Wish I could still buy one of those.
going to the grocery store and seeing an employee with a big dust-mop going up and down the aisles pushing along an ever-growing pile of cigarette butts because everyone would just drop 'em and step on 'em and keep on shopping…
Also once about eight years ago I was in Kentucky doing the bourbon trail. It’s pretty rural aside from the distilleries, and finding somewhere to eat lunch on Sunday was hard as almost everything is closed, we ended up at some place they called a bourbon gastropub, but that meant that the dining room side was the only part fit to eat in, but all that was open was the horrible bar which was made of raw particle board, and there were members of the Klan sitting at it, who had the leather vests with the blood drop cross. There was literally nowhere else to eat so we ordered, but I felt terrified the whole time, and as we were wrapping up one of the Klan lit a cigarette at the bar and just sat there, and nobody said anything. It was quite stunning.
At one of my first jobs in an office, everyone had an ashtray at their desk and there was always someone smoking at any given time throughout the day. Same with the breakroom. Sometime around then was when they started making people go to the breakroom to smoke, then a few years later it moved to having to go outside, which just meant walking through the cloud of smoke surrounding the door to get inside. Well, at least one thing has changed for the better since then. 😄
Altria, formerly Philip Morris, still allows smoking in their buildings as of a few years ago. It’s trippy to book a non-smoking room in the 2020s.
Jokes on you. You also didn’t know how bad everyone smelled because you smelled just like them.
It’s totally true, we all smelled terrible.
I still do!
clubbing became pretty smelly after the smoking bans i think it forced most decent clubs to upgrade their AC
I grew up in a house with smokers, picked it up as a teenager and smoked a pack a day for 20 years after that. Now I can smell someone lighting up 2 blocks away.
It’s kind of crazy. As time passed without smoking, I noticed many things smelled differently to me. For example, I was repulsed by the smell of cheddar cheese the first time I smelled it after quitting. I can’t put it into words properly but it smelled so different from what I was expecting that the thought of taking a bite made my stomach turn.
You can also just take a trip to the Waffle House off I-95 in Florence, SC. It allowed smoking when I was there in 2014 and probably still does.
There’s a small city in the Kansas City, Missouri metro (Raytown) that lobbied to keep it legal in restaurants and bars. I just looked it up, and apparently it’s fine to smoke weed as of 2023, too
Well they literally get killed for asking.
In the 80s and 90s a cool ash tray was a good gift for literally anyone. Even teenagers since half of them were smoking reefer
It’s true! Making clay ashtrays for your parents in art class was a thing.
As a kid I liked the shitty little ashtrays they had in fast food restaurants. Like McDonald’s. I think they were aluminum and meant to be pretty much disposable. You could play with them like flying saucers. Or a shield for your GI Joe guys. Or if your GI Joe guys were going on vacation in the snow. They were maluable so you could shape them.
Even as a kid I always liked the smell
And the cold tobacco doesn’t bother me either
However there’s one tobacco smell I don’t like, when someone smoked a cigaret (in cold weather) very fast before boarding the train/bus. It’s a very strong, musky smell
Noone could smell anything from smoking so much, the smoke stank paradox
I remember coming home from shows in high school/college and I would have to shower and throw my clothes in the washer. I was so happy when smoking was finally banned in clubs.
There are worse smells, like murdered animals on a fire.
Oh, piss off, dude. We get it. You don’t eat meat and you want to argue about it with strangers on a post that has nothing at all to do with the topic. Virtue signaling as a replacement for a personality.
When I went vegan I moved to a place where I have to pass a Burger King on the way home. That greasy tallow smell is so nasty every time I pass it.
It’s sad when you first smell the herbs, not realizing it yet.
I’d really prefer to have people smoke around me than to randomly smell something that hurts my feelings.
My coworker is also vegan. One of the people we worked with is this man who can be super nasty, and then turn around and do something nice for you. Without getting into the specifics he’s highly manipulative. Anyway, he had been yelling at her the day before her birthday, and the day of her birthday he shows up with a cake for her, NOT vegan, and wishes her happy birthday and tells her he didn’t have a chance to get a vegan cake. So he really put her on the spot, and cut her a slice and handed it to her, and so she had to sort of pick at the whipped cream icing to be polite because he was standing there watching her. Carnists really love to do shit like that.
Qm i in the wrong thread? I thought this was about smoking, not veganism.
Best summer smell. The smell of quality cow flesh slowly cooking over an open flame is one of the best.
They are not on fire. They are just boiling in their own fat. MMMMMMMmmmmmm, fat.
Horrid
I always thought I had bad indoor allergies until i moved out of my parents house. They have chain smoked inside with the windows closed for my whole life. Moving out was the best thing I ever did for my health.
I hate cigarettes now, especially since I quit smoking myself(didnt smoke inside though) I don’t even know why I started in the first place. I’m dumb I guess?
Straight up child abuse. Fuck…
Every once in a while I still spot someone smoking with kids in the car. That shit makes me irate.
Living in Norway, it always strikes me how disgusting smoking still is, even outside, when i go to central europe. You get completely unused to the amount of smoke and stink e.g. outside of stores
I only ever smell it outside anymore, but I walk away fanning the air in front of my face. It’s so nasty.
Can always tell the people who smoke in their cars.
Their cloths are saturated in it and they’re noseblind to it. I’m in Healthcare and you get off an elevator and can tell when the Caregiver who smokes was on the elevator before you.
NICE
Always am heavily cognizant since I smoke weed to not be like the ciggy cunts. Would want someone to tell me.
Isn’t weed the same way? I can always smell it on people who smoke it. It might not be quite as ‘sticky’ as cigarette smoke?, but I can still smell it on people’s clothes until they are washed, or in their house or car.
Please tell someone. Dunno bout them but I’d appreciate being told. Feel like an ass otherwise.
Still be the case of course lol
Brush teeth if going anywhere before. Never smoke around others. I breath test, cloths test.
Some family smoke cigarettes fairly heavily and I’ve never smelled it on them. Despite living in the same home. They are conscious of others with their habit. I don’t know what the people who reek do. Maybe they hotbox the actual smoke.
Born in early 90’s. We were still responding “non” to the first question that was asked entering a restaurant.
Try working in a restaurant. I worked as a server for awhile, right at the tail end of when they still had smoking and nonsmoking sections. It was awful.
