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Why Are Cigarette Smokers So Rude?

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alkemyst

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if it wasn't for most of your mother's smoker's coughs, she'd catch you fapping a lot more.
 
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Uh, no they're not. I'm not even sure how you can be arguing that a privately owned business is a public place.

It is a private owned public place. It is not hard to figure out. If you are open to the public then you are a public place. If you want to be some kind club that has a membership then that is one thing. But if anyone can walk in off the streets then it is a public place.
 

Wheezer

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waaa....fucking.....waaa

I don't care for it either, but people have a right to smell as bad as they want, I would rather smell cigarette smoke on someone than their nasty ass BO.

Believe me, there are many people who need to lean how to use a goddamn bar of soap.
 

Slapstick

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Good deal for you :) I have smelled it more times than I can count and so have others. Perhaps you are dulled to the smell since you smoke and do so IN your car from your post wording.

With a nose that good maybe you should volunteer with your local police to sniff out drugs, bombs and track criminals. Hell, maybe you could even replace a cadaver dog or two.
 

cheezy321

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The douchebaggery in this thread is strong.

"I can smell it on the highway" - What a fuckin toolbag comment. I hope you never complain about how much women whine. Because your vagina is gaping with that comment.

PS: I dont smoke (cigarettes)
 

Schadenfroh

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well, in non-backwater states, people aren't allowed to smoke inside public places.

Private business owners should be able to allow or disallow smoking on their private property. If it drives customers away, then they will likely disallow it or create separate, isolated areas for their smoking customers. I have no problems with smokers, as long as said businesses provide separate, but equal, accommodations for me where I do not have to breath in their 2nd hand smoke.
 
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I'm sorry when I'm going down the road and taking in all the fresh air and all of a sudden some asshole decides to flick his cigarrette butt out the window, and I inhale that nasty shit, you're damn right I'm pissed.


How would you feel if you're sitting in your car with the window rolled down and I walk up and let a nasty fart inside your car? Same freaking thing.
 

meltdown75

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I'm sorry when I'm going down the road and taking in all the fresh air and all of a sudden some asshole decides to flick his cigarrette butt out the window, and I inhale that nasty shit, you're damn right I'm pissed.


How would you feel if you're sitting in your car with the window rolled down and I walk up and let a nasty fart inside your car? Same freaking thing.

yeah... no. the smokers aren't trying to make you whine & moan. they're not intentionally trying to make you bitch & cry moar. if you're walking up and cropdusting my car with a fart, that's malicious.
 
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it's 'public' because employees and customers are allowed freely in and out. if the business is a bar or smoker's lounge, yes, you have an argument. otherwise every public smoking ban disagrees with you.

why don't you go masturbate in a walmart and then laugh at the cop who arrests you for public indecency.

You're wrong (about all bans disagreeing with what I said), because smoking is explicitly banned in bars here and many other places. In fact, the ban here doesn't even actually ban smoking in public, just within (I believe it was 15 yards) of any business. or public building. This includes privately owned clubs.

I'm fully aware of what you're trying to argue, but there is no consistency. Private businesses are allowed to discriminate freely on various things (dress codes for instance), to which the government says they have no power, but then they exert power specifically in cases like this? Where is exactly is the line drawn? Why is it ok to smoke in public, but then not on privately owned land? And like other people were complaining about cars. That's private property (that is on public property at the same time), but the smoke will get into the public space.

I'm actually all for smoking bans, provided they're willfully by the business. But in the case of the one here, I think the government stepped over their bounds. They use workplace safety as their reasoning, but they do a half-assed job of doing anything about the other health/safety issues at places, so its all just bullshit. Plus, people whining about their health while getting drunk is just completely hypocritical.
 
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DrPizza

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Actually, what offends my nose more is that old lady perfume they use 10 times too much of. Given the choice of smelling that for 5 minutes, or going outside and having to breath in fumes from my septic system as I clear a clog caused by one of my idiotic kids flushing paper towels, I'll take the septic system.
 

surfsatwerk

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I'm sorry if my smoking offends anybody. If you want I can help you stab yourself in the face and die if it will help you deal with my behavior.
 

TruePaige

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I'm sorry when I'm going down the road and taking in all the fresh air and all of a sudden some asshole decides to flick his cigarrette butt out the window, and I inhale that nasty shit, you're damn right I'm pissed.


How would you feel if you're sitting in your car with the window rolled down and I walk up and let a nasty fart inside your car? Same freaking thing.

How do you live with all the damn complaining you do? Your BP must be off the charts.

Got Peptic Ulcers?
 

F1N3ST

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I'm sorry when I'm going down the road and taking in all the fresh air and all of a sudden some asshole decides to flick his cigarrette butt out the window, and I inhale that nasty shit, you're damn right I'm pissed.


How would you feel if you're sitting in your car with the window rolled down and I walk up and let a nasty fart inside your car? Same freaking thing.

I hope you get stuck in an elevator with a man much larger and stronger than you, smoking fucking cartons of smokes.
 
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How do you live with all the damn complaining you do? Your BP must be off the charts.

Got Peptic Ulcers?

My blood pressure is fine. I keep myself in good shape and I have lots of hobbies and toys to help me unwind. No ulcers either.
 

frostedflakes

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this would all be solved if they made cigarette smoke pleasant smelling or if they just stopped making cigarettes...
I actually kind of like the smell. I like the flavor of cigs, but I'm not about to start smoking them regularly. It's a nasty and expensive habit, and I have enough vices already; don't need to add another to the list.
 

AstroManLuca

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The smell of cigarette smoke bothers me but it's rare enough thanks to all the new smoking laws that I rarely encounter it. One thing I will say, it pisses me off when I see smokers throw their cigarette butts out the window. There is a reason your car has an ashtray!
 

coldmeat

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The smell of cigarette smoke bothers me but it's rare enough thanks to all the new smoking laws that I rarely encounter it. One thing I will say, it pisses me off when I see smokers throw their cigarette butts out the window. There is a reason your car has an ashtray!

I didn't think they made cars with ashtrays anymore. I know GM trucks still do, but other than that I don't see them anymore.
 

meltdown75

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The smell of cigarette smoke bothers me but it's rare enough thanks to all the new smoking laws that I rarely encounter it. One thing I will say, it pisses me off when I see smokers throw their cigarette butts out the window. There is a reason your car has an ashtray!

yeah, to throw my change in. smoke butts in my car?! gross!
 

Number1

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I'm sorry when I'm going down the road and taking in all the fresh air and all of a sudden some asshole decides to flick his cigarrette butt out the window, and I inhale that nasty shit, you're damn right I'm pissed.


How would you feel if you're sitting in your car with the window rolled down and I walk up and let a nasty fart inside your car? Same freaking thing.


This is so sad. Somebody smoked and you had to smell it.

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