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Re:There's a ridiculous amount of tech in a disposable vape by RandallBrown on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @10:59PM (#46612183)
If alcohol came inside of little battery powered computers, we should ban those too.

I don't think the post you're responding to is saying that vapes should be banned. Just disposable ones.

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Re:There's a ridiculous amount of tech in a disposable vape by tomcam on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @12:18AM (#46612616)
> If alcohol came inside of little battery powered computers, we should ban those too.

I too am agnostic but do not understand this reasoning. BTW let me get severely downvoted by saying that if alcohol prohibition came up for a vote I'd vote yes in a heartbeat.

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Re:There's a ridiculous amount of tech in a disposable vape by RandallBrown on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @12:39AM (#46612737)
We're not talking about alcohol or tobacco prohibition. We're talking about single use e-waste prohibition.
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Re:There's a ridiculous amount of tech in a disposable vape by tomcam on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @08:26AM (#46615804)
You may wish to reread the comment. I started the phrase with “BTW“, implying I knew it was slightly outside of context.
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