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Jhcx · 26-08-2015 11:59pm

wnolan1992 wrote: »

But it's not about "falling to the knees" for them. For me, it's purely a "Y'know, a smoke would be lovely right about now. Why the hell not?", same as "D'you know, I'd murder a pizza right now..."

Like, why did we all have our first pint? Like, what's the point of alcohol?

There's no point other than it makes us feel good.

I honestly don't understand why it's perfectly fine to have a few drinks every now and then, and everyone will say "Ah yeah, he only has a few social drinks every now and then.", but if someone smokes a few cigarettes they're "addicted and going to die with cancer and are deluding themselves into thinking they're not!"

ya but you eat pizza most days but thats food. you dont just have it for social. like the whole argument is if your not going to smoke everyday why use drink as an excuse to do so. fair enough if you enjoy smoking without a drink thats grand your not backing up anything to want you to smoke only your own desire. alcohol is for a lot of reasons peer pressure would be one in my books

Junco Partner · 27-08-2015 5:47am

I don't really see the problem with having a cigarette solely in a social setting. As a regular habit they're gonna wreck you. I've been a smoker for five years and already I can feel what they're doing to me.
Having a few in the smoking area of the icon at the weekend isn't going to suddenly give you emphysema at 30 though; The student diet is probably doing way more damage to the bodies of early twenties people than five cigarettes on a Saturday.
On the other hand, social smokers puzzle me.
I spend most of my time out in the smoking area when out. If I didn't smoke though I'd still be out there. That's where the conversation is. I don't see what's social about a ciggarette ;bar the fact that people tend to socialise in the smoking area. People talk there because it's too loud to talk inside. Not because cigarettes are some kind of social lubricant. That's what alcohol is for.
I'm chugging down fags out there because I have to. Because I need to. Because I'll be in a bad mood if I don't. Fags for me are for stress release at work. Getting out for ten minutes while the shift is collapsing around you in the middle of a Dinner rush. I love them for that. I look forward to those cigarettes.
Every other time ,however, it's simply out of habit or boredom or simply just rolling out of reflex. There's no pleasure in it. That's when I hate them.
A few social cigarettes aren't going to kill you but it's very easy to go from a few social ones to getting hooked. I started out as a social smoker; then having a few at work as well before finally just making it the thing I did to keep my hands busy. They make theyre presence known fairly quick when your smoking 20 a day though. Beer will give you a hangover but they at least make you a bit looser among friends. Fags give you this horrible crap in your throat you cough up in the morning. Forget cancer( that's already destiny because of family history) that morning gunk is what makes me want to quit.

wnolan1992 · 27-08-2015 9:42am

I think "social smoking" is just a term used to distinguish between having one or two cigarettes on a night out from being addicted and smoking every day. I think the militant non-smokers (who I absolutely loathe btw, but that's a different discussion) use that as a stick to beat people who enjoy a few cigarettes with in order to push their own agenda.

The point I was making with pizza Jhcx is that pizza is, by and large, pretty terrible for you. But we eat it because it's like an orgasm in a cardboard box topped with pepperoni. If all we wanted was food, we'd have a nice garden salad or something, but we want to enjoy what we're eating every now and then.

I also think it's pretty stupid to suggest that either you enjoy smoking all the time or you don't. If someone walked in now and was like "Want to come out for a smoke?" I'd answer no. Because they taste vile and I get nothing out of them when sober. But when I'm having a few pints, the combination of alcohol and nicotine works for me. It enhances my enjoyment.

Again, it's not about "using alcohol as an excuse" to smoke. It's that the combination of the setting and the various chemicals work in that instance.

Lee_la · 27-08-2015 8:16pm

I smoked for the first time the other night. It started out because I was trying to prove that I was able to roll even though the first one I made was a disgrace, but then I ended up smoking them. Normally I wouldn't touch fags and I don't really plan on smoking again but I think it was an experience worth having anyway

HugsiePie · 27-08-2015 8:43pm

Lee_la wrote: »

I smoked for the first time the other night. It started out because I was trying to prove that I was able to roll even though the first one I made was a disgrace, but then I ended up smoking them. Normally I wouldn't touch fags and I don't really plan on smoking again but I think it was an experience worth having anyway

In 5 years time that little icon you have of lisa simpson will no longer be there but rather replaced by one of these lovely ladies :pac::pac::pac:

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Lee_la · 27-08-2015 9:03pm

HugsiePie wrote: »

In 5 years time that little icon you have of lisa simpson will no longer be there but rather replaced by one of these lovely ladies :pac::pac::pac:

Haha nah I've tried smoking and decided it isn't for me. But if I get a choice I choose Patty over Selma

Jhcx · 28-08-2015 8:09am

In a matter of less than 6years you can rack up a nice sum of 23k spent on then.

wnolan1992 · 28-08-2015 10:20am

Jhcx wrote: »

In a matter of less than 6years you can rack up a nice sum of 23k spent on then.

That's if you smoke 20 a day. ((23,000 / 6) / 52) = 73 = roughly a tenner a day.

It's a bit of a bullsh*t statistic tbh. You could just as easy say that people will spend 46k over six years if they smoke 40 a day. It's meaningless.

