No, there’s a significant amount of oil infrastructure locally. They’ve even got a colonialist extension with Canada: crude oil crosses over to be refined and sold back to Canada

There’s no accurate rabies tests except for brain biopsies

Gin specifically has a long and torrid history as the Drink That Brings Men Low, with propaganda pieces about the dangers of gin specifically, not alcohol generally. The UK Gin Craze was a full blown moral panic

At least AI is a nonstarter and we’ve reached the part of the bubble where they’re trying to cram it in everywhere possible to try and figure out a way to break even on the cost. AI is $600 billion in the hole

Good vapes don’t get hot enough to be harmful and don’t contain combustion products. Really good vapes have as little as possible besides the concentrate

Same, it’s lost something important

Is that independent people hawking drop shipped garbage or is it people working in marketing more generally?

Technical aptitude is born of need. Of course this will limit most, but at least some will figure out bypasses.