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myLot reputation of 96/100. Ashida (621) 6 years ago

Every day, every night, there is some post about smoking -- do you smoke. do you like to smoke, have you smoked, will you smoke, smoking is bad, smoking is good.... ahhhhhh! Can somebody please explain why this is such an interesting topic?

 

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visitorinvasion (3623) response was accepted on 1/16/2007.
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tags:  smoking, smoke, addiction, bob newhart, cigarette
 
1. myLot reputation of 92/100. oceangirl (108)   6 years ago

Maybe it's because, as Bob Newhart observed, it really is absurd to pick leaves from a plant, roll them up in a piece of paper, stick it in your mouth, and light it ON FIRE.

But of course, that's JMHO. :)


myLot reputation of 96/100. Ashida (621)  6 years ago

hey Ocean! where've you been?

Wow, I think that's he first time I've seen Bob Newhart as a discussion tag!


myLot reputation of 96/100. Ashida (621)  6 years ago

ahhhhhh -- there's another one! (that is another post on smoking) will somebody make it stop!


myLot reputation of 92/100. oceangirl (108)  6 years ago

LOL! Well, I don't imagine he's too familiar to the younger crowd... Heh...

I'm around... Here and there... Work, work, work... I get quite protective of my time when school is in session. Which is a nice way of saying I'm erratic and unpredictable -- no wait, I meant complex and intriguing! Yeah, that's it!

Hehe.


myLot reputation of 96/100. Ashida (621)  6 years ago

you mean you're not making enough on mylot to quit that day job?


forbannet (20)  6 years ago

Its natural, they're addicted to it, used to.


myLot reputation of 98/100. passivepam (752)  6 years ago

Ya used to it is right, after 33yrs, I feel like smoking is a pal. I know its killing me, but hay we all will die someday, somehow, right!! Ya I don't want to suffer, I've sean enough people suffer from smoking, as I was a nurses aid. If you all know how to quit, let me know, I've tried just about everything.


myLot reputation of 96/100. Ashida (621)  6 years ago

I guess i hadn't thought about it like that. Perhaps talking about it is like talking about an old friend for some people. I just was trying to figure out why a post that says something like -- Do U smoke -- gets so many responses. It just doesn't quite make sense to me.
Thanks for replying!

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2. myLot reputation of 87/100. xkaraix (524)   6 years ago

I've never understood it myself. I guess its like any drug, people that partake know its bad and it could kill them but they still do it. I'm not sure what the plus side to cigarettes is though. They're expensive and make you smell.


myLot reputation of 96/100. Ashida (621)  6 years ago

I just don't get why every discussion about smoking (except this one it would seem) gets 500 replies. It makes no sense to me.

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3. myLot reputation of 90/100. ernst111 (4134)   6 years ago

Some people really do smoke all day and night. Many, upon waking up in the morning, will immediately get a stick of cigarette and smoke. This is usually the start of their day. When night comes, before they sleep they need to smoke a stick or two. Smoking can be really addictive. So for those non-smokers, please do not attempt to try it. Do not light even one stick of cigarette. Do not hook yourself to a very harmful habit.


myLot reputation of 96/100. Ashida (621)  6 years ago

Thanks for responding!

I understand that. And I think almost everyone in teh world understands it. That's why it puzzles me so much that there would be so many posts on something that just about everyone knows everything about. Ask just about anyone and they'll tell you that smoking is bad. As someone who smokes, and they'll tell you the same thing -- end of story, or so it would seem, because the same ol' topic keeps shoeing up day after day and week after week.

I don't smoking is addictive, I think talking about smoking is addictive.

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4. myLot reputation of 80/100. primecrimson (1312)   6 years ago

Cigarettes contains nicotine and additives that contains addictive chemicals. That is why many people can't sto smoking easily because their already addcited to it's taste.


myLot reputation of 96/100. Ashida (621)  6 years ago

yes they do, but then is that any reason to post discussion after discussion about them? That's my point.

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5. myLot reputation of 74/100. lauriefnp (4173)   6 years ago

I think that a discussion started as "do you smoke?" or "what cigarettes do you smoke" gets a ton of responses because it's so easy to answer in less than a complete sentence. If people really wanted to discuss quitting smoking, I would support that and encourage that, being an ex-smoker myself. But there doesn't seem to be much interest in quitting- just in making money!

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6. myLot reputation of 68/100. visitorinvasion (3623)   6 years ago

Please allow me to explain possible reasons for this sudden surge of interest in smoking:
1. I dunno what to post & am too lazy to reply
2. I dunno to put "smoking" into the searchbox to see how many thousands of times it's been done
3. I'm such an addicted smoker that I can't get it off my mind
4. My hypnotherapist said in order to conquer the smoking addiction, I must post about it daily and never answer a similar thread
5. Smoke rings fascinate me
6. I was looking to see if Smokey the Bear is a member here so he can teach me how to prevent forest fires since I am the ONLY one who can prevent forest fires.
Hope that clears things up for ya...I need to go smoke.


myLot reputation of 96/100. Ashida (621)  6 years ago

lol! hey... smoke 'em if you got 'em.

You know sometimes I think you oughta do stand up.

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