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Devils Panties 12/18/2024 (cdn.catsweat.com)
submitted 5 days ago by HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world
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Here is todays devils panties and wow. Been knocking it out of the park this week to me. Although not really the take here it makes me think about mercury in fish. As a doomer I actually feel that even if global warming was taken away by a genie wish and we 100% did not add carbon going forward we are in real trouble because of pollution. In our planet and in our products. I mean it seems when people talk about the rise of civilization they talk about agriculture growing staple crops, but fishing to me is even larger in importance for civilization. Its been our staple protein for most of history. Then of course we have the use of pesticides causing the increase in arsenic in our staples to. ugh.

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[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Also, don't buy anything from Temu. Most things from there have lead in them (even clothing), and most products don't meet safety standards. Temu is a death trap.... Also the app us malware infested and even leaves malware and spyware on your phone after you delete the app!

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Also the app us malware infested and even leaves malware and spyware on your phone after you delete the app!

"They" used to say McDonald's is not a restaurant company, it's a real estate company (they buy land and lease it to franchisees).

Temu is not a cheap crap company, they are a data company. Their business is to collect data and sell it to profit. The cheap crap you get doesn't need to make them money, because they are in they business of data harvesting and selling. The cheap crap is just how they get your data.

If anyone offers you even cheaper stuff if you buy it through the app, then that's a good sign they want to sell your data.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I ordered a TV mount (not from Temu). I had to install some app called Shop to get tracking information. The settings had a data and privacy section so I go in to turn off third party ad shit. They direct me to a form that accepts my email address and say it may take up to seven days?? Like, what? Just give me a check box.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 2 days ago

Enshitification is real. Cobra could take a payment in seconds but turning on the insurance took weeks. This is during a so called grace period that is a word I don't think it means what they think it means. Oh but they will only take the payment in seconds if you give them everything to grab it from you but if you send it to them then weeks of processing. Oh also its a fee unless you authorize them to do it continously. Everything is setup to suck money from you but everything that is from them to you takes a lot of time and hopefully you forget because they are not really going to do it unles you show you can spend an inordinate amount of time hounding them.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 4 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Okay wait. Is there a shit ton of lead in cinnamon and I don’t know about it?

[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

It started with a bunch of kids getting lead poisoning from applesauce pouches. They then traced that back to how most spices are sourced from poor countries using basically slave labor. So, these people are both not the most careful in preventing contamination, but those paid by weight of spices are almost incentivised to cut the spice with a heavy metal or something to get more $/per lbs. for example.

Edit A good amount of chocolate and other delicious things, in the US at least, also have a "totally safe" amount of heavy metals.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago

At least some pre-ground pepper is cut with wood shavings or other such. buy a mill and peppercorns.

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Lead and heavy metals will be added to spices by unscrupulous middlemen to increase apparent yield, and lead in specific is, for some reason, used in some older industrial spice grinders and will leave an intolerably high residue.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So instead of a recall, there should be a class action?

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's complicated to hold the people responsible responsible, since they're largely outside the US jurisdiction. The US companies that sold the product were, as far as anyone knows, ignorant of the contamination, buying from people ignorant of it who bought from people ignorant of it.

But yes, there should be, and are, lawsuits about the issue in addition to the recall.
Recalls are about public safety, and lawsuits about assigning blame or correcting wrongs. They're not exclusive or substitutes.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 0 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The US companies that sold the product were, as far as anyone knows, ignorant of the contamination, buying from people ignorant of it who bought from people ignorant of it.

A fair point. But in criminal law when you don't know the guy in the passenger seat is going to jump out and shoot someone you still get life in prison for it. Civil litigation is not even bound by that and I would think a finding that they burned all their internal documentation to avoid discovery that they knew very well there was lead in it would be enough to award damages.

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Like I said, there are lawsuits and there should be, because a business is ultimately responsible for what it sold and who it chose to do business with to a fundamentally higher standard than an individual is.
The consumer facing businesses can turn around a sue their suppliers to continue the chain.

Finding they destroyed documentation that they knew something would indeed be a pretty big smoking gun. There's no real reason to think that they did though, since the businesses in question aren't actually making any money off of it or in a position to benefit. They actually loose money by having to pull stock and destroy it.

In at least one case, we know which company added the lead and which potentially knew about it, they're just in Ecuador.

Also, felony murder requires that you have intent to commit a criminal act. As written, not necessarily as applied, it would apply if you agreed to drive to a gas station robbery and your passenger killed someone. If you just agree to give someone a ride and then they kill someone you're not culpable, assuming you said "oh hell no" and then didn't continue to give them a ride post-murder.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 4 days ago

I mean whats annoying is for my fence thing its not just lawsuits. I would get contacted by a city agency and be required to do a whole bunch of quick safety things and given a certain amount of time to fully remediate and maybe some fines regardless. heck if you let your grass grow to long they will use city guys to cut it and then give you a hefty billNfine.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

what? Im sitting next to some guy and he kills someone and you think there is some sort of criminal penalty for me??? Whats the distance limit on that law? one seat over. 10 feet. is it like covid?

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I think he's referring to the getaway driver in a robbery where you get part of the stolen money.

The company is profiting from the poisonous cinnamon.

[–] thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

To be fair, if the lead is added by a middle man selling to the company, then the company isn't making any more money.

I can definitely see a situation where that's the case. It would be comparable to buying something off someone, you look at it and it looks like everything is in order, after you sell it on it turns out the stuff was stolen.

I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think you can be held accountable in such a situation unless it's proven that you either knew or should have known that you were selling stolen goods.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I mean that sounds like if I hire a contractor whose work is not up to code. In that scenario im still on the hook middleman or not.

[–] thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

That depends on what level you're working at: If you hire a company to do electrical work as a part of your construction project, you'll typically rely on that company to provide paperwork confirming that everything is in order. As your company does not have the qualifications to do the certification (hence why you are hiring a subcontractor), you cannot be expected to cross-check the work.

If the building catches fire due to an electrical failure, it's the subcontractor that signed off on the paper whose held liable, not the company that delivered the end-product.

Similarly, if I buy a product and receive a certificate that it holds some standard, I'm permitted to assume the certificate is valid and re-sell the product, unless there's some express reason I should have understood that something is wrong.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What is that thing sitting to the right in the first panel? A young sibling covered in mashed potatoes?

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 4 days ago

That would be my guess based on the way her kids stuff have been but @JennieBreeden@lemmy.sdf.org can you give a more definite answer?

[–] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

How the hell do I find cinnamon that didn't have lead in it?

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Buy it then do a lead test on it. Same for Turmeric, there's a lead based yellow pigment that is added to make it look MOAR YELLOW. Buy it, test it, make note of where you got it for next time.

[–] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

How do you test for lead though?

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

There are numerous lead test kits available, depending on the material being tested. Try this:
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=lead+test+kit&ia=web

By any chance are you Inuit? When Quinn the Eskimo gets here... https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/bobdylan/themightyquinnquinntheeskimo.html

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 4 days ago

remember the notion the government would secretly test corporate products and go after them when it had crap like this? its so sad this is a necessary thing.