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I still have to understand what motivates a person to grab a 🤬 Mcdonald's cheesburger knowing it's a bad thing. See what I did thar. It's called personal preference, very tough concept I know.



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20 cigarettes in one day - won't kill you if you're addicted
20 mdonalds cheeseburgers - you'll probably be in the hospital from an extreme case of dehydration, possibly death by sodium


Game. Set. Match.
 
20 cigarettes in one day - won't kill you if you're addicted
20 mdonalds cheeseburgers - you'll probably be in the hospital from an extreme case of dehydration, possibly death by sodium


Game. Set. Match.

That Super Size Me, documentary/film pretty much showed the outcomes of over eating fast food. After watching that I rarely go to those places now.
 
I still go to them, even after that. Just in moderation. And 'cause gas/food cost money I kinda sorta don't have
 
20 cigarettes in one day - won't kill you if you're addicted
20 mdonalds cheeseburgers - you'll probably be in the hospital from an extreme case of dehydration, possibly death by sodium


Game. Set. Match.
I ordered 20 cheese burgers( or McChickens) recently and I eaten like at least 11 cheese burgers when they were 60 cents back then.
 
20 cigarettes in one day - won't kill you if you're addicted
20 mdonalds cheeseburgers - you'll probably be in the hospital from an extreme case of dehydration, possibly death by sodium


Game. Set. Match.

Every cigarette does you damage.

A burger you can walk off. I don't think you can walk off a cigarette.
 
The point is there are plenty of other bad things people do while knowing it's bad for them.

And? What does that have to do with anything? If he can do it, I can do it too? I'm saying this because it's a shame that, at your age, you are smoking.

One cigarette, I've smoked hundreds, and others many thousands, of cigarettes and I'm not one bit worse off then before I started.

True I may not be able to run as well as I used to

Quite a contradiction, right?

but I could really give a damn.

That you give or not a damn is an entire different thing. If you don't give a damn, then continue smoking, I have no problem with it. As long as you don't smoke near me, that is. Given our geographical locations, however, I doubt that will be a problem.

I know they're bad for me, and I'm well addicted, but I don't want to stop. It's something I enjoy doing, even if it is eating through my wallet.

And it brings me back to my point: I can't understand how people smoke when they know it's a bad thing to do to their bodies. I doubt you knew you liked cigarettes before you tried one.

If you want to compare one cigarette to one cheesburger, I smoke at least 28 a week and at the end of the week I'm the same as I was at the start.

Ask a doctor to prove you wrong.

Eat 28 cheesburgers a week, you'll be feeling very sick if not making a trip to the hospital. I've also ate many a cheesburger and felt completely awful or even sick afterward, no to mention the fact that they go through you faster than it took you to eat the damn thing.

That pretty much happens with anything you eat too many times in a short period of time. Stop smoking, then tell me if you continue to be "healthy". Withdrawal symptoms just kicked in, yo.

I've never once felt sick after a regular cigarette, cloves being the exception.

That doesn't mean it doesn't hurt your body.

I try my best to not smoke near people who don't, and I even warn other people about the dangers and consequences of smoking, but apparently I'm the evil guy giving everyone cancer and killing myself.

Me thinks you should follow your own advice. But by the looks of it, if you really are addicted, withdrawal symptoms are something you may not want to go through.

If you don't smoke, that's fine, but it shouldn't be such a crazy concept that other people enjoy it.

It's a crazy concept to stab your arm just to see if you enjoy it. That's basically what someone does before smoking a cigarette.



If it's the way you want to live your life, I respect it. But I won't understand why someone would grab a cigarette for the first time knowing it's a bad thing to do, not to mention addictive.

Every cigarette does you damage.

A burger you can walk off. I don't think you can walk off a cigarette.
 
Me thinks you should follow your own advice. But by the looks of it, if you really are addicted, withdrawal symptoms are something you may not want to go through.

I agree with you here, withdrawal sucks, I'm already pretty bad at controlling my temper and it definitely doesn't help. Once on a three day period without any cigarettes I went from slightly annoyed to absolute rage yelling at my sister to sorry all because my sister was playing a song I didn't like, all in a blink of an eye. I guess this isn't helping my side of the argument is it :lol:

It's a crazy concept to stab your arm just to see if you enjoy it. That's basically what someone does before smoking a cigarette.



If it's the way you want to live your life, I respect it. But I won't understand why someone would grab a cigarette for the first time knowing it's a bad thing to do, not to mention addictive.

How is stabbing yourself in the arm anywhere near comparable to smoking a cigarette? One cigarette will not kill you, one cigarette will not give you cancer, and one cigarette will definitely not get you addicted. Please prove me wrong if I am. What I'm trying to say by comparing them to other bad things is what makes cigarettes so ridiculously terrible in comparison to the many other bad things out there? The way you talk about them I might as well be pouring mercury down my throat.

18 might be young but to be honest with you I had wanted to try cigarettes ever since I was young. My cousins all smoked and I really liked the smell of it so I thought it would be something that I like. Why would I think that, I couldn't in the least tell you because I have no clue myself, it just comes down to what you want. I grew up in a pretty strict household, went to church every Sunday, and was endlessly lectured about the dangers of smoking in both as well as all throughout grade school. What am I doing now, smoking. My friend, on the other hand, grew up in a house with absolutely no rules and had complete access to cigarettes, booze, and even drugs but would never touch the stuff. Personal preference.
 
