atyaz

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did you read the article? The legislation steadily increases the legal age limit so that kids don't get hooked on tobacco in the first place. No one will have to "quit cold turkey".

One of the biggest issues with the war on drugs is that it criminalizes the use of certain drugs. This doesn't do that.

As for your claim about a black market and a mafia:

we have already taken steps to reduce smoking rates. This includes providing 1 million smokers in England with free vape kits via our world-first ‘swap to stop’ scheme

They're still providing people with tobacco, just a less-deadly kind. Comparing that to the war on drugs is ridiculous. The point of the war on drugs isn't to get people to quit using dangerous drugs recreationally, every reasonable person wants that. The point of it is to control minorities and poor people. That's absolutely not what's happening here.

None of this is to defend Sunak btw, he's a broken clock that happens to be right in this instance.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Serious question, why would you consider Bluesky? I would argue that mastodon is "the" decentralized social media platform, I mean it's not owned by some billionaire; and if you mostly care about audience size, nothing beats twitter. I've never felt any inclination to try bluesky for these reasons.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's frustrating since by using your tethered connection you're using the same data that you already pay for. If there's a limit on how much data, why does it matter how you use for it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Whichever your favorite one is, that's the most overrated one

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

In this thread lots of uninformed people rationalizing why it's actually okay to use chromium.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Couldn't agree more. And even thought I hardly play games anymore, that actually makes them all the more special when I'm excited about a game and play it. It's rare nowadays, but games like celeste or a short hike were really wonderful. Other than gems that really speak to you though, you really should find another hobby.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Your tinnitus will get progressively louder until you pay your bill

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I accidentally uninstalled the visual cortex drivers and now I can't use my eyes to reinstall, any help is appreciated

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I remember needing to understand some math concept for some reason so I googled it and clicked on the Wikipedia link. When I realized I was too stupid for that I went back and clicked on the "math is fun" link. It explained it perfectly. Thank you math is fun.

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