Tobacco companies had to own up to the fact that smoking is harmful in the 1960s when undeniable evidence came out. People struggled to quit because it is somewhat addictive, but mainly because they enjoyed it....
I smoked for years, then woke up one day and realized I didn’t like it anymore. Left half of a pack on my bedside table. Spent three days grinding Neverwinter Nights (yusssss), and was over it.
I’m lucky as hell, though. Some people simply can’t quit. Plus I have other vices. I basically can’t sleep at night without smoking weed, for instance.
Backing this post. NextDNS pretty much blocks everything, even ads in games. And in some games, you can tap the “watch ad to get X” and no ads show up, but you still get rewards.
Threads will be implementing federation in the near future and many instances have been discussing whether they should be pre-emptively defederated to protect the fediverse. See below for our local discussion thread, which will remain active until this vote is complete....
Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul - They were the backbone of Pantera and I won’t be told otherwise. We’re nearing 20 years since we’ve lost Dimebag and 5 years since we’ve lost Vinnie Paul.
Jury finds Trump guilty in hush money trial (www.denverpost.com)
Zodiac signs irrelevant to psychological well-being, research confirms (www.psypost.org)
What are you currently excited for?
The birth (or death) of a relative, the release of a new program, game, series, movie, the date you were dreaming about, could be anything
the smarter you are, the dumber everyone else is
Nicotine addiction isn't that bad - tobacco companies encourage the belief that it's more severe to keep people smoking
Tobacco companies had to own up to the fact that smoking is harmful in the 1960s when undeniable evidence came out. People struggled to quit because it is somewhat addictive, but mainly because they enjoyed it....
Authoritarian is just a made-up word (lemmy.world)
Happy 16th anniversary, #fediverse! (cosocial.ca)
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What adblocker are you using on iOS?
I’ve finally picked up an iPhone about a month ago, and have been loving the experience....
Do you have an inner monologue? Here’s what it reveals about you. (www.nationalgeographic.com)
Real American™ Patriotism© (lemmy.world)
This place is even more negative than Reddit
Fuck billionaires, fuck CEOs, fuck Elon Musk, Fuck AI, fuck capitalism, fuck reddit, fuck nazies, fuck SUVs, fuck ads, fuck republicans, fuck twitter, fuck facebook, fuck Trump, fuck Israel, fuck google, fuck enshittification, fuck Apple, fuck police …...
Ok, at some point we made a big mistake. (lemmy.world)
Hacker News post about this: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39309783 (source available)
[Vote] Should we pre-emptively defederate Threads? (sh.itjust.works)
Threads will be implementing federation in the near future and many instances have been discussing whether they should be pre-emptively defederated to protect the fediverse. See below for our local discussion thread, which will remain active until this vote is complete....
Tankie dispels myth of Stalin as evil dictator by proving he was not, in fact, a dictator. (programming.dev)
He may have been evil, but he wasn’t a dictator. Get your facts straight, libs!
SEC Shorts - Teams think their seasons are definitely dead (www.youtube.com)
[Game Thread] Stanford @ Hawaii - September 1, 2023 at 11:00 PM ET
Home Team...
ESPN - Ranking the ten most important games to the CFP (www.espn.com)
For those without ESPN+:...
[Game Thread] Vanderbilt v. Hawai'i - August 26, 2023 at 7:30 PM ET (fanaticus.social)
Home Team...
Who's death(s) do you feel, make the world feel like an emptier place?
Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul - They were the backbone of Pantera and I won’t be told otherwise. We’re nearing 20 years since we’ve lost Dimebag and 5 years since we’ve lost Vinnie Paul.
Memmy Development 8/23
Hey everyone! I wanted to give an update on the status of Memmy development since things have been slow recently....
[Serious] Am I really the ONLY PERSON who thinks Elon Musk is just absolutely sexy?
I know ppl hate him bc of Twitter. But I’m asking for a person to person perspective based on his looks. He is an attractive man right?
Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice (1990) (www.youtube.com)