Poll: Do you smoke ?

[VintageElise]

I smoke occasionally. Only about 4 a week though.

 

[VicunaBlue]

No never did. I don't see why it isn't painful to people.

I mean,the smoke is over a thousand degrees, and its going into your lungs.won't that hurt after a while?

No... Its not. I don't smoke, but the smoke is usually 150-190 degrees by the time you inhale it, cooler if you're using a bong or hookah.

 

[annoyinglizardvoice]

No, the smell messes me up too badly for me to ever start.
Plus I see pointless chemical addictions as a sign of weakness

 

[AdmiralWolverineLightningbolt]

If you let the nicotine get out of your system before you do another one, you cant get addicted. At least thats what my stoner friends say.

aah, that would make some sense
a few of my stoner mates got addicted you see and i never really understood, but they light up way more than me (i swear, one of them once spent an entire week constantly stoned)
so maybe that's why

 

[Daniel Cygnus]

I'll head over to the hookah bar a few times a month, and that's about it. Can't stand weed (for a few reasons, most notably because it smells like ass and poo), and I'm never even gonna start cigarettes. I've seen enough people get addicted to them that I'm completely turned off to them.

 

[Parallel Streaks]

I smoke maybe one a day? I'm not a chain-smoker, I know people who'll get through an entire pack in a day, and frankly I don't see how that's possible, or even preferable. With one a day you get the positive effects, the niccy-rush and such. The second the effects are diluted, and by the third it's just a pointless waste of time.

I only smoke rolling tobacco nowadays, too expensive to buy actual cigarettes, plus they help my hand-eye co-ordination strangely enough, it's a very precise art, rolling.

 

[AdmiralWolverineLightningbolt]

....it's a very precise art, rolling.

yes!
it's taken me around 9 months of practise maybe twice a month at most to get even slightly good at it

ive got friends and back then they couldnt roll for shit
but now, they're like fucking gods at it
crikey... but yeah, it's a fine art and definitely a rewarding one

the first time you roll one and it can be smoked the entire way through without any sideburn from only one light is a very momentous occassion indeed
(by the way, im talking about blunts myself, rolling tobacco's piss easy)

 

[DazZ.]

If I were you, I'd take your parents smokes and flush them down the toilet, and continue to do so until they acknowledged that they are the ones with a destructive habit and that if they are responsible parents, they won't make you suffer for their own lack of judgment.

Good luck with that... I hope they flush your stuff because of it.

I somehow doubt HIS stuff are actually of a 100% destructive nature, not just to himself, but to his whole family, as is the case with smokes.

Not the point, if my kid took my things and flushed them, whatever it was, his privacy and possessions are not safe for at least the next month. Same as I'd expect if I did something similar, you don't just go through peoples things, let alone to throw them away.

Do you have a kid?

Fine, change the "throw away" part to just "take away" and you have an extremely common situation in a family. If your kids don't do things like they should you can take it away from them. Example, you kid neglects his homework and school in favor of playing World of Warcrap, despite numerous conversations about how much he should be playing and under what conditions, you can take it away as a very justified and common method of setting him straight.

So, if this kid's parents can't take proper responsibility with their smoking, despite numerous talks about it and proven facts that they are doing something wrong, or at least doing it the wrong way, I definitely think it's justifiable to take away their cigarettes.
With great freedom, comes great responsibility.

The fuck has if I have a kid got to do with anything?

If the parents thought the same as you, there wouldn't be a a kerfuffle about the smoking indoors.
I however don't think like you and doubt the parents do either, therefore he should expect to get punished by them if he tries to do anything with their possessions.
You can tell him he has the morale high ground and should do it all you want, they aren't instantly going to rehabilitate themselves the second he puts them somewhere, he is going to get hit.
(Or whatever punishment is for their household, digging through the toilet to fetch them out, to put them in the bin, would be a start in mine. Teach him about proper waste disposal whilst I'm giving the little thief a lesson.)
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[Ryuk2]

On occasions.
I was addicted about two years ago, but i just stopped at one day. After months of not smoking i started to smoke rarely. Sometimes i smoke once in month, once a week or sometimes every day. Depends on my mood.

 

[UkibyTheMaid]

Like, once a month (sometimes not evne that) I smoke a vanilla flavoured cigarette just for it's delicious taste and smell, and occasionally I take a few puffs from my hookah, just to relax.

But, that's about it, really.

My dad on the other hand...

 

[DazZ.]

If I were you, I'd take your parents smokes and flush them down the toilet, and continue to do so until they acknowledged that they are the ones with a destructive habit and that if they are responsible parents, they won't make you suffer for their own lack of judgment.

Good luck with that... I hope they flush your stuff because of it.

I somehow doubt HIS stuff are actually of a 100% destructive nature, not just to himself, but to his whole family, as is the case with smokes.

Not the point, if my kid took my things and flushed them, whatever it was, his privacy and possessions are not safe for at least the next month. Same as I'd expect if I did something similar, you don't just go through peoples things, let alone to throw them away.

Do you have a kid?

