Yes I smoke.. So I'm the devil now?

[Shadowsafter]

I follow the same rules with this as with democracy in general. Take free speech as an example. Say whatever the fuck you want but the minute you spoil someone else's day you have crossed the line, *****.
Smoke whatever and whenever the fuck you want, but would you kindly leave the room so MY capillaries don't go black.

 

[Phlakes]

My own opinions about smoking aside (there's a reason so many people want to quit), as long as you don't disturb anyone else with it, it's fine.

And I have to agree with the post above me.

 

[thespyisdead]

having smoked, i think you should stop giving a flying fuck about what others think of you in this dept, and indeed in any other department in your life, because it's your life, not theirs!!!

 

[Bvenged]

As I say to anybody, friend or otherwise - I don't care if you smoke, it's your life, not mine.

Just keep it to yourself and remember that we don't smoke for a multitude of reasons, so have some common courtesy and keep it to yourself. Don't stand where the wind blows into crowds or back into the room.

All of the people I know who do smoke uphold to that, so it's not a problem for me or others. Although one thing some of them do that pisses me off is when cigarette butts are dropped on the floor/lobbed out of the car window; just as much as people who spit their gum out onto the street. That is a bad manky habit - pinch the heat out with some foil then find a fucking bin, there's usually one at the end of every other street and we don't all have to tread in that shit.

 

[Berithil]

My mom smoke cigarettes. My dad occasionally smokes a cigar. Now that I'm eighteen I have been offered by both of them, and have turned down both of their offers. I don't know. A lot of people might think I'm self righteous for my choice (my brothers do), but I just can't stand the smell of smoke. If you want to smoke, go right ahead. I mean, there's worse hobbies for someone to follow ( like terrorism, hehe). I simply don't see the appeal.

 

[Jadak]

Pretty straightforward really..

You're doing something that personally, I consider disgusting. It makes no difference to their lives, but obviously people are going to condemn people for doing something they find revolting. Not all that different than people who have sex with farm animals. (note, I'm not comparing smokers to people into bestiality, just the reactions of others) Does the person doing it enjoy it? Of course, does it have any effect on anyone other than that person? Nope. Does that stop the general public from going "what the fuck is wrong with you?". Nope, because people don't start being accepting of nasty things just because the person doing them doesn't share their opinion.

 

[Kinokohatake]

As a guy who works in a gas station, I don't hate smokers. I hate smokers who buy one pack with a $20. Fuck you. I don't have a lot in my register and I have to break a big bill on your smokes. Then again I hate anyone that pays for $7 worth of items with anything bigger than a 10.

 

[minimacker]

Go ahead and smoke, but do you have to do it right next to me while we're waiting for the bus?

 

[Jegsimmons]

there is nothing wrong with smokeing, if people dont like it, dont try it, no one is breathing it down your neck.

Smoke away like a steam powered train buddy!

 

[Happy_Mutant]

I've never been really worried about the shortened "life-span" smoking gives you, honestly. It's the pain and misery of cancer and chemotherapy that keep me off tobacco.

People do get confused about life style choices and moral choices, however. If you like to smoke, no one should think you a bad person for it. But you do have to expect a lot of people will think you an unwise person.

 

[Retal19]

Ireland doesn't seem to have a problem with Smoking, as long as you don't do it around Children. I've actually seen non-smokers who will at random whip out a cigarette because their Smoking friends and family have run out, or whip out a cigarette lighter because they forgot their own. Best one was when I saw someone actually pull out a can of propane to refill a run-down lighter. The only reason I could think of was that they were Airsofters on their way to a skirmish, who used Propane instead of regular Green Gas or 134a Gas.

The only people I've seen who have problems with smoking are my parents, but then its only if I smell of smoke, because they're worried for my already rather frail health, or if they see someone in a public area going through an entire pack in the time it takes down down a can of Coke. I'm actually not bothered by the smell either. I live in a Rural area. you get used to bad smells damn quick. And atop that I've never actually seen why people detest stenches so much. If it's not making me puke, it's fine.

Ever lit a Sweetie Cigarette? One of those wee sugar sticks that look somewhat like a cigarette? I did it for a Laugh once. Well, I tried too. All I succeeded in doing was getting soot all over it. Turns out it has a rather high melting point and if I can't get it up to around 186 degrees it just gets covered in soot and tastes like crap. =|

 

[Eggsnham]

Cigs have this eloquent taste, and because of this I smoke if I'm doing nothing just to remove my boredom (Nothing like a good ole Marlboro to liven up my day).

