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What's not to understand?

• dionidium 9y ago
  For starters, alcohol and tobacco are massive killers, two of the biggest known, responsible for millions of deaths worldwide each year (and hundreds of thousands in the U.S. alone). Mentioning coffee alongside these other two is patently ridiculous. https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohol-health/overview-alcohol-consumption/alcohol-facts-and-statistics https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohol-health/overview-alcohol-co... https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/fast_facts/ https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/fast...
  • fivestar 9y ago
    Yes! I can't get over how people can think "smoking bad" but "alcohol ok". Alcohol is a fuel. Do you drink gasoline? "But muh beers..."
• tptacek 9y ago
  A doctor implying that they're not speaking out "totally" against cigarettes.
  • qb45 9y ago
    He "wasn't totally against" caffeine, not cigarettes. people need to pay attention to their caffeine intake and how they do it, just as they do with alcohol or cigarettes Note "as they do" as opposed to "as I recommend to do" or anything of this kind. edit: And have a downvote for your know-it-better tell-everyone-what-to-do-with-their-lives attitude. It's not that much effective and creates lots of ill will. Because I think I know what was your problem with this quote and what you would prefer it to be instead.
    • tptacek 9y ago
      Do you, now? I'm a social smoker. I was just surprised at the quote.
      • qb45 9y ago
        I apologize for jumping at you. Your posts sounded like common faux outrage to me.
        • tptacek 9y ago
          Have an upvote for being in the 0.001% of HN participants with the ability to use the words "I apologize". :) I'm assuming the doctor in that quote misspoke, though.