Poll: I Just Started Smoking :D

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Please don't tell me to stop, because I am not addicted to it and could if I want to. I enjoy smoking.

I'll get them to write that on your tombstone, shall I?

 

[Odbarc]

I know four people who quit.
Wake up coughing every day.
Go on that third hour without having had a smoke after you're addicted.
Finding out you don't have any smokes left when a blizzard, thunderstorm or something hits and you've gotta walk to a corner store.
Needing to smoke when all your friends are inside having fun and no one wants to go outside with you while you smoke.

 

[Draitheryn]

I would love to see you make a thread in 10 years and tell us how you still love it and are glad you started and how you're not addicted

 

[Rockchimp69]

I love the smell but actually doing inhaling it isn't really that great :/

 

[Daystar Clarion]

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I never claimed I was superior for not smoking.

Sounds like a persecution complex to me.

 

[alandavidson]

Me? I don't smoke, and don't want to. I have to train my body like a professional athlete and to smoke would kill that.

Plus, smoking has killed both of my grandfathers slowly. If you're a fan of slow, painful deaths, keep smoking!

CAPTCHA: ichanime actors... it knows all...

 

[staika]

It's scientiffically proven that your penis shrinks when you smoke.
There. Maybe now you'll stop rotting your lungs.

Really O_O
That is some scary shit, glad I don't smoke >.>
[sub][sub]Didn't check with google because I felt like a moron typing it in[/sub][/sub]

OT: You say that you can quit whenever you want but that's usually the first sign of an addiction. Even my cousin said it when he first started but after he quit he told me that he was just lying to himself.

But you can do whatever stupid thing you want since its your body, so enjoy your habit that a lot of the world hates as long as you enjoy it I wont stop you.

 

[NeuroticDogDad]

If you've just started, I'm assuming you're below the legal age?

Interesting assumption. You don't have to start at 12, I started at the legal age, it's not a crime (quite literally).

hahahahaha "Im not addicted to it and could stop if i wanted to" oh thats rich. Isn't that what people who are addicted say? I personally think smoking is disgusting and any person who starts now has to be crazy with all of the obvious side effects of it. But hey good luck with killing yourself slowly i guess!

So what would people who aren't addicted say? Or in your black and white world do said people not even exist?
I believe that to be addicted you have to form a dependence on the substance, such that if it were removed you would encounter negative effects (shakes, feeling ill, flu-like etc.), whatever they may be, depending on the substance. For some people it is a habit, not an addiction. For some it's both.

After about a year of smoking I wanted to sufficiently demonstrate to myself that I was in control of the situation so I ceased smoking for a month or so and experienced no bad side effects (though I did get a bit of breath back and stairs become a bit easier). Every few months or so I cease smoking to test whether I am still in control of the situation. I've also started spending more money so I cut my daily intake to about 3 or 4 cigs for financial reasons. I'm still fine.

Please just consider that some people approach there lives in a more reasonable and controlled way than you would give them credit for.

My friend actually smokes from a tobacco pipe. It smells much better than cigarette smoke and is way less deadly, plus I can actually stand to be near him. I don't see how anyone can stand cigarette smoke at all, it just smells disgusting.

It is not less deadly, it just means you don't count lung cancer and bronchitis among your list of potential diseases. The various cancers that can occur in your mouth and throat are sufficiently deadly.

 

[The_ModeRazor]

Tried it once. So... nothing. Didn't make me calmer like smokers claim it does, didn't really taste like anything... and the fact that I probably inherited my family's heart problems means I won't ever take it up. It looks cool, sure, but so do sunglasses and those don't kill yo ass.

 

[Queen Michael]

To be honest, I think it's your choice whether you want to smoke or not. Just make sure to quit for one week every six months so you know you still aren't addicted.

 

[Project_Omega]

I'm sure the poll has already been done, but look it up.... :effort:

So I just started smoking last week and I'm loving it so far. I do it for the camaraderie. I enjoy going outside with friends to have a smoke. I tried Camels but like Marbs better. I just wanted to see what people think of smoking, and to see what everyone else smokes?

