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[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 54 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I'm so old that I remember when Usenet said that eating the Americium sensor inside fire detectors could give you psychic powers. The Internet has always been a place where you need a big grain of salt for everything.

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 20 points 5 days ago

People have been shit posting as far back as BBS

[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Ahh, but you knew that there was Americium inside a fire detector. Or what Americium is. Or a fire detector. Or fire.

[–] not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 5 days ago

never heard that one before xD