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And water comes from burning fossil fuels too, but I doubt that water would be good for you. Ibuprofen comes from the bark of tree IIRC, but that pill is a lot better than the soup you’d have to eat to get not nearly the same effect. Everything is natural. I really hate that argument.


> Ibuprofen comes from the bark of tree IIRC

This is salicylic acid, in a number of tree barks but most abundantly in white willow.

The medication form is aspirin or acetylsalicylic acid.


In moments when I’m not speechless, I usually just say “and so does Mercury and Uranium“.


Those are minerals, not plants. A better counterpart would be nightshade and castor plant oil seeds.




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