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RE: Smoking
October 23, 2023 at 6:58 pm
(This post was last modified: October 23, 2023 at 7:01 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Well, I already named three that I wish had half the success of anti smoking initiatives. I'm not out here selling smokes to kids, lol. I think it's a good thing - but I do see that part of what made it successful is a strong absolutist position on the subject, which might be instructive for how to engineer similar solutions to other issues we have which have already lead and will continue to lead to more early deaths than smoking. It really is impressive. Tell people you're a smoker and they huddle around like it's a crack intervention.
IOW, good job, now do it again, but bigger.
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RE: Smoking
October 23, 2023 at 7:13 pm
(October 23, 2023 at 3:08 pm)FrustratedFool Wrote: Yes. It was locked, and then there was Boru and Jackalopes comments, and then yours and it was unlocked.
It was locked by mistake. I reopened it.
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RE: Smoking
October 23, 2023 at 7:58 pm
It was Jackalope, in the Admin area, with the forum keys.
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RE: Smoking
October 23, 2023 at 8:44 pm
(October 23, 2023 at 7:58 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: It was Jackalope, in the Admin area, with the forum keys.
If it had been me you'd all be on fire.
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RE: Smoking
October 24, 2023 at 1:07 am
Does anyone know a good alternative to smoking?
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RE: Smoking
October 24, 2023 at 1:26 am
(October 24, 2023 at 1:07 am)FrustratedFool Wrote: Does anyone know a good alternative to smoking?
Farting.
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RE: Smoking
October 24, 2023 at 2:27 am
I'll take that as a no.
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RE: Smoking
October 24, 2023 at 2:57 am
(October 24, 2023 at 1:07 am)FrustratedFool Wrote: Does anyone know a good alternative to smoking?
There really isn't one, to be honest with you. I smoke a lot, every day. It's pretty much a requirement of my existence at this point. Gum, patches, neither work. Vaping is shit. It's terminal.
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RE: Smoking
October 24, 2023 at 3:16 am
It's a shame.
If someone could invent smoking that doesn't kill you, they'd be rich.
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RE: Smoking
October 24, 2023 at 3:32 am
You mean, richer than the people who already profit off of killing people with cigarette addiction? Can't say I blame them though, I would be doing the same thing if I knew I could get rich doing it.
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