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[–] 100_percent_a_bot@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

That's by the way a great comparison. While drinking small amounts of ethanol is perfectly safe, drinking the same amount of methanol could blind or even kill you.

Things being chemically almost the same doesn't really mean anything for what they do to a person. Crack and cocaine are almost exactly the same, yet the consequences of taking crack are so much more severe.