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yet again society pays the price whilst corporations selling sugary drinks reaps the benefits

by ptah 7y ago

rimliu 7y ago
Society is not forced at gunpoint to buy those drinks.
- nkrisc 7y ago
  No, there's no need for that. People are taught and molded to do so from birth. Ever see a toddler with a soda? You think they bought it?
  - traderjane 7y ago
    So if our free will can’t extend to soda we clearly need new discussions on guilt and individual responsibility. We’ve been molded since birth.
- ptah 7y ago
  it's worse than gunpoint: they use subliminal advertising https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/marlboro-coke-kfc-used-subliminal-advertising/1383489 https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/marlboro-coke-kfc-use...
- hannasanarion 7y ago
  Society was not forced at gunpoint to buy cigarettes either, but with masterful marketing, corporations exploded cigarette smoking from 100/capita/day in 1910 to 5000/capita/day in 1960. Humans are not random decision-making machines. The ease of manipulating our consumption decisions is well documented. If you think your decisions aren't affected by external manipulations, it just means you haven't noticed.
  - pandaman 7y ago
    Even 100 cigarettes per person in a day is not believable least 5000 - people did not smoke more than 10 packs per hour in 1960 or ever.
    - hannasanarion 7y ago
      *per year editing mistake from changing source from this graph https://ourworldindata.org/smoking https://ourworldindata.org/smoking to this graph http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p4ECPyex_cY/TzSalazW2XI/AAAAAAAAA2o/Wrgj5mSyGHA/s1600/Smoking+1900-2006.JPG http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p4ECPyex_cY/TzSalazW2XI/AAAAAAAAA2...
      - pandaman 7y ago
        In this case it looks like merely switching between different methods of tobacco consumption due to changes in the society. Cigarettes win vs pipes and cigars both in price and in time requirements.
- GaryNumanVevo 7y ago
  This would imply that humans are completely unaffected by environmental factors.
brighton36 7y ago
Then buy sugary drinks companies.

yet again society pays the price whilst corporations selling sugary drinks reaps the benefits

by ptah 7y ago

yet again society pays the price whilst corporations selling sugary drinks reaps the benefits

rimliu 7y ago

Society is not forced at gunpoint to buy those drinks.

nkrisc 7y ago
No, there's no need for that. People are taught and molded to do so from birth. Ever see a toddler with a soda? You think they bought it?
- traderjane 7y ago
  So if our free will can’t extend to soda we clearly need new discussions on guilt and individual responsibility. We’ve been molded since birth.
ptah 7y ago
it's worse than gunpoint: they use subliminal advertising https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/marlboro-coke-kfc-used-subliminal-advertising/1383489 https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/marlboro-coke-kfc-use...
hannasanarion 7y ago
Society was not forced at gunpoint to buy cigarettes either, but with masterful marketing, corporations exploded cigarette smoking from 100/capita/day in 1910 to 5000/capita/day in 1960. Humans are not random decision-making machines. The ease of manipulating our consumption decisions is well documented. If you think your decisions aren't affected by external manipulations, it just means you haven't noticed.
- pandaman 7y ago
  Even 100 cigarettes per person in a day is not believable least 5000 - people did not smoke more than 10 packs per hour in 1960 or ever.
  - hannasanarion 7y ago
    *per year editing mistake from changing source from this graph https://ourworldindata.org/smoking https://ourworldindata.org/smoking to this graph http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p4ECPyex_cY/TzSalazW2XI/AAAAAAAAA2o/Wrgj5mSyGHA/s1600/Smoking+1900-2006.JPG http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p4ECPyex_cY/TzSalazW2XI/AAAAAAAAA2...
    - pandaman 7y ago
      In this case it looks like merely switching between different methods of tobacco consumption due to changes in the society. Cigarettes win vs pipes and cigars both in price and in time requirements.
GaryNumanVevo 7y ago
This would imply that humans are completely unaffected by environmental factors.

brighton36 7y ago

Then buy sugary drinks companies.