general Do you smoke ?

[BronyPony 575]

I said looks cool, and did go on to say health wise it's not cool:

 

For example: the Lambo Countach looks very cool, but the driving expirince? garbage. Does it look crap because it's a crap car underneath? no

 

see what I mean? 

 

not good but looks good is what I'm getting at

Forgive me, but I don't get the logic at all(it doesn't look cool either. Chewing gum looks cooler, and that even isn't that decent looking for looks).

 

Though, what can I say? Must put myself in people's shoes right? 

Edited June 27, 2013 by BronyPony

[Ghost 173]

  I know people who have died from cancer caused by heavy smoking, so no, I wouldn't say its badass at all.  If you wanna talk about people who are badass, why not ask if anyone does extreme sports.  Skydiving, Muay Thai, Snowboarding and parkour are a few things I can think of that are very badass, have an element of danger to them, and are actually cool.  To me, I think it would sound cooler and more badass to say "I practice parkour" than "I smoke".  

 

  So anyway, to answer the question...

 

  I don't smoke.  I have asthma anyway so it probably would be a bad idea to try.  Plus, I enjoy playing sports and smoking could have a negative effect on that.

 

 I'm also kinda surprised no one has said they smoke weed yet, unless you aren't allowed to talk about that here.    

[Flicker Sweet 3,391]

I don't habitually smoke anything. But, every now and again, I will use one of those electronic hookahs. They're great.  They come in flavors (like strawberry for me).  They also barely have any nicotine in them, so it's easy to use in moderation.  i only use one as a reward for something important.  I get to use it all I want for the whole day, then I lock it up at the end of it. 

BTW: There's no tobacco in them either, so they don't cause cancer from that

Edited June 27, 2013 by Molestias Apprentice

[Nightmare Night 151]

i dont think you understand, this is a sensitive subject and trying to say that smoking ''looks cool'' can strike a nerve with some people here, many people may have lost family or friends to smoking so naturally they will have a strong dislike if not hatred of smoking. and for someone to come along saying ''smoking is badass'' or ''smoking makes you look cool'' is like saying hey ur loved ones died but atleast they looked cool doing it, thats kind of a spit in the face imo, whether or not it ''looks cool'' is only a matter of opinion, me personally, im turned off a bit by the sight of someone smoking i hate the smell and the effect it has on people bodys, health wise and visually.not that it makes someone a bad person for smoking most of my friends smoke in fact but it just grosses me out a bit i guess.

Edited June 27, 2013 by CosmicBrony

[Planty 1,053]

Only badass if you are a dictator 

Even then, still iffy 

 

I do not smoke myself nor will I ever smoke. Same goes for Drugs. 

 

The only smoke that smells good is the smoke from a woodfire. 

Pritty much sums me up, I have alot of freinds that smoke and smoke weed as well but I've never been interested in it.

 

There is no real need for me to be either, I think tis something that once you get into it you find it very hard to stop, so i never want to get anywhere near it. 

[Fluttershyfan94 5,742]

I can't smoke because of my asthma, I can't afford lowering my stamina. My lungs can't take smoking, so I don't. Without my asthma I would still not smoke, it has nothing to do with it being unhealthy. It's just too expensive, that's actually not the problem either. I was just told to stay away from it and I did. Have no interest in starting to smoke.

[Evo_Kaer 11]

For the ones they ask why I say smoking is badass

Its badass because you need very much courage to do it

Not much people have the courage to risk their own lives for feeling good

Risking your life for feeling good means that you are not scared of death

Being not scared of death is badass (in my strange opinions atleast)

Risking your life means having a chance to die and a chance to survive. With smoking you only have a chance to survive if you stop or never even start to begin with.

You could compare it to climbing down the inside of a volcano. The further you go, the harder it gets to get out again and at one point its over. I don't know about you, but I wouldn't call that couragous. I'd call it either death wish or natural selection.

 

I guess its obvious, that I don't smoke, never have. I only smoke passively since a lot of my friends smoke. But I already force them to go outside to smoke since it has cause health issues to me.

 

Now about the badass thing. You got a point there: Its bad for your health and smells like ass.

