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Re:The afterlife of used hotel soap by dotancohen on Monday April 25, 2022 @02:01AM (#31151123)
As someone who stopped smoking in my twenties and has thus far refrained from Whatsapp/Facebook and does not watch superpower movies, really, I don't see why people cannot make the choice.

As a collective population, some percentage is in fact expected to make the choice. But why do you explicitly imply that they don't have a choice? Honestly interested, not trolling.

Re:The afterlife of used hotel soap by lbrito on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @11:45AM (#31168951)
>But why do you explicitly imply that they don't have a choice?

I'm not. I believe people have free will and are not automatons. There is always a choice.

However, it is disingenuous to expect or demand most or many people to make "the right" choice, whatever that might be. Our choices are our own but they are, sometimes heavily, influenced by many things. There is a whole industry called advertising dedicated to just that. I've heard some tech companies are big on that.

Humans are not pure intellect, a brain wrapped in tin navigating through space always running an algorithm to decide the most optimal next step. Try to think why people smoke or took opium or overdose on whatever. Do it as an empathy exercise.

Sorry if I sound grumpy. No intention to be rude, honestly. Hn just sounds so inhuman sometimes.

Re:The afterlife of used hotel soap by matheusmoreira on Monday April 25, 2022 @08:46AM (#31153663)
> really, I don't see why people cannot make the choice

Because of the millions spent in advertising to induce people to choose what the corporations want. Tobacco ads were banned for a reason.