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Government taxes e-cigarettes, resulting in more people smoking tobacco: https://www.nber.org/papers/w26589
Government phases out nuclear power, resulting in more coal power: https://www.nber.org/papers/w26598

I really, really hate how difficult it is for so many people to understand harm reduction. :shake:
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I've been avoiding every single thing I see about the wildfires for that exact reason
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tragabigzanda wrote:There really needs to be some sort of movement vis-a-vis trigger warnings and posting pictures of tragedy online. Nothing like scrolling through Twitter or Insty and seeing charred kangaroos and koala bears to ruin my fucking week.
I guess?
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tragabigzanda wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:I've been avoiding every single thing I see about the wildfires for that exact reason
Yes but here I thought Jill Vedder's posts were mostly about her kids or healing kids with EB.
She sounds really neat
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verb_to_trust wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:I've been avoiding every single thing I see about the wildfires for that exact reason
Yes but here I thought Jill Vedder's posts were mostly about her kids or healing kids with EB.
She sounds really neat
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verb_to_trust wrote:I've been avoiding every single thing I see about the wildfires for that exact reason
Did you hear about that camgirl who raised $500k for Australia? Pretty cool
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theplatypus wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:I've been avoiding every single thing I see about the wildfires for that exact reason
Did you hear about that camgirl who raised $500k for Australia? Pretty cool
She wasn't doing things with animal corpses or anything like that was she?
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verb_to_trust wrote:
theplatypus wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:I've been avoiding every single thing I see about the wildfires for that exact reason
Did you hear about that camgirl who raised $500k for Australia? Pretty cool
She wasn't doing things with animal corpses or anything like that was she?
Yes, she was
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BurtReynolds wrote:"I'm sorry, Dave, but you told a journalist on Twitter to "learn to code". This is a violation of the terms of service. Housing #cancelled for thirty days."
The comments on Twitter about this are amazing!
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Hey Brits, how big of a deal is this?
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Green Habit wrote:Hey Brits, how big of a deal is this?
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