alt Hacker News> Hollywood had a ton of issues but it at least had some... class?
Hollywood took a bribe from the tobacco industry to make smoking "cool" and infect our nation with cigarettes.
> have little self-awareness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mpUxn7NybY : "A big opportunity for us is that there are no gatekeepers. There's no one I have to convince to let me do things."
:-)
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timeon • yesterday at 7:31 PM
For actors it was "took a bribe" for influencers it is modus operandi.
> Hollywood took a bribe from the tobacco industry to make smoking "cool" and infect our nation with cigarettes.
I think the whole world took up smoking because of Hollywood.