Christmas decorations are going up! You’ve got the tree, lights, asbestos… Wait, what?
For decades, asbestos was sold as artificial snow. It could be bought in boxes to be sprinkled onto trees, ornaments, nativity scenes, etc. It was so popular, many older ornaments still have traces of asbestos.
It was also used in film. The most famous scene with asbestos snow is in Wizard of Oz (1939), when snow falls on Dorothy and her friends, waking them up.
@dirtysexyhistory@histodons whenever I think about how we're supposed to trust the FDA, EPA, CDC etc today that such-and-such is "safe" (like any particular food in stores, or pkg material) I always try to remember what the gov allowed regarding Asbestos for so long. how it was portrayed & used everywhere
I believe there are well-meaning individs in those orgs, obvs, but the history of US gov regulation is one of corruption & stupid lies
Gah. I've just visited a #SecondWorldWar group on Facebook, and the first two posts I saw were wrong.
One had a photo of a Sturmtiger claiming it was a Maus.
The other mentioned the Victoria Cross. It correctly mentioned that only one person won the VC twice during the war, but then listed how many VCs were awarded by country, and missed out New Zealand. Charles Upham, the man who won it twice, was a New Zealander.
@RPBook@worldwarshistory in my experienced "being on Facebook" is not a filter which selects for the sharpest knives in the drawer, haha. generally other sites and forums serve as a better signal for that
I will say that I've generally had a better time interacting with folks on places that are a little more elite or geeky, like Mastodon. Facebook and Twitter are among the worst. Reddit has gotten bad in the big forums. YouTube obvs a hellhole. in theory HN should be nice but its riddled with pinhead psychopaths, so, theres that, haha
Don't tell me everyone is a 'little bit autistic' until you're able to demonstrate what it feels like to feel completely wiped put by a simple task that plays against all of your needs. No, it's not everyone is a little averse to change. It's a complete unravelling of my reality.