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  • JasonDJ@lemmy.ziptoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldgummy
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    1 day ago

    I’m still importing flavored nic pouches from Sweden but one of my orders got seized by customs. Thankfully the vendor refunded me for it, but still a pain in the ass.

    Adults like flavor, too.

    Also, on the whole, isn’t nicotine consumption among kids on the downswing anyway? Take the wins where you have them. That has far more to do with making smoking un-cool (and millennials and X’er parents quitting in droves) than any sort of flavor ban.

    And a lot of us quit (smoking, at least…we pivoted our addiction to one with less damning side effects) with…drumroll please…flavored vapes.








  • It’s a weasle-word-way for the promoter to say “you can’t speak out against genocide”

    Which is a weasle-word-way to say “you can’t speak out”.

    Which is a weasle-word-way to say “you can’t speak”.

    Ed Sheeran is just too dumb to realize it. That’s my read. He’s a great performer with a pretty face and not a whole hell of a lot behind it (aside for an uncanny ability to mix 4 chords with words and rhythm).

    The role of musicians and celebrities should be to speak out about this type of shit. Fuck. They have the podium, they have the privilege.

    The reason why we are in this shit is because promotors/sponsors/owners of, well, everything and everyone, have done a damn good job of convincing everyone that they can’t speak.

    And then they hand him a microphone, and they have to decide…can they speak? Or do they believe that they can’t?

    Like tieing up an elephant to a wooden stake.


  • The premium increases stem in part from rising healthcare costs, including higher prices for medical care and expensive prescription drugs.

    Oooh so close.

    Let’s peel the onion back on why the prices are so high, hmmmmmm?

    Let’s get real Socratic about it and figure out how many layers it takes to point out commercial insurance is the fucking problem.

    I barely cracked the skin and I’m bawling my eyes out already. Literally, and figuratively, and metaphorically.