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Posted May 12, 2018
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I’ve been touring Europe for the past few weeks. I’m generally enjoying my trip and have seen quite a few spectacular sites, priceless pieces of art, etc. There is one problem, however, that makes it difficult to have an altogether good time.

Europeans smoke. Oh they smoke SO FUCКING MUCH!!! It seems like everyone, including families with small children, and pregnant women is in the process of a never-ending chain smoking orgy of revolting toxic destruction. Every street, every restaurant, every hotel room, every car either reeks of smoke or has traces of it. I was only able to escape it in remote corners of parks, where there was no one at all. Oh and in churches, the bastards don't smoke in churches. Overall, the whole thing is disgusting in the extreme. I feel I will need to have a transplant of both my lungs as soon as I return to the states.

Of note might be the fact that I see very few old people around. They all died from lung and throat cancer. Probably. This also possibly explains why europeans are willing to suffer the 50% tax rate for their “free” healthcare. Being poisoned every hour of every day, one is willing to put up with anything just to stay alive.
Posted May 12, 2018
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Alaric.us: I’ve been touring Europe for the past few weeks. I’m generally enjoying my trip and have seen quite a few spectacular sites, priceless pieces of art, etc. There is one problem, however, that makes it difficult to have an altogether good time.

Europeans smoke. Oh they smoke SO FUCКING MUCH!!! It seems like everyone, including families with small children, and pregnant women is in the process of a never-ending chain smoking orgy of revolting toxic destruction. Every street, every restaurant, every hotel room, every car either reeks of smoke or has traces of it. I was only able to escape it in remote corners of parks, where there was no one at all. Oh and in churches, the bastards don't smoke in churches. Overall, the whole thing is disgusting in the extreme. I feel I will need to have a transplant of both my lungs as soon as I return to the states.

Of note might be the fact that I see very few old people around. They all died from lung and throat cancer. Probably. This also possibly explains why europeans are willing to suffer the 50% tax rate for their “free” healthcare. Being poisoned every hour of every day, one is willing to put up with anything just to stay alive.
Why do Americans love guns so much? Tens of thousands die every year from preventable gun related deaths. I see very few old men here, probably because they've all shot themselves to death when they lost their jobs in mid life.

The question really isn't why they still do it, in America, there's still a ton of smokers despite decades of effort by public health officials to get the numbers down. I'm fortunate to live in WA where people can only legally smoke at home or outside away from buildings, so when I went to China and saw the smoking, it was kind of shocking.

But, in a global context, smoking is something that they do. It's like it was when I was a kid, where you saw people smoking everywhere and there were non-smoking seats only feet away from the smoking section and most bars would be smoke filled.

Social forces are powerful. It's not that people can't quit smoking, it's usually that the people they socialize with also smoke and removing themselves from those people would cut their social circle down.
Posted May 12, 2018
The OP uses his script to block anyone who disagrees with him and then asks an open question to the general forum. :P

Anyone find that a little curious?

Reminds me of my mother. She asks a question and if she doesn't like the answer, she acts like she didn't hear it and proceeds to ask it again. This continues until she gets the answer she was looking for, regardless of whether or not there is any semblance of fact and or reality in it.


Hey hedwards. How's life treating you?
How about them Golden Knights!
Post edited May 12, 2018 by tinyE
Posted May 12, 2018
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tinyE: Hey hedwards. How's life treating you?
How about them Golden Knights!
Pretty good, I see you're back again.

On the one hand, I kind of miss the anarchy of the old days, but OTOH, it had gotten to the point where people weren't doing anarchy right.
Posted May 12, 2018
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That's what it looks like when an asshat who has to make scripts to ignore people on the Internet has to confront the real world. Oh noes, people are doing things I don't like! Bastards, how dare they! :D
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tinyE: Hey hedwards. How's life treating you?
How about them Golden Knights!
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hedwards: Pretty good, I see you're back again.
Yeah, I had a pretty nasty health scare so I stopped posting a for a short while, but it turned out to be a false alarm.
Back to my annoying self.

And so it doens't look like I'm trolling, here is my contribution to the topic:

https://www.theonion.com/secondhand-smoke-linked-to-secondhand-coolness-1819564071
Post edited May 12, 2018 by tinyE
Posted May 12, 2018
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tinyE: And so it doens't look like I'm trolling, here is my contribution to the topic:

https://www.theonion.com/secondhand-smoke-linked-to-secondhand-coolness-1819564071
Breaking news
Posted May 12, 2018
Alaric being whiney, that's new :P
Posted May 12, 2018
Wow, I can't help but read the OP in this incredibly snide and snooty voice.
Posted May 12, 2018
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CARRiON-XCII: Wow, I can't help but read the OP in this incredibly snide and snooty voice.
It's funnier in a German accent though. I suppose that Italian or French would probably also work.
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hedwards: Pretty good, I see you're back again.
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tinyE: Yeah, I had a pretty nasty health scare so I stopped posting a for a short while, but it turned out to be a false alarm.
Back to my annoying self.

And so it doens't look like I'm trolling, here is my contribution to the topic:

https://www.theonion.com/secondhand-smoke-linked-to-secondhand-coolness-1819564071
Yeah, I saw that post and the where are you post. Glad that you're OK.
Post edited May 12, 2018 by hedwards
Posted May 12, 2018
Because we are worthless piece of crap.
Posted May 12, 2018
Oh yeah, that's the stuff!

And who wants to tell the OP that not too long ago, the Tobacco Lobby virtually owned his beloved party? :P

A few years ago this was actually on our curren't VPs web site:
"Time for a quick reality check. Despite the hysteria from the political class and the media, smoking doesn’t kill."
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Alaric.us: Of note might be the fact that I see very few old people around. They all died from lung and throat cancer.
Hey wise guy !

Have you seen this ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster

We still suffer from its consequences
Posted May 12, 2018
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Vitek: Because we are worthless piece of crap.
I don't think you're a piece of crap, and if you really are on the Pitcairn Island, do you all try to fleece tourist with "Fletcher Christian was here" key chains and other garbage? :P
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