[Kitty Cat Moonshire 629]

Smoking doesn't make you badass at all, it makes you bad smelling. 

I hate hanging around smokers, the smell makes me nauseous. 

[Scootaloodle 1,623]

 

Both can give the same amount of harm...

 

Hi replied with something else, but I think I misread what you meant and I'm deleting what I orignally put cus now I'm embarassed:

 

Yeah I think I agree with what you were saying

Edited June 27, 2013 by Asherdangerdash

[dedacct6 2,591]

Cigarettes are for pussies And their filled with crap, and toxins. i dont smoke, but Cigars, are badass  and they dont have nicotine,and dont smell bad. but im going off subject. cigarettes are not worth even trying i mean just look at this

Now how badass are cigarettes???

Edited June 27, 2013 by PelateOvercast

[Scootaloodle 1,623]

Cigarettes are for pussies And their filled with crap, and toxins. i dont smoke, but Cigars, are badass  and they dont have nicotine,and dont smell bad.

 

Well cigars smell a bit diffrent to cigarettes but cigars do contain nicotine: it's the same plant (tobacco) found in cigarettes just rolled in the leaves of the same plant instead of paper. Tobacco naturally has nicotene in the leaves of the plant that people smoke.

Edited June 27, 2013 by Asherdangerdash

[Concord 1,982]

Hello!

 

I do not smoke, and I am very agains't smoking in general. Smoking is a deadly thing. I can't stand standing next to people who smoke. The fumes just make me choke up.

 

What's the point in smoking anyways?

[Orablanco Account 3,707]

"Smoking is badass"? What are you, one of those antagonists in the cheesy anti-drug PSA's from the 90's? And since when is that an accurate indicator of whether a group of people are awesome? Some people who smoke are douche-bags, are they excused because the badass-ness of smoking cancels it out? Are taking into account which brands we're using, seeing as how some brands are obviously cooler than others? How about the number of packs smoked a week, are we considering that?

 

Also, no, I don't smoke.

[dedacct6 2,591]

Well cigars smell a bit diffrent to cigarettes but cigars do contain nicotine: it's the same plant (tobacco) found in cigarettes just rolled in the leaves of the same plant instead of paper. Tobacco naturally has nicotene in the leaves of the plant that people smoke.

no no no no no no, you got me wrong, i meant its not made of fake substances, its just the leaves hand rolled and along with a few ingredients to put it together correctly, i know tobacco leaves have nicotine, but not artificially made like cigarettes.

Hello!

 

I do not smoke, and I am very agains't smoking in general. Smoking is a deadly thing. I can't stand standing next to people who smoke. The fumes just make me choke up.

 

What's the point in smoking anyways?

people smoke to either relieve stress, look cool, to fit in, or whatever the hell else though its costs $7.00 or more to practically kill yourself... 

Edited June 27, 2013 by PelateOvercast

[Scootaloodle 1,623]

no no no no no no, you got me wrong, i meant its not made of fake substances, its just the leaves hand rolled and along with a few ingredients to put it together correctly, i know tobacco leaves have nicotine, but not artificially made like cigarettes.

people smoke to either relieve stress, look cool, to fit in, or whatever the hell else though its costs $7.00 or more to practically kill yourself... 

 

I suppose the larger ones are made differently to the more commerical cigar brands: but yeah I agree with what your saying

[Boop 102]

Actually they knew it threatened their health.

 

It all started in the military where the only times you could get a break is if you had smoke breaks(which I found kind of stupid, but oh well). Then, it spread into hollywood where hollywood advertised smoking through their movies(getting paid big bucks as they say). After that, kids stupidly began thinking it would make them look badass because it is done in the movies with cool stuff happening. And then, they began advertising it as people beginning to think women would find them more attractive(which is ironic because it can ruin your looks completely).

I'm completely aware of what people did with cigarrettes in the past no offense, but the general public didn't see the long-term effects sometime in the 1960s. These didn't even become facts until awhile after it was made public by a surgeon who had theroized that smoking was harmful to your health, and it was later proven that his theory was correct . If it was known before then, it wasn't common knowledge to average citizens. It had maybe confiential medical knowledge to doctors. Even when doctors came across someone with lung cancer, or any other smoking related disease(s) it was diagnosed as a rare medical condition. It was only later years where they did discover that long-term smoking had caused these previous "rare" disease(s).

