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mudkip@lemdro.id to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago

Squirrels are ‘vaping’ e-cigarettes after mistaking fruity aromas for food

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Squirrels are ‘vaping’ e-cigarettes after mistaking fruity aromas for food

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mudkip@lemdro.id to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago
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This is absolutely nuts.
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    The tobacco-toting treehopper

    What tobacco? The whole point of a vape is that it doesn’t burn tobacco…

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      They just wanted to do some alliteration

    • 𝕲𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍🔻𝕯𝖃 (he/him)@lemmy.world
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      plenty of vapes have nicotine.

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        nicotine != tobacco. Tobacco contains nicotine… but a vape is a substitute for tobacco… that’s the whole point of it, to get nicotine without using tobacco.

        Meat contains protein. If someone uses a protein substitute you don’t call it a “meat-shake”.

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          Don’t you tell me what to call my meat shakes

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          Synthetic nicotine is a thing, but not the majority of vape juice. Most of its still just extracted from tobacco.

          To continue your metaphor, I wouldnt call beef stock steak, but i wouldnt call it vegetarian, either.

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          Reminds me of this song by Ugly Duckling

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv6Mljf830c

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        What does nicotine have to do with claiming they are ingesting tobacco?

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