What do you think of smokers? |
Nov 30 2012, 06:00 PM
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Pokémon Trainer Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 29-November 12 Member No.: 183 606 Active Squad |
Ugh, smokers are the worst. People pick smoking for a bad life style. I just wish the smoking will become illegal.
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Nov 30 2012, 08:36 PM
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Pokémon Trainer Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: 13-August 10 From: Minnesota Member No.: 109 852 Active Squad |
I hate smokers. I don't even know why the government sells them. There are no benefits to them, or maybe i'm not seeing the point. I hate the lingering smell it leaves too, especially when its in my house or when someone walks by. Yuck, it's just nasty.
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Nov 30 2012, 09:30 PM
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Pokémon Champion Group: Members Posts: 3 152 Joined: 11-January 10 From: Idk haven't been off the pc to check Member No.: 79 425 My Dream Team |
I don't take a liking to smokers, but honestly I cannot do anything about it.
I would love to say, 'No more smoking! You all are wasting your money killing yourself and others!' but I can't, I think it is somewhere in the constitution... But I wouldn't want to restrict peoples freedoms anyway, I mean if you restrict the right to smoke, what is next? No owning guns? No practicing religion? I would love to ban smoking everywhere, but I wouldn't want it to go too far. -------------------- Wanna dance? (click to show ) |
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Dec 1 2012, 05:52 PM
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Pokémon Trainer Group: Members Posts: 9 Joined: 25-June 11 From: An empty field, Star gazing. Member No.: 144 224 Pampered Plushies |
Personally, I smoke a cig once in a while. I don't think anythings wrong with it. Sure IT MAY give you health problems but it's the PERSONS life choice, NOT yours. Don't worry about such little things.
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Feb 24 2013, 04:44 PM
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The asteriotypical one Group: Members Posts: 103 Joined: 4-April 12 From: The wrong side of heaven and the righteous side of hell Member No.: 161 989 Z's Team (so far) |
Personally, I smoke a cig once in a while. I don't think anythings wrong with it. Sure IT MAY give you health problems but it's the PERSONS life choice, NOT yours. Don't worry about such little things. But its NOT JUST the person's life, it DOES affect others!! Ever heard of second hand smoke? my mom and dad smoked for a long time, and i have asthma just because of it! And they say that second hand smoke is actually WORSE than actually smoking the cig yourself. To be honest, i wouldnt care about it if it only affected the person who smoked. But i cant blame it all on smokers; smoking is an addiction, its just like druga ddiction (it IS drug addiction technically), and just like junk food addiction, its almost impossable to stop once you start. But whats worse is how tabacco companies are being just as bad by endourcing smoking. (like what happened recently with a tabacco company that had been lying about how much tabacco was in their cigs and adding extra tabacco or doing whatever that made their cigs stronger and more addicting). So i really dont care if a smoker knows how to be sensable and considerate to those around them, but its really annoying when somebody just busts out a cig right in the middle of a crowd, or worse, around children. Its just not right to take somebody elses life like that, especially if you dont even know them! -------------------- |
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Feb 24 2013, 09:16 PM
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Pokémon Trainer Group: Newbies Posts: 5 Joined: 6-February 13 Member No.: 190 525 Active Squad |
What pisses me off is that some people tell people to stop smoking as if it were that easy. Some people clearly hasn't ever dealt with an addiction, or at least not as strong as cigarettes. Nicotine practically brainwashes people and get pissed at every single little thing, and there is no ignoring it either. You can't get your mind off it, because it isn't some lasting "I'm pissed at everything", it's the triggers. There are triggers everywhere. The only thing one can really do is to get nicotine patches and decrease in the use of them little by little and even that it going to be hard. This. I'm gonna be blunt here. I used to be a smoker. Well I still am in a way. I wasn't that addicted, but there was addiction there. Until people actually go through an addiction they won't understand how hard it is to stop. It's pretty much impossible to go from 3-4 fags a day to none for the rest of the week. I think the bit that caused me to realise the problem was learning about the lungs in September last year. As in, not your average 14 year old explanation, I'm talking a 17-18 year old deep explanation. Scared me a lot. I still have the odd one here and there (cutting down a lot to almost none), haven't had one in... 2 weeks or so now? Patches didn't really help, though. I just did it from my own free will. Best thing I've ever decided to do. Although bearing in mind that my skin, teeth, fingers etc didn't really change much, nor did my clothes. I just wish people would understand how bad it is. Biggest regret starting, biggest achievement with willpower to quit. Hate to pick on you, but you're wrong. Well, he's wrong, but you're wrong too. You're right, of course, it's your story so it can't be inherently wrong. But it isn't that difficult. My father was a smoker until he found out I was going to be born, and quit then and there cold turkey. No patches, no trigger difficult, just moved on plain and simple. People who smoke need to realize that they have a problem (if it is a problem for them) and just quit. Sure it plugs up your pleasure centers but that's an excuse people hide behind. I've been addicted to chocolate milk before and needed to stop because it was costing me a fortune. What drug is there? Are you going to blame some hormone reaction from the milk? Case in point, it's easy if you want to. |
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Feb 24 2013, 11:09 PM
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I'm not on often... Group: Members Posts: 103 Joined: 5-May 09 From: on the earth Member No.: 19 749 My favorite Pokemon |
I know some great people who smoke. It breaks my heart that they're hurting their health. I hate that they smoke, but that doesn't mean I hate the person. My aunt smokes, and she's absolutely amazing and I love her dearly. I hate that she smokes, but I don't hate her.
