Tuesday, 07 July 2009
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"Smoking is Bad for You!" No shit, Sherlock! Really?!
Okay, I am really fed up with all those righteous health-freaks. Believe it or not but I DO know that smoking is bad for me (a shocker, I know!!). Believe it or not but I DO realize what I am doing to my body - the keyword is MY by the way. And yes, I am one of those people who actually respects the others (for the most part). I will never light up around people if it bothers someone. I am not going to smoke around kids. When I smoke, I do it outside, by myself or around someone who can care less about smoke (my friends usually).
So if I am trying to be somewhat respectful to the others, then why the hell won't you just let me be and poison myself all I want? Why the hell do you even bother coming ALL the frakking way across the damn field just so you can wag your finger at me and say something refreshing and original as "You know... <insert a very meaningful pause here> Smoking is bad for you!" No shit, Sherlock! Really?!
Let's see... I guess if I were to cross the street, walk up to you and say something like "You know, you really shouldn't have that third Big Mac and all those fries and the thing that looks like a mutated Sundae with xtra whip cream... That's bad for you. Especially considering the fact that the last time you could see your toes (or your dick for that matter) was probably around the time when Jane Fonda pissed everyone off with the whole Vietnam thing." Methinks that I will awake some very righteous anger then and you will call me... what's the word... Oh yeah, RUDE. Well, guess what! Pestering me about something that is none of your goddamn business is equally rude. So leave me the hell alone and let me have my cigarette. By the way, your eating habits will kill you way faster than my Parliaments. Cheers!
Is being addicted to cigarettes worse than having an eating disorder? Do you leave people alone when they're smoking or do you make a comment about their habit?
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@TrueBritt@xanga - That post also makes no sense. Smoking is both a right and a choice. We as people have a RIGHT to smoke cigarettes if we CHOOSE.
When we come of age we can pick wether or not we want to legally smoke tobacco. If I choose then it's my fault. You chose to start, and you chose to quit. Well, we chose to start and we haven't, and may never, choose to quit. It'll probably be the death of me, but if I do decide to quit it is my choice. No one else's. Your little comment about cigarettes being poison is not going to push me to quit. I did not pick up a cigarette under false pretenses. I knew I was inhaling terrible things and that I'd get addicted if I kept it up.
So, you are in fact one of those self righteous people who has quit and now feels they have to convince everyone else who smokes that it's bad for you. Well this entire post was about people exactly like you.
@faire_la_paix@xanga - Where did I say anything about eating disorders? I was merely stating that it shouldn't only be considered a physical addiction. I wouldn't even attempt to compare it to a eating disordering seeing how I've never had one. Being a smoker I was just stating what I know from experience/facts.
Ha! I love this.
I think what people fail to realize is that it is YOUR body and YOU will make your own choices about what goes into it, whether it be cigarette smoke or a few Big Macs. I think the only thing that pisses me off more than when people tell me smoking is bad is when they ask me why I started smoking. Who cares why I started? It's irrelevant. I chose to smoke and I am choosing to continue to smoke until I decide otherwise. I don't go around asking people why they started eating chocolate. Why? Because that would be dumb.
I don't mind it too much. It's just annoying when they blow it into your face.lol.
I HATE it when people do that to me. Thankfully, it's only happened a couple of times. You feel like saying "why don't you mind your own GODDAMNED business!"
I make fun of my friends for being smokers.
But I don't think anyone takes it as offensive.
The people who are mean about it are probably insecure for some other reason. I don't feel the need to one up people I just joke around and people take it that way.
-Alexander the Zounderkite
I might point it out to a pregnant lady only because it kinda pisses me off, but other than that I leave them alone.
Their body. Their life.
I smoke. I happen to like it. And you know what, everyone has an addiction. I'm entitled to mine damnit.
Hahaha This entry is funny. Partly because I struggle with liking to smoke when I know I shouldn't (Especially since I have health problems, so I only do a few times a year), and because its just a funny entry. :) People get really fired up about this issue. And I understand them getting mad if you're smoking around children or others who don't want you to (which you aren't so thats cool!), but if you're doing what you're doing, they should just step off. You're right completely, people are very quick to point out others faults but not their own. We all do it and we all need to look at our thoughts, words, and actions and see if they're hypocritical.
Anywho, just had to comment cuz I thought this was funny and poignant at the same time. :)
God bless you!
I leave people alone when they are smoking. I used to be a smoker and I know how hard it can be to quit. Besides teh keyword is "MY". It is "MY" body to do with as I please and that is exactly what I did. I smoked until I grew tired of it and then I quit.
Be who you are, not who others want you to be.
My bf jux asked me to buy him a pack of cigarettes today & instead, I bought him a pack of sweets, which I told him to substitute for the ciggies.
It's ur choice to lead ur life wif a pack of ciggies daily & it's also my choice not to accept ur addiction.
No one likes being bitched at to change something about themselves...their habit, their lifestyle, their choices, whatever.
If someone's going to change, it's going to be because they personally made the decision. Nagging will get you nowhere, so save your breath.
@la_faerie_joyeuse@xanga - Obviously people do find some benefit, or they wouldn't smoke.
