[NNagain] A good question - do you know how a toilet works?

[le berger des photons]

you don't seem to realize that the germ theory doofuses were hardly less
stupid than the mercury idiots.  Probably the leech people were the
smartest of the three.

On Wed, Oct 4, 2023 at 9:28 PM Dave Taht via Nnagain <
nnagain at lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:

> Sometimes I liken this debate about the internet, to 1906-era
> partisans arguing about the right cures for syphilis. One side,
> intoning with great authority: "Tinctures of mercury, yes a good dose
> of mercury, is just what you need... " and the other side, insisting
> that "Leeches, leeches will help... all you need is a  good
> blood-letting... and everything will be fine..."
>
> While those few that had embraced germ theory and were pointing at
> little squiggly things in microscopes as the root causes of so much
> disease, were laughed at and ignored.
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