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Do I need to avoid dark chocolate now?

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Re: Do I need to avoid dark chocolate now?

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Post by paulryanrogers »

greymalik wrote: post #29
refactor_master wrote: post #8

It’s interesting how these things can be “healthy” and “unsafe” at the same time. Or maybe it’s because some of these health effects are often quite far-fetched (“may improve X”, “contains compounds which has, in other contexts, been known to be important for Y” whereas e.g. lead is very strongly correlated with negative effects. Makes me wonder on an “absolute scale” what we’re really talking about here: “-100 for h…

The dose makes the poison.

Some doses accumulate over time, so we treat them more seriously. Like the effects of lead and mercury.

Re: Do I need to avoid dark chocolate now?

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Post by paulryanrogers »

novaRom wrote: post #13
refactor_master wrote: post #8

It’s interesting how these things can be “healthy” and “unsafe” at the same time. Or maybe it’s because some of these health effects are often quite far-fetched (“may improve X”, “contains compounds which has, in other contexts, been known to be important for Y” whereas e.g. lead is very strongly correlated with negative effects. Makes me wonder on an “absolute scale” what we’re really talking about here: “-100 for h…

Everything is "healthy" and "unhealthy" depending on its amount. Good example is table salt. Too little and it feels unsatisfied, too much and it will poison you.

Plenty of toxins are only harmful to humans, in any amount.

Re: Do I need to avoid dark chocolate now?

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Post by [deleted] »

bryanlarsen wrote: post #48
prmoustache wrote: post #14

The main issue here is how we pretend to recycle batteries and electronic components while what we really do is dumping them to African countries such as Ivory Coast, Ghana which are the very same countries that produce the highest amount of Cacao. Stop buying new electronic stuff / computer / gadgets / appliances every other years guys. This whole scheme of growth and making and buying new things while we still have…

Pretend? The recycling rate for vehicle lead acid batteries is over 99% in the US.

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Re: Do I need to avoid dark chocolate now?

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Post by xtiansimon »

BiteCode_dev wrote: post #16
prmoustache wrote: post #14

The main issue here is how we pretend to recycle batteries and electronic components while what we really do is dumping them to African countries such as Ivory Coast, Ghana which are the very same countries that produce the highest amount of Cacao. Stop buying new electronic stuff / computer / gadgets / appliances every other years guys. This whole scheme of growth and making and buying new things while we still have…

> Stop buying new electronic stuff / computer / gadgets / appliances every other years guys And when you do, buy it second hand. backmarket.com is really good for this.

How is backmarket.com better or different from eBay?

Re: Do I need to avoid dark chocolate now?

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Post by BiteCode_dev »

xtiansimon wrote: post #54
BiteCode_dev wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Stop buying new electronic stuff / computer / gadgets / appliances every other years guys And when you do, buy it second hand. backmarket.com is really good for this.

How is backmarket.com better or different from eBay?

There is a huge banner on backmarket's home page that explains exactly that.

Which tells me you have made the level zero of effort to get an answer to your question, and instead expected me to provide said effort.

Re: Do I need to avoid dark chocolate now?

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Post by Eddy_Viscosity2 »

prmoustache wrote: post #14

The main issue here is how we pretend to recycle batteries and electronic components while what we really do is dumping them to African countries such as Ivory Coast, Ghana which are the very same countries that produce the highest amount of Cacao. Stop buying new electronic stuff / computer / gadgets / appliances every other years guys. This whole scheme of growth and making and buying new things while we still have…

So I don't buy new electronic stuff every other year. Is the problem fixed yet?

Re: Do I need to avoid dark chocolate now?

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Post by Fatnino »

Eddy_Viscosity2 wrote: post #56
prmoustache wrote: post #14

The main issue here is how we pretend to recycle batteries and electronic components while what we really do is dumping them to African countries such as Ivory Coast, Ghana which are the very same countries that produce the highest amount of Cacao. Stop buying new electronic stuff / computer / gadgets / appliances every other years guys. This whole scheme of growth and making and buying new things while we still have…

So I don't buy new electronic stuff every other year. Is the problem fixed yet?

Yes! Now you, and only you, are allowed chocolate again.

Re: Do I need to avoid dark chocolate now?

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Post by Fatnino »

carlosjobim wrote: post #41
prmoustache wrote: post #14

The main issue here is how we pretend to recycle batteries and electronic components while what we really do is dumping them to African countries such as Ivory Coast, Ghana which are the very same countries that produce the highest amount of Cacao. Stop buying new electronic stuff / computer / gadgets / appliances every other years guys. This whole scheme of growth and making and buying new things while we still have…

A lot of us are buying this stuff because we never had it. Most people buy new telephones not because they want fancy gadgets, but because either A: The battery has deteriorated too much or B: Crucial apps demands the phone to be updated. Uber is for example awful in this regard.

Paying for parking at Stanford requires a phone.

Re: Do I need to avoid dark chocolate now?

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Post by smegsicle »

BiteCode_dev wrote: post #55
xtiansimon wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is backmarket.com better or different from eBay?

There is a huge banner on backmarket's home page that explains exactly that. Which tells me you have made the level zero of effort to get an answer to your question, and instead expected me to provide said effort.

all ive heard about backmarket.com is that it has a big stupid banner

i think im going to avoid it

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