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[–] Libb@jlai.lu 12 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Arsenic was historically mixed with copper to create a vivid green for book covers, which can irritate modern day readers

A lot of books do irritate modern day readers, to say the least, and they need to contain no arsenic for that. Words are more than enough.

What would be the name for a quickly spreading allergy to words?

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

What would be the name for a quickly spreading allergy to words?

Conservativism?

[–] Libb@jlai.lu 2 points 1 month ago

Conservativism?

If only ;)

Alas, I see that allergy spreading absolutely everywhere and more and more people calling on book (and author) banning for whatever 'good' reason they may have. That's a dangerous allergy, akin to the allergy to the 'other', that may very well be fatal to any democracy no matter the political side one stands for.

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