Post #2930691

2026-05-21 11:03 UTC

Well, you started smoking at some point for some reason. Either social pressure or you liked it. Not calling you stupid, or saying that you are entirely wrong, but maybe consider that another smoker is at a different spot than you, right now. We humans like to repeat the mistakes of others. I want to congratulate you for stopping!

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@Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 2026-05-21 11:44

I was a dumb-as-a-doornail teen in the 90s. That was the reason. Being the coolest motherfucker. And I doubt there ever was a person smoking the first one and be like “wow this is great!” I never liked it, I wanted to smoke too and did, and then there was no way out of it. Not once in my life I heard a smoker say “my first one was awereesomeeeee! I love this!”. That’s the point where people choose to persuade themselves it’s not a drug addiction but a “life-choice” or “taste”. I mean, come on. All other drugs at least offer you something. Nicotine? The best it does it calm you down FROM the withdrawal symptoms. It’s not really being “at a different spot”. There won’t be another step if you already convinced yourself you’d love it. That’s, IMHO, and surely only my anecdotal knowledge, what the less smart people do when, deep down, they know they’ve already lost. Shouldn’t have sounded like from a high-horsed ex-smoker. But would you call that coping overly smart? And thanks. Took me 15 years of “tomorrow I’ll start!” and two nightmare-weeks. Smoked 2-3 packs a day, which was like 30-45€ a day. God that hurts to say.

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