Well, organometallic molecules are famously way more dangerous to us (e.g. mercury vs dimethylmercury), so it’s not really controversial to say that pumping tons of tetraethyl lead directly into the air people breathe may have been worse than whatever can leach out of lead pipes or dishware.

Now that leaded gasoline is mostly phased out (except for avgas), I imagine the prevalence of lead poisoning will settle closer to what it may have been a millennia ago

I do agree with you on that. I think it’s worth considering but it’s not inherently decisive

That’s typically the argument regarding being apprehensive about the government knowing your medical & family history; there’s historical precedent of governments making very not good laws based on those.

Before WW2, the nazis basically outlawed being Jewish or Roma. A more recent example would be outlawing being gay or trans in some countries

What about when a government decides that you must wear a special armband for being Jewish or Roma or gay?

I think the song is cool, the theatrics are fun, although in case it’s not obvious to everyone, the person isn’t actually playing the song, and even the guitar hero-type scroll doesn’t look like it matches the song. Doesn’t make it less fun though haha

The comparison is even more apt when you remember that the official Reddit app also used to be the most popular and great 3rd-party app called AlienBlue, which was purchased from 1 guy and rebranded a decade ago.

It’s pretty clear that the reason why the official Reddit app isn’t good is because a good experience for their users isn’t their goal.