Dear Non-Smoker,
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laugh:A STROLLER ON BOURBON STREET!!!!!!!!!!!HA HA HA HA HA Good parenting there!!!!!!!! Now are you SURE it was a human baby in that stroller? A monkey, a piglet, even a ragdoll, now that wouldn't surprise me!
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What's sad is that many, of not most people would say that you were completely in the wrong in that exchange, even though she was the one who established the precedent that in this particular interaction amongst strangers commenting on each other's flaws was going to be fair game.
, and I've noticed that the more people move here from out-of-state, the less friendly the whole place has become. Therefore, I suggest that everybody blame the northerners... even if you're from New England, just blame a different state.
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I have a saying I kinda stole from someplace. I have adapted it for the state I'm in now. Welcome to Florida, NOW go home!
absolutely cold turkey. and half of them relapse. dig into the antz and you'll find them in numbers. these people are dying of envy and looking for an outlet.
I think that the ex-smokers are p!ssed off that they didn't figure out the ecig so they think to themselves "Gosh, I wish I did that. It seems a lot easier. D'oh."
I still haven't figured out yet why people get upset over being uninformed.
I still haven't figured out yet why people get upset over being uninformed.
When she asked about how much you spend you should tell her that she doesn't have to spend as much as you do. She could actually make it cheaper and she could use less nicotine and lower it as she's ready and then eventually hit no nic and just quit. It's easier than the patches or the gum or in her case the patches AND the gum (gross).
Stormie
Actually "ignorance" is defined as a lack of knowledge on a subject- so education can fix that (depending on how well the education is wanted and absorbed) stupidity on the other hand not so much
In my experience I definitely agree that it's EX smokers who are the most obnoxious. My husband is a non (never smoked) and as much as he disliked my smoking, respected it as that's who I was and when he met me I was a smoker. I've always had a theory that the reason the ex smokers are so militant and seem to have to go out of their way to be a**holes, is that they still miss smoking, wish they could still do it, and have to justify their feelings of "loss". I know the few times I have "quit" in the past, I always felt a sense of loss and was miserable.
Vaping is a godsend, and the ONLY thing that I think has a shot in hell of keeping me from going back to smoking.
Vaping is a godsend, and the ONLY thing that I think has a shot in hell of keeping me from going back to smoking.
If you go to any militant quit-smoking website, that will most certainly reinforce your beliefs.
They hate electronic cigarettes for the most part.
Or at least the most militant among them do.
And if you read between the lines, it isn't hard to see that your theory probably holds a lot of water.
A huge percentage of people who have quit smoking really wish they could smoke again.
But these types of people will never admit it outright, while many of their comments display their true desires.
Because if they still struggle and fight every day (one day at a time!) then they are craving.
Whether they want to admit it or not.
First work on a facial expression that asks if they drool on themselves. Work in a mirror if you need to. If you need one to imitate, check out the comedian Jim Jeffries. His work is a bit profane, consider yourself warned.
Give them time to comprehend the meaning of your facial expression and say, "I'm sorry, I had no idea that the smell of blueberries would offend you."
I haven't used this yet, but I have it loaded and ready to go.
As I get older, and closer to the inevitable, I find I have less time to spend suffering fools.
Give them time to comprehend the meaning of your facial expression and say, "I'm sorry, I had no idea that the smell of blueberries would offend you."
I haven't used this yet, but I have it loaded and ready to go.
As I get older, and closer to the inevitable, I find I have less time to spend suffering fools.
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So many great points here! I love it when someone quit cold turkey and actually says "Oh wow I wish I had that when I quit smoking!"
The worst I have found are a few of the smokers at work that get upset on stormy days they have to go outside to smoke and I just can vape my face off in the shop. I have started carrying spare PV's with me to offer to them when they are complaining. I now have 4 converts just at work. The ones that complain are also the ones not brave enough to even try a e-cig.
Agreed. As being in an asian society they usually see smoking as gang related meh.
I don't know if this will come to you as a relief or not, but it's the same in the USA, not so much in Europe.
This actually happened at my Mother-in-law's Christmas dinner table.
The whole family and their kids were there, my spouse being one of 4 children, his siblings all married with kids. We hadn't had children yet.
I nipped out to walk the dogs before dinner and smoke a cigarette. I was a secret smoker at my In-Laws, but I'm pretty sure Mom & Dad knew anyway.
We all sat down to dinner, and one of the kids (8) said, "Mommy, I smell cigarettes". Mommy told the child (very loudly) that "Cigarettes were for IDIOTS. Only an IDIOT would ever smoke. Do you see any idiots here?"
From my experience living in Europe, I don't think that would ever happen there.
At my work there is an ex-smoker who quit after a medical condition, and of course gave me free "friendly advice" about quitting. When I showed him I quit and proudly displayed my e-cig, he said "Well that might help with all the other stuff, but the main killer is the nicotine." WTF? Not the tar or carbon monoxide or all the other carcinogens that come from smoking cigarettes? All the people on gum or patches are no better off? Some people are just out to criticize and there is nothing you can do to stop them, and the worst are definitely ex-smokers.
if that person is out there, i would love to meet them. most of the ex-smokers i run across are militant, jealous, hypocritical ....... there's nothing like personal improvement to make people self righteous.
happily vapers seem to be the exception. can you picture a vaper walking up to a smoker and asking them "why are you killing yourself and the people around you?" no, the vaper instead waits for questions about the "whistle" (got that one today) and then proceeds to brag endlessly about his "upgrade". it's an inclusive type of 'evangelism' instead of an exclusive 'put down'.
In their defense, I actually know another ex-smoker who longs for the days when he smoked. He has expressed how much he misses going out for a smoke break at work when things are especially stressful. When he saw my PV and I told him how much I liked it, he showed a lot of interest in it and asked if it was safe. I told him it's not proven to be healthy, but seems a lot more healthy than smoking to me. But if he's currently not doing either, that's the best thing. He's one of the few ex-smokers that is actually sympathetic to my situation. Hopefully if he does get a craving, he looks into vaping rather than smoking. I didn't really want to temp him to start vaping since he's quit cold-turkey, so I didn't get into all the details I've learned so far.
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