meteorswarm

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[โ€“] meteorswarm@beehaw.org 24 points 4 days ago

I fondly remember my organic chemistry lab professor giving us all a lecture that was something like this:

"I see that you children have learned how good acetone is at cleaning glassware. And you are correct: it is excellent. However, you cannot pour it down the sink and we have to pay for hazardous waste disposal. So use soap, water, and elbow grease instead."

[โ€“] meteorswarm@beehaw.org 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

In modern American usage, more or less. "Libertarian" used to be much broader - ancaps cleaved it off of libertarian socialism in the 20th c.