CliffordBigRedDog [he/him]@hexbear.net to badposting@hexbear.netEnglish · 23 days agoThe USSR forced innocent Kangaroos to smoke comically large cigarettes, i bet you tankies would still defend thishexbear.netimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down11
arrow-up173arrow-down1imageThe USSR forced innocent Kangaroos to smoke comically large cigarettes, i bet you tankies would still defend thishexbear.netCliffordBigRedDog [he/him]@hexbear.net to badposting@hexbear.netEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareKeld [he/him, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 days agoSure but the same surely applies to alcohol, and they were willing to try not making that.
minus-squareEdamamebean [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·22 days agoI’ll preface this by saying it’s just a guess, I have no evidence for this idea, but maybe it’s because tobacco doesn’t cause social disorder in the same way as alcohol. Nobody ever got into a fight because they smoked too many cigs yknow?
minus-squaresisatici [he/him]@hexbear.netcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 days agoUssr had alcohol? It was heavily restricted but still available
minus-squareKeld [he/him, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 days agoThe Soviet prohbition lasted from the bolshevik seizure of power until stalin ended it in 1925
Sure but the same surely applies to alcohol, and they were willing to try not making that.
I’ll preface this by saying it’s just a guess, I have no evidence for this idea, but maybe it’s because tobacco doesn’t cause social disorder in the same way as alcohol. Nobody ever got into a fight because they smoked too many cigs yknow?
Ussr had alcohol? It was heavily restricted but still available
The Soviet prohbition lasted from the bolshevik seizure of power until stalin ended it in 1925