aaaaaaadjsf,
@aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net avatar

Footballers are going to hate this. It’s an easy way to get high (for fun, not for performance) without being busted on a drug test.

lud,

Yeah, that’s why it’s being banned…

aaaaaaadjsf,
@aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net avatar

Hahaha. But yeah it’s not being banned because of that obviously. Just thought it would be interesting to add.

lud,

Well it’s not necessarily targeting specifically footballers but it’s being banned because people are using it as a drug. Why did you think they were banning it? For the lulz?

cosecantphi,
@cosecantphi@hexbear.net avatar

I don’t buy that they are banning it because of people getting high. That makes not one iota of sense while alcohol is still legal and much more harmful to your health.

This really is just another instance of boomers trying to get one last fuck you in to their children and grandchildren before they walk out the door.

lud,

Pretty much every bannable drug is banned.

You can’t ban nicotine or alcohol since people would riot. You can restric it’s usage though, and guess what, they are doing that.

And let’s not pretend that nitrous oxide isn’t dangerous because it is.

P.S. I don’t want to be involved in a debate about if banning drugs or gas or whatever is good or bad, since I don’t really care as long as I don’t have to smell the awful smells and gases. I am just pointing out that the government is banning it because of its drug usage and not for the lulz, like you two seem to believe.

cosecantphi,
@cosecantphi@hexbear.net avatar

“Restrict it’s usage” lmao, no. The restrictions on alcohol are not comparable in any universe to the restrictions on illegal drugs that you can literally be put into prison for using.

It literally does not matter that N2O is not perfectly harmless because nothing is, you absolute rube. There are OTC products massively more dangerous that will never be banned because the demographics that tend to use them aren’t widely maligned by the rich, old pieces of shit in power. That includes alcohol.

Fuck you if you think your right to not have to smell weed or whatever in public makes it okay to throw people into prison.

lud, (edited )

“Restrict it’s usage” lmao, no. The restrictions on alcohol are not comparable in any universe to the restrictions on illegal drugs that you can literally be put into prison for using.

It literally does not matter that N2O is not perfectly harmless because nothing is, you absolute rube. There are OTC products massively more dangerous that will never be banned because the demographics that tend to use them aren’t widely maligned by the rich, old pieces of shit in power. That includes alcohol.

Yeah that’s possible or something, I don’t care.

They are banning nitrous oxide because they consider it a drug. Is that a wrong thing to do or is it not? Idk, I don’t give a shit.

Saying that they are banning it for any other reason is ridiculous.

Also the waste that comes from nitrous oxide is ludicrous but that’s another matter.

Fuck you if you think your right to not have to smell weed or whatever in public makes it okay to throw people into prison.

I just think tobacco smells awful when sitting next to someone on the train. Calm down a bit. Luckily smoking near train stations and near restaurants and other places with a lot of people is illegal in my country.

And I don’t think I have ever smelt weed

cosecantphi, (edited )
@cosecantphi@hexbear.net avatar

Fun and abundant drug with minimal long or short term health consequences: exists

Terf Island: oi bruv, ya got a loiscense for that squiree cream product do ya? ya can’t ave that mate, ya migh en up feelin good withou ettin propuh consent from the king!

7bicycles,

Wrong angle I think, this is just to punish teens for not having been in dunkirk like the boomers

520,

The boomers weren't in Dunkirk either.

Auzy,

I have no problem with this. Honestly, as others have said, here in Australia, tired of seeing dumped canisters, and it is clear that its a problem which is growing out of control, and its a problem which companies are exploiting for profit.

TankieTanuki,

Who’s laughing now?

sirico,
@sirico@feddit.uk avatar

So long patisserie chefs

xXthrowawayXx,

What gas will they use in the foamer?

cosecantphi,
@cosecantphi@hexbear.net avatar

It says they’ll make exceptions for legitimate uses, I assume that includes making whipped cream. It’ll probably just be much harder to legally get your hands on it unless you run a catering company or restaurant.

