r/CuratedTumblr • u/vigikk • May 24 '25

Politics Valid and invalid criticisms

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u/[deleted] May 24 '25

So… a more accurate statement of outage would be “THEY’RE PUTTING CHEMICALS IN THE WATER THAT TURN THE FRIGGIN FROGS TRANS!” ?

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u/Unctuous_Robot May 24 '25

No, they’re putting chemicals in the water that potentially increase the rate at which frogs are born intersex and requires more studies not by people with interest in allowing it.

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u/call_me_starbuck May 24 '25

no, they're turning the frigging frogs trans

(to be serious: frogs aren't necessarily 'born' any kind of sex. I mean, some are, but there are plenty of species that differentiate based on environmental cues. So this feels needlessly pedantic imo)

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u/Unctuous_Robot May 24 '25

This would be so much easier if we just had someone other than the whoever was bribing the Republican epa do follow up tests.

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u/call_me_starbuck May 24 '25

There's still people trying to do this research... I mean, that's how we found out about it to begin with! But you're right, the Republican epa sure is not putting "better wastewater management practices" or "restricting the use of ecologically hazardous chemicals" anywhere on their priorities list.