What does eloquent taste like? Is it a bit like pretentiousness? My cigarettes just taste like chemicals and defeat.

If I taste such 'defeat' in my smokes, then I wouldn't have any reason to continue now would I? Is it because you have a superior sense of taste than me that you choose to tell me how it really tastes like?

Screw your absolutes.

I don't smoke, but I've inhaled a couple of puffs of cigarette smoke unintentionally, and I have to agree with the guy you're apparently arguing with.

Cigarette smoke tastes like shit covered in shit with a gooey shit filled center. If that's what eloquence tastes like, then I'd really hate to know what unsophisticated illiteracy tastes like.

OT: I don't see the point of smoking cigarettes, they're incredibly bad for you, they give you a mild buzz (if that) as opposed to being actually high, and at the prices for cigarettes as they are, you'd be better off just mixing random chemicals and dried up plant matter in your kitchen and smoking that.

I'd much rather smoke weed than cigarettes.

And before somebody inevitably quotes me to tell me that marijuana is "bad for you"; it's not.

http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/Marijuana [Here's my proof]

 

[Composer]

eh kill yourself if you want.

 

[ryo02]

smoking isnt evil your free to do it as you please your lungs an all.

that said WILL YOU PLEASE KEEP IT THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME.

 

[syltman]

Just stop while you still can, it's so dumb... Also it hurts people around you and that's perhaps why people (like myself) consider it douche-y

 

[JCBFGD]

Here's my two cents: You walk into a room (or general area, whatever) to smoke and I'm there. I'm gonna prefer that you find somewhere else to smoke because I (this'll probably sound juvenile, but whatever) was there first. Of course, the reverse applies. I'll leave a room you're smoking in, or just deal with it, because you were there first.

And yes, I do cough around smokers, but it's because it honestly irritates my lungs.

 

[AngelBlackChaos]

Eh. See, you seem like you're an okay guy, trying not to smoke around people, and you're doing it while you're aware of the risks (not sure why you'd continue while aware, mind, but that's up to you).

I only really care about those people who smoke in crowded areas or other such places, the ones who seem determined to smoke in ways that are sure to annoy others.

As for the "eloquent taste", I had 1 or 2 cigarettes with a few friends (well, okay, it was a "punishment" for a game we were playing, and I happened to lose epicly that round ), and I have no idea where you get the idea that they taste good... To me, it just tasted like smoke. I generally have a pretty good taste for most foods, wines etc, and yet I never got (nor will ever get) how some people could say that cigarettes taste good.

But hey, maybe that's just me. As for you, if you really don't care that you're putting yourself at risk for no reason, and don't annoy others with your smoking, then I say go for it.

Everyone has favorite flavors.
Some people LOVE the taste of mushrooms. Others, sweeter things catch their eye. Cigarettes are just something that people either like to begin with, or grow into liking.

And for the guy that went snooty about the flavoring of cigarettes. Get over it. even to cigarette smokers, certain things catch their eye on it. You seem far more pretentious than the OP.

 

[fleurdust]

Yes. You smoke so you're inconsiderate, unhealthy, ignorant, untidy, you hate children, you hate old people, you hate the environment, you have bad hygiene...

-.-

I understand people's grief with inconsiderate smokers. I understand that it's unhealthy, but so is drinking (and before you say drinking only effects yourself, it doesn't. NHS costs, drink driving, drunk people breaking stuff... etc) and far fewer people villianise that to quite the same extent.

It stinks to a non-smoker and I think it should be perfectly okay to ask someone who is smoking close to you to move away, or someone who is ignoring non-smoking signs to stop. But for someone who is a considerate person, I don't see why people have issues if they happen to smoke.

The only person I let lecture me about my smoking is my mum, and even she's accepted that I'm a big girl now and can make my own decisions.

I'm going for a cigarette now

 

[RejjeN]

I don't "like" smokers because cigarette smoke makes me gag (seriously, so many times I've been close to vomiting because of it), but honestly it's their decision whether to smoke or not, just wish some smokers could be a bit more aware of the people around them while smoking sometimes...
Edit: And before some smartass comments on my avatar, first best funny picture I found on a random search. Go be clever somewhere else.

 

[lacktheknack]

Smoking around me can cause my poor, horrible lungs to seize.

I only dislike people who notice that I stop breathing as I walk past them smoking and get all in my face about it. You have a half-decent chance of killing me, so let me get past you!