• i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      21 minutes ago

      Years of money and effort from tobacco companies to expose people to advertising to convince them that smoking is cool and sexy. It worked.

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      Smoking proves that you officially Don’t Give a Shit about your long-term health, and Not Giving a Shit is the essence of being cool. I mean, I guess for a long time now “cool” has just meant “good,” but the original “cool” aesthetic was all about acting like you were probably going to die young and looking sexy doing it.

      Edit: And smoking definitely contributes to the sexy part. Smoldering embers. Oral fixation. Taking a long drag and letting it out slowly. Maybe it’s not for you, but it sure pushes my buttons, and I know it’s not just me.

  • doug@lemmy.today
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    10 hours ago

    As a never-smoker who knows all the downsides to smoking, the one point I do concede about the habit is it DOES look very cool.

    Vaping just does not compare.

    • cm0002@lemmy.cafe
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      9 hours ago

      Every once in a while I think about lighting up at my job so I could be like John from Jurassic Park now that I’m in IT

      Unfortunately a) id probably get fired and b) I HATE the smell of cigarettes LMAO

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        8 hours ago

        I once did some office work for a tobacco company, where you were allowed to smoke at your desk. I don’t smoke, but I had a few ciggies when I was there, because you realise that you’ve never really pointed at anything, until you’ve pointed at it with a cig in your hand. It’s just a better way to point at stuff (I don’t make the rules).

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          Disney cast members are taught to “Disney point” where you point with either two fingers or your whole hand, and during Traditions (job training/brainwashing course) you’re shown pictures of Walt Disney doing that point.

          At some point you realize that he’s doing that point because they just edited a cigarette out from between his fingers.

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    10 hours ago

    Mom, you know what be great with this cigarette? Some gummi bears.