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   Max Leibman (maxleibman@beige.party)'s status on Monday, 24-Mar-2025 04:05:49 JST Max Leibman

   It depends on policymakers’ goals. If they want their citizens to look cool, then this is not only justified but necessary.

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     BeAware :fediverse: (beaware@mementomori.social)'s status on Monday, 24-Mar-2025 04:05:47 JST BeAware :fediverse:

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     @maxleibman then imagine that same person with a cigarette and realize you sound stupid for critisizing someone using a less nasty alternative.

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     Max Leibman (maxleibman@beige.party)'s status on Monday, 24-Mar-2025 04:05:48 JST Max Leibman

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     Imagine the coolest-looking person you know, vaping. You are now no longer imagining a cool-looking person.

     BeAware :fediverse: repeated this.
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     BeAware :fediverse: (beaware@mementomori.social)'s status on Monday, 24-Mar-2025 04:39:10 JST BeAware :fediverse:

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     @maxleibman I'd also like to think that I don't care what other people do that literally does not effect me whatsoever.

     Don't like it? Don't do it.

     It doesn't effect you unlike second hand cigarette smoke.

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     Max Leibman (maxleibman@beige.party)'s status on Monday, 24-Mar-2025 04:39:11 JST Max Leibman

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     @BeAware You said it yourself: *less* nasty.

     Not clean. Not safe. Not pleasant to be around. Not cool looking. Just less of each of those than smoking.

     A smoker who switches to vaping is, on balance, a good thing. I wouldn’t celebrate anybody settling on it permanently, though, any more than I would celebrate them switching to a “lighter” tobacco product. And a non-smoker picking up vaping isn’t something to be celebrated at all.

     And you do look fucking ridiculous when you do it.