The "cool factor" doesn't really come into play much anymore, but some people I know have a cigarette after a stressful day to calm their nerves. That's the benefit they find.Having one/a few cigarette/s is not going to kill them... at least not any more than the carcinogens they inhale while waiting for the bus or sitting in traffic.Besides, yes, eating is necessary, but even if they're going for a cheap meal vis-a-vis McDonalds, that doesn't mean they need 3 double-bacon cheeseburgers (which wouldn't be any cheaper than a nice grilled chicken dinner anyways). I think the example still stands. Or how about a better one: soda. Nobody yells at anybody about drinking soda, which is full of things that are bad for your body (even, and maybe even especially, diet soda) and can easily be replaced by water, which is healthy and often free. A overweight person who drinks soda on a regular basis could easily lose some of the weight by just switching to water, thus saving them, their insurers and/or the taxpayers lots of money. But no one has mounted a campaign (nor should they) to pressure people into giving up soda.
Bottom line is if the person isn't smoking around you, why is it your business what they do?
Oh, for Christ's sake.
Look, people. I am not a smoker. I have tried cigarettes; they are not for me. But get off of your high horses already!
"Eating is necessary"? Eating double-bacon cheeseburgers is NOT necessary. In the long- and short-run you are not saving money by eating at McDonalds. So stop using that as an excuse.
"You, as a smoker, are selfish and don't understand that no man is an island. Your body is not your own because when you end up in the hospital we all have to pay for it. Plus, your loved ones suffer and we're all connected blah, blah, blah" I'm obviously paraphrasing here, but oh, GOD, this is the worst!!! So why are we ONLY picking on smokers? Hell, the Cardio wing is filled with "selfish" people who didn't manage their health. Why aren't we rounding up all the soda drinkers? Why aren't people protesting the local hot dog joint or demanding that Dairy Queen stop selling its "poison"? How many people die in car accidents and we're not outlawing driving vehicles. If we can stigmatize someone who has an occasional cigarette to calm their nerves after a bad day at work, why don't we do the same for the person who infrequently drinks liquor (I mean, we even literally call alcohol "poison") or attacks a pint of Ben and Jerry's or goes on a shopping spree for the same reason? Everyone knows someone who has been hospitalized, gone broke, or has even died for a preventable reason. That doesn't make that person selfish or an undue burden on our society. They're just people trying to live their lives.
"They lecture you because they care"? Bullshit. Everyone knows smoking is bad for you, as the author pointed out. No one is doing anyone a favor here. And, not to belabor the point, but you never see anyone walking up to someone pouring a Mountain Dew at the soda fountain and saying "You know, regular soda drinking adds unnecessary sugar to your diet. Obesity is an epidemic in this country. You'd be much better off with a bottle of water." You don't see visitors to the Grand Canyon frantically running around warning everyone not to step over the cliff or they'll fall to their deaths, not because they're self-centered *ssh*les, but because people already know that. Nope, people only do that to strangers who smoke. They don't "care"... they're just being self-righteous in the only way they can while still being politically correct.
"It smells terrible"? Whoop dee do. You know what else smells terrible? Onions. And curry. And a Three Wise Men. But you don't see me trying to outlaw onions and curry (although I have been tempted to try to get the Three Wise Men shot banned). And you know what kind of cigarette smells good? Flavored ones... the same flavored ones that were outlawed because they were "attracting children". (You know *sarcasm alert* I think we should outlaw raspberry vodka because it might encourage children to drink!!! Or all those racing movies because it might encourage kids to drive their cars faster than the speed limit!!!) Cigars also smell pretty damn good, I think. But once again, this kind of treatment only gets applied to smokers and cigarettes.
"My father/mother/grandfather/grandmother/best friend died from lung cancer after smoking for x years and I don't want to see that happen to someone else." My husband's grandfather smoked 3 packs per day since he was 12. He died of old age in his apartment. My uncle died in a car crash - you don't see me bugging strangers about the dangers of driving. My father-in-law nearly died from a heart attack a few weeks ago - you don't see me hanging out at a McDonalds drive-thru warning everyone about heart disease from poor eating choices. Death is terrible. I get it. Especially when it happens to someone who is close to you. It's heart-wrenching. Your world is completely turned upside-down. But that doesn't mean that everyone must spend every day of their lives in plastic bubbles so that they don't get into an accident or get a disease or put something in their bodies that's not good for them, not talking to anyone because an unkind word might give us low self-esteem and make us suicidal. We'd kill ourselves anyway from shear boredom!
By all means, we should be able to have the information we need to make good decisions about our lifestyles. But the word has been out for several years, so give it up already!
people here are arguing two completely different points.
i absolutely hate smoker-bashers.
most of my friends smoke, my mother smokes, my grandfather smokes, all of my dads friends smoke...
and the only unhealthy ones are the overweight ones.
i think there is such a thing as smoking etiquette, which you mentioned, like not smoking around children, and only smoking around people that you know will not be bothered with it. if i were a smoker, i would always be afriad of triggering someone's asthema or something...
so really, i think that as long as someone is being respectful about smoking, why lecture them?
any idiot in america knows that smoking is bad.
five year-olds know smoking is bad.
seriously, with all of the health warning crazes, i think that the fad will eventually die out, so just let it ease its way out.
and if it doesn't?
ohhhh fucking well. it's only hurting the people lighting up.