cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/56618527

The lighter side.

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[–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

Think about it, what's more green than smoking? If you cut ten years off the average human lifespan, how much less carbon and plastic doesn't end up in the environment?

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 10 months ago

    Unfun fact: For tobacco production, specifically drying the leaves, are quite often used wood from local rainforest. Not very enviro friendly. The slovakian forest protection organisation VLK was working on some outreach materials about this topic but haven't finished them, but I have read the draft.

    Also, smokers not just die because of smoking. They die in bad health that often needs years of treatment, which can be very expensive, but also polluting and diverging resources from productive work... I am not sure about the pluses and minuses and final calculation, but it is definitely not super clear.

    So no, smoking is definitely not a good way to protect environment.

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  • [–] 12 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Isn’t luck a myth to begin with? This is like saying knocking on wood is a myth. That’s inherent to all superstition.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (2 children)

    Luck definitely exists, but actions like knocking on wood or not using white lighters don't influence it.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Having white skin increases your luck. People will just seem to treat you a little bit better, and opportunities will come your way with less effort. That's because people are racist.

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  • [–] 12 points 11 months ago*

    Funeral homes can sleep well knowing that the plastic contained in our blood in addition to the contaminated environment we're all exposed to will drastically reduce our lifespan 😊

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago

    It was a good film

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago

    Honestly, not sure if this is a fake image or not

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago

    On a long enough timeline everyone’s survival rate drops to zero.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    They need a modern equivalent for vaping.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    The manufactures of those "disposable" vapes would have no problem doing this.

    Likely marketing people don't like the image of giving people drugs directly and I'm not sure anyone gives a shit about non nicotine vapes.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    I kinda want a lighter from a funeral home for my glovebox now. I don't smoke but it's always good to have an emergency lighter.

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