Topic: the trouble with inventing a successful thing that gets mass produced
boof started this discussion 4 months ago #128,812
with enough users, there will be people that find a way to get killed by the thing you invented
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 4 months ago, 2 hours later[^] [v] #1,388,112
I wish I invented cancer.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 4 months ago, 3 hours later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,388,168
Mass production can create big benefits or great harm, just like people by themselves.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxic_oil_syndrome
300 people died, and a "few" thousands permanently disabled because of "contaminated" oil, which was totally not cheap industrial oil resold as food grade oil for profits.
This happened in Spain and recently you still have oil scandals in Europe, where the oil being sold is just oil that the human body barely tolerates.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxic_oil_syndrome
300 people died, and a "few" thousands permanently disabled because of "contaminated" oil, which was totally not cheap industrial oil resold as food grade oil for profits.
This happened in Spain and recently you still have oil scandals in Europe, where the oil being sold is just oil that the human body barely tolerates.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 4 months ago, 3 hours later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,388,211
boof (OP) replied with this 4 months ago, 2 hours later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,388,227
