RosebyAnyName
Staring at the ceiling for 6 hours
- Nov 9, 2023
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I found a thread from 2012 on an outdoor survival forum. The people on the thread were talking about how sodium nitrite was going to be banned because "it got big on the news as a 'suicide cocktail' you can buy on Amazon." The OP of the thread instructed everyone to stock up since it was one of the better food preservatives for their purposes, and they thought the ban was really dumb. Here are some interesting comments, paraphrased:
"Why are they banning this specific chemical? You can die in lots of ways... banning methods isn't going to stop people from trying to commit suicide. This is dumb."
"Sounds more like a sensationalized 'cause' to make legislators look better."
"I bet legislators are actually just working with the meat industry to get a bigger monopoly on meat preservation and food / taking the power away from the people. 'Preventing suicides' is just a cover up."
"Next they're going to ban dihydrogen monoxide and tide pods."
My personal favorite comment was: "SN is so prevalent in meat preservation it would be impossible to completely ban."
What do you think of this?
"Why are they banning this specific chemical? You can die in lots of ways... banning methods isn't going to stop people from trying to commit suicide. This is dumb."
"Sounds more like a sensationalized 'cause' to make legislators look better."
"I bet legislators are actually just working with the meat industry to get a bigger monopoly on meat preservation and food / taking the power away from the people. 'Preventing suicides' is just a cover up."
"Next they're going to ban dihydrogen monoxide and tide pods."
My personal favorite comment was: "SN is so prevalent in meat preservation it would be impossible to completely ban."
What do you think of this?