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[–] Chronographs@lemmy.zip 87 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I wonder if poisoning counts stuff like overdose/alcohol poisoning because that one seems strange

[–] Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com 84 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Source is a bit outdated now, 2018 (didn't realize when I posted that), but it's primarily from drugs apparently. Both prescription and non-prescription.

[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 34 points 1 week ago

A bit sad that they didn't try to distinguish between accidents and suicide. But that's probably hard to know in most cases.

[–] Chronographs@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 week ago

Yeah, makes sense then

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

A drug overdose is termed as a posioning in these kinds of formats/contexts, for whatever reason.

The vast majority of these 'poisonings' are not like... snake bites, food poisoning, radiation poisoning, cyanide... they are overdoses of some kind, meth, fentanyl, prescription drugs, alcohol, etc.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Back in the 90s, when you broke up with someone, you poisoned them. it was the fashion.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hah!

I was going to post Alice Cooper's "Posion" as a joke response, but then I watched the music video, and its basically a 45 year old describing how he can barely resist deflowering an 18 yo.

So... yeah.

I'm going with 'rape culture' was more the norm in the 90s.

[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago

I think I've heard from several people on lemmy now that most of the 'classic rock' musicians had pretty horrible attitudes towards children, ala what you're now used to with republicans.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

I wonder if food poisoning (microbes like e. coli, listeria, salmonella) counts. Oooooh, or Botox gone wrong??

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Spouse that's tired of yo shit.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

Yes it does. We're not talking Agatha Christie here.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

25-44 Just out here drinking random potions that turn out to be poisoned