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Mar 15 2013, 01:23 AM
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i need something to put here Group: Posts: 3 902 Joined: 2-July 07 From: Ellicott City, Maryland Member No.: 34 Active Squad |
People can live their life however they choose so there's no need to judge.
For some people, it's very hard to quit btw, incentive or not. There is a certain degree of psychological addiction that can occur at some point that makes it VERY difficult. And there are no universal methods that work for everyone. I hardly believe that your argument wholly applies Reapehify. -------------------- |
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Mar 15 2013, 01:35 PM
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Pokémon Trainer Group: +Donors Posts: 76 Joined: 24-December 09 From: UK Member No.: 77 547 Active Squad |
Hate to pick on you, but you're wrong. Well, he's wrong, but you're wrong too. You're right, of course, it's your story so it can't be inherently wrong. But it isn't that difficult. My father was a smoker until he found out I was going to be born, and quit then and there cold turkey. No patches, no trigger difficult, just moved on plain and simple. People who smoke need to realize that they have a problem (if it is a problem for them) and just quit. Sure it plugs up your pleasure centers but that's an excuse people hide behind. I've been addicted to chocolate milk before and needed to stop because it was costing me a fortune. What drug is there? Are you going to blame some hormone reaction from the milk? Case in point, it's easy if you want to. There is no drug there. There's a difference between being addicted to something, both physically and mentally, and really liking something (like chocolate milk). You can't really compare the two, or speak as if you know what it's like to suffer from an addiction. It's quite insulting to be honest, similar to saying to someone suffering from depression "I know how it feels, I was sad yesterday, I got over it so should you." Even if you really have suffered from an addiction, not everyone deals with it the same. Just because your dad or my brother or whoever's friend quit easily, doesn't mean everyone else can. Oh and Fuck smokers who don't try to quit, I hope they all get lung cancer and die. And I mean that, I don't care if I offend you. Honestly I kinda hope I do too, otherwise I'd care to try and quit. This post has been edited by Yuno Gasai: Mar 15 2013, 06:06 PM -------------------- |
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Mar 15 2013, 04:07 PM
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Craziest cat lady of all time. Group: Members Posts: 374 Joined: 19-April 12 Member No.: 162 933 I wish |
An extremely paraphrased argument with a smoker I had over here in the UK. -Person smoking, sitting on bench doing nothing- Me: Hey, can you stop smoking, this is a public place? Smoker: No thanks, I can do what I want. This smoking ban's stupid. Me: Why's that? Smoker: It's against our human rights. They can't control me. I get to choose, I don't care about lung cancer. Me: And it's against my human rights for you to smoke here, passing it on to me, and possibly increasing my chances of a multitude of diseases. Smoker: Why don't you move? Me: No, I'm waiting for someone in that shop. You're not. Smoker: Whatever it's my choice. Smoking isn't illegal. Me: Actually, it is here, in a public place. And what would you think is cocaine or heroin was legalised? Smoker: Well no, that's bad for you, bu- Me: So is smoking. Smoker: It can't be that bad if the government's not made it illegal. Me: It's only legal because they make so much money off the VAT. Smoker: Oh whatever, stupid kids -Smoker gets up and walks away- Fuck smokers who don't try to quit, I hope they all get lung cancer and die. And I mean that, I don't care if I offend you. Seriously? I quit, and unless you have I suggest you shut your damn mouth, cause that's just hateful ignorance spewing out of it. -------------------- Stuffs. (click to show ) |
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Mar 18 2013, 06:51 PM
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Pokémon Trainer Group: Members Posts: 22 Joined: 6-December 12 From: Asgard Member No.: 184 458 Avengers Assemble! |
if they want to smoke then let them; they're hurting themselves though. the thing i hate is if they live with others that don't smoke, like kids or pets or spouses, etc, because secondhand smoke is just as dangerous. and...smoking is kind of disgusting... cigarette ingredients include the same stuff found in nail polish remover and rat poison... =.=
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Mar 26 2013, 11:30 AM
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Pokémon Trainer Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 5-December 12 From: vancouver canada Member No.: 184 264 My Favorites |
I really don't like smokers for many reasons.1. standing next to them makes my nose quiver from the smoke they blow out,2. smoking will rot your teeth and cause lung cancer,3. it makes the smoker's body smell, 4. it makes you lose your appetite if you smoke, 5. it will also make you addicted to it because of the drugs and poisons in it, and 6. if you are smoking, try to quit. it's bad for your health and for others near you.
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Apr 2 2013, 03:54 PM
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Shiny Pokémon Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 10-February 13 Member No.: 190 836 Active Squad |
I for one think smoking is disgusting, but there's no restriction on how people live. They can choose whether to smoke or not.
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Apr 2 2013, 04:13 PM
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Sugar Content Group: +Donors Posts: 603 Joined: 12-June 11 Member No.: 143 069 Unown |
Smoke as much as you want as long as you don't do it all over my face.
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Apr 8 2013, 09:49 AM
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Pokémon Trainer Group: Members Posts: 129 Joined: 13-March 13 From: Bliss, Shivering Isles, Oblivion Member No.: 193 095 The Dream Team |
I think of it like this. If they want to die from cancer then let them smoke all the cancer sticks and waste all they money they want.
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