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A Boring Dystopia

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https://fortune.com/2026/03/04/palantir-tech-companies-offices-vending-machines-tobacco-worker-productivity/

Free drugs for being a good cog? Man now we are talking business perks.

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[–] village604@adultswim.fan 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That's not true.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4958544/.

Also, the dose makes the poison. Humans safely consume all kinds of things that would be harmful in large quantities.

[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Did you read the study? The abstract asserts that vaping is less bad than smoking cigarettes, but there’s a ton of negative cardiovascular effects they link to nicotine alone.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 1 points 3 days ago

That's true of literally every CNS stimulant. People with heart disease aren't supposed to have caffeine either.