both-sides”ism is toxic and effectively advocates apathy and anarchy as reasonable solutions, which is silly, and legitimizes propaganda that sets the goalposts to where this “middle” is supposed to be.
Edit: this post just made its way to r/bestof
EdibleBatteries t1_iro9x3i wrote
Reply to comment by EdibleBatteries in Why, when you continue to burn ash, do the ashes eventually change from black to white? by genitalwaffles
Hence why it is named “potassium” and not it’s symbolic kalium. It is found in high amounts in “pot ash”
EdibleBatteries t1_iro9pl0 wrote
Reply to comment by tregosmasher in Why, when you continue to burn ash, do the ashes eventually change from black to white? by genitalwaffles
Hence why it is named “potassium” and not it’s symbolic kalium. It is found in high amounts in “pot ash”
EdibleBatteries t1_j85zyzx wrote
Reply to comment by hamsterwheel in TIL the Pacific island nation of Nauru has been so damaged by phosphate mining that in 1964 Australia offered to repopulate the entire nation to Curtis Island near the Australian Coast. Nauru refused the offer in order to maintain their sovereignty and not become part of Australia. by triviafrenzy
I did criticize it.