It can be weird to pull out a large APV in public. As far as an ego it never bothers me
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Lol my mom said it looks like I'm puffing on something illegal
Thanks for all your replies! Glad to know there's a spectrum/wide range of feelings regarding this
Thanks for all your replies! Glad to know there's a spectrum/wide range of feelings regarding this
You know it's kind of weird, because I never even thought about it until I saw this question popping up rather frequently on here.
Does that make me some kind of weirdo
No.......... Comment.
If I had a nickel for every time someone thought I was a weirdo.... Well I'd have a buttload of nickels.
Maybe when I first started vaping, but I was on a mission to quit smoking so I probably didn't even notice anyone looking at me oddly. More so than normal anyway.
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So it seems as though society has moved into the "smoking is wrong/bad/nasty" etc. etc. and I used to/still do feel guilty for smoking in public (I have not completely quit analogs)
I am finding that I'm feeling just as weird for vaping in public/infront of other people then I did for smoking...
Do you?
Is this something I'll just get used to?
Not me. I ain't doing anything wrong, I got nothing to feel guilty about.
'Course, I am kinda misanthrope and all them filthy monkeys can kiss my... no, you shouldn't let 'em touch ya. They carry disease ya know?
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I don't feel the least bit wrong about vaping in public. I didn't feel wrong about smoking in public when I did and when it was legal to smoke in public, but was more choosy where I did smoke.
Oddly enough though, it does fascinate me on how we relate right/wrong, good/bad on social behavior when the laws change. We can be branded a criminal overnight if certain laws pass and when they have. By proxy, the brand of a lesser being as a result.
Respect is a given, however. I would not have smoked in a supermarket, and do not feel the desire to vape in a supermarket. In a bar, on the street, or even within twenty-five feet of a starbucks, on the other hand... I will vape as I please. I am open to conversation, respectfully responding to curiosity, and courteous in respect to concerns. I hand out cards for further information, both to this website and CASAA for those who might like to know more. (We must be willing to look things up if we have concerns, mustn't we?)
And yes, responses to the ecigs can be entertaining, and my sarcastic wit can roll with that as well. The conversation usually gets informative regardless, and many others that I have talked to have switched over since those conversations.
Oddly enough though, it does fascinate me on how we relate right/wrong, good/bad on social behavior when the laws change. We can be branded a criminal overnight if certain laws pass and when they have. By proxy, the brand of a lesser being as a result.
Respect is a given, however. I would not have smoked in a supermarket, and do not feel the desire to vape in a supermarket. In a bar, on the street, or even within twenty-five feet of a starbucks, on the other hand... I will vape as I please. I am open to conversation, respectfully responding to curiosity, and courteous in respect to concerns. I hand out cards for further information, both to this website and CASAA for those who might like to know more. (We must be willing to look things up if we have concerns, mustn't we?)
And yes, responses to the ecigs can be entertaining, and my sarcastic wit can roll with that as well. The conversation usually gets informative regardless, and many others that I have talked to have switched over since those conversations.
I never mind it...I just hate the way the ashes float around from the smokers. I cannot believe that I never noticed that before when I smoked.
I used to always take my pants off when I vaped, so yes, it was somewhat uncomfortable in front of others. Since therapy, I've learned to just remove my socks, so it's a lot less awkward now.
New campaign: Vape Naked! (yes, I enjoyed the '90s)
New campaign: Vape Naked! (yes, I enjoyed the '90s)
I'm the same way, I'm still a bit reluctant to pull it out in public. Luckily at work there are about 10 of us that do it now and the reason I started vaping in the first place...
When I'm out at a bar or public a few people have asked me what it was, I am still trying to get my talking points down...because if I say it's a vaporizer people think i'm smoking pot and if I say it's an eCig people think it is no different than a cigarette...I still like saying vaporizer better, because from a pure semantics standpoint I think removing "cig" out of the name doesn't conjure up negative feelings people have from smoking. Plus, I don't want to get lumped in with all those disposable ecig people haha.
When I'm out at a bar or public a few people have asked me what it was, I am still trying to get my talking points down...because if I say it's a vaporizer people think i'm smoking pot and if I say it's an eCig people think it is no different than a cigarette...I still like saying vaporizer better, because from a pure semantics standpoint I think removing "cig" out of the name doesn't conjure up negative feelings people have from smoking. Plus, I don't want to get lumped in with all those disposable ecig people haha.
Today was the first time. It was after a meeting in a conference and just 3 of us were talking about something. I pulled out a cig-alike and puffed out a plume of vapor (well as much as it can do). One person exclaimed "what the h**l was that?"
Maybe she just didn't see the cig-alike.. Yeah, that must have been it.
Maybe she just didn't see the cig-alike.. Yeah, that must have been it.
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