• UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    There’s a consistency at its core: “making something illegal doesn’t make it impossible, therefore nothing should be illegal, especially if it’s a treat I like.” smuglord

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      2 months ago

      i have to say i get the urge cause I’m an alcoholic and a smoker but I recognise in a utopian view of the future those things are hopefully going away lol. it’s a knee jerk reactionary urge that ppl need to learn to recognise and fight in themselves

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        2 months ago

        I feel the same way.

        I have my own vices, and it would be particularly selfish of me to believe that because they’re my vices that they aren’t harmful ones and everyone should be into mine.