Smoking Makes You Gay

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Atleast that's what this video says


New Anti-Smoking Ads Warn Teens 'It's Gay To Smoke'

[Darkness Unlimited*]

I'm afraid you've been pawn`d. This "ad" is obviously a satircal fake. One ov those "teens" looks like Sasha Baron Cohen.

[Mlle d. Sade]

I think there should be new ads that basically say "if you want to die a painful death instead of caring about yourself, your health and what goes in your body go ahead, you cynical American asshole. Die. We're better off with one less smoker."

Cause there's something positive even in smoking.

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Darkness Unlimited* said:

I'm afraid you've been pawn`d. This "ad" is obviously a satircal fake. One ov those "teens" looks like Sasha Baron Cohen.

I'm well aware it was the onion, which is why I posted it here and not the political forums.

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Mlle d. Sade said:

I think there should be new ads that basically say "if you want to die a painful death instead of caring about yourself, your health and what goes in your body go ahead, you cynical American asshole. Die. We're better off with one less smoker."

Cause there's something positive even in smoking.

Europeans and Asians smoke way more than Americans, so that ad would be much better aimed at them. I remember they did do something like that in Thailand. Each pack of cigs over there had a a picture of a fucked up esophagus or some other messed of picture that showed the effects of smoking.

[Mlle d. Sade]

I'm only talking about Americans because in America there is much more of a cynical society that is all about breaking down life (not caring about the body, throwing it all away because life is miserable anyway) instead of preserving it.

Like the obesity epidemic. I see a parallel with that and smoking.

I'm also only talking about America because that's where I live.

sceneless said:

Mlle d. Sade said:

I think there should be new ads that basically say "if you want to die a painful death instead of caring about yourself, your health and what goes in your body go ahead, you cynical American asshole. Die. We're better off with one less smoker."

Cause there's something positive even in smoking.

Europeans and Asians smoke way more than Americans, so that ad would be much better aimed at them. I remember they did do something like that in Thailand. Each pack of cigs over there had a a picture of a fucked up esophagus or some other messed of picture that showed the effects of smoking.

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Mlle d. Sade said:

I'm only talking about Americans because in America there is much more of a cynical society that is all about breaking down life (not caring about the body, throwing it all away because life is miserable anyway) instead of preserving it.

Like the obesity epidemic. I see a parallel with that and smoking.

I'm also only talking about America because that's where I live.

sceneless said:

Mlle d. Sade said:

I think there should be new ads that basically say "if you want to die a painful death instead of caring about yourself, your health and what goes in your body go ahead, you cynical American asshole. Die. We're better off with one less smoker."

Cause there's something positive even in smoking.

Europeans and Asians smoke way more than Americans, so that ad would be much better aimed at them. I remember they did do something like that in Thailand. Each pack of cigs over there had a a picture of a fucked up esophagus or some other messed of picture that showed the effects of smoking.

I hear you. I think the obesity epidemic is worse, and smoking to that and you have a death wish

[Mlle d. Sade]

Yeah the obesity epidemic is worse. I heard a lot of specialty clothing stores like Anne Taylor that cater to smaller women are going out of business. In particular Anne Taylor's Loft is merging with Lane Bryant.

[Darkness Unlimited*]

Since we're here, i've gotta ask [once again] WHY SMOKE? If you don't care at all about your health, think ov it in these terms:

Turns your teeth yellow.
Fucks up your good looks.
Makes your clothes stink.
Ages you prematurely.
Turns your walls/ceiling yellow.
Doesn't it suck having to go outside in the freezing cold to smoke, while all the smart people are inside staying warm & sipping nice wine?
Expesnsive: the more money spent on smokes, lighters, & clothes detergent, the less money for booze, food, & music.
You should atleast quit smoking out ov solidarity until all other drugs are decriminalized!
Did i mention it fucks up your good looks?

[Rage_Proletaire]

Darkness Unlimited* said:

Since we're here, i've gotta ask [once again] WHY SMOKE? If you don't care at all about your health, think ov it in these terms:

Turns your teeth yellow.
Fucks up your good looks.
Makes your clothes stink.
Ages you prematurely.
Turns your walls/ceiling yellow.
Doesn't it suck having to go outside in the freezing cold to smoke, while all the smart people are inside staying warm & sipping nice wine?
Expesnsive: the more money spent on smokes, lighters, & clothes detergent, the less money for booze, food, & music.
You should atleast quit smoking out ov solidarity until all other drugs are decriminalized!
Did i mention it fucks up your good looks?

