The tobacco-toting treehopper
What tobacco? The whole point of a vape is that it doesn't burn tobacco...
this post was submitted on 25 Mar 2026
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Why stop there? A terrifying tobacco-toting treehoper named Terry the terrible tarantula towers above in tree tops.
plenty of vapes have nicotine.
nicotine != tobacco. Tobacco contains nicotine... but a vape is a substitute for tobacco... that's the whole point of it, to get nicotine without using tobacco.
Meat contains protein. If someone uses a protein substitute you don't call it a "meat-shake".
Don't you tell me what to call my meat shakes
But is it shaken meat or shakes you get from meat depravation?
It's secretly raspberry milkshake with chunks of raspberry but the straw is shaped like a bone.
eh, it was the best I got
"meat-shake"
I think I'll add that to my lexicon, like "meat-bag" and "meat popsicle".
What about "spam purse"?
That's just a purse with Spam inside.
Synthetic nicotine is a thing, but not the majority of vape juice. Most of its still just extracted from tobacco.
To continue your metaphor, I wouldnt call beef stock steak, but i wouldnt call it vegetarian, either.
How would you like your steak?
Drank.
What does nicotine have to do with claiming they are ingesting tobacco?
source says 1 squirrel, nyp says its an epidemic
...We can make nicotine bird feeders, which have little hookah straws, through which critters can enjoy life. 🤔
Disposable vapes are genuinely evil. With the lithium inside the batteries they are significantly more dangerous than throwing a cigarette out your car window. They have chips inside them with metals that can be recycled and they are made of a hard plastic that'll be around for thousands if years. Whenever I mention this to people I know they agree with me that it's evil but continue to use disposable vapes because it's more convenient. I keep telling my roommates that it's massively cheaper to get a refillable one and they always agree but never buy one. Every time I go to the vape shop to get juice and coils I drop off a literal tub of disposable vapes from my roommates.
I'm so tired of people being complacent in this and I'm tired of making this rant. People will get nervous about batteries when they see a phone explode in someone's pocket but they'll throw that shit on the ground or in the trash without a second thought. Just go back to smoking if you wanna throw shit on the ground. It's better for the environment and public safety that way anyway.
The squirrels were sighted shortly afterwards in a poorly modified Subaru WRX.
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