Is Smoking Cool?

funk-you · 06-04-2005 05:48AM #1

right- been having this debate jokingly with a mate for a while and believe me we've both come up with some valid assed points for both sides but we're leaving it up to you the people to have the final word.
IS SMOKING COOL? Yay or Nay?

kikel · 06-04-2005 06:06AM

Yay. Its now a great way to meet women. Especially since the smoking ban came in. Something in common straight away

tuxy · 06-04-2005 06:33AM

the least you could have done is posted the "valid assed points for both sides"
some people as so lazy

funk-you · 06-04-2005 06:41AM

will do tonight when it gets a few more posts.

Crucifix · 06-04-2005 07:14AM

Atari Jaguar.
It's cool in films, and peoples heads etc. But in reality it's not so cool.

DriftingRain · 06-04-2005 07:17AM

No its not cool!
Stinky breath....AND stinky clothes....But if a gal is a smoker and so are you!!! Then I guess...its ok!

I don't like it!

/me giggles

~DR~

dregin · 06-04-2005 07:25AM

Now that the smoking ban is doin pretty well I can't even stand walking behind someone on the street who's smoking.

DriftingRain · 06-04-2005 07:32AM

STinks dont it!

Fobia · 06-04-2005 07:33AM

Yay. But they cost too much.

bonzai bob · 06-04-2005 07:34AM

smoking makes you stupid

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 06-04-2005 08:27AM

DriftingRain wrote:

STinks dont it!

Actually I find pubs smell far worse since the smoking ban... I was out on saturday night in a pub that shall remain nameless, but urgh, the smell of B.O. and farts was overpowering... I couldn't wait to leave.

What's the thinking here? Just because people have stopped smoking it means you don't have to provide any kind of ventilation?!

Tusky · 06-04-2005 08:47AM

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

Actually I find pubs smell far worse since the smoking ban... I was out on saturday night in a pub that shall remain nameless, but urgh, the smell of B.O. and farts was overpowering... I couldn't wait to leave.
What's the thinking here? Just because people have stopped smoking it means you don't have to provide any kind of ventilation?!

That is such a rediculous post, its hilarious.

Gilgamesh · 06-04-2005 08:49AM

Smoking isn't cool, but it kills time for you hehe

Branoic · 06-04-2005 08:59AM

Yes! Killing yourself slowly sure is fun!

Actually no. I, also, can't even bear walking behind a smoker in the street. YUK!

Deadwing · 06-04-2005 09:04AM

Tusky wrote:

That is such a rediculous post, its hilarious.

lol yeah i love the way people complain that now pubs dont reek of smoke, all you can smell is B.O & farts. Most people spend 8 hours a day stuck in an office with just as many people as youd find in a pub, they dont leave at the end of the day going 'god all i could smell in there was farts all day'

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 06-04-2005 09:05AM

Tusky wrote:

That is such a rediculous post, its hilarious.

Hey, you weren't in that pub, I swear to God it was ghastly... obviously the little issue of carcinogens comes into play if you want to look at it objectively, but if you'd like to isolate the issue of smell alone, it comes down to whether you think farts and b.o. smell better than ciggarette smoke... so which is it?
Or you can continue to guffaw from your oh-so-serious high horse as if this is some kind of stuffy-arsed debate. :rolleyes:

kikel · 06-04-2005 09:10AM

Agree with donkey.
In a club one night with a mate. a few nice women close by we we eyeing up. A guy walked between us and let a stinker. The women then fled like there was no tomorro. Later that same guy was having a great time talking to the women that we were eyeing up.
Got to hand it to the dirty bast4rd. He did come out on top.

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 06-04-2005 09:11AM

Deadwing wrote:

Most people spend 8 hours a day stuck in an office with just as many people as youd find in a pub

Not this pub.
Picture it... saturday night, dublin city center, no seats left, you're holding your pint at your chest because there's nowhere to put it down, nor is there even enough room infront of you to hold it any other way... you want to buy another drink, but you don't think you'll be able to crowd-surf your way to the bar... the ceilings are as low as those found in an average living room.
I didn't believe the hype of smelly pubs either until I walked into this place, especially upstairs.
BTW, there's no way you'd find an office that cramped, not even in India.

cormie · 06-04-2005 09:12AM

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

Actually I find pubs smell far worse since the smoking ban... I was out on saturday night in a pub that shall remain nameless, but urgh, the smell of B.O. and farts was overpowering... I couldn't wait to leave.
What's the thinking here? Just because people have stopped smoking it means you don't have to provide any kind of ventilation?!

