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[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Most people are addicted. It's like you are saying "Just stop smoking cigarettes so often"

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago (3 children)

That's a more reasonable suggestion than "evolve more lungs"

[–] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 minutes ago

exactly, hence why I will always promote research into lung alternatives that can better handle particulate matter and are easily replaceable

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

With cigarettes, we recognized the harm that they did and in response developed a series of regulations about where they could be used, who could use them when, how they could be advertised, warning labels that had to be applied, and taxes on them to discourage use and offset the societal harm. As result we get this:

...and this...

The internet is a tricky one on account of it absolutely having crossover with the first amendment, but there's got to be a conversation about its effect on mental health and what if anything can be done in response.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

Personally I am in favor of regulating the internet but the potential censorship concerns are a serious issue with actually doing it

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca -3 points 1 day ago

now do meat and the leading causes of human death

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 4 points 22 hours ago

I'm not even sure anymore what this analogy is about but 🤣