 

We're mostly up to date with smoking and how it can affect our health. So, I think we can live much better knowing what smoking can do.

[Darrala 269]

No, i don't smoke. I've tried a cigar, it made me cough but other than that i didn't feel anything. I can't see what's so great about it. 

[YALL ARE FUCKING GAY 505]

im oly 17 so it would be quite illegal for me to smoke 

 

i have never smoked and never will 

 

smoking is not badass what are you like 12  its more like a fucking  bad habit  your paying lots  money for something that slowly kills you   i personally don't find it interesting badass  or attractive if some one smokes.  

[Zygen 6,066]

No, I can't stand the smell of it either, it makes it almost impossible for me to breath.

 

I really don't think smoking is "Badass" its a bad habit, of course if you enjoy it I guess its ok, but it isn't something I totally support, mostly just tolerate.

 

So yeah I'm staying away from smoking, never have and never plan to. Same with drugs to.

 

I do have people in my family who smoke, although i don't really support it still, but I do try to tolerate it. It helps that they sometimes atleast try to keep away from me, but I really can't stand the smell I'm sorry, It makes it almost impossible for me to breath.

Edited June 28, 2013 by Zygen

[Azaxx 111]

Smoking is so fucking retarded I can't even comprehend what goes through your mind to even want to give yourself a death wish later in life well before your normal death time.

[BoffinMexican 13]

I'm 18 and at some point when I was between 15 and 17 I tried it several times but never actually liked it, I stopped when I realized I didn't needed to smoke and besides if I don't enjoy it... why continue doing it?

[Envy 6,169]

No, I do not smoke. I don't find anything about it to be "badass". I think it's one of the most pointless things one can do. It really is just harming yourself.

 

I respect other people's right to smoke, just as long as they keep it away from me and respect the fact that I don't.

[Belgian&Brony 35]

*facehoof* with badass I mean that you have courage to kill yourself

THAT courage is what I call badass I personly dont smoke sigarettes or sigars

Sigars and Sigarettes are pretty much bad

I smoke a bong (waterpipe) I know its very stupid and deadly but I dont care about that I'm dead

Everyone I know calls me gay and sick because I love mlp

My whole life is full of insults and kicks

I smoke medical stuff to let my soul and mind feel better and more free

I have the same anger problem as Adolf

If someone walk nexts to me and says you are a gay pony faggot I dont respond the very friendly way because of my anger problem

Smoking a bong makes me feel better more peacefull and helps controlling my problem

The stuff that I smoke is a mixture of grinded stinging nettles and green tea leaves

I hope its clear now to everpony why I smoke

[Twilight Circuits 603]

Not really sure what to say about the various opinions in this thread other then to share my part in how i see it as much of these opinions I've read in this thread seem to be made with limited knowledge and understanding.

 

I do smoke. I smoke for a a variaty of reasons. Although some of you argue agreeing with the propaganda that smoking is bad for you, that's, only a part of that is true. Smoking like all things has a purpose, a polarity, and emotion(s) attached to the act, attached to physical items used in it's action and thus, has an effect which can be separated into science and spirituality.
   I'm part Cree Indian and the rest of me is french making me Metis (though i don't have status cause i'm adopted) My native ancestors used to smoke all the time for various reasons. Passing the pipe around sitting in silence and enjoying the moment. How could you fault me if that is also my own solace I enjoy as I smoke a cigarette? Technology advanced enough so that i no longer need to pass the pipe around or sit around the fire. I can enjoy smoking wherever the laws allow me to.
   I LOVE to smoke. The keyword there is love. The emotion of love. Why do i put that into smoking? Because for those five minutes, I take that time to ponder and think about things past, present and future. Pondering is something many people do not do, but really should. For if I did not love myself enough to ponder, then i would not have learned to love others. To some degree, one might say that smoking has increased my thinking and analytical skills.

