Comparing the time when I joined Lemmy around 2 years ago to now, I would say that the general tone has become somewhat more unfriendly. A larger userbase might be a contributing factor, but I think it’s also the political climate in the west becoming a lot worse recently with many divisive issues and people being more stressed about the state of the world.
Yeah, this seems like an attempt to create a token leftist community to prove that they’re not right-wing (despite all active political communities on there being just that). I find it quite funny that they’re still looking for an actual leftist to run the community… Good luck with that!
Smoking. Millions of euros of taxpayer money spent every year on those lung cancer patients which could be well spent elsewhere. It’s also an activity that negatively affects not just the smoker but everyone around them.
Nice. I guess they didn’t expect to get a majority to support it anymore. Definitely a win for now, but I’m sure they’ll try again.
I’d say it’s less the surgery being addictive and more that the type of person going for plastic surgery in the first place may often have body dysmorphic disorder, so they’ll keep finding flaws in their appearance. The surgery may even result in additional perceived flaws, which will lead to a cycle of getting even more procedures done.