I would definitely appreciate that, it’s been a while but I used to read and share poetry and lyrics with some close friends pretty often. It’s been a while.

Okay, do you have any sources to back up that claim?

Understandable, I’d definitely be interested in reading though. Hope things get more manageable for you 🤙

In 2017, disposable vapes barely existed. The vaping industry was obsessed with being the healthier alternative to cigarettes. The vast majority were using devices with stainless steel coils, pure cotton for wicking, and replaceable batteries. When “popcorn lung” was discovered, studied, and diacetyl found to be the cause, the industry largely self-regulated before the FDA ever stepped in. Companies published lab results showing the contents of their juices, and people were largely aware of the dangers around cheaply made coils with questionable metals. Around 2020 (to my memory at least), a huge glut of disposables began entering the market. Undoing the vast majority of progress made in terms of recyclability and health. It’s been a backward slide ever since, and I’m 100% convinced that it was orchestrated by the tobacco industry. It’s no coincidence that British American Tobacco (Lucky Strike, Pall Mall) owns one of the biggest vape brands sold in gas stations, Vuse, which has conveniently evaded the vape bans being passed in California and other states. Altria (Marlboro) owns a stake in Juul, as well as having their own vape company, NJOY.

Do some research if you actually care. You’re blowing smoke. Like it or not, smoking cannabis carries a risk of lung cancer due to the tar, benzene, and hydrocarbons. “Uhm ackshually it cures cancer-” yes when it’s used in the form of RSO. Not just taking a joint to the dome. There’s no getting around the fact you’re inhaling burning plant matter.

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Your description sounds more than interesting enough to me, glad to hear you didn’t destroy it. Is there somewhere I can view your work? Assuming you want to share.

Career politician. If you actually read the blog it explains pretty well.

This shit doesn’t need any encouraging. It’s enabling people to remain ill instead of getting the help they need.

What does geopolitical self-awareness have to do with youtube videos?

That does make a lot of sense, I guess I ‘knew’ those things but didn’t quite put it together. Yeah I can’t imagine conscription would cause anything except some sort of internal uprising, seen plenty of stories about existing recruits clearly having zero desire to be there/realizing they’re the aggressor and not defending their homeland. Hoping their zero-steam day comes sooner rather than later. Thank you for the summary.

Thank you, I appreciate the starting point. Makes sense it would be hard to precisely predict.

edit: I definitely prefer multiple sources anyway, no worries there.

Russia has used pretty much everything in the tank at this point.

I’m genuinely curious if you have sources to back this, because I want it to be true, but I also feel like I’ve been hearing it for two years. Makes me feel bleak about the truth of the statement. I would love to see a light at the end of the tunnel, if you have one.

Because I was raised on media that glorified the plight of the underdog, beset against on all sides by powerful forces. And my grandpa told me “The hardest things in life are the things most worth doing.”

Seconded, fuck that traitor.

I believe it’s partially because the national debt has always been high and keeps getting higher. It’s been a little while since I checked or heard anything about it, but it got a lot of press time in the 2010’s. I feel like that affected how americans view debt. I’ve also heard the financial advice espoused by banks “it’s financially healthy to have some debt, it helps you build credit”. Which is partially a crock of shit and regardless of the veracity of that statement, it mostly leads to people digging a hole they can’t get out of.

You’re absolutely right!

I mean yeah, I would answer your statement as “yes”. But I would prefer to challenge a fundamental assumption within your question, “suffering is good”. Suffering is neither bad nor good, it simply is. Without the experience of suffering, experiences of non-suffering would lose some or all of their meaning. Without winter we cannot appreciate summer, and vice versa.

Definitely the symbology aspect, fresh rose petals are inconvenient as hell. I did the bed thing for my girlfriend one year for our anniversary but used fake fabric petals. No sticking, and I saved them for the next occasion. Your points are exactly the reason why I did that.

Here is a personal favorite of mine. Silence brands everywhere.

Agreed, MS and Google are pretty much on the same plane with regards to company ethics.

Makes sense that it becomes a serious trade-off with usability the more a company tries to DIY. The risk aspect is certainly hard to get around. Seems that a solution to this problem would have to be long-term. Any company that has competed with AWS in the past, afaik, has been purchased and absorbed. It would likely require the creation of a nonprofit with a guiding directive to prioritize keeping the organization independent and never being sold. But I’ve seen that sort of thing fall apart and go off-mission in other industries too.

Considering the above, the only other thing I can think of is a regulating body declaring AWS as a monopoly and forcing them to split. The chances of that happening in the current administration are probably near zero.

Shit sucks, though I appreciate your response.

That’s interesting. I have to think more about this but it certainly makes sense, I certainly don’t feel 100% pure male based on… many things. Thank you for explaining.