stop smoking next to me

deadmosquito

facepollution wrote:

Well yeah common sense says that, but given the fact that non-smokers way out number smokers, why cater to their anti-social behaviour?

minority rights.


j/k... but in all seriousness, is that few minutes that they are actually smoking really that bad for you? move away for a while and then go back or something. go grab a beer or use the restroom or look at merch. i dunno. i'd rather be around a million people smoking than one stupid crying baby. they need "baby" sections at restaurants instead of smoking ones. it's the damn noise pollution from little kids than i can't take. just don't allow smoking in restaurants--smokers can get through dinner without a cigarette. i know because i was one until 2 days ago;)

RolandTD20Kdrummer

speaking of concert and what people smoke at them...

If your hashish turns to liquid then bubbles, and sends up billows of smoke when you simply place it on a hot knive.....hohhh...

Cosmo

When i hear people tell me that every cigarette I smoke... shaves one minute off of my lifetime.... I think GOOD!
Those are the minutes at the END of my life... the decrepid, wrinkled, old Depends wearing Alzheimer's minutes of my life. I don't really want those minutes, anyway.

Jeremy1012

Cosmo wrote:

When i hear people tell me that every cigarette I smoke... shaves one minute off of my lifetime.... I think GOOD!
Those are the minutes at the END of my life... the decrepid, wrinkled, old Depends wearing Alzheimer's minutes of my life. I don't really want those minutes, anyway.

yeah

And Bill Hicks taught me how to smoke and stay healthy. Since I'm a guy I just get packets with pregnancy warnings on them and stay away from the cancer ones. Don't want those...

facepollution

deadmosquito wrote:

minority rights.


j/k... but in all seriousness, is that few minutes that they are actually smoking really that bad for you? move away for a while and then go back or something. go grab a beer or use the restroom or look at merch. i dunno. i'd rather be around a million people smoking than one stupid crying baby. they need "baby" sections at restaurants instead of smoking ones. it's the damn noise pollution from little kids than i can't take. just don't allow smoking in restaurants--smokers can get through dinner without a cigarette. i know because i was one until 2 days ago;)

Well if I've queued for hours to get a decent spot then someone lights up, I'm not going to really want to move from the decent spot. And yeah, if you're not a smoker it isn't very pleasant, whether it is bad for me isn't the point really - it's someone's behaviour impacting on me. Fundamentally I don't think it would be any different from somebody thinking it's ok to rub their genitals against you at a show - not pleasant for the recipient! Funnily enough, that would cause you no physical harm at all, but for some reason we deem smoking which is harful to be totally acceptable.

robowski

"dude, shut up. the person smoking is hurting themselves so much worse. just gut it out for the seven minutes it takes for him/her to smoke it and then walk away knowing you're healthier than they are. second-hand smoke is the most overrated thing in the world. it won't hurt you. don't listen to those gay "Truth" commercials. only first hand smoke will do anything in the long run. and I'm a non-smoker...but if I was ever standing near you at a show, I'd bum a Virginia Slim Menthol off of some chick and blow the smoke all over your American Eagle shirt so it smells like cigarette smoke when you get home and then your mom will have to wash it for ya"


i knew some of you would respond this way - that outlook is what is wrong with the world - its the lack of respect that you show others! your selfish antagonizing attitude is why Americans will always be seen as pompous assholes whereever they go. You are not entitled to pollute my air space just because you think you can get a rise out of me.

you need to come to grips with reality - you will die and your friends and family will suffer because of your mistake. Thats the point in not smoking next to me at a concert! I don't want to smell that shit after all I have went through watching friends and loved ones die!!!!!!!!!

Do it and you will die because of your stupidity and it will affect others. When you become a burden to others and steal their freedom from no smoke by saying it is your right to do so- you are not practicing free speech! You are forcing people to do something against their will (inhale your smoke) and you my friend are the tyrant, the dictator, and the sole reason that cigarette companies thrive! Continue to support their poison and buy into their lies - let your addiction get the best of you and those who care about you.

