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Post by Red Hairdo on Apr 23, 2009 18:15:26 GMT -5
No, I don't. It may be obvious, but if anyone here only used to smoke, then vote "no", but feel free to comment about anything related to it. xD I don't smoke. The reasons are simple, I just don't see any way I could profit from doing that. (Since I never tried it for real, I don't feel that psicological need to smoke, I will only lose money to make myself unhealthier, maybe become dependent in one or two ways and so on.) However, I understand some of the people who smoke. I heard the smoker can relieve stress and keep him/herself cool (but that may also make the user even more addicted...), among other things. Well, I don't like to see people smoking, because I know all they're doing is damaging themselves, and that's a bit sad when you care for people who smoke (my mother smokes, for example. She hides the fact as much as she can though. She won't stop no matter what I tell her, although she states she smokes very little.) Anyway, I know we have quite many smokers and non-smokers in this board, so I thought that creating a pool could be interesting. Also, I warn everyone not to exaggerate on things here and stuff, since this is a somewhat sensitive topic in its own ways, for smokers and non-smokers alike. Well, I would say more things, but I'll save some of the talk while this goes on.  |
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Post by AllenSmithee on Apr 23, 2009 18:19:11 GMT -5
Nope, no smoking. I'm too young, but I could easily try it. I've been offered weed, at least like... 2 times this month, but I say "no", don't worry.
Yeah, smoking is silly billy, my momzola does it from time to time, but I don't get all rampskampton over it. It really isn't my choice, and she doesn't seem to want to stop.
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Post by Red Hairdo on Apr 23, 2009 18:23:25 GMT -5
Back when I was in college, I was also offered with many cigaretes and other drugs as well, but I always backed off in the least non-social way I could. Also some people are plain stupid and only smoked "for the coolz". xD (I bet that's how most smokers start.)
Although I admit I felt very inclined to at least try it, but reason talked louder inside my head.
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Post by AllenSmithee on Apr 23, 2009 18:26:37 GMT -5
Yeah, sometimes I see the guys high in class and it seems like it is fun... But really, it just outweighs it all. I mean, they give me all these facts about how it "isn't as bad as fast food", but it is still very bad, and they do it much regularly than most many people eat fast food.
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Post by AllenSmithee on Apr 23, 2009 18:43:58 GMT -5
It makes my stummy hurt.
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Post by Ascended Mermaid on Apr 23, 2009 21:18:53 GMT -5
I do smoke, I'm a fornicating stupid mule, alright?!
// Thanks wyrd, that's a real morale boost. Smoking IS stupid, but I don't need a reminder of how stupid I am for doing so.
The reason I started smoking was because I wanted to die. Immediate suicide isn't as acceptable as cigarette smoking. The thing is about committing suicide this way, is that I'm given an option to stop killing myself -- and I have every intention of doing so, but I still can't stop because I'm addicted and feel useless without the cigarettes.
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Post by Gamemusicfreak on Apr 24, 2009 0:17:17 GMT -5
No. Running and riding my bicycle are two of my biggest joys, and I won't jeopardize my health for my hobbies.
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Post by Ranzor on Apr 24, 2009 1:25:11 GMT -5
I do. I know it's not good for your health and everything, but I like to smoke, so...
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Post by Ascended Mermaid on Apr 24, 2009 3:34:57 GMT -5
Yeah, I get that now. I'm sorry man, I have a funny way of taking things personal lately. Life hands me lemons, and I toss tomatoes at oncoming traffic.  |
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Post by Red Hairdo on Apr 24, 2009 12:24:57 GMT -5
... I wonder if there isn't any non-prejudicial cigaretes. xD Dunno, like, a "water cigarete". You smoke water. xDDDD I'd totally try that! The only kind of cigarete I put in my mouth are those chocolate ones, when I was little. xD They were for eating instead of smoking though. I miss those.  ... aw ****, I need some chocolate now. xD ======================================= Hey, by the way, to all of you who smoke, would you stop smoking if it didn't make you feel good (or bad)? Because if so, there are some spray-y products that kills the desire to smoke the moment you use it. So whenever you feel like smoking, spray and bingo! |
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Post by Yakra on Apr 24, 2009 12:46:39 GMT -5
... I wonder if there isn't any non-prejudicial cigaretes. xD Dunno, like, a "water cigarete". You smoke water. xDDDD I'd totally try that! Actually, there are 'water cigarettes'... :'D Hookahs! Or Sheesha, as they call them now. Its actually tobacco water and one just smokes it up through one's pipe. Nice smelling too~ Since they come in all sorts of flavours - cherry, strawberry, orange, chocolate, etc., etc. But technically, despite the common belief of how these 'water tobacco things' are actually not dangerous at all, they are actually 10 times more dangerous. ........But they really smell nice, unlike foul cigarette smoke. XD Not that I've ever had one. Or smoked even. I'm deathly allergic to the smoke. Though for some reason, these days, I've smoked ten times more than a normal smoker thanks to second hand smoke!! DX Damned fidgety, nervous, stressed artists and actors smoke like chimneys when they get together! DX *gag* Unlike wyrdwad, I can't even tell them off either.  Feel too bad, an ultimate spoilsport, and like a prissy little fool who's getting too ahead of herself telling them to stop. Meh...... *the doomed* (Not that I mean to imply that anybody who can tell others to stop is any of the above! Its just that.... I feel like so...  ) By the way... Also some people are plain stupid and only smoked "for the coolz". xD (I bet that's how most smokers start.) Me god, how I hate it when I see some silly idiots acting like that! Anything but that!!! ( 'Oh my~ I think I would oh so charmning holding a sleek little cigarette in my hand~! Too bad I cough sooooo much~ I must practice!!') |
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Post by Ranzor on Apr 24, 2009 13:14:44 GMT -5
Keep practicing Yakra, you'll get the hang of it! (if you don't suffocate first)  Are hookahs very popular in Pakistan? I know in India they are. And no, Red. I don't want to stop just now. Maybe if I do, some day, I'll try this stuff. |
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Post by Ascended Mermaid on Apr 24, 2009 14:41:47 GMT -5
Well Yakra -- hold it, don't light it. I'm sure it'll be fine.  Red: I've tried stop-smoking aids. They don't work. The patches itch and fall off easily without providing any sort of relief. The lozenges are fine -- but if you're worried about image, they're no better than spit-based tobacco. Anything else pretty much has a higher fail rate, the more you smoke and the less willing you are to quit. "Smoke Deter" sounds great, though, I might check it out (when I can afford it). |
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Post by Yakra on Apr 24, 2009 16:18:25 GMT -5
Har har har, ye people~ Anyways, yip, I guess hookahs are pretty popular. I mean....... all the poor people in the villages smoke that (affordable! cheap! traditional!), and all the rich people in their cafés have it too (fashionable! costly!). X'D The normal middle class people just scrounge about on their cigarettes. |
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Post by Bug on Apr 24, 2009 16:43:12 GMT -5
Nope, I'm to young, and I don't intend to start either. but one of my mom's friends smokes and my sister and i go over there to help with dogs and cleaning, the place reaks of it.
