10% of households pay more than 80% of taxes on alcohol and cigarettes

Re:10% of households pay more than 80% of taxes on alcohol a... by nobody9999 on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @02:36PM (#29004384)

>In this case it seems unlikely that >10% of smokers consistently transport their butts as long as it takes to find a receptacle. Outside of Scouting or military facilities, it's so rare that it commands attention.

Your assertion is a reasonable one, especially as it doesn't claim that specific numbers of people participate in a particular behavior.

However, GP stated unequivocally that "at least 90% of smokers are like this"

That assertion can't be supported by facts/data AFAIK.

I suppose you could argue that GP was being hyperbolic, but as the old saw goes, "claims require evidence and extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence."

Take from that what you will.

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Re:10% of households pay more than 80% of taxes on alcohol a... by WarOnPrivacy on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @02:43PM (#29004508)

> However, GP stated unequivocally that "at least 90% of smokers are like this"

This seems like a technical gotcha that has little to do with his overall point. Not all low-hanging fruit is worth picking.

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Re:10% of households pay more than 80% of taxes on alcohol a... by nobody9999 on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @03:54PM (#29005436)

>This seems like a technical gotcha that has little to do with his overall point. Not all low-hanging fruit is worth picking.

That's as may be. But as a smoker, I took offense to their characterization of me.

Call it whatever you like, but I don't appreciate being berated -- especially when such insults aren't valid.

As I said, take from that what you will.

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Re:10% of households pay more than 80% of taxes on alcohol a... by surge on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @09:39AM (#29013150)

Great, you're in the 10%, but if you know other smokers, you know they throw their butts on the ground at least some of the time, I've seen smokers do it when a receptacle was 5 feet away. I was being hyperbolic, but having witnessed thousands of smokers in my lifetime, especially from when I was young, I'm pretty sure I have a decent sample size. All of them threw their butts on the ground, giving them 10% that didn't was being generous to people like you, which are basically unicorns as far as I'm concerned.

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Re:10% of households pay more than 80% of taxes on alcohol a... by nobody9999 on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @05:30PM (#29019386)

You're painting a whole bunch of people you don't know with a broad brush.

I hate people who do that.

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Re:10% of households pay more than 80% of taxes on alcohol a... by WarOnPrivacy on Thursday October 28, 2021 @04:13PM (#29031282)

Doesn't mean he's wrong.

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