I'm sorry. WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK. // edit: regarding this article: 1. FAD: A fad is any form of behavior that develops among a large population and is collectively followed enthusiastically for a period of time, generally as a result of the behavior being perceived as popular by one's peers or being deemed "cool" by social media. Toddlers do not know cool or choose actions based on cool. // regarding NYT article: 2. Drinking ecig juice is not something that is pleasant. It makes you throat hurt. It's happened to be numerous times when my old cartridges would leak. No one will chose to experience this - especially toddlers. It's accidental. That's about as far as I got.
Right, but the NYT article doesn't call it a fad. I simply disagree with the use of that word in this case. This article isn't satire or parody - it is a takedown of a shitty NYT article. Which is fine, but don't use the word fad, especially when NYT never called it a fad.
Hence the. #nottheonion tag. Some very loose and irresponsible "journalism" on the part of the NYT's. What's worse is now detractors can quote this steaming like of poo with their brand giving such fear mongering credence. I heard it quoted this morning on a radio program espousing that it's "more dangerous than previously thought."
Aw man, that's the problem with a paper like the NYT. Even when they print garbage it gets quoted. Well, I guess this article just speaks to the state of reportage in the US, unfortunately. I know theadvancedapes has talked about decoupling politics from money and I think that idea certainly has its merits, but I also think that decoupling journalism from its dependency on money and outside/private interests is also something that needs to happen.
Fortunately the worst that can happen is going to war on false pretenses.
Assuming that this person is a liberal, I think this person is far to the left of the average of that set. Blaming his opinions on liberals as a whole maligns liberals. He is a poor reporter (in this instance) and a fear-mongerer, sure, I will grant that.
In this case, it's all over the place because the devices and liquids are not yet classified and so no taxes or regulations have been applied to them. Funny though, alcohol vaporizers were managed very swiftly, but that makes sense since it's a much faster way to get drunk (so I've heard).