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interesting work, but not sure how truthful it is - a cigarette habit does not make one an unstoppable NicotiNator, a smartphone addiction does not make one a cyborg.

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Cigarette addiction is the only thing powerful enough to ensure my elderly housemates get exercise (up and down the stairs) and sunlight, all while they do that deep wheezing smokers cough proclaiming that they should quit one of these days.

The are definitely some kind of human hybrid, with basic brain functions hijacked by something else. Though perhaps an analogy to an insect zombifying fungus would be more apt than to a cyborg.

Meanwhile, the Hackernews proceeds to spend the rest of his day taking amphetamines and mindlessly scrolling like the dopamine junkie he is, all while feeling smugly superior to the lowly nicotine addict, which he compares to an insect that was infested by a parasitic fungus and turned into a mindless zombie. The microplastics in both users' brains and testes breathe a sigh of relief.

> a cigarette habit does not make one an unstoppable NicotiNator

I have to disagree with you there.

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