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I don't think this guys is trying to win any PC competitions, just look at his profile image :P https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/305718?v=4&s=400

But if i had kids i'd not blinding them with a PC view of the world.

Kids or not, these are fun little stories even for adult non-cryptographers.

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And what does his profile photo have to do with being PC?

cmon he totally looks stoned. I'm not judging, i just find it amusing :P

Is smoking not PC now? 0_o

I'm not too sure about the PC status of the act of smoking, in isolation, but I would say that presenting yourself to kids as an educating figure who smokes is probably seen as less than PC to some.

what about being obese (for the sake of argument)?

Little different since one is an action, the other a state/symptom/result/outcome.

I guess there's an argument to be made against promoting/normalising activities that cause obesity, but I'd say current societal norms are set up to demonise smoking a lot more strongly.

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