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  • Yes, and what is the average person expected to do about broad systemic issues in food production, ecological depletion, and environmental contamination? Not doomerism, but a legitimate question. There are so many things collapsing all around the average American, and the endless questions of “Why aren’t you doing anything about this?” really don’t gain anyone anything except feeling defeated. A lot of people are more concerned about being able to afford enough food in the first place without then stressing about the fact that the food they can afford isn’t the quality it should be. But asking why people aren’t combating decades upon decades of systemic issues that are the fault of corporate greed, political impotency, and flat out maliciousness is shifting the overall blame onto the average person, whether that’s the intent of this post or not. It’s akin to asking someone, “Hey, have you noticed the giant festering boil on your face that’s been there for ages?” Of course we have, but good luck having the time, energy, and money to get proper treatment for it when you’re getting crushed in the giant, rusting trash compactor you live in.



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    20 days ago

    Licensed Professional Geologist here, and licking is a totally valid method for distinguishing between mineral hand samples that have very similar properties otherwise. For instance, halite (NaCl, aka table salt) and sylvite (KCl) are isomorphous, which means they have the exact same crystal structure and are very difficult to distinguish using traditional methods. Halite tastes like salt, but sylvite makes your tongue tingle when licked. Our mineralogy professor told is it’s the only reliable way to differentiate the two without actual chemistry analysis.