Anyone else getting sick of ignorant anti vapors

[Justin Proctor]

Anti vapors may be a little extreme but over the past 2 weeks i have had 2 people tell me that vaping is worse than smoking, not dangerous, not as bad as smoking, but worse. The thing is when you actually get talking to these people they haven't even done the research. They heard it from a friend of a friends mom whose uncle had a dog that befriending the cat next door and "Apparantly" the cats owner died.

Then i have to waste my time explaining the research that has been done and the doctors Ive spoken to and the personal affects i and others i know have experienced from vaping. Which are all good except for the occasional dry mouth. After i have gotten through all of this half them still stand their ground and say its still bad for you. The nicotine argument my dog these people are like parrots. Nicotine is still bad for you etc etc. Lecturing me about nicotine while they sip their coffee/red bull with caffeine or drink their pint of beer/double vodka.

Even smokers do it while sucking in 4000 chemicals although i don't bother defending myself against them. Worst of all are the people who call it smoking. Some do it just as a general comment they probably don't think it annoys us but some people insist on calling it smoking because there is still "Smoke". I am not even allowed to vape indoors at work because i will, and i quote "Set off the smoke alarms". We sell e-lites, we have a sign above them saying "Legal to smoke indoors" and yet......

Rant over. Anyone have any similar experiences ?

 

[Butters78]

Yeah they really grind my gears.

I want to take a baseball to them Mafioso style sometimes.

Badabing!

 

[Kdizzle]

Ignorance is bliss. I think in most areas vaping is relatively new so people don't understand what it actually is or how it's actually helping us.

 

[minimalsaint]

Yeah they really grind my gears.

I want to take a baseball to them Mafioso style sometimes.

Badabing!

You mean a...... Bullybat?
FUHGEDDABOUDIT.

 

[mcol]

I don't waste valuable breath on these type of people. I just leave and don't come back.
No one will ever say anything or do anything to change their mind. Most got that way from being
ex smokers who think we all should be miserable. Others learned it from the way people treat
smokers. And smokers are jealous and are happy to have someone different they can pick on.
Nope, don't waste my breath.

 

[Butters78]

You mean a...... Bullybat?
FUHGEDDABOUDIT.

Lmao, yup a bullybat will do the job! Hey oh!

 

[freeall]

The only thing I hate hearing when I'm vaping my provari, is people that say...

" I tried one of those electronic smokes from the convenience store and it sucked"

That's really the only thing that I hate hearing. I just don't care what anyone thinks, really.

 

[Mike Sheda]

You mean like the guy on the other side of the office that thought his cold was cause by my vaping so reported it to HR?
Which caused the to call California, who didn't know what they were talking about, but said treat them like analogs...

Nope.. have no idea what your talking about....

 

[belsenj]

And the worst is when they tell you should have just quit analogs...period. it's easy they say.

I've smoked for 38 years and never even tried to quit, you asswipe. Now I tell you I have quit, but you don't think it's ok. Done with this conversation!

 

[Signal30]

Usually I reply in a bit of a smartass manner. To me, you reap what you sow.

 

[ingerri]

ive told ppl that my dr "insisted on it", he didn't insist, but is highly behind the idea and said "vape away" LOL

 

[Justin Proctor]

In a sense i agree with not wasting my breath of them. But i spend an awful lot of my time information people about e-cigs. Mainly at work and the pub. Telling people the pro's of vaping compared to smoking. I have convinced many people to try e-cigs and all but 1 are still off the smokes. I cant even report on the people at the pub who i have talked with and not seen again. After i have spent all this time it annoys me when some arrogant dysfunction excuse for a human being chimes in and uses their half baked sudo science fox news sourced misinformation on e-cigs.

Just encase you're wondering i don't pursue the smokers and force the info down their throat. I just vape openly inside and everyone wants to know what the hell it is And i don't begrudge giving up an hour to inform someone about vaping. I enjoy talking about it and if i convince 1 person to ditch the smokes i think the rest of their lives is more valuable than my 1 hour of pub time

I don't mind if someone who has done the research tells me about the negatives of which there have been a few. Some e-liquids contained ingredients they shouldn't have/higher than advertised nic levels, some batteries have exploded, some people have had negative effects due to PV/VG etc. These are all valid points, its the invalid ones that drive me up the wall

And yes nicotine is bad for you as it speeds up your heart but no worse than caffeine and certainly no worse than ciga

 

[bhswmc01]

I get almost as frustrated with people who say they're interested in vaping. I offer to take them to a reputable B&M, introduce them to the owner, and get them started on the right path. Then they'll come back and say that it sounds like too much work, so they're just going to go get some overpriced crap starter kit from a tobacco store.

 

[mcol]

Some people just want the easy road, and learning vaping requires thinking. Or so they think. LOL.

 

[Rocketpunk]

They're obviously ignorant, so, you gotta...

brush (brush) dat (dat) dirt of ya shoulda, ya gotta brush dat dirt off ya shoulda.

No, seriously, ignore the ignorant, leave them to their piddly ways, and continue with your awesome, enlightened existence (no sarcasm intended).

If they're holding a cigarette and they say, "Those things'll kill ya," they just instantly earned a place in a little camp I call "forget-you-nauts". Not, like, in, forget you not, but as in, astronaut. As in, you just made it into orbit around Base Ignorant and you're forgotten.

 

[Mike Sheda]

ive told ppl that my dr "insisted on it", he didn't insist, but is highly behind the idea and said "vape away" LOL

Mine too!


why in the world do they want at least 10 characters? this sentence is here just to keep the software happy.

 

[LouisLeBeau]

People hated automobiles when they first appeared too. Thought it was a rich mans folly. No point in hating the haters, just offer em a lift. They'll find themselves in the minority soon enough and remember your cool demeanor.

 

[quiter]

I go on another forum that is fairly active, flashlights. Once in awhile someone will mention e-cigs and get piled on and told they are weak minded blah blah blah. The same people tend to post drunk every once in awhile so I give it right back to them. Hypocrites are the worst of the lot seriously. In public I generally only get odd looks, people don't tend to bother me about them in person. But then in person nobody bothers me about anything, I'm not the kind of guy that people say boo to. I could be ...... on their flowers and they would thank me for watering them.

 

[The Goo]

As I've said before, ignorant people really do not have valid opinions. Contempt prior to investigation. Everyone is guilty of it at some point in their life. It is what it is and the end result is how you react to it.

 

[belsenj]

Some people are so ignorant, and it's just a waste of time even trying to talk some intelligence with them.