CO2 would cause the cream to sour as a result of it’s acidity, and plain nitrogen isn’t soluble enough, so it’s probably not very easily replaced.

xXthrowawayXx,

Having served time in the cuisine mines, it’s not.

It’ll be interesting to see how they gate access. Can’t send the dishwasher out to get more in the middle of a rush, hes 17. Can’t send the line, shes got charges. Can’t send the server, they’re legally drunk.

lud,

My wild guess is that they will not regulate access that much except prosecuting people that misuse it.

Feels unlikely that those whipped cream things will be completely useless or private individuals. But you never know.

kool_newt,

Sounds like a new way to criminalize young people. Not from UK, can this be used to disenfranchise people?

Mex,
@Mex@feddit.uk avatar

Of course our government lives disenfranchising young people, they don’t vote conservative.

mounderfod,
@mounderfod@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Unless you’re in prison or you were convicted of some kind of voter fraud, you can vote

grazing7264,

You can vote but good luck finding a job or passing a background check lol

kool_newt,

Thx

Kyoyeou,

Genuine No Stupid Question: Doesn’t this gaz Affect like the Nerve System which means that it kills slowly people? Compare to something like Cannabis which temporarily only alters the sense but does not damage the body?

Mex,
@Mex@feddit.uk avatar
Kyoyeou,

Thank you!

byroon, (edited )

Cannabis is being legalised across America and in Germany. Meanwhile Tories are trying to expand the failed war on drugs

WereCat,

How is crying gas legal but laughing gas illegal?

merridew,

Tear gas is not legal in the UK. Being found in possession of it can lead to a prison sentence of between 6 months and 10 years, and a fine.

BluesF,

Maybe not for you or I, but the police use it.

merridew,

And doctors & dentists will still legally be able to use laughing gas.

Rouxibeau,

How will this affect airsofters?

jjakc,

Airsoft uses green gas (propane), CO2 or compressed air.

_xDEADBEEF,

Don’t they use CO2?

Manifish_Destiny,

Maybe for the guns.

GoodKingElliot,
@GoodKingElliot@feddit.uk avatar

I hate Cruella Braverman.

echodot,

I feel like it’s actually kind of already an illicit substance and therefore illegal.

So at this point they’re just making laws to make things that are already illegal more illegal but it doesn’t matter because none of them are enforced anyway.

BirdyBoogleBop,

You can go online and buy as much laughing gas as you want for your whipping cream needs. Sounds like they are banning that at the end of the year.

echodot,

Will they even still be in power at the end of the year? I think they’re just saying this for the sake of saying something.

mounderfod,
@mounderfod@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

They will because they don’t have to call an election until next year, and god knows they’ll try to cling on to power as long as possible

echodot,

There’s a lot of pressure on Rishi Sunak right now to call an early election. Primarily because the back benches just automatically assume that there’s going to be more revelations coming (or equally possible they actually know something), and at this point they actually limiting damage by getting out of power early.

They are thinking about the election cycle after this one.

mounderfod,
@mounderfod@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

It is possible

AdmiralShat,

Protip: you can buy NO2 really cheap on Amazon.

Bakkoda,

I use it for my nitro cold brew. Am I gonna have to break laws just to continue drinking my own nitro cold brew?

beeng,

Don’t you want N2? Nitrogen? Not N2O (nitrous oxide)?

Bakkoda,

You can use both. All depends on what kind of texture you like if I’m not mistaken.

beeng,

Hmm what I read there is a bit of a diff. Pity because the N2 chargers are quite expensive.

Let me try the N20, cos I’ve got a lot and they’re much cheaper.

t0m5k1,
@t0m5k1@lemmy.world avatar

Yaaaay another black market. Just what the government needs, gotta keep the black budget funded.

smeg,

Think kids are going to bother getting NOx once it’s illegal? If you’re going to be a criminal anyway why not go for some proper drugs? This law will probably stop some and push others onto harder stuff.

Tropic420,

Who wouldnt want criminals to have a Monopoly on drug trade?

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