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LordofHats wrote: ...I will never use Bass ever again, this guy has ruined it forever.
As in the fish or...?
That stupid thing that makes the walls shake at six in the morning.
This guy?
We were once so close to heaven, St. Peter came out and gave us medals; declaring us "The nicest of the damned".
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
oldravenman3025 wrote: People have known the dangers of smoking since forever. The Federal Government has required warning labels on cigarette packs since 1970. And I've seen pics of anti-smoking warning posters dating back to 1910. But people continue to smoke. And that should be their choice to be stupid, as long as it doesn't bother me
Apart from massive ad campaigns to get people to smoke.
Ultimately, the best thing to do would be utterly crush the tobacco companies. They're the ones at fault.
This makes you think. What if in 60 years, toothbrush paste, recomended by 9 of every 10 dentist, will be discover to be totally dangerous? Hippocratic oath? Ha! Not when Mister Green is in my pocket!
I would be quite happy to entirely ban the sale of tobacco and vape-replacements.
One of my rotations was spent in a lung function clinic; it was depressing testing people with various smoking related cancers and telling them they couldn't have surgery to treat it because their lungs were utterly fethed from smoking and if they were anaesthetised they would probably never wake up...
SilverMK2 wrote: I would be quite happy to entirely ban the sale of tobacco and vape-replacements.
One of my rotations was spent in a lung function clinic; it was depressing testing people with various smoking related cancers and telling them they couldn't have surgery to treat it because their lungs were utterly fethed from smoking and if they were anaesthetised they would probably never wake up...
And then they also have zero chance of a lung transplant because the risks are too great and other people who won't mess up their new lungs with crap are also waiting.
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The Laws of Thermodynamics:
1) You cannot win. 2) You cannot break even. 3) You cannot stop playing the game.
Colonel Flagg wrote:You think you're real smart. But you're not smart; you're dumb. Very dumb. But you've met your match in me.
SilverMK2 wrote: I would be quite happy to entirely ban the sale of tobacco and vape-replacements.
One of my rotations was spent in a lung function clinic; it was depressing testing people with various smoking related cancers and telling them they couldn't have surgery to treat it because their lungs were utterly fethed from smoking and if they were anaesthetised they would probably never wake up...
The tobacco industry has a lot of blood on its hands.
