VinylJitsu
VinylJitsu t1_je9ke7f wrote
Reply to ELI5 - How do competitive eaters such as Eric the electric not damage their bodies? by Iron-Wall
The short answer is, just like pretty much every competitive doer of anything, they do. Above a certain leve, performance costs health.
VinylJitsu t1_iujpyyf wrote
Reply to comment by jensjoy in eli5: What makes a product Non-GMO? by DecafWriter
Bananas and grapes produce very few to no seeds at all. The specific example I gave, Round-up Ready soy beans, are seeds that grow plants that grow seeds that DON'T grow plants. In other words, you have to buy seeds from Monstanto every time you re-plant.
VinylJitsu t1_iujoczr wrote
Reply to eli5: What makes a product Non-GMO? by DecafWriter
No, selective breeding does not count. GMOs are above and beyond selective breeding, we're talking about "completely immune to glyphosate and unable to produce fertile seeds" levels of modification. These modifications are made by literal gene edition.
VinylJitsu t1_iujmrts wrote
He hasn't been seen in public for more than 24 hours. He could even be dead, we don't know. Not that I believe that, we are not that lucky.
VinylJitsu t1_iu4yiq4 wrote
Reply to comment by DavetheHick in Eli5 why was lead added to so many products before it was discovered to be toxic? by thhbeard
Because profit above human life is not an agenda.
VinylJitsu t1_jegb4hq wrote
Reply to ELI5: why does the US need the dollar to be the only primary form of currency for oil? by aresyves
A country has control over transactions made with its currency. If all the oil in the world is bought and sold in dollar, the USA can allow or disallow every oil transaction in the world, which means they can cut off oil from anyone they want to.