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Re:How do wombats poop cubes? Scientists get to the bottom o... by hypfer on Thursday July 02, 2026 @02:51AM (#48757478)
> if just one seed has a crack in it and you swallow it it will stop your heart in about thirty minutes.

That is complete bullshit and you shouldn't be posting it this confidently.

Those seeds are very poisonous, yes, but not in that cartoonish way. It's not cyanide.

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Re:How do wombats poop cubes? Scientists get to the bottom o... by NooneAtAll3 on Thursday July 02, 2026 @04:03AM (#48758061)
even cyanide isn't cartoonish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6hOVhQQ9hI

substance itself is not what kills you - it's the dose

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Re:How do wombats poop cubes? Scientists get to the bottom o... by lostlogin on Thursday July 02, 2026 @06:39AM (#48759290)
> substance itself is not what kills you - it's the dose

Doesn’t that apply to every single thing that exists?

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Re:How do wombats poop cubes? Scientists get to the bottom o... by reltnek on Thursday July 02, 2026 @07:00AM (#48759459)
The old toxicology proverb is: "The dose makes the poison"
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Re:How do wombats poop cubes? Scientists get to the bottom o... by butlike on Thursday July 02, 2026 @09:41AM (#48761499)
I like to extend it to: "the portion makes the poison." Beyond getting the alliteration, it also includes food, which I think is important. A glass of water won't kill you, two gallons of water will. An ice cream cone once in a while is nothing; one every day will make the doctor's eyes go wide.
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Re:How do wombats poop cubes? Scientists get to the bottom o... by hackeraccount on Thursday July 02, 2026 @12:37PM (#48763982)
Jesus. I had a colonoscopy. Don't tell me about drinking 2 gallons of water. I won't even get started on an ice cream cone a day.
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Re:How do wombats poop cubes? Scientists get to the bottom o... by qingcharles on Thursday July 02, 2026 @11:52AM (#48763392)
Yes. IIRC Congress paid for a study in the early 20th century to try to nail a definition of the word "poison" by injecting mice with different quantities of bleach. The conclusion was that everything is a poison at the right dose. Most medicines are great at low doses, but then kill you when you take too much of them. Heck, even water is a poison.
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Re:How do wombats poop cubes? Scientists get to the bottom o... by murderfs on Thursday July 02, 2026 @07:55AM (#48760028)
There Is No Safe Dose of Prions: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3156228/
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