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minus-squarenodsocket@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoIt also feels good to smoke cigarettes and eat cheeseburgers. And there has also been a big marketing push for those. I don’t necessarily think people are and more impulsive, but they’ve been led to believe debt isn’t as harmful as it actually is.
minus-squarenodsocket@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoTell that to the average person living 50 years ago.
minus-squaremke_geek@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoThey were nasty 50 years ago and they’re nasty today.
minus-squarenodsocket@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoYou’re missing my point. Marketers convinced people they were good so they’d smoke more.
It also feels good to smoke cigarettes and eat cheeseburgers. And there has also been a big marketing push for those. I don’t necessarily think people are and more impulsive, but they’ve been led to believe debt isn’t as harmful as it actually is.
Cigarettes are nasty.
Tell that to the average person living 50 years ago.
They were nasty 50 years ago and they’re nasty today.
You’re missing my point. Marketers convinced people they were good so they’d smoke more.