Is smoking a sign of weakness?

[spinnis]

Of course smoking is a sign of weakness, in fact it's the ultimate sign. Everyone knows smoking is one of the dumbest things you can possibly do and the fact he knows this and still does it means he simply cannot quit. He's pathtically weak to be a slave to smoking. 

we have a winner

[Cavalier22]

My pet peeve is seeing a fat person smoking a ciggarette while holding a 32 oz energy drink in their other hand....at 7 am in the morning

[Mars]

My pet peeve is seeing a fat person smoking a ciggarette while holding a 32 oz energy drink in their other hand....at 7 am in the morning

every womens fantasy

[Earl1972]

yes it is a sign of weakness but all human beings have a weakness

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[Mars]

weakness for the cock.

[Karl Kox]

Hear this being discussed in regards to Obama.  I've always considered it one for anyone who started/continues in the last 25 years.  Before that, people didn't know the consequences as clearly.  Now I look at it like obesity.  Clear sign of a lack of willpower.

thoughts?

I did not know he smoked till yesterday

[Swedish Viking]

It really bothers me that he smokes.  It's definitely a sign of weakness-but that's something we all have.  That one really bothers me though.

[EL Mariachi]

i once smoked 5 cigs in 10 min. i smoke fast.

[Jizzacked]

does obama endorse kools or newports?

[Wiggs]

does obama endorse kools or newports?

Marlbro Menthols, his mom was white.

[Jeffro]

I smoke.. and I could stop at any time.

Yes, you are quite the bone smoker, "james001."

[CigaretteMan]

Just a question.  In an age where everybody knows what the shit does to you, why would he continue to smoke?  He's obviously very bright (understatement), has a strong work ethic and appears to work-out on a fairly regular basis, so why not stop doing something that will, by all accounts, lead to health problems? 

  Why make such assumptions? People smoke for a myriad of reasons: to relieve stress, to feel pleasure and for reasons of personal style. Imagine Humphrey Bogart wearing gym shorts and holding a protein shake in his hand instead of wearing a three button suit and holding a cigarette. Not very blasé and sophisticated, don't you agree?

  Most people who smoke do comprehend the health risks. However, recall that only lung cancer and emphysema can be blamed exclusively on cigarette smoke. All the other ailments that smoking supposedly causes, such as strokes as heart disease, can be affected by innumerable other factors besides cigarette smoke. The smokers who suffer strokes and myocardial infarctions are usually very heavy smokers of unfiltered cigarettes who also partake in a high fat diet and high stress lifestyle. If you smoke a few cigarettes a week and partake in a diet void of processed foods and saturated fats, your risk of suffering a stroke or infarction will be lower than that of the typical American non-smoker. The longest lived person ever was a French woman called Jean-Louis Calment, who died at the age of 122. She smoked for 60 years.

  Smoking is a calculated risk. I smoke because nicotine relaxes me and gives me pleasure. However, I smoke about 3 packs of cigarette a month at the most, and sometimes less. Considering my diet devoid of processed foods and the fact that I exercise 5 times a week, I don't think the couple of cigarettes I smoke a day will mean an early death with cancer and other ailments. The cost-benefit of smoking, to me, in the small amount I do, is worth it.

  Also, consider that smoking has some health benefits. Yes: health benefits. Nicotine in inhaled form is the most potent preventer of Parkinson's Disease known. Smoking is also one of the very few things known to decrease the mental degeneration caused by Alzheimer's Disease. Smoking heavily may accelerate mental deterioration with age because the carbon monoxide in smoke decreases oxygen availability to the brain, and nicotine constricts blood vessels decreasing blood supply to the brain, but smoking in small amounts offers potent protection for neurons.

[JasonH]

  Why make such assumptions? People smoke for a myriad of reasons: to relieve stress, to feel pleasure and for reasons of personal style. Imagine Humphrey Bogart wearing gym shorts and holding a protein shake in his hand instead of wearing a three button suit and holding a cigarette. Not very blasé and sophisticated, don't you agree?

  Most people who smoke do comprehend the health risks. However, recall that only lung cancer and emphysema can be blamed exclusively on cigarette smoke. All the other ailments that smoking supposedly causes, such as strokes as heart disease, can be affected by innumerable other factors besides cigarette smoke. The smokers who suffer strokes and myocardial infarctions are usually very heavy smokers of unfiltered cigarettes who also partake in a high fat diet and high stress lifestyle. If you smoke a few cigarettes a week and partake in a diet void of processed foods and saturated fats, your risk of suffering a stroke or infarction will be lower than that of the typical American non-smoker. The longest lived person ever was a French woman called Jean-Louis Calment, who died at the age of 122. She smoked for 60 years.