All of the above deterrents are valid. But once you're addicted to something, it really doesn't matter.

I'd thought that my vanity, if nothing else, would've kept curiosity at bay, or at least kept things from becoming a "habit," but that wasn't so. I realized I valued the stigma and the glass wall (in social settings) that it creates; it's more about obscuring my face than it is about the actual tobacco.

When you smoke, you don't mind your clothes smelling like smoke. As far as strangers go, you may or may not even care about who approves of your smell. When you smoke cloves, you even get compliments on your smell. Nobody minds the smell of ass when they copulate, do they?

When I was younger, I figured, "If I'm going to die, might as well have some degree of control over my demise. Might as well smoke; emphysema will not be a shock to someone who lives long enough to develop it." And it turned out to be a near-perfect balm for social defencies.

Since I've lived on my own (so far), I've lived in apartments (and/or spaces shared with a fellow smoker). It wasn't any of my concern what color my landlord's walls turned. Said landlords usually did the least amount of maintenance necessary to keep their dilapidated (some of them supposedly "condemned") dwellings in operation. Part of the reason I look forward to quitting is because we'll soon be in our "own" space, and the drywall is new. Would suck to literally watch the paint jaundice before my very eyes.

Especially at parties -- going outside to smoke in the cold could sometimes be a good thing. I'm not all that open-minded about the kind of company I like to keep. Sometimes you need a "parting of the red sea" type-moment when you get crushed under too many egoes all at once (the worst offender is usually the male or female who feels the need to force an introduction upon you, and tell you that you're "too cute/pretty/whatever to smoke." That asshole should die on all planets). I've a gut feeling if smoking were banned altogether, there might be a spike in nightclub incidents/deaths, 'cause folk won't know what to do with a free hand.

Plus, not everybody gets off on the same thing. I've noticed that people who don't keep cigarettes in their mouths usually talk a lot -- too much, in fact -- about nothing of import, and they don't pick up on body cues well, in their absorption. People's addictions usually cater to some neutered form or something else which has been outlawed, stigmatized, or generally frowned up as public opinion dictates.

But none of that was for the sake of being contrary. I totally understand all the reasons not to smoke, and I'm having to re-adopt that logic to retrain my mouth and my hands. So far, with my limited success, it's been like learning to live in a new world (which can be fun). But now I need to work out my issues with social settings (and the accompanied feeling that I've been robbed of personal space when people "intrude"). And I usually only eat once a day; it's faster to smoke in place of a meal (and not as fattening either. I love my figure.)

Needless to say, addiction is not merely for sake of having one. There's always cogs beneath the clockface.

[jahluv]

^^^
Years ago - when you could still smoke on airplanes, I was on a very crowded flight from LA to Oakland. The seatbelt light went off and the smoke 'em if you got 'em announcement was made. I was on the isle, there was a young lady at the window seat and there was this uptight cat in between us. She pulled out her pack and started tapping the butt on the tray when Mr. Uptight starts into how smoking is bad and you're polluting the air for everyone etc. She shrugged and said - should have picked a seat in the non smoking section... I leaned over to and asked - hey, can I bum a cigarette off you? -I didn't even smoke...

Mr Uptight spent most of that flight in the bathroom... And me and 'ol girl had a great flight. I miss the 80's.

[Rage_Proletaire]

Were smoking-section tickets cheaper or something? Why was he in that section?

jahluv said:

^^^
Years ago - when you could still smoke on airplanes, I was on a very crowded flight from LA to Oakland. The seatbelt light went off and the smoke 'em if you got 'em announcement was made. I was on the isle, there was a young lady at the window seat and there was this uptight cat in between us. She pulled out her pack and started tapping the butt on the tray when Mr. Uptight starts into how smoking is bad and you're polluting the air for everyone etc. She shrugged and said - should have picked a seat in the non smoking section... I leaned over to and asked - hey, can I bum a cigarette off you? -I didn't even smoke...

Mr Uptight spent most of that flight in the bathroom... And me and 'ol girl had a great flight. I miss the 80's.

[Compound Egret]

It's from the ONION!