As i sat their watching a loved one die - the remorse she felt for smoking and ruining her families lives was unbearable. It filled the room thicker and stronger than any of the cigarettes she smoked over the years. Watch someone slowly die a painful death from this addiction and you will change your tune my friend.

prljmngrl

robowski wrote:

I'm tired of the fools at concerts lighting up next to me. I know this is going to piss people off, but I could care less - my mother in law is dying from terminal lung cancer (she smoked for 40 years) and i have no tolerance for it anymore. After seeing someone suffer in immense pain and then crawl to the bathroom to smoke when she was too weak to walk - I wanna rip every friggin cigarette into a milllion pieces!! Her poor health has ruined my marriage (my wife takes care of her) and destroyed our personal lives (work and then be a caregiver).

I want everyone who smokes to know that they need to get some freakin balls and willpower and quit. I know I am venting some anger here - but if you smoke you will die an early death I guarantee it!!!!!!!!! If you are so stupid to take your own health and others around you for granted - then stay the f*ck away from me. I want no part of your cancer - your stained teeth, your rotten mouth, your diseased cough, or your second hand smoke!

Big Tobacco is just as bad as the oil companies - Greedy pigs! Please don't smoke next to me - because if you do god help you!!!!!!!!!!!

WWOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You go dude!

prljmngrl

Jeremy1012 wrote:

It's a diseeeaaase man. have some compassion. That shit can take a hell of a hold on you.

For my part though, I am not going to smoke again. I decided this the other day though mind, not because of this thread

and if everyone with the "disease" would have just listened when they were younger to the warnings or even just read the damn box, they wouldn't be addicted. Ignorant slobs.

Ledbetterman10

robowski wrote:

you need to come to grips with reality - you will die and your friends and family will suffer because of your mistake. Thats the point in not smoking next to me at a concert! I don't want to smell that shit after all I have went through watching friends and loved ones die!!!!!!!!!

Do it and you will die because of your stupidity and it will affect others. When you become a burden to others and steal their freedom from no smoke by saying it is your right to do so- you are not practicing free speech! You are forcing people to do something against their will (inhale your smoke) and you my friend are the tyrant, the dictator, and the sole reason that cigarette companies thrive! Continue to support their poison and buy into their lies - let your addiction get the best of you and those who care about you.

you have the right to walk away when someone near you is smoking in an area where it's legal for them to smoke. In a place where it's illegal for them to smoke (in an arena for instance), you can notify security and let them take care of it. but quit crying like a baby.

and how, if I don't smoke, am I "the tyrant, the dictator, and the sole reason that cigarette companies thrive?" because I don't care that people smoke? look, I've had the cigarette smoke of other people get in my face and I've been in bars that were filled with smoke like a gas chamber but I don't cry about it like you. why? because I could just not go to that bar. If you're in a seat at a PJ show and someone's smoke is bothering you, ask them to put it out or call security. if you're in the lawn, move.

Vedderlution_Baby

prljmngrl wrote:

and if everyone with the "disease" would have just listened when they were younger to the warnings or even just read the damn box, they wouldn't be addicted. Ignorant slobs.

The information the youth today has available to them was not available to the ones who have lung cancer now. They didn't have the TRUTH commercials, hell, they didn't even have a good number of studies saying that smoking is bad for you. If there some, they weren't widely available or widely known. Nicotine is the most addicting substance known to man. Get em addicted, then throw em away.

Drowned Out

prljmngrl wrote:

and if everyone with the "disease" would have just listened when they were younger to the warnings or even just read the damn box, they wouldn't be addicted. Ignorant slobs.

compassion, empathy, karma....I hope you don't do anything that causes cancer....

I went through the EXACT same experience as the OP....and I'm still a nicotine addict myself. It's sad (but sadly typical) that people are so intolerant.

I don't give a flying fuck what your stance is on smoking next to you... calling addicts ignorant slobs and rubbing their noses in consequence is pretty low.

prljmngrl

Drowned Out wrote:

compassion, empathy, karma....I hope you don't do anything that causes cancer....

I went through the EXACT same experience as the OP....and I'm still a nicotine addict myself. It's sad (but sadly typical) that people are so intolerant.