Lucas, I think I've mentioned this before, but hey ho, I'll go over it again. I smoke, because not only do I like the taste of some of them, but it's a pretty good stress relief, and by pretty good, for me, it's excellent. I'm still in control, and regularly go a few days without smoking, a pack can last me 10-14 days.

I will never understand chain-smokers and people on 40-60 a day though.

Also, I think there are some myths flying around here. The lungs can heal, to a certain extent and within a certain amount of damage (certainly not as good as the liver is at healing itself, again within reason.), one cigarette will not damage you, just like one cheeseburger will not damage you.

We know the health risks of smoking, drinking, driving a racing car at 200mph, etc. Why do people do it? All of the above are illogical practices with the risks we know, but hey, people take risks. I gather you are only 16 or so, so probably don't have much life experience (that's not a dig btw), you'll come across friends who get addicted to things like Cocaine, and you'll think "Why?". To understand a human is a lie. (Particularly if they are from Birmingham)
 
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I'm completely done with this ridiculous Volvo, the previous owners treated it like crap and I was too stupid to listen to the voice in the back of my head saying "this is going to have a ton of problems." I could have easily gotten a nice blue 91 740 GLE, but I just had to have the turbo :indiff:
 
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How is stabbing yourself in the arm anywhere near comparable to smoking a cigarette? One cigarette will not kill you

Neither will taking one (light) stab to the arm, in all fairness. But keep doing it and eventually you'll do yourself some serious damage. Just not immediately.

I'd say it's a fair comparison in that respect. Except that the stabbing route is considerably cheaper, if less widely accepted.
 
Neither will taking one (light) stab to the arm, in all fairness. But keep doing it and eventually you'll do yourself some serious damage. Just not immediately.

I'd say it's a fair comparison in that respect. Except that the stabbing route is considerably cheaper, if less widely accepted.

How does that make it a fair comparison, even in that respect a light stab to the arm is still painful, a cigarette is completely painless.

If I "lightly" stabbed my arm as many times as I've smoked a cigarette I wouldn't have an arm anymore. Some people have smoked for longer than my father has been alive, if one cigarette was as deadly as everyone apparently thinks it is even I would be dead by now. I've had 11 cigarettes today, better go to the hospital asap, my lungs are probably shriveled, black and charred. Maybe I should start that new stabbing yourself in the arm method, the 'same' as a cigarette but doesn't cost anything and only leaves you with a bleeding wound :P
 
How does that make it a fair comparison, even in that respect a light stab to the arm is still painful, a cigarette is completely painless.

Oh I dunno, I bet the first one wasn't a particularly enjoyable experience ;)

But yeah ok, maybe it's not that similar. I'll give in :P
 
You can heal a couple of little stabs.. You can't really heal ones messed up lungs. (but don't listen to me, I don't smoke nor stab myself in the arm)
 
Some people enjoy stabbing themselves much like some enjoy smoking.

I know, quite often I am standing outside the pub and I ask, "Do you smoke?", you'd be surprised at how often the response, "No, I stab." comes up instead. ;)
 
Do you have to go outside to stab too?

Yeah, it's to benefit the non-stabbers. Second hand stab can be a killer...

Anyways, today I called in sick for work. I am feeling fine I just really didn't want to be there today. I justified my reasoning by assuring myself that my bank balance was actually looking fairly good to what it normally is (basically nothing).

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Tree'd by 3 minutes, damn you have to fast around here :P
 
20 cigarettes in one day - won't kill you if you're addicted
20 mdonalds cheeseburgers - you'll probably be in the hospital from an extreme case of dehydration, possibly death by sodium

Game. Set. Match.
Yes, they will. It won't be the first day, it won't be the second, but smoking 20 cigarettes every day will eventually cause your body to succumb to a number of health issues.

One cigarette, I've smoked hundreds, and others many thousands, of cigarettes and I'm not one bit worse off then before I started.

If you want to compare one cigarette to one cheesburger, I smoke at least 28 a week and at the end of the week I'm the same as I was at the start.
Unless you give yourself a check up after every cigarette, you're wrong.
However, it’s a myth to believe that if you smoke only two cigarettes a week for example, or just on the weekends, that it won't affect your health. Even a few cigarettes can increase your blood pressure,and put you at a slightly increased risk of heart disease and stroke. Some studies show that young smokers who light up only occasionally have signs of artery disease. And though their risk of developing cancer is nowhere near that of a regular smoker, compared with a non-smoker, the risk is elevated.
http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/25/is-an-occasional-cigarette-that-bad-for-you/

There are several other studies reporting occasional smoking still ups the risks.

I have no problem with people smoking as long as they don't do it around me & can mask the smell afterwards. But, when I see folks like you who claim that you're still fine even though you only smoke a few a day, I just roll my eyes because you don't seem to actually add up all the cigarettes you smoke & that one of those is going to break the camel's back.
 
I wasn't saying smoking doesn't effect my health, I'm sure on the inside my lungs and blood pressure aren't the very best, I'm just saying I feel the same as I did before I started smoking.

Maybe one of them will eventually do me in, but it's not a guarantee. Although down the road serious health problems that may lead to death may arise, it's not 100% that once you become a smoker you're going to get cancer, emphysema, etc.
 
I wasn't saying smoking doesn't effect my health, I'm sure on the inside my lungs and blood pressure aren't the very best, I'm just saying I feel the same as I did before I started smoking.

Maybe one of them will eventually do me in, but it's not a guarantee. Although down the road serious health problems that may lead to death may arise, it's not 100% that once you become a smoker you're going to get cancer, emphysema, etc.

But it is 100% that you are more likely to get any smoking-caused diseases than I will.
 
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