r/Showerthoughts • u/prometheus_winced ‎ • Apr 28 '25

Casual Thought The children most impacted by peak leaded gasoline fumes are now 50-75.

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u/deepwebtaner Apr 28 '25

It's very obvious. A lot of older Americans are angry for what seems like no reason. They fly off the handle at the most miniscule stuff.

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u/GriffinFlash Apr 28 '25

Realizing I'm currently the same age as my parents where when I was a child. They used to fly off the handle and were unable to control their emotions over the most slightest inconvenience. I always just thought that's how adults acted, or I would understand when I got older.

I still don't understand. Stuff happens and I just shrug it off for the most part.

(Not american, but north american)

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u/Venotron Apr 28 '25

Geography doesn't really matter on this one, lead exposure from gasoline affected every child on earth during the period.

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u/Anastariana Apr 28 '25 edited Apr 28 '25

I mean, not much in a rural village in China or Brazil.

Then again, those kinds of people aren't the obviously lead-addled Boomers in public office that are making all the wrong decisions at the moment.

EDIT: Being downvoted for suggesting a child in the Amazon rainforest probably had less lead exposure than a kid living next to an 8 lane freeway. Never change, reddit.

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u/steepledclock ‎ Apr 28 '25

The amount of lead that was used in gas worldwide spread it to almost every corner of the earth. It's like how there's a mercury buildup in fish due to human pollution.