$12 ZYN, X-Men ’97 Falls Flat & Feelings Beat Facts

New York wants a bigger piece of your nicotine habit—and with the state's upcoming tax on nicotine pouches, a tin of ZYN could cost around $12. Don explains why he's glad he quit when he did, including how he used ZYN to quit cigarettes only to find himself even more addicted to the pouches. In the end, good old-fashioned nicotine patches finally got the job done.Also on this episode of The Daily Dose of Don:🌿 Joint of the Day: Grapple Pie. Don has no idea what a "Grapple" is supposed to taste or smell like, but it gives him a nice buzz.❌ X-Men ’97 Finale: After a strong start, Don thinks the season fails to stick the landing.👴 Mitch McConnell Lives! He's been spotted, he's alive, and he's clearly not looking great. Don wonders how much the political media knows about his condition—and whether we're seeing another example of reporters keeping quiet about an aging politician's decline.🗳️ “My feelings don't give a fuck about your facts.” Everyone knows the saying “facts don't care about your feelings.” Don flips it around and explains why the opposite may matter a hell of a lot more in politics. Using trophy hunting and conservation as an example, Don argues that you can have all the evidence in the world—but if voters emotionally reject what you're selling, those facts aren't necessarily changing their vote.It's nicotine, weed, Marvel, politics, media, and the strange way humans actually make decisions—all in another Daily Dose of Don.🎧 Podcast version edited for gameplay.#TheDailyDoseOfDon #ZYN #XMen97 #MitchMcConnell #Politics #Cannabis #Podcast