Totally. It’s no wonder tobacco companies are deeply invested in smoking cessation and alternatives (or so I’ve heard - don’t ask me for a source).

Great analogy. I’m my experience there is an inverse relationship between the amount of time to find a bug and the size of the patch to fix it.

Sometimes it’s just one character off.

Why is it weird to have different rules for computers and humans? They’re pretty different…

It’s such a pacifier. And with vaping, you can get a little hit almost no matter where you are - don’t even need to step out for a break

Addiction is bad for you, and nicotine is really addictive if you let it rewire your brain (it is a dopamine agonist).

I stopped drinking coffee over a week. It took me over a decade to drop nicotine.

Oh I can see how the word “option” could read like that. Glad you brought it up, to give me the chance to clarify

I am agreeing with op. Corpos and govs are the ones who have to do something. We individually and collectively also have to do something. Nothing changes for the better unless we have buy-in from individuals. The binary you’re presenting is one I didn’t intend with my comment. I was saying we should watch out for green washing, when functioning as a consumer.

That is, If you can avoid doing business with companies which are harming the environment then you should. The same goes for doing business with companies which are half-assed or insincere in their efforts (though these are naturally preferable).

So if you can’t avoid a purchase, and there isn’t a good choice, then obviously you should pick the most ecologically sound option available to you.

My main point is no one should feel virtuous for picking, like, “eco green Coca Cola” just because 5% of the proceeds go to saving the rainforest. They’re a reprehensible company, so far better to just not fuck with Coke in the first place.

Yeah I remember it felt like fun, until I found out it was bad for you. That along with any kind of asphyxiation - who knew! You’d think just being able to look up “is huffing chrome bad for you” on the internet would inoculate kids against this kind of stupidity.

By way of explanation, we were all quite poor and ignorant where I grew up.

File under “green washing.”

If a company offers a more expensive “choice” of a greener option, rather than just being ecologically responsible by default, then you are being sold a product. That is, you get to express your superior “green” ethics by identifying with your purchase.

The company doesn’t actually care about the environment. They’re just doing the minimum to capture extra $$$

I would amend the quote to say “voting alone isn’t going to do shit.” IMO without direct action it’s just a slower slide into fascism.

Agreeing with both of you basically. I just don’t want anyone thinking that voting on its own is sufficient to address the problems we’re seeing

Happy birthday. Just to see what replaces it in NA

Damn it is pretty pushy now that you mention it

You don’t have to listen to it all day. I like checking in in before and after work.

But if all the stations in your area have ads, then ofc nah, don’t listen to that garbage.

We were teenagers and I went to her house in the boonies to shoot crossbows and play NBA Jam. Sounds ideal, right? So after shooting trees for a while she asks if I want to shoot her hamster.

Maybe she was trying to be edgy or funny but I was so disturbed I made an excuse and started walking home (which was hours away). I finally managed to hitch a ride with this creepy couple into town (but that’s a whole other story - definitely did not give those two my home address).

I’m so sorry

Okay I have nothing to complain about. This is awful

Thinking about this every time I’m in the shower since the day I first read it…

Radagast the baker.

Well I’m sorry to hear that. I guess I’ve been spoiled.

Ads on the radio?? I meant like public broadcasting