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Re:Scott Adams has died by DaSHacka on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @02:51PM (#46606816)
> What’s normal about bigotry?

uh I don't know, try asking almost any person who was born pre-1960? Doubt they all had brain damage. Not that it was necessarily a good thing, but it was certainly 'normal' in many eras throughout time.

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Re:Scott Adams has died by ceejayoz on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @03:41PM (#46607618)
> try asking almost any person who was born pre-1960? Doubt they all had brain damage.

Actually, they probably did.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraethyllead

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Re:Scott Adams has died by antonymoose on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @06:49PM (#46610235)
Leaded fuel existed for a few short decades. Bigotry and tribalism have existed since time immemorial.
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Re:Scott Adams has died by ceejayoz on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @07:32PM (#46610719)
Sure. But those born from the 1920s to the 1970s got a touch of brain damage, as a treat.
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