• Primarily0617@kbin.social
    5·
    2 years ago

    “May help” reads as though they’re making it up on the spot

    “might clean your chimney or something idk lol”

    • Tehgingey@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      “Idk lol” one of my favorite laissez faire responses of all time, especially after some heinous shirlt like burning batteries. “It hasn’t been reported to hurt anyone yet but idk lol”

      • LillyPip@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        How would they have known, really? This was a real tip in the very early 1900s iirc, and back then everything gave you cancer or rotted one or more of your organs. We put asbestos, lead, and radium in literally everything.

        It’s kind of a wonder that within 100 years, we managed to identify what things caused which cancer. Like at the time, your jaw would start rotting off and, looking for a cause, you could gesture broadly at everything.

  • Endorkend@kbin.social
    4·
    2 years ago

    Styropyro has several videos on this kind of “tips” from way back, he found in a compilation book from that period, filled with tips and tricks like this.

    This is nowhere near the wildest stuff in there and many of the tips in there scare even styropyro.

    And if you know what he does on his youtube channel, you know that’s a feat.

  • Metatronz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    I like to entertain the kids with a good old fashioned battery fire. Sometimes we breakout the mercury for a little hands on fun!