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Small-Scale Question Sunday for May 21, 2023

Do you have a dumb question that you're kind of embarrassed to ask in the main thread? Is there something you're just not sure about?

This is your opportunity to ask questions. No question too simple or too silly.

Culture war topics are accepted, and proposals for a better intro post are appreciated.

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'Technology' in primary education is only to facilitate a shift to online learning materials that schools now must subscribe. It's a grift by educational publishers to increase reoccurring revenue and provide make-work jobs for Education post-graduates.

Sunscreens prevention of cancer other than physical zinc oxide, titanium dioxide, mud, style preparations.

HIV dose not cause AIDS, it's iatrogenic and grift to sell drugs.

'Technology' in primary education is only to facilitate a shift to online learning materials that schools now must subscribe. It's a grift by educational publishers to increase reoccurring revenue and provide make-work jobs for Education post-graduates.

That's basically the history of common core.

Is there no path out of this particular stupid? Textbooks that are expected to last 15 - 20 years would seem to be better value. Our textbooks in the 80's were frequently from the 60's.

The subscription doesn't tell the whole story either, our small K - 5 elementary is spending 300k over two years to refresh / replace all the chromebooks used to access online learning materials.

I have no trouble believing any of those things, but do you have a bit more supporting evidence/narrative for the latter two? Specifically what medical treatment you think causes AIDS- most people I've heard of questioning the HIV/AIDS link do so from the position that it's caused by immune system collapse brought on by repeated and excessive infection with uncommon diseases through sodomy or iv drug use.

Not sure I've supporting evidence or a good narrative. It's a conspiracy that doesn't cost me.

AZT induces number of adverse reactions.

Idiopathic CD4-lymphocytopenia is a thing, but presumably if this cohort also tested positive for HIV, then it'd be AIDS and wouldn't be idiopathic.

Sunscreen prevents burns by blocking / absorbing UVA. People are then able to stay in the sun longer than they otherwise might were they subject to developing a burn. They tan less as UVA is responsible for tanning. Less tanning makes them more susceptible to UV absent sunscreen than they may otherwise be, if they had beautiful golden tan. Also sunscreens seems to contain benzene more often than it should.

Some of us are of certain descent such that we don’t tan. No matter how much time we spend unprotected in the sun.

Skin Type I and II