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[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 12 points 2 months ago

Tobacco is generally a pretty lame drug, but some forms of it at least smell somewhat good (e.g. waterpipes (though I think a lot of the 'smells good' is additives), or the old-fashioned smoking pipes).

[–] _cnt0@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago

Second line points out addiction, then goes on to ask why? That's a special kind of stupidity on its own.

[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Lol as a non smoker when I take a rip I feel so lightheaded and awesome. No wonder people get addicted

[–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I know what you mean. As a non drinker I love getting drunk every week.

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[–] isekaihero@ani.social 10 points 2 months ago (6 children)

I don't smoke myself but you need to know that cigarettes are super-processed crap. They intentionally add more poisonous shit to them. Even I like the smell of loose leaf tobacco smoked in a pipe, or in a quality cigar. The reason people first started smoking tobacco is because it smells good. But you're right that's not cigarettes.

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[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Picking up girls and making friends mostly.

The rest is to get away from dancing/ loud music/ heat.

My ideal place to go out would be a location with no dancefloor just a bar and a smoking area where you can't smoke. Unfortunately the vibe of the smoking area just hits differently and no one can explain it. It cannot be replicated. It's magic in a bottle.

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[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I got hooked at first because as teenagers when we smoked weed we would smoke it cut with nicotine.

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[–] lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I think Nicotine has a stimulant effect, so there is that. Other than that, yea, the marketing devils get to them.

[–] Rolder@reddthat.com 8 points 2 months ago

The marketing to get the first puff, then the nicotine to keep you hooked.

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[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

cool another post on Lemmy about not understanding addiction

[–] Comrade_Spood@slrpnk.net 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Its about not understanding why people get into it in the first place, not why they don't quit after. You can't have an addiction if you never try it in the first place.

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[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 7 points 2 months ago

Because drugs make you feel good?

[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If smoking isn't cool anymore then I don't want to live in this world.

[–] mriormro@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It hasn't been cool for over 30 years.

[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (5 children)

It was definitely cool in the nineties. Maybe you just weren't?

[–] ChexMax@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

I am so so sorry, but over 30 years already includes half the nineties.

That said, smoking still looks cool, even now, it just smells so bad it's not worth it

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