• A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl
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    1 hour ago

    Man there is so much smoke-copium in this thread, it annoys me to no end.

    People shouldn’t be allowed to smoke in public and they should be forced to pay for the cost of their own healthcare if they develop any disease that has even a minimal chance of being related to smoking.

    Edt: for sure is right to have mercy on them when they realize it was a mistake, but they still should be penalized to some degree, they did that to them selves while in their right mind.

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      6 minutes ago

      In many countries that have socialised healthcare smokers on average contribute 2 to 3 times what their healthcare costs the government in taxes on cigarettes alone over their lifetime. So I mean… you’re welcome.

        • TʜᴇʀᴀᴘʏGⒶʀʏ@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          I’m mostly joking, but myself and many others legitimately think that chimp looks cool af. I don’t smoke anymore, and I recognize that it’s awful and uncool, but I still think that the cigarette makes the chimp look awesome. I can’t explain why though. Social conditioning maybe?

        • Totally fair, but the only ‘copium’ I see in this thread is people pointing out how cool some of the animals look, which is funny because that’s the opposite of the intention. I assume most of the people making such comments are well aware how awful smoking is

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      4 hours ago

      Healthcare shouldn’t be conditional, it should be free at the point of use, no exceptions. You start drawing lines, you’re only gonna cause harm

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        2 hours ago

        They are causing harm, willingly, to them selves, is not a psychiatric disorder or anything, but they, in they right mind, decide to fuck them selves because is cool apparently.

        Why the rest of society should enable it?