• PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Would you be comfortable banning perfumes, cologne, scented beauty products and air fresheners. I’m allergic to all of those things.

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      1 year ago

      If they are producing problematic exposure to a large number of people, for the benefit of only a few, yes I would.

      It gets a lot more difficult however to figure out where to draw the line. In terms of noise, smoking is like someone letting off flashbangs. It’s obviously antisocial and problematic, particularly in a close environment. However , how should we handle loud music? Obviously playing music loud enough to vibrate windows at 3am is a problem, but below that is a murky zone where it’s difficult to agree on what’s problematic or not.

      The equivalent to this, in smoking terms is vaping etc. It still produces something with a negative effect, but with a far lower problem potential. While I would personally prefer not to be exposed to vaping smells either, the balance is a lot less obvious. I accept that it would do more harm (to our personal freedoms etc) than good adding vapes to a ban.

      There should be some rules on smell production, but it’s the sort of thing that is difficult to write into regulations. It’s currently impossible to write a quantitative test into law. All would be subjective, and so prone to problems.

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      1 year ago

      Fuck yes. I hate walking into a room to be slapped with someone’s 36 spray morning routine. Thanks, I love having a headache all day.

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      1 year ago

      Yes actually, those also ruin the air quality. I’m by no means allergic to them but oh man do i power walk away from those smelly areas in the mall

    • ilikekeyboards@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      An allergy reaction just isn’t the same as cell damage done by the incomplete charred remains from cigarette smoke.

      One of them is a water gun and the other is a uranium cell up your arse