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0 pointsBroken_Hippo29d ago0 comments

How can you be sure? How can you get the information to know whether or not your children's toys, your medicines, your electic equipment, wall paint, food, and everything else you consume or use is safe?

You can't. So... abstain from everything? Make everything yourself - how will you have time with a job? Will you know the food you grow is safe and that your ground isn't polluted with things you can't test for at home? How about the equipment used to make that food - is the metal in that plow made of lead? Is the engine on the tractor safe?

Your due diligence is only possible because other people - usually with specialized education and/or experience - have made laws and standards to keep you safe. You don't have to personally check everything.

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DANmode29d ago· 4 in thread

I don’t need to know if the plow has lead - I just test the Cheerios.

Try again.

You can answer the questions the exact same ways the other path uses,

yes,

and often with more rigor/vigor than just “legal minimum”.

bombcar28d ago

I seriously doubt you check every batch of foodstuffs entering your house.

DANmode28d ago

Good thing that’s not what was claimed!

You don’t need to check every box of Cheerios to know to avoid Cheerios.

I’ll review - as deeply as possible - the supply chains for my meats, produce, etc.

The more local you go, the more possible this becomes.

Broken_HippoOP28d ago

You are believing a lie, then, and seem to have missed the point.

You simply cannot have the knowledge to know if everything is safe - no matter what your specialty, there are things you'll have to just trust others for safety. Sure, you might buy a lead test kit that someone else has made, but the only way to know that the test kit works is to monitor your family for lead poisoning unless you have specialized knowledge. And if you have that specialized knowledge, it'll come at the cost of other specialized knowledge. You can't personally know if that bridge you drive on is safe AND know about the metal in your plow AND know if the light bulb you bough is a hazard AND know that your antibiotic matches the label on the box instead of it being that one you are allergic to AND know all the other stuff is safe.

Everything requires trust in products or services unless you have information.

DANmode28d ago

Yes, trust is earned.

General Mills hasn’t earned that trust.

I specifically addressed why I don’t need to know what metal is in the plow

to review end-products,

and you chose to ignore that point

and just talk some more.

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