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mudkip@lemdro.id to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

Squirrels are ‘vaping’ e-cigarettes after mistaking fruity aromas for food

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Squirrels are ‘vaping’ e-cigarettes after mistaking fruity aromas for food

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mudkip@lemdro.id to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago
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This is absolutely nuts.
  • 𝕲𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍🔻𝕯𝖃 (he/him)@lemmy.world
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    plenty of vapes have nicotine.

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      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”.

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

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

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

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        Reminds me of this song by Ugly Duckling

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

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        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.

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          How would you like your steak?

          Drank.

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        “meat-shake”

        I think I’ll add that to my lexicon, like “meat-bag” and “meat popsicle”.

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          What about “spam purse”?

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            That’s just a purse with Spam inside.

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        eh, it was the best I got

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

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