The article contains a number of what seems to be assurances from different groups that this was unplanned and a behaviour not representative of these people as a group. It’s notable, however, that multiple people seem to have been able to sing along.

Yes but appdata subfolder is local, locallow or roaming so the poster above you is still correct.

We shouldn’t jump to conclusions

Immediately jumps to conclusions

Of course everything shouldn’t be banned but everything does not lead to incurable diseases either. Working with things this dangerous and which provides no actual benefit for society is not worth regulating, consider who would pay for it.

Edit: It should also be noted that current evidence does not point towards there being a safe level of exposure to this dust. Any regulation must therefore be incredibly strict. Even if we disregard taxes, most of the economic pressure due to these regulations would befall the small businesses that cut these countertops. The large manufacturers of these materials would still be able to rake in profits while the little man pays for all the negatives.

The article states that an image was uploaded to X which seemed to imply that US foreign policy resulted in what is currently happening in Gaza, whereas Chinese policy leads to the current prosperity in Xinjiang. Which is quite a frightening comparison.

These arguments read like there is no problem with abestos as long as the right precautions are made. It’s not like these countertops are en essential right of the people, especially given the risk.

These solutions would require strong regulations which, in the end, would only lead to the protection of profits for the large companies that sell them at the expense of taxpayer money. If we want to save taxpayer money and lives, prohibiting the use of these materials given their risk will be much more cost effective for society.

It’s a gooseberry

Quite literally, I would say.

What’s there to police? It’s not like most aggressors are openly grabbing people in their genitals for all to see. These people know that they are wrong and so they hide it. What am I, as a man against this behaviour, supposed to do about other men?

Everyone having AC is a good way of accelerating climate change

Well of course it will be different. One has to do with another author publishing questionable data and the other would be related to misunderstanding of someone else’s published data. In this case, the use of AI in writing is implied to result in authors not being in control of what they themselves publish.

All of these are bad but do not necessarily arise on purpose. But let’s not add ways to muddy the already mudied waters of science.