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NewGame said:
Marijuana makes alcohol look like a blight on society.
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Alcohol is a blight on society.

According to the World Health Organization it is responsible for 3.3 million deaths annually and millions more are affected by alcohol related illnesses and injuries.

But, people like being drunk so it's perfectly legal.

This episode of Adam Ruins Everything and the segment about opioids on John Oliver really illustrate that federal mandated drug legality is determined by popular opinion and "because we said so"
 
mantidor said:
Maybe I'm remembering wrong but is the link between lung cancer and smoking related to any kind of smoking including marihuana? The issue is the excessive CO2 you breath in from what I remember reading.
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Smoke inhalation is bad, full stop, and especially with nonlegal weed where you have no idea what is in it, you could be inhaling all sorts of nasty shit just like cigarettes.

I haven't seen any studies talking about chemicals in available legal weed in states where the trade is above-board, though. You would hope it would be better, or at least fully disclosed.
 
Fuchsdh said:
Smoke inhalation is bad, full stop, and especially with nonlegal weed where you have no idea what is in it, you could be inhaling all sorts of nasty shit just like cigarettes.

I haven't seen any studies talking about chemicals in available legal weed in states where the trade is above-board, though. You would hope it would be better, or at least fully disclosed.
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Yeah reading more apparently cannabis might have the same carcinogens as tobacco, but it also has proven health benefits specially for cancer patients, as opposed to tobacco, which is just plain bad. Studies are inconclusive because weed being illegal makes it difficult to carry them with a decent control.
 
Hopefully he addresses the whole let's hang out and friends who are next to each other just stare at smartphones all day rather than look at their faces problem.
 
Whoever is commenting on that video does not realize that blockers can track your usage (blocking) history and sell that information to the advertisers.

As for ads themselves, you can run an extension like Lightbeam to build a visual representation of what your usage history is.
 
claviertekky said:
Whoever is commenting on that video does not realize that blockers can track your usage (blocking) history and sell that information to the advertisers.

As for ads themselves, you can run an extension like Lightbeam to build a visual representation of what your usage history is.
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Ghostery does not do this, at least as per their privacy agreement.
 
Longer version of the McDonalds Coffee Suit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNWh6Kw3ejQ

Also goes into the absolute bullshit spread by the McDonalds corporation and it's lawyers about "what happened" in the suit.

I used to believe this story, but when I learned the truth about this one it was one of the starting points for my absolute hate of large corporations and their corrupting influence on society if left unchecked.

Edit: Hah! I knew I recognized the narrator voice in the Christmas episode!
 
claviertekky said:
No one cares enough.
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It's a matter of properly educating a large majority of people about the actual effects of what is going on and the repercussions. I'm sure we could do it over a weekend if it was covered properly on mainstream TV, but instead we have this distorted notion that climate change is nothing but a farce. Aim to educate and spread the word and hopefully we can enact change or at least influence it faster.

As always, it starts at home. Do what you're able first and lead by example.
 
I have twice now seen Adam's show cited on other networks as gospel. First it was the Justice system episode and yesterday about public domain vis-a-vis It's A Wonderful Life. Love that he's starting to really take off.
 
BrokenFiction said:
I have twice now seen Adam's show cited on other networks as gospel. First it was the Justice system episode and yesterday about public domain vis-a-vis It's A Wonderful Life. Love that he's starting to really take off.
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What shows? The It's A Wonderful Life example is basically the default argument used by copy-left people.
 
Keasar said:
Longer version of the McDonalds Coffee Suit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNWh6Kw3ejQ

Also goes into the absolute bullshit spread by the McDonalds corporation and it's lawyers about "what happened" in the suit.

I used to believe this story, but when I learned the truth about this one it was one of the starting points for my absolute hate of large corporations and their corrupting influence on society if left unchecked.
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This tends to be a heated topic (no pun intended,) so let me begin by saying that I am not for tort reform, I do understand the facts of the incident, and most certainly do not want to diminish Stella's injuries or make fun of her in any way. That said, Liebeck v. McDonalds was poorly decided and "The Truth About the Hot Coffee Case" reporting (including the Hot Coffee documentary) often leave out important information.

For example, the claim that the coffee was 190 degrees is based on investigation during litigation where investigators sampled area McDonalds and found some locations serving coffee up to 190 degrees. Liebeck's lawyers actually offered evidence that showed the coffee she spilled was between 165 and 170 degrees, which is below industry standards for freshly served coffee. Industry standards were not changed in response to Liebeck v. McDonalds and remain in the 185 +/- 5 degree range. Starbucks serves its coffee up to 205 degrees.

