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- Comment on Legalising cannabis increases use and addiction, unless it's tightly controlled. 4 days ago:
The phenomenon they’ve identified doesn’t seem to be cannabis-specific at all. The finding really seems to be, “capitalism will pursue profits at the expense of customers’ well-being”.
Which isn’t going to be news to anyone but the most deluded libertarian. It’s a great example of why we absolutely need government to impose sensible regulations on business, because otherwise short-term profiteering will win over long-term societal good.
Cannabis, as it moves from illegal black markets to legitimacy, is just in an interesting position to highlight these kinds of effects.
- Comment on She’s a hottie! 1 week ago:
presumably refers to the size of the cannonballs
- Comment on Stone tablet found with carved symbols that do not match any known language 5 months ago:
They think it’s language because some characters repeat and there appears to be a “full-stop” separator character.
- Comment on Stone tablet found with carved symbols that do not match any known language 5 months ago:
The rock actually appears to be local:
Measurements put the slab at 9.5 by 7.9 in, close to book size. Researchers identified vesicular basalt, volcanic rock with bubble-like holes, and traced the material to volcanic outcrops around the lake.