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There’s no such thing as a safe tobacco product, so FDA’s safe and effective standard for evaluating medical products is not appropriate for tobacco products. Instead, FDA regulates tobacco products based on a public health standard that considers the product’s risks to the population as a whole

https://medium.com/the-post-grad-survival-guide/hustle-culture-why-is-everyone-working-too-hard-69f9f5331ab5#:~:text=Hustle%20culture%20

"When I think of a Managing Director, I see an old man in a grey suit.

I see someone that is removed from the day-to-day experiences of their team.

I don’t see myself.

For a long time, this meant that I felt like an imposter in my role; like at any moment, someone would notice that I wasn’t an old man in a grey suit and kick me out.

I thought this because I wasn’t seeing MDs that looked like me. 

I was 32, a woman and I’d never stepped foot in a grey suit.

I was someone who wanted to be involved in the day-to-day experiences of their team. I wanted to know that I was using my influence to bring happiness to the workplace.

So, for the past 5 years, I’ve been doing exactly that, all the while creating a new image of a Managing Director in my head.

You can’t be what you can’t see.

And now I see me."

And common enemies make friendships grow stronger. One study found that people are more likely to bond over a shared dislike – rather than a shared fondness – of a third party. Denigrating an enemy can also boost our self-esteem by making us and the groups we identify with seem better in comparison.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/words-matter/201812/do-we-need-common-enemy

https://nypost.com/2021/10/07/critics-blast-dave-chappelle-netflix-for-ridiculing-trans-people/

"Many grandstanders are in a moral arms race. They aren’t trying to figure out the truth—they’re trying to impress their audience"

 https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/grandstanding-use-abuse-moral-talk-bookbite/24787/

You get to really know somehow by how you feel when they leave your presence -Oscar Wilde

“the greatest indicator of life span wasn’t genetics, diet, or the amount of daily exercise, as many had suspected. It was lung capacity.”

― James Nestor, Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

https://www.oprah.com/inspiration/laurie-santos-happiness-research

Elements of an apology 

https://taylorcounselinggroup.com/blog/five-elements-of-an-apology/