This song was my 1998.

I actually hadn't considered the song from that perspective, which is odd, since it seems it would be the most obvious being that it is the literal inversion of Guthrie's original message (especially considering the verse that is nearly always omitted: " there was a big high wall there that tried to stop me/a sign was painted, said 'private property'/but on the back side it didn't say nothin'/this land was made for you and me ").

Perhaps it's due to my familiarity with the rest of the artist's work (and what diverse work it is) that I instantly viewed the song as referencing a breakup, but the line " we've already tried to make it one life " pretty much cemented that interpretation for me.

For the last few months I've been hung up on one track in particular - a lo-fi cover of Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land," re-imagined as a song about moving on after a failed relationship, performed as a duet, and written by a complete unknown: Country Death - This Life is My Life.

On its face there's nothing exceptional about the song - the production value is zero, the lyrics are simple, the artists aren't particularly skilled, the subject matter is mundane, and the fact that it's merely a re-contextualized classic folk song means that it could never be considered particularly original. But each and every one of those flaws, in this special case, seems to be a reason I enjoy it more - as if they make the song more authentic or genuine. Perhaps those aren't even the words I should be using. Regardless, it is as though the song bypasses the usual critical lens with which I enjoy most music and goes straight to some low-level system of emotional processing that directly transcodes the song into vivid feeling - and it feels very real and... present. Not like a message that is communicated from artist to listener, but as though it's a real situation and I am suddenly in its midst.

bashless (word?)

I think what you're looking for here would be "unabashed."

What is the ratio of nicotine in ecigs vs actual cigs?

Extremely variable (ecig juices are available in a variety of strengths), but nicotine alone isn't particularly addictive. Tobacco also contains harmala alkaloids which act as monoamine oxidase-inhibitors in vivo, which potentiate any psychoactive drugs which result in increased serotonin, dopamine, or norepinephrine signaling (like nicotine). It's this synergistic effect that makes tobacco particularly addictive.

There are actually a few e-cig juices which contain all of the psychoactive chemicals as tobacco (known as Whole Tobacco Alkaloid, or WTA juices), and my own experience is that these WTA juices have a substantially different psychoactive effect and are more pleasurable than the rest of the nicotine-only juices. My first few experiences with e-cigs with nicotine-only juices were rather unsuccessful, but I found it much easier to transition off of analog cigarettes by using one of these WTA products, and then was able to transition to nicotine-only juices.

Last I read the biggest potential harm was pneumonia because of the vapor and this was a rare occurrence.

From my research lipoid pneumonia (the form linked to e-cig usage) seems to only have occurred in individuals using e-cig juices which contain oil-based flavorings. Since these few reports surfaced I don't know of any company which still sells juices that use oil-based flavorings - but since it is still a largely unregulated market it is possible they still exist.