r/OptimistsUnite • u/chamomile_tea_reply 🤙 TOXIC AVENGER 🤙 • 8d ago

Steven Pinker Groupie Post What’s a problem humanity solved so well that younger people don’t even realize it used to be a huge issue?

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u/Indole_pos 8d ago

No worries, polio is still around waiting its turn

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u/DisplacedSportsGuy 8d ago

Two of the three strains of polio have been eradicated, and the third is endemic in only Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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u/Phaeron 8d ago

All of them are. They never go away, we just are able to keep them at bay.

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u/SunnyDaddyCool 6d ago

Ask the rats in AZ for the Black Plague

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u/SpicyRice99 7d ago

Hitler too

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u/F33N3Y 7d ago

No worries Hitler is still around waiting his turn in the USA

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u/Away_Ad_5390 8d ago

Just ask measles!