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  • I meant dangerous as in that it attracts people who would have never started smoking. While cigarettes are more dangerous, vaping also has it's drawbacks. The base fluid may be safe to consume, but the flavorings are the problem in my eyes. They appeal to a younger audience and the ingredients are most often not known (Corresponding study if you want to dive deeper: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK507184/#_sec_000093_ )

    Additionally nicotine in itself is not something I would want anyone to be addicted to.

  • Yeah the convenience and the flavor are the main problems for me. If the prepackaged vapes would come in non candy flavors, a lot of potential new consumers wouldn't touch vapes. They should be an alternative for smokers and not a new revenue stream for tobacco conglomerates based on a new generation who know smoking in general is bad.

    If THC vapes are properly vetted and the buyer is informed about possible health impacts I'm totally ok with that.

  • The politicians are paid by the tobacco companies. There is money to be made, and a new generation will replace tobacco smokers and ensure that the tobacco industry will survive for longer.

    Nicotine is socially accepted, that is the other main problem.

  • I’m all for safe substance use if wanted, but vapes are dangerous. I smoked cigarettes, then changed over to vaping and now use snus. Nicotine is a huge problem with it’s addictiveness.

    Vapes in the current state they are sold, are like candy to young people and the shops treat it that way. Vaping makes it easy to consume nicotine, and once your body is addicted it craves more and more. The amount of nicotine in these vapes is obscene. And you can do it everywhere with them. You don’t smell it like cigarettes. You can get vapes in any taste you desire. I consumed way more nicotine when I was vaping than with cigarettes.

  • On Reddit it felt useless to comment, when I found an interesting topic the discussion was already drowning with one word comments and other useless stuff. Here on Lemmy the discussions feel more genuine. Probably it’s because the userbase is more mature, or the nature of Lemmy is not to generate money.

  • Just because most companies do it, doesn’t mean it’s ok.

    It’s not about targeted ads based on information provided by the user of the service. If you have read the article you would know that they are banning behavioral advertising.

  • Did you read the whole article? It’s about behavioral advertising based on metrics that are not explicitly stated to the user. If the users opt in to this kind of advertising then it’s ok, but Facebook/meta has to get their agreement.

  • Here is the source blog post from oracle: https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/blog/keep-linux-open-and-free-2023-07-10/

    RedHat really fucked up with this move. I know RedHat employees and everyone from RedHat I met so far was proud they work there and how much open source meant to the company. I guess there will be more and more redhatters looking for new opportunities in the coming months.

  • I would say if you feel sick call in.

    Personally I called in even with a headache or when I wasn’t in the right headspace to work properly. Take care of yourself first.

    Depending on how your company handles things of course.

  • No, they won’t loose all content. I think the quality will just get worse and worse depending on what you view as quality. For the average social media user it probably will be good enough, or it will develop into reposts from other mainstream platforms.

  • Technology @lemmy.world
    awderon @lemmy.world

    This is going to be interesting.

    Trees @lemmy.world
    awderon @lemmy.world

    Everyone should read the joint routing protocol

    This describes the most efficient way so everyone in a group can achieve a comparable level of inebriation.

    cute dogs, cats, and other animals @lemmy.ml
    awderon @lemmy.world

    That’s how I’ve been feeling the last few weeks

    No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    awderon @lemmy.world

    Tools to sharpen out of focus objects in pictures.

    I took a ton of pictures at an event. Unfortunately the autofocus of my cam is a bit wonky and this lead to blurry pictures. Does anyone have an app or way to restore details on the unfocused object? I also have the raw files of these pictures if that helps.

    cats @lemmy.world
    awderon @lemmy.world

    Thpoooky

    cats @lemmy.world
    awderon @lemmy.world

    Thpoooky

    TrackMania @lemmy.world
    awderon @lemmy.world

    What are your thoughts on the summer 2023 campaign so far?

    I only played half of the new tracks so far. They where enjoyable. Looking forward to the harder tracks.

    World News @lemmy.world
    awderon @lemmy.world

    The next years are going to be fun… The world is burning while the fossil fuel industry is chugging along like everything is great as long as you buy enough co2 credits.

    I’m scared in what kind of world my children will have to live in…

    cats @lemmy.world
    awderon @lemmy.world

    Cat mid nom