Please don't tell me to stop, because I am not addicted to it and could if I want to. I enjoy smoking.

If you want your lungs to NOT be filled so much with air, then don't smoke.

Let me strangle you instead.

Idiot...

 

[marfoir(IRL)]

Heavy smoker here.

I love to smoke, I enjoy it and as a bonus it give me an excuse to head outside at awkward parties.
I also hate it because frankly my lung capacity has gone to shit and it can take me 30 minutes to recover from a 20 second sprint. Oh and it is a fucking expensive habit, at least around here.

My advice is to stop and get out while you can because while this:

because I am not addicted to it and could if I want to.

may be true now since you just started it will not remain true forever.

 

[M920CAIN]

I & I think smoking isn't healthy yo', but people should do whatever makes them happy. Happy smoking I guess...

 

[Louzon]

You know what I do with my friends for camraderie? Breathe.

Honestly though, there's many more things you can do with friends that don't include cyanide, tar, and ingredients used for rat poison.

 

[The-Epicly-Named-Man]

So I just started smoking last week and I'm loving it so far. I do it for the camaraderie.

And I watch porn for the plot.

I enjoy going outside with friends to have a smoke.

Yes, it's widely known that it's impossible to stand outside with some mates without smoking.

I just wanted to see what people think of smoking..

I think it's your decision, but it's a stupid one.

Please don't tell me to stop, because I am not addicted to it and could if I want to.

... Right...

I enjoy smoking.

Then your addicted. It's impossible to enjoy smoking, inhaling smoke is one of the most tortuous experiences I've ever had the misfortune of having, the only way of enjoying it is either the addiction satisfaction or the childish psychological feeling of "being a big boy".

 

[Vonnis]

I've been smoking for about 8 or 9 years now. Obviously I enjoy it, but simply because I enjoy the flavour which seems to go especially well with beer (which is why I tend to smoke a whole lot more when I'm drinking).
If you enjoy smoking too, then good for you, though I will say that smoking just for camaraderie seems a bit silly.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

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I never claimed I was superior for not smoking.

Sounds like a persecution complex to me.

No? Might have been the other guy then. My apologies, I must've gotten you mixed up. I know someone definitely did.

Look.

I would never go up to a stanger and tell them that smoking is bad for them, that's fucking ridiculous.

But if I know someone? I tell them just how stupid I think they are.

My parents smoke and my sister smokes, it's an expensive and filthy habit, and they're very fucking hypocritical about it.

"Oh, spending more money on videogames are we? What a waste"

They then proceed to spend hundreds of pounds a year on cigarettes.

 

[ssgt splatter]

I am not addicted to it and could if I want to. I enjoy smoking.

Famous last words

But seriously, if you smoke just for the camraderie, maybe you should consider trying something else. No hate, just saying.

Damn ninja'd.
...
Ah hell, I'll say it anyway; you're not addicted yet my friend.

 

[CJ1145]

I'm sure the poll has already been done, but look it up.... :effort:

So I just started smoking last week and I'm loving it so far. I do it for the camaraderie. I enjoy going outside with friends to have a smoke. I tried Camels but like Marbs better. I just wanted to see what people think of smoking, and to see what everyone else smokes?

Please don't tell me to stop, because I am not addicted to it and could if I want to. I enjoy smoking.

I'm not going to call you stupid, but I am going to make an analogy.

Smoking for the camaraderie is like radioactive waste-diving for the rush. There are dozens of better ways to do it, and most of them don't kill you.

 

[marfoir(IRL)]

Then your addicted. It's impossible to enjoy smoking, inhaling smoke is one of the most tortuous experiences I've ever had the misfortune of having, the only way of enjoying it is either the addiction satisfaction or the childish psychological feeling of "being a big boy".

While I agree with you post generally this is just plain wrong. I smoke and I enjoy smoking. I can also admit my addiction, however my enjoyment of having a smoke at times is not reliant on satisfying my addiction.

And I can also admit that at times I smoke purely because I need one now man, but your point that it is impossible to enjoy a smoke is wrong!