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[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 119 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (29 children)

Disposable vapes are genuinely evil. With the lithium inside the batteries they are significantly more dangerous than throwing a cigarette out your car window. They have chips inside them with metals that can be recycled and they are made of a hard plastic that'll be around for thousands if years. Whenever I mention this to people I know they agree with me that it's evil but continue to use disposable vapes because it's more convenient. I keep telling my roommates that it's massively cheaper to get a refillable one and they always agree but never buy one. Every time I go to the vape shop to get juice and coils I drop off a literal tub of disposable vapes from my roommates.

I'm so tired of people being complacent in this and I'm tired of making this rant. People will get nervous about batteries when they see a phone explode in someone's pocket but they'll throw that shit on the ground or in the trash without a second thought. Just go back to smoking if you wanna throw shit on the ground. It's better for the environment and public safety that way anyway.

[–] pipi1234@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Have you seen this shit?

Factory workers test 1000 of these evil contraptions per day.

it's truly evil.

Human beings will get extinct due choosing convenience instead of sustainability.

[–] Aralakh@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Wtf that's all kinds of messed up

[–] pipi1234@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

Welcome to capitalism.

Consume shit that harms you while also harming poor workers and the environment

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 weeks ago

That's so incredibly messed up

It reminds me of the radium girls

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Why vape in the first place?

[–] mEEGal@lemmy.world 32 points 3 weeks ago (43 children)

Using it to quit smoking is a good idea, and the only one actually.

But disposable !? FUCK ME this world is doomed...

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I remember reading somewhere that vaping is more addictive than smoking. Sure it is not as bad as smoking health wise but the bar is set extremely low.

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago

I believe it, it can have a much higher nicotine concentration if you want it to and vape juice is tasty.

The one saving grace of cigarettes are that they taste like garbage so it's harder to get proper addicted to them. But a good vape will taste like candy even to a non smoker, so you can get drunk with your buddy one night and take a couple rips off of his watermelon flavored vape and exit that night with an intense craving for more, ask me how I know.

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[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Used to be a pack a day smoker. Personally I don't think it's better for my health, but I don't smell like an ash tray so I got that going for me lmao

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[–] 5in1k@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 weeks ago

I wish there was a $1/vape return scheme. Like we do here where I live with pop bottles. People would pick them out of the trash to return.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Yeah, I'm not one for banning things willy nilly, but disposable vapes need banned. I'd much rather people vape a liquid refilled repairable vape like the kids used when I was young, but even pod type vapes are better. This is just reprehensibly avoidable e waste.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

If you're familiar with how regulation of the nicotine-industry works then you probably know disposable vapes polluting the streets can be directly connected to the regulation of vape-juice and "e-cigareettes" from a few years back when the fda banned disposable cartridges.

no more disposable cartridges now but lots of disposable e-smoking devices.

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[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago

They're vaping. They're not intelligent to begin with.

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[–] dizzle18@lemmy.zip 44 points 3 weeks ago

The squirrels were sighted shortly afterwards in a poorly modified Subaru WRX.

[–] Codilingus@piefed.social 35 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Next they're gonna start getting broccoli hair cuts, frfr.

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 3 points 3 weeks ago
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[–] grvtrkr05@piefed.social 19 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)
[–] BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

for real. squirrels need to switch to a plant based, biodegradable alternative

[–] AMillionMonkeys@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They need to switch to Linux.

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[–] LittleBorat3@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not the onion but NY Post, which is almost the onion

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's not a satirical outlet. It's just lies half the time

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[–] SailorFuzz@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (13 children)

The tobacco-toting treehopper

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

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[–] Solumbran@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

But everything is fine

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 6 points 3 weeks ago

...We can make nicotine bird feeders, which have little hookah straws, through which critters can enjoy life. 🤔

[–] Bot@sub.community 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Can they hook on nicotine addiction?

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 3 points 3 weeks ago

Getting flashbacks of the tomacco incident

[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago
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