   Health wise. Although science says that smoking is unhealthy. IT is also not the complete truth. I mean, I'm not the one putting nicotine into cigarettes. The companies are doing that. Would I put it in them if I owned the company? No....    The other half to this part is that negative thinking also adversly effects your health wether you smoked or not. Negative thinking can compound and create health issues when mixed with a supposed unhealthy activity. So, although i'm aware of it's effects that way, it doesn't effect me nearly as severely as one might think on limited propaganda knowledge. I might not be able to run a mile. But that is also somewhat pointless as an arguement because, I've had little reason to decide that I need to run a mile to prove something. I can do better things with my time.
   I also understand that even on the dna level, generations after generations of reinforcing the same trait such as smoking kinda makes it imprinted into my dna. Basically, my ancestors did it, so regardless, I'm going to have a natural affinity to enjoy smoking. But there's something else. While all you see is sucking in carcinagen, I understand that energy is changing from one form to another and thus satisfying the spiritual aspect of emotional desire and physical need for this form of energy. So various energy of many forms each with it's own polarity based upon the very loving thought I give it should not condemn my decision to live and understand more about the nature of all things related to one single thing.
   If you were going to ask me if you should start. The answer would simply be, when written law allows you to make the choice on your own, you will make your own choice if curiosity get's the better of you. But I won't be judging you either way.

[dedacct6 2,591]

Not really sure what to say about the various opinions in this thread other then to share my part in how i see it as much of these opinions I've read in this thread seem to be made with limited knowledge and understanding.

 

I do smoke. I smoke for a a variaty of reasons. Although some of you argue agreeing with the propaganda that smoking is bad for you, that's, only a part of that is true. Smoking like all things has a purpose, a polarity, and emotion(s) attached to the act, attached to physical items used in it's action and thus, has an effect which can be separated into science and spirituality.

I'm part Cree Indian and the rest of me is french making me Metis (though i don't have status cause i'm adopted) My native ancestors used to smoke all the time for various reasons. Passing the pipe around sitting in silence and enjoying the moment. How could you fault me if that is also my own solace I enjoy as I smoke a cigarette? Technology advanced enough so that i no longer need to pass the pipe around or sit around the fire. I can enjoy smoking wherever the laws allow me to.

I LOVE to smoke. The keyword there is love. The emotion of love. Why do i put that into smoking? Because for those five minutes, I take that time to ponder and think about things past, present and future. Pondering is something many people do not do, but really should. For if I did not love myself enough to ponder, then i would not have learned to love others. To some degree, one might say that smoking has increased my thinking and analytical skills.

Health wise. Although science says that smoking is unhealthy. IT is also not the complete truth. I mean, I'm not the one putting nicotine into cigarettes. The companies are doing that. Would I put it in them if I owned the company? No.... The other half to this part is that negative thinking also adversly effects your health wether you smoked or not. Negative thinking can compound and create health issues when mixed with a supposed unhealthy activity. So, although i'm aware of it's effects that way, it doesn't effect me nearly as severely as one might think on limited propaganda knowledge. I might not be able to run a mile. But that is also somewhat pointless as an arguement because, I've had little reason to decide that I need to run a mile to prove something. I can do better things with my time.

I also understand that even on the dna level, generations after generations of reinforcing the same trait such as smoking kinda makes it imprinted into my dna. Basically, my ancestors did it, so regardless, I'm going to have a natural affinity to enjoy smoking. But there's something else. While all you see is sucking in carcinagen, I understand that energy is changing from one form to another and thus satisfying the spiritual aspect of emotional desire and physical need for this form of energy. So various energy of many forms each with it's own polarity based upon the very loving thought I give it should not condemn my decision to live and understand more about the nature of all things related to one single thing.

If you were going to ask me if you should start. The answer would simply be, when written law allows you to make the choice on your own, you will make your own choice if curiosity get's the better of you. But I won't be judging you either way.

Well it your life, I'm not going to judge you, but I will feel sorry if you get addicted and blacken your lungs. I'm not trying to convince you to not smoke, but I'm just saying I think it's not a good thing. I think you need to see how many people die from cigarettes though...