A more realistic scenario (for this discussion) would be someone who smokes 4 cigarettes on a night out once a week. Which is a box every 5 weeks, which is roughly €100 a year, which is €600 over six years. Pretty insignificant considering someone having 3-4 pints on a night out once a week (let's set the price of a pint at €4) would be spending €16 a week, which is €832 a year which is the bones of five grand over the course of 6 years.

So from a purely economical standpoint, people who drink pints are actually wasting a lot more money than people who have a few smokes.

#statisticsproveeverythingandanything

SureYWouldntYa · 29-08-2015 9:28am

You know those people you meet on a night out, you don't like them and you they don't like you but you do the awkward chat for a few minutes.

Well I was a bit drunk on Sunday, and apparently whenever someone I didn't like tried to talk to me or any of us, I kept shouting "Avada Kedavra" at them

wnolan1992 · 29-08-2015 1:15pm

SureYWouldntYa wrote: »

Well I was a bit drunk on Sunday,

and apparently [...] I kept shouting "Avada Kedavra" at them

J'accuse! :pac:

SureYWouldntYa · 29-08-2015 1:28pm

wnolan1992 wrote: »

J'accuse! :pac:

imagine what happens on a bad night then :pac:

Junco Partner · 14-09-2015 3:25pm

Sitting outside a cafe on lunchbreak in dublin. Up comes a panhandler begging for money. Normally I'll give change but there's just so many in this city compared to limericks. I've started refusing. Didn't need to this time though. His girlfriend saw my stern face, navy workpants and black shoes and assumed I was a guard rather than a cook.
"He's a copper,come on"
I'll just need to learn the lingo and rough up a few water protesters and I'll have my disguise down. Will never be bothered for change again.

pajor · 14-09-2015 4:29pm

"Have you drink taaaken?" is definitely one you'll need.

LoonyLovegood · 14-09-2015 5:46pm

Well, lahds, who owns the vhe-hicle now?

wnolan1992 · 14-09-2015 5:48pm

Look at me like that again and I'll ram this baton up your hole boss.

Jhcx · 14-09-2015 8:53pm

Lads just bit curious do we ever do any movie nights?

LoonyLovegood · 15-09-2015 7:56am

Like, with friends?

Jhcx · 15-09-2015 12:57pm

Na here with boardsies.

Insect Overlord · 15-09-2015 2:06pm

Jhcx wrote: »

Na here with boardsies.

How would that work? Everybody meeting up, or watching the same film at the same time and posting about it?

Jhcx · 15-09-2015 2:30pm

An File wrote: »

How would that work? Everybody meeting up, or watching the same film at the same time and posting about it?

Would have to try meet up somewhere. Bit it's hard cause most of us are in all the cities

Jhcx · 15-09-2015 3:34pm

Can you link to the paragraph mentioning this. I have read through the charter in the sticky but can't see anything. I could be missing it. Saw the part about being safe online with sub text about telling people who your meeting. Just curious so many charters on boards it's worse then work

LoonyLovegood · 16-09-2015 10:32am

I was being overzealous super mod. I am officially a gobdaw.

wnolan1992 · 16-09-2015 12:56pm

... anyhoo!

Speaking of movie nights, my housemates and I are currently setting up a mini cinema in our sitting room. We've got no TV (because seriously UPC, €75 for TV+Internet? Not gonna happen!). We bought a projector and are building a PC that we can use for Netflix and movies and stuff. We're gonna have one entire wall dedicated as the screen. S'gonna be classs.

Jhcx · 16-09-2015 2:20pm

One the lads has that done to okay plantation and movies. Quality of projector isint great but then again it's near 10years old. New projector should do for better.

wnolan1992 · 16-09-2015 2:32pm

Jhcx wrote: »

One the lads has that done to okay plantation and movies. Quality of projector isint great but then again it's near 10years old. New projector should do for better.

Oh yeah, we're not expecting much like, I paid 90 quid for the projector or something so I'm not expecting IMAX quality like. :pac:

Once it's around DVD quality I'll be happy like.

LoonyLovegood · 16-09-2015 3:27pm

I'm jealous. Very very jealous.

I don't even have a tv, and the lack of great british bake off hurts my heart.

Jhcx · 16-09-2015 7:36pm

LoonyLovegood wrote: »

I'm jealous. Very very jealous.

I don't even have a tv, and the lack of great british bake off hurts my heart.

All I'm saying is google is your best friend on your laptop. Or if you own windows 10 there's an app for that

Junco Partner · 17-09-2015 10:01pm

Had a bit of an existential crisis last night in a bar in Dublin. After yet another week on the road for work.
One week here has me reevaluating what I want out of my life and my twenties.
I think me and Limerick have about run our course. I need out.

wnolan1992 · 18-09-2015 2:30pm

Junco Partner wrote: »

Had a bit of an existential crisis last night in a bar in Dublin. After yet another week on the road for work.
One week here has me reevaluating what I want out of my life and my twenties.
I think me and Limerick have about run our course. I need out.

I'm the same now tbh. I've been in Limerick for over 5 years now, and it's starting to feel like I'll never get out of here....

Insect Overlord · 18-09-2015 2:57pm

Why did we never do a Limerick beers?!

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