• A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl
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    1 month ago

    Man there is so much smoke-copium in this thread, it annoys me to no end.

    People shouldn’t be allowed to smoke in public and they should be forced to pay for the cost of their own healthcare if they develop any disease that has even a minimal chance of being related to smoking.

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      In many countries that have socialised healthcare smokers on average contribute 2 to 3 times what their healthcare costs the government in taxes on cigarettes alone over their lifetime. So I mean… you’re welcome.

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      forced to pay for the cost of their own healthcare if they develop any disease that has even a minimal chance of being related to smoking.

      Fun fact: smokers on average die much younger than non-smokers, and so end up being cheaper over a lifetime vs. the amount they pay into the system than non-smokers.

      So the next time you see a smoker who’s on the same health plan as you, you can thank them, knowing their self-inflicted early demise will likely end up lowering costs on your plan.

      Even more fun fact - same with the obese: a heart attack or stroke at 45 is way cheaper than paying for all the end-of-life healthcare healthier people are more likely to get in their 60s-70s when half of them aren’t even working anymore, lazy PoSs.

      Really makes me reconsider how I think about those selfish in-shape non-smoker bastards who won’t just smoke or overeat so they die young and make my healthcare cheaper

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      Healthcare shouldn’t be conditional, it should be free at the point of use, no exceptions. You start drawing lines, you’re only gonna cause harm

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        They are causing harm, willingly, to them selves, is not a psychiatric disorder or anything, but they, in they right mind, decide to fuck them selves because is cool apparently.

        Why the rest of society should enable it?

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    I just don’t understand how people accept smelling like absolute shit all day. idk if they think they stop smelling the moment they litter the street with their cigarette butts but that shit stays on you for the rest of the day and when you walk around you smell how an ashtray must taste. disgusting.

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      It pretty much stays on them 24/7. They get desensitized do it but yeah, they just smell like shit 24/7 and you can smell it pretty far away

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        I have a disabled neighbor that I help out around the house every now and then, she’s been a smoker for decades. Long enough that she had to get tracheotomy so she breathes through a hole in her neck. Hasn’t stopped her from smoking like a pack a day. Because of her disability and advancing age, a very kind neighbor built her a house and gave it to her for free. Her smoking has ruined that cute little two bedroom, to the point that everything in there is stained nicotine yellow, and reeks. That house will just have to be torn down when she leaves, because they’d have to gut the entire thing just to get rid of the smell. It’s disgusting, and the fact that she got that house for nothing makes me all the more pissed about it.

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      I hate the smell of smoke, I can’t even work when my co workers come back from a smoke

      But this? Man, shitttt it’s cool

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      My grandmother was always a smoker. The smell reminded me of her and her home more than anything gross.

      Also the smoke does make the ability to taste and smell significantly worse.

      That being said I finally kicked the habit 4 years ago.

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    The duck looks like it’s about to tell me this amazing financial opportunity that came across his desk this morning.

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        "Damn it Jeffery, because of you I have the mayor breathing down my neck, I’ve got the press ringing me every minute *phone rings* NO I DON’T HAVE A DAMN STATEMENT!.. Oh sorry chief, ok, yes sir, no worries… *slams phone down*

        Now I have the chief of police is coming down to question me about this! I need your gun, your badge and those slices of bread in your pocket, on my desk NOW!"