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‘k.

That’s what I thought

Where the fuck did the author get “p-phub” from when the links repeatedly refer to it just as “phub”? Either way, this is some really stupid shit

You wouldn’t call repeatedly challenging the validity of a “diagnosis” about your mental state, that was clearly meant as nothing more than a joke and figure of speech, flying off the handle. I know that if some random person on the internet told me that I needed help, I wouldn’t launch into some sort of weird…

Right... Your reaction to my fairly innocuous joke where you flew off the handle trying to prove your own sanity was just some sort of set up to the hilarious joke you were playing on me the whole time. Gotcha

Really? My initial reply was only a joke at your expense about the extreme rhetoric you were using to describe a fairly meaningless logo change. I assumed “you need help” was a familiar enough colloquialism that you wouldn’t take it as a a literal implication that I had some sort of insight into your actual mental…

That’s kind of the point of the comments: to engage with others. But your need to prove to some random person who doesn’t even know you that you are in fact sane is a bit concerning.

Well, I haven’t been engaged with some random stranger in a pointless argument to prove my own sanity so I guess I’d say I’m pretty sane

I might have to double check but I think diagnosing myself violates some sort of standard for ethical practice

Fine, you got me. My diagnosis wouldn’t stand up to the rigors of modern day psychology. Looks like you are completely sane and engaging with an unknown internet commentor who makes an evaluation of your mental well being is a healthy and normal thing to do

Here is the basis for my scientific diagnosis: To the best of my knowledge I have never met or interacted with you before and you presumably do not know me either. I question your mental state based on a two sentence blog comment of yours and your reaction is to engage in a nonsensical argument with the end goal of…

I have seen hundreds and maybe even thousands of corporate logos and lettering throughout my life. I have also been in thousands of situations with other people where they too have encountered corporate logos and lettering. Recalling these experiences, I have never known any other person to have had an immediate and…

Because it takes a psychologist to realize that having a such a reaction to some colored letters isn’t normal...

That’s not normal at all. If you have that type of reaction to a corporate logo you might want to seek help

These planes cost 100s of millions of dollars. You aren’t just throwing them away when you no longer need it.

I would guess it has something to do with the government’s role in providing for the well being of society, and in this particular case, because smoking is a public health issue and the single largest cause of preventable death.

Again, tobacco manufacturers are PROHIBITED BY LAW from making any health claim about their products, implied or otherwise. The legislation is pretty clear about implied claims, which is why cigarettes are no longer branded as light or low tar. It may very well be 100% factual to say that a light cigarette contains…

Legislation exists that prohibits cigarette manufacturers from making any sort of implication about the healthiness of their product. That legislation doesn’t exist for cola or organic food.

No. It explicitly states that there are no additives. It implies that the use of additives in other cigarettes makes them more unhealthy than a ‘natural’ cigarette. Or do you actually believe that this piece of marketing has no other purpose than to convey the factual statement that American Spirits are organic and…