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Psylent

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I don't know if I could post this here but as our situation here is unique I thought I share some of my experience with the newbies who begin or trying to start vaping.

The obvious question is always "How do I get my hands on a so and so". The answer, if any at all depending on where you post will either be get 5 post go to "sgvapers" and hopefully someone will point you to the right direction or you'll be ask to look around and do some research. No matter what you do, you'll hit a wall (for most of us), you either can't find any information because not everyone is forum savvy, or when you asked, no info is forthcoming.

Thus the filtration begins, this are just a few example because for every individual their situation differs, some people give up easy, some not so, and some just don't have the bloody patience or the utilities to look up on every single thread and read page by page just to get a gleam of what is going on. So some like me pass the filtration process, then comes the 2nd filtration which is Luck.

If you are lucky, you'll get your hands on a pv and some liquid. So you start vaping and your liquid supplies dwindles, or your limited hardware malfunction and is unfixable not matter how handy you are at tinkering, now you are officially in the 3rd stage of filtration process which is Logistic. So what do you do? Personally I myself is stuck at this stage, but just like a good puzzle I tackle the problem at different angle, everyday and most of my waking moments nowadays I spent, I try to solve it.

How is all this wall of text is going to help you? I guess it all comes down to why do you want to vape? Is it worth the wrath of the law? Can you afford the consequences? I've seen people who think they do but when comes time of reckoning they cannot afford to.

For me, Health. Recently I found a reason to stop this slow suicidal tendency but those coffin sticks are going to do me in if I don't stop, if its not already too late. Can I afford to deal with the consequence when my luck runs out? Well either my health luck runs out, or my other luck do. Maybe both. But what I do know is I can deal with the latter not the first.

Back on topic, life is a river of filtration some get stuck at stages where they can or will not pass. What I've learn is nobody is going to help you handle every curve ball. Info that is freely handed out or easily accessible is call "common knowledge" , the real good info or trick of the trades have to be either earned or learned. Ask yourself this would you hand out your info to everyone who asked? Really? It have to depend on my mood and the tone that said person is asking in.

I wish all aspiring vapers or beginner vapers find the right reason to vape or not to. There's no right or wrong in this issue other than the said factors I've brought out. Good luck and enjoy while it last.
 

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Most of us been through this stage :)
Exactly what I thought. Its not hard to come to this conclusion once I put myself in the position of the local veterans.

Bro I am sure u will get ya answers. Btw verifications helps in a way or another.
Thanks, I'm working towards that and maybe then I can write on the 4th filtration process >_<
 

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very good write up
almost if not all local vapers go through all this
you got to know why are you vaping
for most it would be long term smokers who look into their health concerns
for those who think vaping looks cool and wannbes pls forget it

Even before my health issues came up, there comes a period when every stick that I light up, I asked myself why am I doing this. I enjoy smoking yes but there comes a time for most smokers when you realize that the habit is getting out of control, so much so that it scares you and you are lighting up more for the habit then the enjoyment of having one. Finding this alternative to smoking is just my choice of the lesser evil.

Regardless of your reason to vape, I would say to each his own. But please practice discretion, we are not in the States or somewhere where the general populace is more open minded, and I think its common decency to not prove a point at someone else expenses. Plus nothing cool about vaping, you can't vape in public, hell you can't even smoke in 70% of most places nowadays and vaping is 100% confirm cannot, what so cool about that? Risk vs Reward, I think even a 7 year old kid know what's the knows the answer to that.
 

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very good write up
almost if not all local vapers go through all this
you got to know why are you vaping
for most it would be long term smokers who look into their health concerns
for those who think vaping looks cool and wannbes pls forget it

a few of my staff asked me to help them get it because they think it looks cool.
same for one of my friend's staff as well.
don't think anything is wrong with that.
if they do manage to quit because of this then why forget it?
 

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a few of my staff asked me to help them get it because they think it looks cool.
same for one of my friend's staff as well.
don't think anything is wrong with that.
if they do manage to quit because of this then why forget it?

I tend to point them to the direction that they should go instead of bringing them there. That way they feel the pain and agony of getting stuffs. Therefore minimizing sourcing questions here.

Give them the rod and teach them how to fish instead of giving them the fish.
 

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I tend to point them to the direction that they should go instead of bringing them there. That way they feel the pain and agony of getting stuffs. Therefore minimizing sourcing questions here.

Give them the rod and teach them how to fish instead of giving them the fish.

have nvr actually told anyone to come to the forums.
don't think many would bother as they don't know how hard/easy it is to get stuff if they've never tried.
 

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Even before my health issues came up, there comes a period when every stick that I light up, I asked myself why am I doing this. I enjoy smoking yes but there comes a time for most smokers when you realize that the habit is getting out of control, so much so that it scares you and you are lighting up more for the habit then the enjoyment of having one. Finding this alternative to smoking is just my choice of the lesser evil.

Regardless of your reason to vape, I would say to each his own. But please practice discretion, we are not in the States or somewhere where the general populace is more open minded, and I think its common decency to not prove a point at someone else expenses. Plus nothing cool about vaping, you can't vape in public, hell you can't even smoke in 70% of most places nowadays and vaping is 100% confirm cannot, what so cool about that? Risk vs Reward, I think even a 7 year old kid know what's the knows the answer to that.

QFT, Second that!:vapor:
 

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Even before my health issues came up, there comes a period when every stick that I light up, I asked myself why am I doing this. I enjoy smoking yes but there comes a time for most smokers when you realize that the habit is getting out of control, so much so that it scares you and you are lighting up more for the habit then the enjoyment of having one. Finding this alternative to smoking is just my choice of the lesser evil.

Regardless of your reason to vape, I would say to each his own. But please practice discretion, we are not in the States or somewhere where the general populace is more open minded, and I think its common decency to not prove a point at someone else expenses. Plus nothing cool about vaping, you can't vape in public, hell you can't even smoke in 70% of most places nowadays and vaping is 100% confirm cannot, what so cool about that? Risk vs Reward, I think even a 7 year old kid know what's the knows the answer to that.

Yes practice discretion. i vape from home, i tend not to bring my mods out also a bit "kiasi". Yes and i think most of us are here as to vape instead of smoking as it is a better alternative or a healthier one.
 

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I think even some of the old bird get kick back to 3rd stage from time to time.
Seize the opportunity to stockpile when you have it, no use whining and grumbling or worse even panicking and going back to smoking. I always believe in preparation. I'm not sure whether we have any vapers out there that only have the "enjoy today, worry tomorrow" mentality. Because that mentality will some how lead you back to analog and it just doesn't work in our community.
 
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