Vaping used to be more social

[SomeTexan]

Yup - Pontiac Ventura.... I just loved how those similarly-styled cars spelled "NOVA" No idea what the engine was in Dad's. HUGE steering wheel, and no power steering!

No, certainly didn't see the Venturas or the Apollos nearly as often. Chevy was the "lesser-expensive" line of those GM offshoots. Probably why more were out there. i think the Apollos were most rare. I remember seeing Omegas and Venturas, though....

I didn't even catch the names spelling Nova... I think the designers did some strong drugs back in the day, lmao. I'll agree there, I'm not sure I've seen more than one or 2 Apollo's.

No power steering on mine, but the subframe has been modified and it runs rack and pinion steering. When isn't very big, or stock.

 

[Syakster]

Here in Malaysia, it has gotten very big recently. For a while there was a social stigma to it because the people that started vaping were "you wannabe boys" who dressed a certain way (sort of Justin Bieber style of dressing). It used to make me uncomfortable with the idea of vaping as well because all the shops were filled with these young boys that really made me feel out of place, so I'd rather stay out of it. But I think that was when vaping was still very much a novelty and now a lot of former smokers has found that it helps them tremendously. So since that realisation came to smokers, we see a lot more variety in the kinds of people who vapes, and definitely a lot more shops that are filled with more sensible crowd so to speak. Although it is very much a norm here now, we are very much divided into 3 categories:

1) Smokers and non smokers who thinks vaping is a childish and novelty substitute for smoking.
2) Former smokers who really promotes vaping.
3) Non smokers who are really into vaping as a hobby.

But over all, vapers do tend to bond. It would be weird if some random vaper came and talk to you about your set up. But I'd say it's a lot less niche now, for sure.

 

[AndriaD]

Here in Malaysia, it has gotten very big recently. For a while there was a social stigma to it because the people that started vaping were "you wannabe boys" who dressed a certain way (sort of Justin Bieber style of dressing). It used to make me uncomfortable with the idea of vaping as well because all the shops were filled with these young boys that really made me feel out of place, so I'd rather stay out of it. But I think that was when vaping was still very much a novelty and now a lot of former smokers has found that it helps them tremendously. So since that realisation came to smokers, we see a lot more variety in the kinds of people who vapes, and definitely a lot more shops that are filled with more sensible crowd so to speak. Although it is very much a norm here now, we are very much divided into 3 categories:

1) Smokers and non smokers who thinks vaping is a childish and novelty substitute for smoking.
2) Former smokers who really promotes vaping.
3) Non smokers who are really into vaping as a hobby.

But over all, vapers do tend to bond. It would be weird if some random vaper came and talk to you about your set up. But I'd say it's a lot less niche now, for sure.

I like those categories! But to those in that first group, I have this to say:

Andria

 

[stoneygirl]

Here in KC we're lucky. There are quite a few good shops around the metro. My husband and I frequent a couple often and always stay and hangout for a couple hours chatting with the guys.
I started vaping a year ago this month, and have not had any negative reactions to my vaping. I actually turned a few guys at work onto it.

 

[eddiea]

Here in KC we're lucky. There are quite a few good shops around the metro. My husband and I frequent a couple often and always stay and hangout for a couple hours chatting with the guys.
I started vaping a year ago this month, and have not had any negative reactions to my vaping. I actually turned a few guys at work onto it.

Congrats on your 1-year vapeversary. Mine was this month also.

 

[RebornLincoln06]

To be 100% honest, working in vape store can be either a blessing or a curse. Or both. Often times I have to listen to the very excited Joe Schmoe who just loooooves to talk about building coils and what devices he owns or has owned, etc. Everyone unloads their vaping journey onto you. It's like we're Sam Malone and it's our duty to listen to peoples' life stories. It's fun to talk shop or be a pseudo-psychiatrist to a certain extent, but after a while, you just want to talk about anything OTHER than vaping.

I'm a little late but UGH this is the worst part of the job. I don't mind if someone is like "I really like this mod" because most of the time I ask about pretty much anyone's mods. Some people take that as an invitation to talk about how it's better than every other mod though.

 

[TronCat]

Back when I started vaping, just two years ago it was a very new thing for me and most others I met who were getting into it. We were all exploring, trying new things, working out what worked for us, asking each other questions about it. If I went to a bar with my vape I'd be asked what it was, what kind of juice I was vaping, and I'd ask others the same questions. We all learned and socialized our vaping in that way. It was great, a social ice-breaker that brought people together. Not so much anymore.

Now vaping is so commonplace where I live it's not even a viable topic of conversation. I saw another woman at the bar earlier using a mod I'd never seen before, and when I asked her what it was she seemed annoyed that I asked. I don't know, maybe she thought I was a lesbian hitting on her, but it seems that the social aspect of vaping has faded into the past. I don't see vape-meets anymore, and no one cares enough about the subject to talk about it. Whatever you might be vaping is now on the level of what size shoes you wear.

The only place you can talk vaping is online, which is a poor substitute for in-person social contact in which you share with each other. Most people vaping here use what amounts to a starter kit, which took the place of their packs of Morleys, which they also never socialized over. Now I can see that a starter kit is nothing to get social over, but different mods and attys? I used to have some great social times over those, but it would now seem to be a thing of the past. Sad.

Many people in my city make fun of vaping... I see where you're coming from


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