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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Fun fact:

Paracetamol, a pain killer legal in England, is banned in the US while Acetaminophen, a pain killer legal in the US, is banned in England.

Edit: I am in fact, quite wrong. These are the same thing! So I've just learned today.

Paracetamol = Tylenol = Acetaminophen

[–] [email protected] 73 points 1 month ago (1 children)

these two are the same thing

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It wasn't purposeful, I'm just misinformed. Apologies.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago (1 children)

they say that ignorance is root of all evil, better hit some books before judgement day

(i have much less tolerance for misinfo after 2020, purposeful or not)

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't blame you and I appreciate being called out. Thanks for letting me know.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago

Behold: the rare mature and responsible reaction to finding out you were incorrect! An elusive find on the Web 2.0!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

Aluminium, a metal legal in England, is banned in the US while Aluminum, a metal legal in the US, is banned in England

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

Paracetamol is the metric name for acetaminophen

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That doesn’t look like tablets.