I don't give a flying fuck what your stance is on smoking next to you... calling addicts ignorant slobs and rubbing their noses in consequence is pretty low.

oh please, like you were never told not to smoke when you were younger! Why should I feel sorry for the choices YOU made?

Drowned Out

prljmngrl wrote:

oh please, like you were never told not to smoke when you were younger! Why should I feel sorry for the choices YOU made?

I never asked you to feel sorry for me. There is a difference between pity and empathy, look it up.

I asked you not to call me an ignorant slob.

prljmngrl

Drowned Out wrote:

I never asked you to feel sorry for me. There is a difference between pity and empathy, look it up.

I asked you not to call me an ignorant slob.

semantics doesn't change the fact that you chose to engage in something that ruined your life. That now the rest of us have to pay higher premiums on insurance for. That is indeed ignorant. The slob part just has to do with the smelly, tar stained clothes, body, car and home. Yuck.

Vedderlution_Baby

prljmngrl wrote:

semantics doesn't change the fact that you chose to engage in something that ruined your life. That now the rest of us have to pay higher premiums on insurance for. That is indeed ignorant. The slob part just has to do with the smelly, tar stained clothes, body, car and home. Yuck.

You do realize that smoking was once a very, very popular habit. And up until recently it wasn't seen as unhealthy. In fact, you could say it was encouraged. Every media device endorsed it. Celebrities endorsed it. Not only that, but tobacco companies worked their asses off to keep it from the public that it led to horrible consequences. And just in case you missed it the first time, Nicotine is the most addictive substance known to man.

Drowned Out

prljmngrl wrote:

semantics doesn't change the fact that you chose to engage in something that ruined your life. That now the rest of us have to pay higher premiums on insurance for. That is indeed ignorant. The slob part just has to do with the smelly, tar stained clothes, body, car and home. Yuck.

again, I hope you're perfect...
semantics has everything to do with it. I'm not defending smoking, I'm commenting on your outlook, and you're ignoring it.

The choice that I and millions of others make is killing us, I agree....I'm not ignorant. I was addicted long before I was even responsible for my own actions legally....and there were no laws against selling to minors. Sure, I make the decision every couple hours to continue....but this is where a little empathy on your part comes in.

Rather than try to understand, and look for a way to help people, or suggest a solution, you'd rather call addicts ignorant slobs and bitch about your pocket book. That says something to me...
But it's ok, I forgive you my child. God help us all :rolleyes:

Vedderlution_Baby

Drowned Out wrote:

again, I hope you're perfect...
semantics has everything to do with it. I'm not defending smoking, I'm commenting on your outlook, and you're ignoring it.

The choice that I and millions of others make is killing us, I agree....I'm not ignorant. I was addicted long before I was even responsible for my own actions legally....and there were no laws against selling to minors. Sure, I make the decision every couple hours to continue....but this is where a little empathy on your part comes in.

Rather than try to understand, and look for a way to help people, or suggest a solution, you'd rather call addicts ignorant slobs and bitch about your pocket book. That says something to me...
But it's ok, I forgive you my child. God help us all :rolleyes:

I don't think people realize that up until the last decade, smoking wasn't a big deal at all.

Jeanie

Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:

The information the youth today has available to them was not available to the ones who have lung cancer now. They didn't have the TRUTH commercials, hell, they didn't even have a good number of studies saying that smoking is bad for you. If there some, they weren't widely available or widely known. Nicotine is the most addicting substance known to man. Get em addicted, then throw em away.

Let's not forget the misinformation that the tobacco companies pushed along with knowingly fudging studies to sell their product.

Drowned Out

Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:

I don't think people realize that up until the last decade, smoking wasn't a big deal at all.

And still isn't in a lot of the world.
I was amazed to be strolling around a mall in Cancun, smoking a cigarette. It was like being 12 again

Vedderlution_Baby

Jeanie wrote:

Let's not forget the misinformation that the tobacco companies pushed along with knowingly fudging studies to sell their product.

No doubt. Thank you for adding that.