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  • beefcat@beehaw.orgtoMemes@lemmy.ml---
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    9 months ago

    alcohol is physiologically worse than nicotine, but not nearly as instantly addictive.

    i’ve watched people with much stronger mental fortitude than i try to quit nicotine and fail spectacularly. i don’t know any smokers who aren’t addicted.

    nicotine scares the hell out of me because i do not want to be a slave to it


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    9 months ago

    it’s wild to me how willingly people will give themselves over to nicotine addiction

    i blame our nonsensical drug laws that rank cannabis and psilocybin mushrooms as “worse” than nicotine and alcohol, even though the latter two are more harmful and much more addictive

    i love me some cannabis, i’ll have the occasional mushroom, and i even enjoy a glass of whiskey every now and then, but nicotine scares the absolute hell out of me



  • beefcat@beehaw.orgtoMemes@lemmy.mlMovie
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    10 months ago

    Critics didn’t necessarily go to film school, but they see everything under the sun, so when a movie doesn’t do anything particularly new or is highly derivative without adding its own twist, it bores them. The person who goes to 3-5 movies a year doesn’t care, to them something derivative of 10 movies they haven’t seen is still new and fresh. This is in addition to the technical competency component you mentioned.

    I watch a ton of movies so my tastes are more likely to align with those of a professional critic.






  • beefcat@beehaw.orgtoMemes@lemmy.mlStayin' Alive
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    1 year ago

    We’ve also gone from people needing to be independently wealthy to even think about creating great music to just needing a cheap computer. Music hasn’t gotten lazier, the barrier to entry has just gotten lower meaning there is a lot more being made across the quality spectrum.