why does smoking seem to get so much heat on this forum, but drinking doesn't?

let's be honest here, smoking and drinking are both bad for our physical well being. but what i don't get is why is it that there are some guys on here that are fine with drinking every weekend, but are so judge mental of the occasional smoker? i haven't drank in eight months. i never plan to drink again due to a terrible experience, lol. but I enjoy the occasional cigarette. and when i say occasional, i mean i bought a pack four months ago, and i still have eleven cigarettes in that pack. that averages out to roughly one cig every two weeks. i'm in no way trying to say that i'm better than the guys who get wasted every weekend, i'm just asking why is it generally more acceptable to binge drink every weekend than it is to light up the occasional cigarette?

because many people lives revolve around getting drunk every weekend

most people think drinking isn't as bad as it really is, and smoking is worse than it really is

I was amazed at how much black chit came out of my lungs after HARDLY smoking anything (regular basis though)

For weeks stuff was spit out.


Never again

It has to do with the media bro.


Same reason why people think Apple make the best computers and Dr. Dre Beats are the best headphones known to man.


BRB, being gay is more acceptable than being a smoker. WTF?

[QUOTE=Ironface;1051327881]most people think drinking isn't as bad as it really is, and smoking is worse than it really is[/QUOTE]

i kind of agree. i think it all has to do with moderation.

[QUOTE=kefka101;1051327621]because many people lives revolve around getting drunk every weekend[/QUOTE]

this.

*Doesn't drink crew*

Feels good man

[QUOTE=3alaRase;1051328291]It has to do with the media bro.


Same reason why people think Apple make the best computers and Dr. Dre Beats are the best headphones known to man.


BRB, being gay is more acceptable than being a smoker. WTF?[/QUOTE]

Lol

the people who get drunk (most of them) get drunk on the weekends occasionally.

whereas the people who smoke weed tend to smoke everyday and post debate threads about why everyone should just smoke weed. they also try to argue that weed has no health side effects what so ever.

at the end of the day. drinkers just drink cause it's what is available and legal to do. whereas smokers make the smoking weed as part of their personaliteis

Many people on here are chasing sloots. Alcohol consumption aids in that.

People need to justify their own life choices, and tend to take issue with things that don't really matter.

The only real issue I have with smoking is that it affects those around you via second hand smoke, but lets be cereal here, I am pretty sure more people die from being hit by a drink driver on a yearly basis then people being killed by second hand smoke.

"You are focusing on the things in life that don't really matter"/10

Not a drinker or smoker though, I have a glass of wine with dinner once or twice a month, but I haven't been drunk since my 21st birthday, and I never drank prior to that.

never tasted alcohol or tried a cig crew checking in

probably because cigs have nothing positive in them, whereas alcohol does (it boosts peoples beta confidence)

what really pissed me off the other day was when my buddy, who also lifts, told me i might as well give up completely in regards to bodybuilding, bc i occasionally smoke. mind you, this kid smokes a weed weekly and kills a 40 every Friday night. it's just hypocrisy.

[QUOTE=yogurt23;1051329981]never tasted alcohol or tried a cig crew checking in

probably because cigs have nothing positive in them, whereas alcohol does (it boosts peoples beta confidence)[/QUOTE]

how would you know if you've never had a beer? lol

Because the media says smoking kills babies and raises health insurance by millions of dollars.

Alcohol just gets a few neg commercials here and there. Its still seen as cool to get drunk.

I smoke, and have for the past 5 years. I enjoy it, and it's my life, I can do with it what I want.

Educate yourselves:

[img]http://media.economist.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/original-size/20101106_WOC504_0.gif[/img]

[img]http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42718000/gif/_42718419_drugs_graph2_416.gif[/img]

[img]http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Ranking-drugs-by-harmfulness-larger.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=NRidder;1051331151]I smoke, and have for the past 5 years. I enjoy it, and it's my life, I can do with it what I want.[/QUOTE]

i completely agree.

social stigmas and beta miscers who need girls inebriated to score. not a fan of either but people can do whatever they want as far as im concerned

[QUOTE=Diddoo;1051328121]I was amazed at how much black chit came out of my lungs after HARDLY smoking anything (regular basis though)

For weeks stuff was spit out.


Never again[/QUOTE]

Yeah that's not how smoking works,
You might just be retarded.

I smoke, around a deck every 2 weeks though.
Cant ever see myself going through one a day.
It's more like a end of day celebratory thing for me, umad?

You must be posting on a different misc than I am. Everyone here is harsh on people who drink alcohol

brb you had one beer? OMG-manboobs-and-workout-day-ruined. I was in the gym at 6 you were hungover I'm better than you think of the calories

[QUOTE=canuck604;1051331191]Educate yourselves:

[img]http://media.economist.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/original-size/20101106_WOC504_0.gif[/img]

[img]http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42718000/gif/_42718419_drugs_graph2_416.gif[/img]

[img]http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Ranking-drugs-by-harmfulness-larger.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]

Repped for graphs. nicely done, graph brah.

first time drinking='s fun- a possible hang over if you have to much. first time smoking? only done to make yourself look cool

[QUOTE=F2.;1051332811]first time drinking='s fun- a possible hang over if you have to much. first time smoking? only done to make yourself look cool[/QUOTE]

that's where you're wrong. i usually smoke in my car away from others. i do it for stress relief. And I don't find anything "fun" about a pounding headache and profuse vomiting.

is it even possible to smoke occasionally? most people would agree not, i think?

therefore, smoking = smoker (+slew of other negative connotations that devalues the smoker as a person)

drinking = interpreted as drinking occasionally (which is socially normal, unless the person has a drinking problem, which most people convince themselves that they dont)

see the difference?

[QUOTE=stevesteve12;1051334201][b]is it even possible to smoke occasionally?[/b] most people would agree not, i think?

therefore, smoking = smoker (+slew of other negative connotations that devalues the smoker as a person)

drinking = interpreted as drinking occasionally (which is socially normal, unless the person has a drinking problem, which most people convenience themselves that they dont)

see the difference?[/QUOTE]

Yes, it is. People who say otherwise are just looking at those who have no self control.

One pack of smokes usually lasts me more than a month.

[QUOTE=stevesteve12;1051334201]is it even possible to smoke occasionally? most people would agree not, i think?

therefore, smoking = smoker (+slew of other negative connotations that devalues the smoker as a person)

drinking = interpreted as drinking occasionally (which is socially normal, unless the person has a drinking problem, which most people convenience themselves that they dont)

see the difference?[/QUOTE]

i know it is possible to smoke on occasion, because, like i said, i smoke on occasion. alcoholism is just as real as being addicted to tobacco/nicotine my friend.

I like how OP didn't classify what type of thing that is being smoked. Tobacco or Weed? Either ways I ****ing hate cigs and hate people who smoke em around me.

IMO drinking is only bad if you do it constantly and binge. I'm not against drinking, but it defientely can be abused.