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What will be the "turns out cigarettes are bad for us" of this generation?

  • 29-06-2018 03:19PM
    #1
    nigel_wilson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 176 ✭✭nigel_wilson


    Gonna leave my opinion out of the OP.


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  • #2
    JohnnyFlash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,055 ✭✭✭JohnnyFlash


    Avacado toast and cycling.


  • #3
    Gaillimh1976
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 738 ✭✭✭Gaillimh1976


    Smartphones


  • #4
    Drumpot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,306 ✭✭✭✭Drumpot


    Mobile phones


  • #5
    silverharp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,853 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    serious answer sugar, af answer Love Island

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



  • #6
    Avatar MIA
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,748 ✭✭✭Avatar MIA


    Time spent playing computer games. There's even a condition identified in the past week or so.


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  • #7
    HydroTendonMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 186 ✭✭HydroTendonMan


    Being forced to raise our children through childcare will have a social effect in years to come I reckon. Long days.


  • #8
    .......
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  • #9
    Peatys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,865 ✭✭✭Peatys


    Wrapping food in plastic and plastic soft drink bottles


  • #10
    Yer Da sells Avon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,736 ✭✭✭Yer Da sells Avon


    Capitalism.


  • #11
    lurker2000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 151 ✭✭lurker2000


    Vacuous reality TV like 'love island' and the Khardashians that contribute to lower IQ's in those who habitually watch them. They will need to come with a warning certificate rating in the future for this reason alone.


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  • #12
    Jim Bob Scratcher
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,231 ✭✭✭Jim Bob Scratcher


    Veganism


  • #13
    Peatys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,865 ✭✭✭Peatys


    Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »
    Veganism

    We know that's bad for us now


  • #14
    nigel_wilson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 176 ✭✭nigel_wilson


    I'm surprised no one has said

    "Liberal PC stance on gender and parenting"

    Maybe it might be a fad but it could potentially have serious consequences in the future


  • #15
    brevity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,537 ✭✭✭brevity


    Sugar.

    Possibly gluten...


  • #16
    Drumpot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,306 ✭✭✭✭Drumpot


    ....... wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.

    Could extend that to trusting the pharmaceutical industry. So many drugs for everything and new conditions (ADD) inverted so they can sell a pill to relieve the condition!!!!


  • #17
    Irish Guitarist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,736 ✭✭✭Irish Guitarist


    E cigarettes hopefully. I say hopefully because those fucking gobshites walking around vaping everywhere, even in shops, with massive clouds of smoke around them need to be brought down a peg or two.


  • #18
    JaMarcus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 828 ✭✭✭JaMarcus


    Think it'll be a mental health thing as opposed to a physical health thing, and I'd agree that phones and social media will be up there.


  • #19
    Rented Mule
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Rented Mule


    The answer is SUGAR.

    I've been off it eight weeks today. I'm down two stone in that time.


  • #20
    razorblunt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    Plastic. Plastic within plastic.
    Those Styrofoam packets for fruit and veg.


  • #21
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Drinking 10 pints a day


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  • #22
    Tom Mann Centuria
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,591 ✭✭✭✭Tom Mann Centuria


    Vaping

    Oh well, give me an easy life and a peaceful death.



  • #23
    Boom_Bap
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,740 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    It'll be the "Our bodies are a mess from all that protein and weight lifting but I can't run for 10 seconds" generation


  • #24
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,901 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    ICE vehicles.


  • #25
    MagicIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,902 ✭✭✭MagicIRL


    In-ear/earbud headphones. A spike in hearing problems is due when the current generation grow old, in my opinion.

    The dangers of sitting at a desk all day. Again, a spike in back pain and atrocious posture/hunch-back being a lot more common.

    Social Media. That is definitely having a massive negative effect on people's mental health.

    Smart phones in general, actually. I can't imagine starring at the LED screen can be doing us any favours.


  • #26
    wally79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,994 ✭✭✭wally79


    So this is stuff we don’t really know is bad for us today

    Smartphones and sugar replacements like nutrasweet I reckon

    Sugar we know is bad
    Plastic is bad
    Vaping is bad but I reckon it will hold true that it is better than smoking


  • #27
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,266 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    MagicIRL wrote: »
    In-ear/earbud headphones. A spike in hearing problems is due when the current generation grow old, in my opinion.

    Sound systems in concerts, pubs and clubs. Lots of them probably exceed noise levels on construction sites.


  • #28
    quintana76
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 751 ✭✭✭quintana76


    Plastic and open borders.


  • #29
    Rented Mule
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Rented Mule


    whisky_galore wrote: »
    Sound systems in concerts, pubs and clubs. Lots of them probably exceed noise levels on construction sites.

    I've been going to shows for 40 years. The sound levels are tame (today) compared with what they were back then.

    (I'm not saying that they are all that way)

    Ear protection is much bigger at shows today. No one thought about it in my earlier years. I have a set of molded ear plugs (designed for people who do a lot of shooting) that I carry with me to the 100+ shows that I see in a year.

    I've friends who can't sleep without a "white noise" machine due to the seriousness of their Tinnitus.


  • #30
    SusieBlue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,029 ✭✭✭SusieBlue


    I think awful stuff is going to come to light about all the chemicals used in fake tan.


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  • #31
    Rented Mule
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Rented Mule


    MagicIRL wrote: »
    In-ear/earbud headphones. A spike in hearing problems is due when the current generation grow old, in my opinion.

    The dangers of sitting at a desk all day. Again, a spike in back pain and atrocious posture/hunch-back being a lot more common.

    Social Media. That is definitely having a massive negative effect on people's mental health.

    Smart phones in general, actually. I can't imagine starring at the LED screen can be doing us any favours.


    You can also tie the use of ear buds in with mobile phones as well.


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