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Post by Red Hairdo on Apr 24, 2009 16:58:58 GMT -5
... I wonder if there isn't any non-prejudicial cigaretes. xD Dunno, like, a "water cigarete". You smoke water. xDDDD I'd totally try that! Actually, there are 'water cigarettes'... :'D Hookahs! Or Sheesha, as they call them now. Its actually tobacco water and one just smokes it up through one's pipe. Nice smelling too~ Since they come in all sorts of flavours - cherry, strawberry, orange, chocolate, etc., etc. But technically, despite the common belief of how these 'water tobacco things' are actually not dangerous at all, they are actually 10 times more dangerous. Erm... smoking those isn't exactly what I meant. XD But! You reminded me of a funny chapter in life. xDD I was visiting a friend (who's also an Ys maniac) at his home, and in the afternoon his older sister brought up one of those. She and her boyfriend were sucking it, then blowing it off their mouths and noses... Then she offered it to me. I said with a smile "Thanks, but I don't smoke", but she insisted, and she kept saying that it isn't like actually smoking at all, because it isn't unhealthy like cigarettes and such. I kept refusing, but not to be too unpolite, I eventually accepted it, also because I was convinced it was something that didn't harm the body... I sucked it up gently. F**k. I shouldn't have. xDD My eyes opened widely as I felt some strange substance filling my lungs. Instead of coughing, I pretended I was fine and simply blew it off slowly. I felt rotten for the rest of the day. I couldn't believe this didn't harm the body. xD And now I know it is harmful. xD Another friend who was visiting that guy with me also didn't smoke, and he refused to swallow that thing until the end. He saw me with a weird face and held back his laughter the moment he noticed it was the first time I smoked something, even though I didn't intend to. xD |
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Post by Ascended Mermaid on Apr 25, 2009 1:28:55 GMT -5
I dunno, wyrd. I think you're lucky he was so nice. Not everyone out there is willing to walk peacefully. I wouldn't recommend it to Yakra either -- I mean, violence doesn't discriminate.
That's just my experience with people -- maybe you two will be lucky and never have to worry about personal conflicts. Me? I'd rather act like I don't notice -- the fewer people that hate my guts, the better.
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Post by Ascended Mermaid on Apr 25, 2009 1:41:46 GMT -5
I can't imagine terrorizing the Japanese like that. I've terrorized an entire aisle of Americans at Walmart, scared the living bejebus out of everyone -- and I didn't even want to do that back then.
Mostly because now, I'm stuck with that look of fright on that woman's face and her "But daddy, I didn't mean to piss you off" attitude in my head. If she had a boyfriend or someone with her, that would've been much more difficult to handle -- but she was alone, and I assured her that I wasn't angry at her, and that she did nothing wrong, while still convinced that everyone else pretty much got what they deserved.
I wonder how many people think I'm psycho these days. XD
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Post by Yakra on Apr 25, 2009 3:48:38 GMT -5
Actually, your 'Gaijin smash' works very, very, very well here in Pakistan too. I think I mentioned that once before~ And though I be no non-Asian, I actually end up using the power of that to get my way around. But I just can't tell co-workers off! D': I just feel... horrid. And intimidated too! I mean.... er........... they're kind of like, let's take the example of.... say Koichi Sugiyama or something! No gaijin smash on such people! .... Yes I get easily intimidated. -___-' *the loser* And Red Hairdo, that story be hilarious! XD I think.... one is not supposed to inhale or something.... :'D Or so I've heard. Though I wonder... if you don't inhale, what on earth does one do with that damned smoke anyways?  Swill it about in one's mouth and... what?! |
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Post by Falcom Director of Fanservice on Apr 25, 2009 8:43:29 GMT -5
Gaijin Smash is now the name of that dude's blog, so it shouldn't be hard to find.
Also, don't smoke. I got enough health problems without it.
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Feel too bad, an ultimate spoilsport, and like a prissy little fool who's getting too ahead of herself telling them to stop. Meh...... *the doomed* (Not that I mean to imply that anybody who can tell others to stop is any of the above! Its just that.... I feel like so... 
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Swill it about in one's mouth and... what?!