  Smoking is a calculated risk. I smoke because nicotine relaxes me and gives me pleasure. However, I smoke about 3 packs of cigarette a month at the most, and sometimes less. Considering my diet devoid of processed foods and the fact that I exercise 5 times a week, I don't think the couple of cigarettes I smoke a day will mean an early death with cancer and other ailments. The cost-benefit of smoking, to me, in the small amount I do, is worth it.

  Also, consider that smoking has some health benefits. Yes: health benefits. Nicotine in inhaled form is the most potent preventer of Parkinson's Disease known. Smoking is also one of the very few things known to decrease the mental degeneration caused by Alzheimer's Disease. Smoking heavily may accelerate mental deterioration with age because the carbon monoxide in smoke decreases oxygen availability to the brain, and nicotine constricts blood vessels decreasing blood supply to the brain, but smoking in small amounts offers potent protection for neurons.

Good for you Cigaretteman - this thread was made for your knowledge and input.

[HTexan]

Truth.

X2

[DK II]

Smoking is the dumbest thing ever. There are tons of other drugs that at least have some decent effect to them. Smoking only has sides, the effect-side effect ratio is worse than crack.

[Marty Champions]

weakness for the cock.

hahah oh brother

[divcom]

jamacians dont think so

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c_XEVnrnKI

[The Showstoppa]

jamacians dont think so

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c_XEVnrnKI

Jamaica is a dump outside the resorts and DMX is a complete turd.

[divcom]

Jamaica is a dump outside the resorts and DMX is a complete turd.

thanks.

[The Showstoppa]

thanks.

You're welcome...now get outta Colorado !

[Cyrus The Virus]

Lungcancer is a terrible disease.

[Soundness]

Not if the total perceived benefit you yield from smoking outweighs the total perceived cost of the risk of it.

Each person has individual freedom and the right to choose what they do with each increment of time that is theirs to utilize. The actions each individual takes in each moment in time is what that individual perceives to yield them the most benefit.

If you decide to acquire a new skill you can utilize in your career for the next 2 hours, you perceive that to yield you more benefit than any other action in these next 2 hours. If you decide to post on Getbig about whether or not smoking is a weakness for the next 2 hours, you perceive that to yield you more benefit than anything for the next 2 hours. If you decide to sit on your ass, sleep, etc. the same applies...

"Why would we do things like watch TV, sit on our ass, etc... when it is apparent they don't yield the most benefit?" you may ask? Because deep down we think they do. In these cases we think the best momentary thing for us would be to relax for a while, to enjoy a show for a while, to rest, etc... and repeated actions become habits; things you tend to do automatically, because our brains reinforce that which we repeatedly perceive to yield us the most benefit.

"Then we are harming ourselves--it is clear these things are NOT yielding the most benefit!" you may say. So what's the problem? Energy. What's the solution? Drink your own urine. That is what we are designed to do and if you do your energy will always be sky high.  

The person who smokes does take into consideration the risk of smoking. However, all things accounted for, he or she still perceives the benefit they receive from smoking to be greater than the cost of the risk of smoking. It is fine and it is a personal choice on what is most beneficial to you. If you think the moments of relaxation benefit your life more than a longer life may, so be it. If you think the risk is greater than the benefit of the relaxation, you wouldn't do it. Maybe living a shorter, but more relaxed life, to you, is more valuable than living a longer, but less relaxed life. 

The catch is, some of us need to reach a point of desperation (ex., cancer) in order to truly realize the magnitude of the risk--the potential damage.  

[CAPTAIN INSANO]

As Mark Twain says:

Quitting Smoking is easy, I've done it a hundred times

[Soundness]

if we were designed to drink our own urine... why did god place our dick to far from our mouths?
 
I believe god intended women to drink our urine... that's why my dick finds its way into a gals mouth so easily.
 
make sense?

Hell yeah it makes sense james, sounded completely reasonable when I heard about your trick. 
You're doing many a female model astronomical favors.

The answer to your first question, "why did god place our dick to far from our mouths?"
GRAVITY. This way the body can utilize gravity, which makes it more efficient. Instead of having to pull everything everywhere 100% with muscles, gravity helps your body out by doing some of the "pulling" as it processes things. 

[Soundness]

well that just falls in line with gods plan.
 
he created female models weaker than men.. so obviously they need the boost.

Probably...In ancient cultures this was common knowledge; it was probably normal to do it and normal for females to drink the male's piss.

Millions of people drink their own piss today in India, China, and Germany.
It's something America is sleeping on.