Posted by Goodoctor on September 28, 2009, 11:46:07, in reply to "Smokers are cooler...."
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I'd say smokers too tend to be a bit more rebelious, rejecting the health-conscious dogma, etc. They like to make decisions for themselves.
--Previous Message--
: Now I know these days, the
: anti-consensus has
: resulted in this being
: considered a laughable
: thing to say, but I
: think it's true that
: smokers are indeed in
: general cooler, and more
: fun to hang out with
: than non-smokers. Even
: back in school, and most
: of my first year at uni
: before I properly got
: started, I'd observed
: that most of the people
: most fun to spend time
: with smoked, at least
: socially if not full
: time.
:
: I think the reason for
: this is that if someone
: has an independent brain
: in their head, and does
: not just accept all the
: anti info without
: personal investigation,
: and has an ounce of
: curiosity and
: imagination, as smart,
: interesting people
: usually do, then at some
: point they are likely to
: have tried a few
: cigarettes, out of
: curiosity if nothing
: else. And of course
: once you've tried a few
: cigarettes you are
: probably going to find
: out inhaling tobacco
: smoke is a very
: pleasurable thing to do.
: And if you value doing
: the enjoyable thing over
: the sensible thing, as
: fun people tend to do,
: once you've found that
: out you will probably
: continue smoking and
: become a smoker.
:
: So while smoking in
: itself will probably not
: make you a smarter, more
: fun or more interesting
: person, the
: psychological factors at
: play make it more than
: likely that smart, fun,
: interesting people will
: be smokers.
:
: Not universally true of
: course, but I definitely
: think there is some
: truth in this. What do
: you all think?
:
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