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The Bar & Grill: you ever notice how its called Bar ‘n’ Grill in the opening post but it’s called Bar & Grill in the title? What

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Originally posted by Katrina


Juul is depressing to me because we had made a lot of progress as a society on getting people off of nicotine and now it’s a trendy thing to use this super nicotine-filled product. The best I can hope for is that, since trends are so short-lived nowadays, this one will die off like the rest (I’ve already seen a bunch of the vape shops that sprung up in my city close down) but most trends aren’t literally addictive so this one could realistically outlive the rest of them. Juul’s business model is also kind of an unwelcome success; we’ve had this whole venture capital structure set up with a self-proclaimed focus on things that will "change the world" and had some good results (like Patreon), some big controversial things (I don’t personally like Uber, Lyft or AirBnB but at least they have a compelling case that their services could have improved something), but I think Juul’s use of basically the same funding model to fund e-cigarettes whose main distinguishing feature is that they are more addictive than other e-cigarettes indicates that there is nothing about the structure of venture capital that encourages good behavior. Juul supposedly got funding from a different set of backers than the usual Silicon Valley startups, which is actually more worrying because it suggests the failure mode will change from "Ashton Kutcher lost a bunch of money on Uber for Laundry" to "Marlboro put billions of dollars into this company and now thousands of teens have a nicotine addiction".

Staff’s doing good keep it up


Edit: also Falaflame, your layout doesn’t set the text color, so in site themes that have a light background and dark text you can’t read your posts without selecting them. You should add color: #ffffff; in there somewhere

I agree, though to be honest, while I do indeed rather not have nicotine products exist at all in our society, I'd rather deal with vape than deal with actual smoking all the time.

Also, thank you for pointing out that error. Is the layout okay now?

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As for the topic of drugs, yeah, they are frowned upon in many places. Yes, even drug trafficking, and for good reason too. I myself wouldn't mind trying out marijuana at some point even if it's legalized down here, but if - and only if - it's meant for medicinal purposes. I wouldn't dare to smoke cigarettes too, as I'm already used to how it smells like for a long time... thankfully I don't have friends that encourage me to try drugs just for "fun" [insert their definition of "fun" here]
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Originally posted by Katerpie
I myself wouldn't mind trying out marijuana at some point even if it's legalized down here, but if - and only if - it's meant for medicinal purposes. I wouldn't dare to smoke cigarettes too, as I'm already used to how it smells like for a long time...


Same. Personally I'd rather (insert anything goes humiliating act that is probably best left to your imagination cuz if I were to describe it here I could get light blue banned).

Originally posted by Katerpie
thankfully I don't have friends that encourage me to try drugs just for "fun" [insert their definition of "fun" here]


Me neither or I'd "break up" with them.
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The fact that doctors recommend marijuana is a shame imo

I feel the same way about pain pills but i dont consider it a drug necessarily. Anything can be a drug in one sense.
Originally posted by Ruberjig
The fact that doctors recommend marijuana is a shame imo

You seem slightly uninformed. You should read this article by Harvard Health.
                                                                                                                  
                              
Originally posted by Ruberjig
The fact that doctors recommend marijuana is a shame imo


I wouldn't go that far but marijuana is legal in a couple of states (can't remember off the top of my head) and have good medical uses, some being epilepsy and PTSD. If it was harmful, then it would deserve to be illegal worldwide, but most are learning that it has more pros than cons. It's just that people were/are tunnel-visioned on the cons that make people believe that it's bad.
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Yeah perhaps im being a little stubborn about it. Although it was an opinion

I just feel a bit awkward about the concept of smoking it.
Originally posted by Ruberjig
I just feel a bit awkward about the concept of smoking it.


That I understand, though for medical purposes it's usually not ingested by smoking it. I don't know exactly how it works but the levels of the various substances in marijuana can be adjusted for certain types of meds and it can probably be taken in the form of a pill or liquid.

As far as recreational use goes, I don't want to damage my lungs (esp since I'm big into doing choir) so if I ever do marijuana it'll probably be in edible form.
Originally posted by Decoy Blimp
As far as recreational use goes, I don't want to damage my lungs (esp since I'm big into doing choir) so if I ever do marijuana it'll probably be in edible form.