Fine, change the "throw away" part to just "take away" and you have an extremely common situation in a family. If your kids don't do things like they should you can take it away from them. Example, you kid neglects his homework and school in favor of playing World of Warcrap, despite numerous conversations about how much he should be playing and under what conditions, you can take it away as a very justified and common method of setting him straight.

So, if this kid's parents can't take proper responsibility with their smoking, despite numerous talks about it and proven facts that they are doing something wrong, or at least doing it the wrong way, I definitely think it's justifiable to take away their cigarettes.
With great freedom, comes great responsibility.

The fuck has if I have a kid got to do with anything?

If the parents thought the same as you, there wouldn't be a a kerfuffle about the smoking indoors.
I however don't think like you and doubt the parents do either, therefore he should expect to get punished by them if he tries to do anything with their possessions.
You can tell him he has the morale high ground and should do it all you want, they aren't instantly going to rehabilitate themselves the second he puts them somewhere, he is going to get hit.
(Or whatever punishment is for their household, digging through the toilet to fetch them out, to put them in the bin, would be a start in mine. Teach him about proper waste disposal whilst I'm giving the little thief a lesson.)
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I think it has plenty to do with it, since you obviously don't know shit about parenting.

Anyway, this isn't a silly argument about who's right or not. They are actually affecting his well-being negatively, while setting a bad example about how you should respect other people. It's as simple as that. I admit I can't tell him what he should or shouldn't do, but I personally don't respect authority if it missuses its powers, i.e, if parents act like dicks, I'm a dick right back.

While I most certainly respect the whole "private possessions" thing and shit like that, there is a point where you can interfere, and that's in the case of destructive behavior.

Like I said, "With great freedom, comes great responsibility". His parents are free to do whatever they damn well please, as long as it is legal, but they have a responsibility to put the kids needs and well-being before their own, especially when the solution is so damn simple. Just don't smoke indoors when there are people living under the same roof who have great problems with it.

You're just repeating yourself.
I understood you think it's wrong a few posts ago.
Doesn't stop the fact the kid will be punished because his parents obviously don't see a problem with it, which is what I have been saying.

 

[dietpeachsnapple]

About once every 3 months.

 

[DazZ.]

You're just repeating yourself.
I understood you think it's wrong a few posts ago.
Doesn't stop the fact the kid will be punished because his parents obviously don't see a problem with it, which is what I have been saying.

Then you're just repeating what he already said a long time ago and effectively added nothing at all to this discussion but a pointless argument.

I added three lines, you went off on a rant about my parenting skills, I responded with a huge post as well so you wouldn't seem so silly. Be thankful.

 

[JourneyThroughHell]

No, and not going to.
It's just a matter of my personal beliefs about smoking.

 

[Asturiel]

Forgive me if I'm wrong but the thing in cigarettes that kills you is not the bit that gets you addicted, so why can't today's crack scientists find something to replace the killing part?

Why change what makes you billions upon billions of dollars? Honestly the smoking companys knew EXACTLY what they were giving you, they just dont care as long as at the end of the day you buy cigarettes.

OT: I dont smoke and have never smoked so I will not judge smokers on that. It's an addiction so I wont judge you. All you did was make a poor choice in your life and to be honest I pity you, as I pity all of those who has constant second hand smoke emissions comming their way. It may be your right to be able to smoke, but not infect the air of those around you.

For god sake's I dont give two bloody shits weither or not it's cold, if I REALLY needed that cigarette to the point where I would smoke it infront of my offspring I'd go outside to -30 without windchill (Gotta love Canada eh?).

 

[Slash Dementia]

I don't smoke. I've never felt the urge or need to do so.
It also doesn't help that I hate the smell, and I have asthma.

 

[ribonuge]

On occasions.
I was addicted about two years ago, but i just stopped at one day. After months of not smoking i started to smoke rarely. Sometimes i smoke once in month, once a week or sometimes every day. Depends on my mood.

That's the way I'd like to be with smoking. I've tried it but I end up getting addicted again - it's a nice idea but in the end it never works (for me). I actually enjoy it and not only because I am addicted, I really do like the feeling and taste - always have.

 

[Shambl3s]

I don't run 10K a day, lay off fatty foods and go to bed every FUCKING day before 11, just to throw it all away by smoking. No, I do NOT smoke. I don't mind when people do, though.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

You're right! Science is witchcraft! Addictions don't at all trick your mind! Hey, addictions don't even exist! It's all a conspiracy from the anti-tobacco companies to make people...hey, wait a minute, there's no such thing as "anti-tobacco" companies...

Reducto ad absurdum is a very silly way to conduct an argument. I'm just saying that "Science" is often influenced by popular opinion. Find me an unbiased scientific test that proves there are no benefits to smoking and I'll be more likely to move with that PoV.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Dude, you're inhaling smoke. SMOKE!

Unlike inhaling carbon monoxide, eating mono-sodium glutamate, smelling tri-chloro ethane, receiving microwave/ultraviolet radiation, drinking ethanol/ethanoic acid, taking lung fulls of smoke every barbecue (more poisonous that second hand smoke), having ink across your hands, piercing your body with fake gold, ingesting sucrose/salt/caffeine, getting ether...

Remember, I'm a non-smoker. I'm just saying there's far worse things about than a legal drug that's used as it has been sold by.

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