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Squirrels are ‘vaping’ e-cigarettes after mistaking fruity aromas for food (nypost.com)

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[–] SailorFuzz@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The tobacco-toting treehopper

What tobacco? The whole point of a vape is that it doesn't burn tobacco...

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They just wanted to do some alliteration

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 2 points 13 hours ago

Why stop there? A terrifying tobacco-toting treehoper named Terry the terrible tarantula towers above in tree tops.

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

plenty of vapes have nicotine.

[–] SailorFuzz@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (4 children)

nicotine != tobacco. Tobacco contains nicotine... but a vape is a substitute for tobacco... that's the whole point of it, to get nicotine without using tobacco.

Meat contains protein. If someone uses a protein substitute you don't call it a "meat-shake".

[–] Skv@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

"meat-shake"

I think I'll add that to my lexicon, like "meat-bag" and "meat popsicle".

[–] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Don't you tell me what to call my meat shakes

[–] Skv@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

But is it shaken meat or shakes you get from meat depravation?

[–] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 hours ago

It's secretly raspberry milkshake with chunks of raspberry but the straw is shaped like a bone.

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 1 points 1 day ago

Reminds me of this song by Ugly Duckling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv6Mljf830c

[–] axexrx@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

Synthetic nicotine is a thing, but not the majority of vape juice. Most of its still just extracted from tobacco.

To continue your metaphor, I wouldnt call beef stock steak, but i wouldnt call it vegetarian, either.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

What does nicotine have to do with claiming they are ingesting tobacco?