Those 700 burn cases that people focus on were over a ten year period and throughout the thousands of North American McD locations. We can actually do the math to put this in to perspective. The $2.7m punitive award was based on 2 days of coffee revenue. Coffee at the time was 49 cents a cup. 2.7m cups per day for 365 days a year for 10 years = 10.05 billion servings of coffee.

Stella's injuries were severe, and while most commenters do mention that the sweatpants she wore may have contributed to holding the hot liquid against her skin, most don't mention that before her grandson drove her to the hospital, they stopped at the country club the grandson worked at to pick up his paycheck.

Furthermore, there have been a litany of cases based on similar legal grounds, virtually all of which were won by the defendants. The plaintiffs that have won have either been Stella herself, or plaintiffs that only won the defenses' motion to summarily dismiss the case (i.e. the plaintiffs only won the right to go to trial.)

BrokenFiction said:
I have twice now seen Adam's show cited on other networks as gospel. First it was the Justice system episode and yesterday about public domain vis-a-vis It's A Wonderful Life. Love that he's starting to really take off.
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If the Adam Ruins episodes that I've seen on things I know about in depth are any indication, anyone taking anything he says as gospel is a bad thing.

EDIT: Just read up on It's A Wonderful Life's copyright status. Seems like a pretty big miss to not mention that It's A Wonderful Life is back under copyright.
 
Squirrel Killer said:
If the Adam Ruins episodes that I've seen on things I know about in depth are any indication, anyone taking anything he says as gospel is a bad thing.
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Absolutely - he pretty much said so himself.
Adam Conover said:
Here’s something I want to be really clear about: If your dad is watching the show skeptically, he is doing it right! I never claim to be the fount of all knowledge on the show – I’m just a curious comedian who’s done a bunch of research and is showing you what he’s found. But we want the viewer to engage in that same process of curiosity and questioning about the show itself! That’s why we put our sources onscreen and list them online; to give you the tools to check our work and do your own research! We’re not perfect — it’s certainly possible that we’ve gotten some topics wrong. And if we’re proven wrong, that’s a good thing, as far as I’m concerned! That’s how knowledge moves forward!
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And by "done a bunch of research", I'm sure he means him and his team of researchers.
 
O Canada Our Home and Native Land said:
I thought most of those arguments are debunked already.
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They're mostly just disingenuous.

No, you should not go out and buy a new electric car right now to lower your carbon footprint.

Yes, the next time you're going to buy a car anyway it should be an electric, if possible.

I don't think the stated positions even disagree with this, as such, they just bury the lead as deep as possible. I mean, it's right there in the episode: Americans bought seventeen million cars last year. People are going to buy cars, and it's better to buy energy-efficient cars if they do.

"People just shouldn't buy cars!" is kind of Babbeh's First Non-Useful Solution to the problem.
 
Key point is if your car is perfectly functioning, no need to go run out and buy a new one. Disingenuous to say you are saving the environment when you're just buying more things.

Argument is that with an electric, you won't have to replace the motor oil + transmission oil + belts + other parts that use petroleum.
 
zulux21 said:
I'm gonna have to watch the full episode as I am very curious how walking to places increases a carbon footprint more than driving.

I can't imagine it's better to get in my car and drive 1 minute to the store instead of walking there :P
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I think the argument is that you could walk and eat high carbon footprint foods vs driving an efficient car and eating low carbon footprint foods. It's a kind of disingenuous thing to say because all things being equal walking will be lower carbon footprint than driving.
 
Trouble said:
I think the argument is that you could walk and eat high carbon footprint foods vs driving an efficient car and eating low carbon footprint foods. It's a kind of disingenuous thing to say because all things being equal walking will be lower carbon footprint than driving.
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And most people do not base their dietary calorie intake on their actual, physical caloric usage anyway.

I guess if you're eating nothing but rice and kale then maybe you're going to have to bird up to get the extra calories for all that walking, but if you're on most first-world diets you've got a couple thousand extra calories to spare before you have to start eating more to handle your pedestrian addiction.
 
XenodudeX said:
The Climate Change video is kind of scary. Makes it seem like there's nothing we can do. That isn't true, right?
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At the end of the episode it says the world won't end, it'll just be really shit. We're already making sure that to keep things as good as possible, but we'll need to change a lot about how we live.

The episode also drives home that consumer choices have a negligible impact on the environment alone, governments and corporations are the ones who need to change.
 
I'd argue that you can make a difference by consuming less.

It's a change that doesn't require any purchasing power. Only will power.

zulux21 said:
I'm gonna have to watch the full episode as I am very curious how walking to places increases a carbon footprint more than driving.
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I'm going to guess the problem is meat consumption. In the previous season, he already mentioned milk.
 
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