OutrageousHairdo [he/him] to chapotraphouse • 8 months agoThrift Tips #1: Save Money by Eating Poisonimagemessage-square29 fedilinkarrow-up1111file-text
arrow-up1111imageThrift Tips #1: Save Money by Eating PoisonOutrageousHairdo [he/him] to chapotraphouse • 8 months agomessage-square29 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBlueMagaChud [any]hexbear20·8 months agolots of products that are sold by weight have been found to have lead added to them to cheat the scales including food such as cinnamon recalled last month link
minus-squareDamarcusArt@lemmygrad.mlhexbear9·8 months agoThat's...monstrous. That's so evil, it would be considered "unrealistic" in a movie with a cartoonishly evil capitalist as the villain. linkfedilink
minus-squarefox [comrade/them]hexbear8·8 months agoLead can't possibly be cheaper than iron or sawdust or something link
minus-squareTreadOnMe [none/use name]hexbear21·8 months agoLead is one of the cheapest metals by density. link
minus-squareFumpyAer [any, comrade/them]hexbear19·8 months agoAlso one of the heaviest by volume. link
minus-squarebarrbaric [he/him]hexbear15·edit-28 months agoA quick google suggests lead is about 1/3 the price of iron ore. Nickel is around the same as lead, but it's only about 3/4 as dense. link
minus-squareTankieTanuki [he/him]hexbear1·edit-28 months agoIt's also added for sweetness and coloring sometimes. link
lots of products that are sold by weight have been found to have lead added to them to cheat the scales including food such as cinnamon recalled last month
That's...monstrous. That's so evil, it would be considered "unrealistic" in a movie with a cartoonishly evil capitalist as the villain.
Lead can't possibly be cheaper than iron or sawdust or something
Lead is one of the cheapest metals by density.
Also one of the heaviest by volume.
A quick google suggests lead is about 1/3 the price of iron ore. Nickel is around the same as lead, but it's only about 3/4 as dense.
It's also added for sweetness and coloring sometimes.
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