I despise cigarette smoking with every fibre of my being. Ok I am no slouch when it comes to drugs “cough”, but I do not understand the lure of a drug that is so expensive, devastating to your health, makes your breathe smell like an old man’s fart, your teeth yellow, and your skin wrinkled, all for no discernible benefit. It’s not like you get high! What’s it for? Stop it!
There are two types of people who smoke. Stupid bogans with no idea or stupid “cool” people who think they are “subverting the dominant paradigm”. Whatever, both types are stupid and the net outcome is the same.
To be blunt, I wish that all smokers would just die tomorrow. Ok so I’ll lose a few good friends in the mix but it’s a small price to pay for clean air. I’m reasonable, if people’s smoking didn’t affect me so much by stinking me up and by passively exposing me to the negative health consequences, I wouldn’t give a fuck about people smoking. Let them smoke themselves to death just don’t inconvenience me.
Here is one of those craptastic cigarette ads from the 70s and it is so patronising.
Smoking hot not.
August 2nd, 2010 § 2
I kind of miss the Marlborough ads at the cinema, no? All that tanned-busty-girl-riding-a-horse-bare-backed schtick. What am I saying? I hated those bitches for setting an image of womanhood I never grew into!
While I’m not quite at the death-wish stage for smokers, the no-smoking in bars thing has provided a whole new annoyance: Frickin smokers who go outside “for a smoke” then spend the rest of the night out there and somehow all the other dickheads – i.e. my friends – end up out there with them! Grrr.
Sadly I still think certain people, Bette Davis et al, look cool smoking.
I loathe smoking so much that I just can’t see any cool aspect. All I can think is “fuck they must stink!” Kind of kills it.