There is actually little to no evidence to suggest that marijuana damages the lungs when smoked exclusively.
In fact, it's been found to increase lung capacity in regular smokers.
                                                                                                                  
                              
If that is, indeed, the case, then why havent nicotine puffers (and by those I mainly mean cigarette smokers but that extends to some other drugs too) switched to marijuana?

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Originally posted by Falaflame
If that is, indeed, the case, then why havent nicotine puffers (and by those I mainly mean cigarette smokers but that extends to some other drugs too) switched to marijuana?

Marijuana doesn't contain nicotine. People smoke cigarettes because their bodies have begun to rely on the nicotine found in cigarettes.
And come on now let's be honest, it's not that simple.
                                                                                                                  
                              
I know, that was mostly a rhetoric question. It's that it likely won't stop cigarette smokers from, well, smoking cigarettes, no matter how much more healthy marijuana is. They need that nicotine. (well, I'm saying the word "need" here loosely)

That's just the state of how things are now. Even if they were offered marijuana for free, they'd likely still opt to take the nicotine because their body demands it.

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It really is a sad state of affairs to see some double standards when it is okay to smoke something that clearly harms you but outlaw something because it is better competition. Wouldn't want health benefits or something to rival all the companies with a cheap plant, right?

I don't smoke and don't plan to smoke either of them. But I think it is just silly people have to worry so much about what a person wants to do with their body, who they love, or anything that doesn't affect anyone else. If it is strange or unusual it seems like it is quickly shunned or outlawed.

Thankfully some things are getting better, and who knows? Maybe by the end of 2020 we can move past some of the petty thinking of yesteryear.




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It'll be my second one, the first being back in Nov/Dec of 2018. Over 10k people reported...nearly had a panic attack for like 10 or 15 minutes til my friends showed up.

Originally posted by Scrydan
It really is a sad state of affairs to see some double standards when it is okay to smoke something that clearly harms you but outlaw something because it is better competition.

tobacco companies have nothing to worry about, they can put up signs and run ads telling people to quit using their product and still be a multi-billion dollar industry
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They do have nothing to worry about. But they'll still be on the ban for anything that can still threaten their existence. Even if it can take one dollar from their sales.

Think of it this way. You want internet. You're going to need internet. Now say there's a competitor. If they even lose 1% (likely some more) that is still profit loss and they won't be happy. They'd rather just be the only people you can have for your specific needs.

Of course, an addictive substance is a different kind of beast but really, who CAN use internet these days and flat out quit for years and years or permanently?

Originally posted by Scrydan
who CAN use internet these days and flat out quit for years and years or permanently?


That's the real question, ain't it? </rhetorical>

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As of right now, I'm headed into Spring Break and I have a restarted interest in old-school technology such as Windows 95, and an old iPod classic I have laying around. I plan on putting in new artists into old tech and have it around with me whenever I plan on a road trip across the country. I do have a working Microsoft Zune (if anyone remembers that) and I plan on putting in new music as well.

Real question is: how much music can I shove into 80GB?
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Originally posted by Kagami Hiiragi
and an old iPod classic I have laying around

I actually got a spare iPod Classic (2009) from my uncle, which is modded by replace the hard drive to an SD Card. The drawback is it does not support Apple Music and my Bluetooth earbuds (Sony MDR-EX750BT), but it actually forces me listening music seriously, and help me decreasing the usage of smartphone.

Originally posted by Kagami Hiiragi
Real question is: how much music can I shove into 80GB?

My entire music library is only 11GB after I did an serious cleanup of my previous library... All of them are in AAC format (256Kbps / 320Kbps / 320Kbps VBR).
Considering you have a SD card so you don't run out of memory, you can shove in a lot of music actually. I have 8GB and more than a hundred songs stored in mine, and to be fair 80GB is a lot of space (if you consider the apps you move). If a SD card is out of the question, then watch out for your internal memory.
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Originally posted by Kagami Hiiragi
Real question is: how much music can I shove into 80GB?


Roughly 88 copies of Floral Shoppe by Macintosh Plus.
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The future is looking bright!

And digging this fancy new name color. Oh my precious red name. How much I love you.

I have had some sleeping problems and when I woke up, part of my brain still thinks this is a dream. I feel tired... but then this happened.

I think I am wake now.

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