This is effectively a Pigouvian tax, and will absolutely keep some people from smoking.
Also higher prices do not necessarily mean the industry is making more money. Far more likely, given the saturation of competition, that they simply cost more to make.
Yes. My dad’s friends were also my uncles (and I have 8 actual uncles so it’s not like we were short on uncles), and I am an uncle to all my close friends’ kids
If you want to spend time in your house alone, and you’re living in NYC, yes you are very much making a stupid choice.
You could move outside of NYC, pay half as much in rent or less, and be a shut-in all you want while still commuting in for whatever reason you had to ever go to NYC as a shut-in in the first place.
You know what place doesn’t? A place where your landlord requests your salary documentation.
If that doesn’t happen where you live, then this warning is meaningless to you. If it does, it’s an appropriate thing to warn people about given the enthusiasm surrounding this post.
Solving problems that don’t exist, the American Way.
DuckDuckGo only achieved any meaningful userbase because of QAnon conspiracy theorists and I find it hilarious that anyone would recommend that jank-ass search.
Took me 87 applications to get my current job, since being laid off in May. I was qualified for every job I applied to, but wasn’t going to accept a lower position/pay.
the FDA is considering a ban on menthol cigarette sales (www.verifythis.com)
OOP learns a hard lesson about herself
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Rent requirements in the US are nuts (i.imgur.com)
If you look up the definition of 'bully', Duckduckgo gives you results from a 19th century dictionary (i.imgur.com)
The Colossal Capterpillar 797 Haul Truck (lemmy.world)
U.S. inflation falls to 3%, lowest level in more than 2 years, as price pressures ease (www.politico.com)