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Two-time Prometheus award-winning hard science fiction author. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005JPPMS6  Learn how to homestead https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093BC3K1T 

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    1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 20 Sep 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Massimo

      1/ I strongly, strongly, strongly doubt the veracity of this claim first, "30 years ago" was not 1890, when houses were full of wool and cotton 30 years ago was 1991, when furnishings and rugs were much the same as today ; if anything, bc of wealth, we have FEWER plastics nowhttps://twitter.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1439884538012835842 …

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      Massimo @Rainmaker1973
      30 years ago you had 15-17 minutes to escape a house fire. Nowadays you only have 3-5 minutes (due to more plastics & petroleum-based products in the house) https://buff.ly/2Lyjptv  [video, by Firefighter Safety Research Institute: https://buff.ly/3q11uud ] pic.twitter.com/tuzo9axA5u
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    2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 20 Sep 2021

      2/ second, if house fires are so much more dangerous now, where you have 180 seconds to get out before you're overcome with fumes, where as you used to have a QUARTER OF AN HOUR, you'd expect to see an exploding number of deaths attributable to house fires

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    3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 20 Sep 2021

      3/ ...and yet the data shows the EXACT opposite of that 1977 at top: 7,395 fire deaths 2019 at bottom: 3,704 fire deaths https://www.statista.com/statistics/376703/us-civilian-fire-deaths/ …pic.twitter.com/SVl6fIfM8K

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    4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 20 Sep 2021

      4/ US population in 1977: 223 M US population in 2019: 329 M so deaths per million 1977: 33 2019: 11 death rate has fallen by 2/3 ...even as homes explode into flame 5x faster than before?

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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 20 Sep 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Dedicating Ruckus

      5/ rebuttal:https://twitter.com/ded_ruckus/status/1440064957123469321 …

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      Dedicating Ruckus @ded_ruckus
      Replying to @MorlockP
      according to NFPA, since 1980 total reported house fires have dropped 53%, but fire deaths have only dropped 46% so there might be a modest more-deaths-per-fire going on, but it's heavily outweighed by the massive decrease in fires
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        2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 20 Sep 2021

          6/ counter-counter rebuttal: the decrease in fires is partially caused by having fewer (and also less, @BostonDelendEst !) flammable items in houses. A candle knocked into nylon drapes = 1 fire candle knocked into wool drapes = 0 fires

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        3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 20 Sep 2021

          7/ whenever you see a report on "America's crumbling infrastructure" or "American houses are now made out of gasoline and explode in 3-5 milliseconds" or whatever, ask yourself: * who generated this report? * ...and what are their financial incentives?

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        4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 20 Sep 2021

          8/ ("America's crumbling infrastructure" style reports, btw, often originate with either construction firms or unions. Ponder that... )

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        5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 20 Sep 2021

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Nathaniel Fitch

          9/ > the crumbling infrastructure is real maybe true, but ... cites || GTFOhttps://twitter.com/TFB_Nathaniel_F/status/1440066735483224066 …

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          Nathaniel Fitch @TFB_Nathaniel_F
          Replying to @MorlockP @BostonDelendEst
          Yes but the crumbling infrastructure is real, more often than not. The grift is to fuck something up, write about how it's fucked up, and then get money and power so you can fuck it up even more. See: Afghanistan. Also literally anything else.
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        6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 20 Sep 2021

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Gay Robot Devil

          10/https://twitter.com/GayRobotDevil/status/1440067260698095622 …

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          Gay Robot Devil @GayRobotDevil
          Replying to @MorlockP @BostonDelendEst
          I love reading those reports: “86% of American highways are structurally deficient!*” (“Structurally deficient” being defined as “not in pristine, like-new condition”)
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        7. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 20 Sep 2021

          11/ "If your mother says she loves you, check it out" - old newpaper adage "If your mother says she loves you, ponder what her incentives are before RT-ing it" - me

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        8. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 20 Sep 2021

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted

          12/ I remember wearing flame resistant pajamas in the 1970s https://twitter.com/GeoGDF01/status/1440067709195014153 …

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        9. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 20 Sep 2021

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Dedicating Ruckus

          13/ > deaths per fire but I already addressed above how potential-fire-events might turn into NON fires based on materials ... so this is selection bias deaths-per-impalement-by-car-steering-column might be up since 1980 as well. ponder whyhttps://twitter.com/ded_ruckus/status/1440068089706467329 …

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          Dedicating Ruckus @ded_ruckus
          Replying to @SaucercrabZero @MorlockP
          sounds plausible per NFPA, though, deaths per fire has been flat or up since 1980 you'd expect fire alarms to lead to similar fire rates but fewer deaths per fire
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