RANT: It's not hookah.

[Rocketpunk]

Sorry. Minor rant, here.

To everyone: this is not a hookah. It is not supposed to recreate a hookah. This is not shisha. This is not candied tobacco. There is no combustion involved.

Please stop comparing this to "hookah". This is a healthier alternative to smoking. And although the flavors are delicious, this isn't a hookah fad.

I'm sick of everyone comparing this to hookah bars. It is not.

I'm firmly in the camp that e-cigs should be considered a healthier alternative to smoking. If you dabble in it for the flavors and such, good, great, whatever, but don't call it an electronic (or, sic, "electric") hookah.

Please disassociate e-cigs from all those other "other" things. THESE ARE NOT THOSE!

This makes me angry.

 

[SirSteve]

Try to educate the masses can be frustrating, especially when they don't want to be educated. I give you credit for trying, and you are right.

 

[Rocketpunk]

Well, I deal with the uneducated masses on a daily basis. The word that keeps popping up is "hookah". THIS ISN'T HOOKAH.

 

[Absintheur]

but....but...but...

 

[SissySpike]

but....but...but...

Got you there Rocket;-) but I understand and agree completely

 

[Rocketpunk]

Well, I'm stumped, yo. But still... you get my drift, right?

EDIT: [foot in mouth] That's actually a nice set-up.

 

[SissySpike]

Well, I'm stumped, yo. But still... you get my drift, right?

EDIT: [foot in mouth] That's actually a nice set-up.

HA Now I have to give my Chiwawa a bath he was in my lap and your post made me laugh and spit coffee all over him;-)
Everyone understands and we are not laughing at you we are laughing with you;-)

 

[Absintheur]

It runs at a regulated 5 volts, plugs into the wall so no batteries dying during a movie, base is lighted so you don't trip over in the dark, can handle 3 more hoses via a hub system under the top.

Of course it isn't portable but for on the go my doctors bag has it's own hose and 20,000 mAh power pack...

 

[Rocketpunk]

I'm not opposed to electronic hookahs, I'm opposed to people comparing e-cigs to hookah.

It's a mentality thing. I get a little angry when people flip over the "other" side of the coin. It will only hurt us and make us look bad in the end.

And once again, dammit, that's a nice set-up. But I don't want someone wanting to get off the real deal get the idea that this is one of those "other" fads.

 

[Absintheur]

Anything can be considered a "fad" including e-cigs and in some cases they are just that to some people...it is what it is. There are still many serious collectors of Beanie Babies who feel they aren't a fad either for example. My hookah set-up got more attention at vape Bash than just about any other set up I saw, I was constantly answering questions on it.

Personally I would love it if the FDA decided it was just a fad and decided to just let it run it's course and left us alone...lol.

 

[candimccann]

But... Hookah is a nicotine/smoking addiction in its own right. It is just as harmful to a user's lungs. A 30 minute session is said to be worse than a pack of cigarettes. So if people are breaking a hookah addiction by switching to vaping, then what's the problem with that?

It's ok to call it an e-cig but not an e-hookah? Both are perfectly legal sources of nicotine.

 

[Rocketpunk]

At least it's better than oxygen bars, I guess. Spaceballs would be all over that.

 

[Rocketpunk]

I never met a person befuddled and upset because they couldn't break their addiction to hookah.

But... Hookah is a nicotine/smoking addiction in its own right. It is just as harmful to a user's lungs. A 30 minute session is said to be worse than a pack of cigarettes. So if people are breaking a hookah addiction by switching to vaping, then what's the problem with that?

It's ok to call it an e-cig but not an e-hookah? Both are perfectly legal sources of nicotine.

 

[Rocketpunk]

It's ok to call it an e-cig but not an e-hookah? Both are perfectly legal sources of nicotine.

[ROCKETPUNK QUOTED]:I'm not opposed to electronic hookahs, I'm opposed to people comparing e-cigs to hookah.[/UNQUOTED]

 

[Plumes.91]

lol i had this girl stay over a month ago or so and i had my PVs sprawled out across my disaster of a room. Shes like "oh is that an e-hookah? I've tried those electronic cigarettes but they were never enough to make me want to stop smoking." I was like... yeh. (screw it, right?) she was like "well do you have any cigarettes because I'm gonna crave them all night & I know hookahs dont have any nicotine. (wrong... but.. screw it, right?) i was like "oh, well this one does" she was like "well I dont use hookahs so I guess I'll go without" (LOL? i wonder how some people manage to put one foot in front of the other sometimes) I was like "okay well if you need some nic, u can try it.." lol. so she never really pulled the mod I was using out of my hands all night, which was pretty cool.

 

[SissySpike]

Your mistake was putting rant in your title. When you do it draws those who want to egg you on and argue every point of your post and pick it apart and make silly points that have nothing to do with the content of your post.

 

[SissySpike]

lol i had this girl stay over a month ago or so and i had my PVs sprawled out across my disaster of a room. Shes like "oh is that an e-hookah? I've tried those electronic cigarettes but they were never enough to make me want to stop smoking." I was like... yeh. (screw it, right?) she was like "well do you have any cigarettes because I'm gonna crave them all night & I know hookahs dont have any nicotine. (wrong... but.. screw it, right?) i was like "oh, well this one does" she was like "well I dont use hookahs so I guess I'll go without" (LOL? i wonder how some people manage to put one foot in front of the other sometimes) I was like "okay well if you need some nic, u can try it.." lol. so she never really pulled the mod I was using out of my hands all night, which was pretty cool.

didn't stop you from having her over for the night though hu;-)

 

[Rocketpunk]

I've been tested, trained, beaten down, broken, and rebuilt in the WoW General Forums. I can take whatever ECF brings me.

 

[classwife]

Perhaps they have seen or heard of these and this is why they are asking ?
Looks just like a 510...

Amazon.com: Tsunami E-Hookah Pen - Punch Fruit Punch: Health & Personal Care

 

[Rocketpunk]

Yes! Kids and grandparents both reference these!!!!!

Did it make it to some major news channel or something?!

EDIT: When I say kids, I don't mean literal kids. I've reached that age point where I can call 19-year-olds "kids".