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Smoking
Smoking has been associated with manliness over the years. What do you guys think about smoking? Is there anything such as a casual smoker?
Just looking for a proper discussion given the health effects of smoking.
Cheers!
PS: Apologies for a short post. Posting this from my phone.
Just looking for a proper discussion given the health effects of smoking.
Cheers!
PS: Apologies for a short post. Posting this from my phone.
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Permalink Reply by Leo Doom Occulta on -
It's no more or less manly than anything else.
Far fewer Americans smoke today, but there's a huge anti-smoking movement. Smokers face vitriol at a time where politically correct society is supposed to accept obese people as having a disability. Irony.
There are casual smokers - plenty of them.
Smoking, like all things, is a choice. Adults who decide to smoke should be allowed their vice, just as I am allowed my occasional beer.
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Permalink Reply by Alexsander Mausheim on
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If you would like a casual smoke, I would recommend taking up a pipe.
With a pipe, one does not inhale the smoke, and most "unflavored" tobaccos are free of the toxic additives that are so prevalent in modern cigarettes. It is also quite difficult to "chain smoke" a pipe. Therefore, you have a lower risk of most of the cancers associated with smoking.
You can experiment with different tobacco blends to find one that suits you in flavor and aroma. I prefer English-style tobaccos with a good proportion of Latakia, which smokes fairly cool, and leaves a significant "room note".
Pipe smoking allows you to acquire many tools, such as specialized pipe reamers, stands, tampers, and scrapers, which is certainly manly.
After all, Bob approves of pipe smoking.
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Permalink Reply by Leo Doom Occulta on
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That's a different inquiry entirely, though - "Is Smoking Attractive?"
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"imeaditly"? I am glad you brought that up- Mead is quite nice, too. Although I prefer a sweet mead over a dry varietal, I do prefer not to indulge to the extent of becoming "imeaditlyied".
I do thank you for sharing, madam. Cheers!
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Well said, sir.
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Permalink Reply by Uncle Sam on -
I agree, if im smoking a pipe or cigar, im not trying to impress the ladies. Also i dont do it in front of them.
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Indeed. I banish myself to my detached "club room" (such as it is), as to not annoy the ladies. However, it is a true gentleman's enclave. A cavendish/Latakia blend, a spritely cordial, and the strains of a baroque woodwind quintet in the background (quite lovely, even if a recording) along with some fine thoughtful reading- that makes for an enlightened, if solitary, evening.
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Permalink Reply by Jacob Daniel on -
Just reading this inspired me to partake of this exact endeavor this evening.
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Permalink Reply by Jacob Daniel on
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I believe the word you are looking for is un-gentlemanly because farting is manly but I'm sure you cringe at that activity as well.
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Permalink Reply by George Dorn on -
Farting is manly?
That's good news for me!
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Permalink Reply by Twiggz on -
That's how a lot of non-smoking women feel. I've smoked a pipe for a few years now, but never in public. I've never had trouble with non smokers. Its not addictive as cigs, and I wouldn't smoke prior to going out. Its just a nice relaxation tool while I'm at home.
Never had a complaint.
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