This is very true. It's different from an office as in an office your at the same desk all day but in a nightclub you can waltz around and escape blame.

But at least your don't go home with your clothes smelling of body odours. You would spend 5 minutes in a certain pub and your clothes would reek of smoke :mad:

garthv · 06-04-2005 09:13AM

I used to smoke, I still have the odd spliff here and there but it always amazed me why people smoke. I understand its a stress reliver etc etc.. but the con's far outweigh the pro's. Heck, even if a see a nice looking girl walking down the street and she sparks up I immediately get turned off

Branoic · 06-04-2005 09:13AM

kikel wrote:

Agree with donkey.
In a club one night with a mate. a few nice women close by we we eyeing up. A guy walked between us and let a stinker. The women then fled like there was no tomorro. Later that same guy was having a great time talking to the women that we were eyeing up.
Got to hand it to the dirty bast4rd. He did come out on top.

Hahahahaha. Biological warfare: the new tool for scoring. Class!

jor el · 06-04-2005 09:24AM

Smoking makes baby Jesus cry.

Not cool, just stinking and filthy.

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 06-04-2005 09:25AM

GaRtH_V wrote:

I understand its a stress reliver etc etc..

Apparently the 'stress relief' is only the relief you feel from satisfying the nicotine withdrawl from your previous ciggies... not necessarily a calming effect over all... calming the smokers jitters if you will.
People smoke because they're addicted to nicotine... backed up by countless warped mental attachments to ciggies.

Tha Gopher · 06-04-2005 09:33AM

kikel wrote:

Agree with donkey.
In a club one night with a mate. a few nice women close by we we eyeing up. A guy walked between us and let a stinker. The women then fled like there was no tomorro. Later that same guy was having a great time talking to the women that we were eyeing up.
Got to hand it to the dirty bast4rd. He did come out on top.

A rather similiar situation arose for me during the time ya were allowed to smoke
Bout 2 years ago me and my cousin, drunk as fook, are chattin up these 2 birds in a nightclub, tryna outdo each other by puttin the other down infront of the girls. Anyway, I was puttin him down 6 feet i was doin so good and the birds were laughin..... therefore my cousins only reaction is to stub his cigarette into my hand and make me scream like a wee girl :mad:
Though i dont smoke cigs i had prev opposed the ban, more nannying from the gov i thought. That incident changed my opinion on yis smokin bastids.

Now the ban is great, i dunno if it is at all related but i stopped getting hangovers around April last year, when i was 17, regardless of how much i drink. Ive had like 3 since, and two of them were caused by a dirty pint(and for those that dont believe in the mythical dirty pint, those who have experienced it know if its existence. A normal hangover leaves you with a bit of a rough stomach, tiredness and general miserableness. A dirty pint is like a severe flu, afftecting your ability to walk comfortably) .
Its great not havin them

kikel · 06-04-2005 09:34AM

No smoking isn't cool. It's a bad habit. From giving up and not suceeding i can see how a non smoker would see it as a turn off. Us smokers don't realise the cigarette break is so over powering.

misswex · 06-04-2005 09:38AM

Its not cool at all, its disgusting in fact!! Used to be horrible in pubs with ashtrays overflowing with cigarettes ends!!

Velvet Vocals · 06-04-2005 10:46AM

Ok, here's my thoughts... I used to smoke, I smoked for about 13 years and while I knew it was really, really bad for me I loved it. But I'm singer and it was fu*king with my voice so I had to give it up. I'm off them about 3 years now and don't miss them.... but sometimes, just sometimes, I wish I could have one. I mean, if you take away the smelliness, the dry mouth, the racking coughs, the damaged lungs/heart/brain,if you forget all that and just take a deep, long drag...... Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh LOVELY FAGS!

And in movies.... it's looks so COOL!!!!!