• @Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works
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    401 month ago

    A bartender a few months ago told me electric cars were way more dangerous than ice cars because the batteries emitted a gas that caused cancer. At first I thought he simply got confused and meant the opposite but no, he repeated it: the batteries in electric cars emit a gas that give you cancer.

    I did not push the conversation any further.

      • 🔍🦘🛎
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        1 month ago

        Alternatively… If you operate an ICE vehicle as intended, it emits a gas that causes cancer

        • ivanafterall ☑️
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          41 month ago

          This is why I could never go electric. I love just sitting in the garage, listening to music for hours while the car runs. I refuse to give up my me time.

    • @someguy3@lemmy.world
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      121 month ago

      Lead acid car batteries can emit a bit of gas, especially the old ones. That’s why when jumping a car you’re supposed to put the negative on the frame. Probably thinks it’s all batteries.

      • The Stoned Hacker
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        51 month ago

        yeah but that’s hydrogen, and you place the terminal on the frame because if it sparks when you connect it the battery can blow up from the hydrogen it’s offing.

        • @SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee
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          21 month ago

          If you mean did the landlord in my local tell me and another local that he was convinced that a Megalodon ate that Titan sub, yes he did. I think he believed it, but I also think part of being a barman is talking shit.

    • Lv_InSaNe_vL
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      11 month ago

      Growing up I had a friend whose mom was a little too crunchy and she ended up getting rid of their microwave because she thought the microwaves gave the food cancer and when you ate it you would get the cancer from your food

      • @Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works
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        21 month ago

        This particular bartender actually knew about cars, since he had trained as a mechanic or so he said. We were talking about JDM, something about BMWs and so on and that’s how we landed on that topic. I was saying how EVs are all pretty much super cars and then he retorted he would never buy an EV because the battery emitted cancer causing gasses. I retorted with something along the lines of “if that were the case, you should get rid of your phone since they use the same kind of battery” and then he doubled down and I just went “huh” that was pretty much the end of that conversation.

  • Character_Locked
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    371 month ago

    Sometimes it feels like that with social media and related platforms. Both Zoom and TikTok seemed to go from something I’d never of to things that everyone was talking about overnight. In Zoom’s case, it definitely seemed like guerrilla viral advertising. Like when everyone was talking about Stanley™ cups for a while, not flasks or water bottles but Stanley™ cups.

    • @Thunderbird4@lemmy.world
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      41 month ago

      The craziest thing about all of your examples is that they weren’t even revolutionary. We already had Vine, Skype, and YETI cups. How the hell did they get everyone to believe that TikTok, Zoom, and Stanley cups were game-changing new ideas?

      • @bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world
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        51 month ago

        I sometimes imagine some introvert developer at Zoom getting a monkey’s paw: “I wish I worked at one of the most well-known companies in the world, and I wish I didn’t have to keep going out and meeting people!”

  • RejZoR
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    191 month ago

    I’ve had air fryer before they became popular. It was called glass convection oven. I still use it because it’s larger than any air frier you can buy.

    • @zod000@lemmy.ml
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      91 month ago

      The magic of “air fryers”, other than a good marketing name, was that they were also much cheaper that those awesome glass convection ovens and were not targeting a higher class demographic.

      • RejZoR
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        61 month ago

        Thing is, that’s not even true. Glass convection oven is 60€. Air friers of somewhat similar size from brands like Philips or Tefal cost almost 400€. And are still actually smaller in usable space to make food. But thry look fancy and have a big color display and WiFi and whatnot. Convection oven just has temeprature and timer knobs and thats it.

        • @zod000@lemmy.ml
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          11 month ago

          We’re clearly thinking of or seeing different products. The older glass convection ovens I used to see were in the $300-$400 ballpark in the US back in the 90s and early 2000s, where as typical air fryers here are all sub $100 unless you are getting a “fancy” model that includes some sort of “grilling” or rotisserie functionality. As you are referring to prices in euros, I can only assume that we had very different marketed products.

          • RejZoR
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            21 month ago

            Only air friers that cost under 100€ can fit 3 chicken nuggets and a sausage. And they are full.

            • @zod000@lemmy.ml
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              11 month ago

              Must be a Europe thing, I see listings this very moment for some under $100 that can fit a whole chicken.

      • RejZoR
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        81 month ago

        Glass convection oven works in exact same way as air friers. Heating element with fan on top blowing air downwards which then circulates in the glass bowl. Mine even has custom made non stick perforated plate where I put the food and it’s surface is way larger than largest air frier I’ve ever seen.

        • This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥
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          Heating element with fan on top blowing air downwards

          A lot of convection ovens have fan in the rear, now what?

          it’s surface is way larger than largest air frier I’ve ever seen.

          Is that a flex? Air fryers are faster because their volume is much smaller than the traditional oven.

          • mosiacmango
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            51 month ago

            Air fryers cooking speed isn’t because they are small, it’s because they produce a large amount of heat compared to their volume. Being small makes that cheaper and easier to do.

            Toaster ovens/convection ovens can match the same affect, although most dont. Some, do.

          • RejZoR
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            21 month ago

            Glass convection oven specifically always has heater and fan on top.

            Yes, it’s a “flex” because companies advertise how XXXXXL their air frier is and is still smaller than 10 years old glass convection oven that also costs 5x less.

  • @saltnotsugar@lemm.ee
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    111 month ago

    Waterboarded alien: Okay! In 2026, people will greet each other with wiggling arms and say “Rubber!!! Tiiiiiiime!”

  • hopesdead
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    91 month ago

    Excuse me but us Asians have been using air fryers since the 90s.

  • @Treczoks@lemmy.world
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    11 month ago

    If someone is so far out of the world, I wonder if he sees traffic signs and -lights just as funny flowers or something.