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I hate this age of zero personal accountability. It's so easy to just not doomscroll, but I should be allowed if I want to.

saithir 9mo ago
It's also super easy not to use hard drugs, yet that's not a reason to stop restricting them. If something's harmful it should be controlled.
- landl0rd 9mo ago
  I find it pretty hypocritical that the same people who push for e.g. legal marijuana would go for banning social media apps. Don't get me wrong, I use neither and think both are mentally, physically, and morally corrosive. I would not care to have either present in the community where I live, nor for my future children to use them. That does not mean it is the province of the state to ban them.
  - rzz3 9mo ago
    To give them some credit, they support both positions because they were told to support them by the same people and never put much thought into it.
  - Quarrelsome 9mo ago
    weed isn't designed to be addictive. You'll find most people would be cautious about legalising heroin, meth or crack.
    - yibg 9mo ago
      Weed isn't designed to be anything, but it certainly is addictive in the same sense that social media is. There is no physical addiction (which is also true for TikTok), but there are definitely people that are hooked on it.
      - Quarrelsome 9mo ago
        it is habit forming, but its not designed to be, by some of the brightest minds of a generation.
saubeidl 9mo ago
Personal accountability is contrary to human nature. We are primates dominated by our primitive urges.
wasmainiac 9mo ago
did you see what happened when we tried to decriminalise hard drugs in Vancouver? Feel good for yourself that you have the discipline to have self control, other do not and need help. You are free to not use TikTok yourself, no one is stopping you. Also drug decriminalisation is very nuanced, I’m not 100% against it, I’m just pointing out just that open drug use spiked after.
- dylan604 9mo ago
  > Also drug decriminalisation is very nuanced, I’m not 100% against it, I’m just pointing out just that open drug use spiked after. Was that spike a true spike in new users, or existing users just coming out of the shadows?

saithir 9mo ago

It's also super easy not to use hard drugs, yet that's not a reason to stop restricting them. If something's harmful it should be controlled.

landl0rd 9mo ago
I find it pretty hypocritical that the same people who push for e.g. legal marijuana would go for banning social media apps. Don't get me wrong, I use neither and think both are mentally, physically, and morally corrosive. I would not care to have either present in the community where I live, nor for my future children to use them. That does not mean it is the province of the state to ban them.
- rzz3 9mo ago
  To give them some credit, they support both positions because they were told to support them by the same people and never put much thought into it.
- Quarrelsome 9mo ago
  weed isn't designed to be addictive. You'll find most people would be cautious about legalising heroin, meth or crack.
  - yibg 9mo ago
    Weed isn't designed to be anything, but it certainly is addictive in the same sense that social media is. There is no physical addiction (which is also true for TikTok), but there are definitely people that are hooked on it.
    - Quarrelsome 9mo ago
      it is habit forming, but its not designed to be, by some of the brightest minds of a generation.

saubeidl 9mo ago

Personal accountability is contrary to human nature. We are primates dominated by our primitive urges.

wasmainiac 9mo ago

did you see what happened when we tried to decriminalise hard drugs in Vancouver? Feel good for yourself that you have the discipline to have self control, other do not and need help. You are free to not use TikTok yourself, no one is stopping you. Also drug decriminalisation is very nuanced, I’m not 100% against it, I’m just pointing out just that open drug use spiked after.

dylan604 9mo ago
> Also drug decriminalisation is very nuanced, I’m not 100% against it, I’m just pointing out just that open drug use spiked after. Was that spike a true spike in new users, or existing users just coming out of the shadows?