This is sort of a shower thought because this morning I was using some shaving cream and I thought, if it turns out in 5 years this was giving me cancer, I wouldn’t be surprised.

Comes out a goo, ejected from a can with force, immediately becomes a foam?

Do you have anything you use that you think might be too good to be true?

22 points

Commercial yogurt. Yeah maybe it’s just a tasty and healthy probiotic. Or maybe it’s a way for food conglomerates to change our gut bacteria so that we crave even more foods with cheap sugar.

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Probably my vape tbh

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I wouldn’t be surprised. I wish there was a way to enjoy flavor without any horrific side effects.

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Tea, maybe?

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I also drink tea but in between swallows I could see myself enjoying a vape, if they weren’t bad for me. Which is why I have never used one.

E: Drinking Yukon Gold at the mo’.

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But, I want it in my lungs and steaming liquid flavor water doesn’t sound like it’ll mix well with those.

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I figure we may see documetaries in yhr next decade on how Vape industry was complicit like the tabacco industry was

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There already are those documentaries? Jule or whatever it’s called has already been doing the exact same stuff that the tobacco industry did for literally a decade now.

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I mean, that’s just how capitalism works. The health of your consumers isn’t relevant, unless a law mandates it.

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A majority of vape brands are already owned by tobacco companies.

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13 points

The internet and all electronic equipment. I think they are doing something much more sinister than whatever is reported so far.

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Using it no… the trash yes. The amount of materials (toxic and rare) which goes to the bin is staggering.

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The electric heating pad I sleep on. I wouldn’t be surprised if some study finds that something about sleeping on wires would be kinda bad long-term. Maybe something about residual currents or the minimal magnetic field from the wires, idk

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The fireproofing chemicals are pretty bad for you.

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I guess, but fire isn’t very healthy either I think

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5 points

Source?

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Nah whats a little rapid oxidization between friends?

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I’ve read articles with such claims, but not really reputable sources.

However I like the idea of the timer ones where in theory you could have the bed preheated for you, but never be in it when it’s on.

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Most heated blankets have such a feature

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I haven’t been able to use one of these since I used a crummy one about 12 years ago and got burned, but it was so insanely nice to be so toasty.

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Yeah, that’s very valid! I’d like to think that the technology got safer in the past years, but honestly I don’t even wanna check and risk having to give up the coziness

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My wife uses on every night, and it’s just a Walmart special no-name brand heating pad. Never had problems with burning even with kids and pets in the mix to really do a number on them

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Air fryers.

Most of them are designed so poorly that it’s also impossible to get all grease out of them. That can’t be healthy. My sister has a ninja air fryer, you can’t remove the top grate. There is grease build up in there. A friend of mine has one he brings it over during the Super Bowl party, the moment he opens up the lid on it you can smell the old grease come out of it. That’s not an exaggeration. There’s no way in hell that can be healthy. So it won’t surprise me if years from now people go we should never have used those.

It also won’t surprise me too much if there’s some health hazard with them other than just the buildup of grease.

Sidenote, what are these companies thinking to make a product where they know there’s going to be grease that is going to build up, and make it in a way that makes it almost impossible if not completely impossible to clean said grease?

Unless their thought process is: use it three times throw it away go buy a new one.

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It also won’t surprise me too much if there’s some health hazard with them other than just the buildup of grease.

It’s an electric heating element and a fan, same as a convection oven except it exhausts rather than recirculates the air. Any issues beyond the grease buildup you mention would apply to any electric oven or toaster.

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I too have watched Technology Connection’s video on the topic. :P

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Yes but with an oven you can get in there and clean it. The grate at the top of the air fryer is built in away, where you can’t really clean it.

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I have a toaster oven / convection oven / air fryer combo and it doesn’t suffer from this issue.

Mainly, what I was trying to point out is aside from the grease issue that was pointed out, there’s nothing special about air fryers. Any issue aside from grease buildup would also affect convection ovens, which have existed for a long time with no ill effects noted. It’s just an electric heating element and a fan, they’re not doing anything that special. I don’t think they’re going to be found to be dangerous in the future.

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Huh we bought an expensive air fryer because my in-laws wouldn’t stop bragging about it. It was on super discount because bed bath and beyond was going out of business, but still super expensive. And I’ve never had any problem cleaning it, in fact it’s the easiest dish we own to clean, the grease just wipes out and the tray is removable.

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Oh my gosh, I never thought of that!

I bought an air fryer, but honestly, I never use it because I hate cleaning the basket. I didn’t even think about the top!

Adding this one to my list. Definitely nothing good about blasting your food with old oils.

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Mine is one of my most non-stick surfaces and usually wipes clean with a paper towel

…. Now that I’ve been trying to move away from teflon

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