Littelollady you have inspired me to deliver my own rant! Albeit yours was so well written and entertaining that I would hardly categorize it as a rant. Mine, I am certain, will not be nearly as good as yours was, yet I persist.
Non-Smokers, Anti-Smokers and Vapers
Incidentally, please consider all that follows to be IMBO (In My Baseless Opinion)
There are people that have never smoked or used to smoke and quit that fall into the category of what I would call a Non-Smoker. The Non-Smoker meet the following criteria for me:
1. They don’t smoke
2. They don’t really care if you do.
a. They won’t recommend it but they don’t act like you just urinated on their leg if you light one up in the room they are in.
b. Sometimes smoke bothers these folks, sometimes it doesn’t.
c. If they are allergic to smoke it because they always have been and they never smoked
i. Some people really do develop an allergy to smoke after they quit. Seriously I have seen it. Might be psychosomatic..
3. They don’t get self-righteous about it
4. They don’t throw all sense of social grace out the window when they encounter smoker
5. They don’t hate smokers
6. Will generally support vaping
7. Don’t throw around the word disgusting
a. Most don’t think that smoking is disgusting (it really isn’t its just a burning stick)
i. They just know it is bad for you.
1. It is
8. To me these people are the ones that don’t or quit sans the social conditioning.
9. I think VERY highly of these fine folks, and hope to somewhat join their ranks soon.
The anti-smoker is a different animal
1. They don’t smoke
2. They don’t want you to smoke
a. Or more they want to subgroup you to their will
i. And the current PC world has given them a excuse
1. If racism was PC they would be the most racist people on earth
3. They don’t want to see smoke or anything that reminds them of smoke
a. They will claim the “smoke” is killing them when you tape around them
i. Which is funny when you tell them there is not any.
b. They are conditioned like pavlos dogs, they see smoke they start a faux cough.
i. See point 3a.
1. They will cough from across the street.
4. They think that the fact that you smoke gives them the right to
a. Sneer
b. Make comments “disgusting”
i. Or worse.
1. I almost got in a fight with one of these fellows one time..save that story for another day..
c. Forget the basic respect that one human should have for another
5. They think that not smoking is a statement of intellect
a. They believe they are smarter than you because they don’t smoke
i. They revel in their sense of self-superiority
6. Will not generally support vaping
a. Still disgusting
i. Don’t even want to hold an e-cig..disgust
7. Use the word disgusting a lot
a. I wish someone would really crap in their shoe so they could figure what disgusting really is.
8. I despise these self-righteous, overly conditioned, PC lapdogs.
Vapesters
1. Most used to smoke
2. Some combine smoking and vaping
3. Generally fall into the non-smoking group when they totally quit smoking
a. At risk of becoming anti-smokers
i. That is a great sadness to me , how can people be so pathetic.
ii. I want to tell them that anti-smokers hate them as well
1. Because anti-smokers are looking for an excuse to feel superior to anyone
2. Because it looks like smoke.
iii. I want to tell them to very quickly get over themselves.
b. Have not seen that here, but did see someone that appeared to be flirting with the notion, did not call em out..it’s a waste of time.
Well that my rant! Hope you liked it.
Non-Smokers, Anti-Smokers and Vapers
Incidentally, please consider all that follows to be IMBO (In My Baseless Opinion)
There are people that have never smoked or used to smoke and quit that fall into the category of what I would call a Non-Smoker. The Non-Smoker meet the following criteria for me:
1. They don’t smoke
2. They don’t really care if you do.
a. They won’t recommend it but they don’t act like you just urinated on their leg if you light one up in the room they are in.
b. Sometimes smoke bothers these folks, sometimes it doesn’t.
c. If they are allergic to smoke it because they always have been and they never smoked
i. Some people really do develop an allergy to smoke after they quit. Seriously I have seen it. Might be psychosomatic..
3. They don’t get self-righteous about it
4. They don’t throw all sense of social grace out the window when they encounter smoker
5. They don’t hate smokers
6. Will generally support vaping
7. Don’t throw around the word disgusting
a. Most don’t think that smoking is disgusting (it really isn’t its just a burning stick)
i. They just know it is bad for you.
1. It is
8. To me these people are the ones that don’t or quit sans the social conditioning.
9. I think VERY highly of these fine folks, and hope to somewhat join their ranks soon.
The anti-smoker is a different animal
1. They don’t smoke
2. They don’t want you to smoke
a. Or more they want to subgroup you to their will
i. And the current PC world has given them a excuse
1. If racism was PC they would be the most racist people on earth
3. They don’t want to see smoke or anything that reminds them of smoke
a. They will claim the “smoke” is killing them when you tape around them
i. Which is funny when you tell them there is not any.
b. They are conditioned like pavlos dogs, they see smoke they start a faux cough.
i. See point 3a.
1. They will cough from across the street.
4. They think that the fact that you smoke gives them the right to
a. Sneer
b. Make comments “disgusting”
i. Or worse.
1. I almost got in a fight with one of these fellows one time..save that story for another day..
c. Forget the basic respect that one human should have for another
5. They think that not smoking is a statement of intellect
a. They believe they are smarter than you because they don’t smoke
i. They revel in their sense of self-superiority
6. Will not generally support vaping
a. Still disgusting
i. Don’t even want to hold an e-cig..disgust
7. Use the word disgusting a lot
a. I wish someone would really crap in their shoe so they could figure what disgusting really is.
8. I despise these self-righteous, overly conditioned, PC lapdogs.
Vapesters
1. Most used to smoke
2. Some combine smoking and vaping
3. Generally fall into the non-smoking group when they totally quit smoking
a. At risk of becoming anti-smokers
i. That is a great sadness to me , how can people be so pathetic.
ii. I want to tell them that anti-smokers hate them as well
1. Because anti-smokers are looking for an excuse to feel superior to anyone
2. Because it looks like smoke.
iii. I want to tell them to very quickly get over themselves.
b. Have not seen that here, but did see someone that appeared to be flirting with the notion, did not call em out..it’s a waste of time.
Well that my rant! Hope you liked it.
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