[–] 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Don't get me wrong. Vaping is a highly underregulated market, and only god knows what the flavoring and coloring additives might do to your health. Even the health impacts of liquid base are not fully understood. BUT people who say vapes are just as bad as cigarettes, don't fully comprehend the damages done by repeatedly inhaling actual smoke.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago

    While actions speak louder than words, gatekeeping the term ally will do us very dirty. The easiest way to turn someone away from a good cause, is focusing on the individual instead of the system and setting high standards. "How can you be against climate change and still drive that big car?" "You are against racism? How many black friends do you have?"

    Being an ally is about your intention to accept and support queer people around you. A Billion of them will change the world in ways a ten thousand activists never could.

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  • [–] 30 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    I recently read that the age expectancy gap is just about 10 months (instead of multiple years) when accounting for lifestyle (drinking, smoking, diet...). So not being toxic and self destructive is almost the whole deal, (which I guess is also true for being trans)

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