Switching to e-cigarettes could save 6.6M American smokers

Re:Switching to e-cigarettes could save 6.6M American smokers by gnaritas on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @03:47PM (#15395496)

And too much water will kill you; too much of anything is bad, the question is in what amount. However, I was unaware of the estrogen thing, very interesting, you do see that in women.

As for it being a vasoconstrictor, so is caffeine and any number of other stimulants, that itself in not inherently bad, it's simply an effect.

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Re:Switching to e-cigarettes could save 6.6M American smokers by Frondo on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @11:04PM (#15398004)

Haha, I just have to comment that this is the funniest whataboutism I've ever seen:

"Nicotine is bad for you."

"What about water??"

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Re:Switching to e-cigarettes could save 6.6M American smokers by gnaritas on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @10:38AM (#15400726)

That's not remotely whataboutism; whataboutism is when you're deflecting to another bad to justify something, I'm not deflecting nor justifying, I'm using reductio ad absurdum to make a point that everything is bad with enough quantity so simply calling nicotine bad because it's a vasoconstrictor-as stimulants tend to be-is not a valid argument. I suggest you learn the difference.

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Re:Switching to e-cigarettes could save 6.6M American smokers by Frondo on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @10:33PM (#15406374)

I have to admit, your reply here is actually making me laugh more than your original "what about water??".

I don't know if it's intentional, but thanks for making my morning better. :)

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Re:Switching to e-cigarettes could save 6.6M American smokers by gnaritas on Thursday October 05, 2017 @01:41PM (#15410980)

You're welcome, now go look up what whatabout'ism is, because you don't seem to know.

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