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My kid knows I'm irritable since I quit smoking so he's mocking me by pretend smoking smarties in the house and I don't know how to punish him. (hexbear.net)

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[–] Gorillatactics@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

The Austrian Empire got a big part of its revenue from taxes on tobacco. So when the Italian parts of the Austrian empire wanted to protest against Austria they resorted to a boycott of tobacco. The commander of the Imperial regiments stationed in Italy wanted to get it over with quickly and instructed all his soldiers to smoke in front of the Italians hoping that one of would get mad and start something that would justify a crackdown.