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    6 days ago

    I used to work with a guy that smoked and refused to wear a seat-belt. He carried a gun though, just in case his life was in danger.

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    I quit by vaping off of cigarettes, and then gradually reducing the nicotine in vape juice until I was vaping 0 nicotine for a couple of months, then stopped altogether. Been nicotine free for several years now, and no cravings.

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        Meanwhile idiots like me ended up vaping all day long and when I went back to cigarettes my tolerance was through the roof and I smoked more than I ever did.

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          There’s still hope. I still chain vape, but the amount of nicotine I use is but a whisper. It’s entirely a routine at this point. I’m figuring out positive actions I can do whenever I feel the need to suck on my robot dick.

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            Asexual non smoker here. I have bad news for you:

            The urge of sucking robot dick is truly universal and inevitable.

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              I’m hoping we make First Contact soon so I can make a healthy transition from Robot Dick to Alien Dick.

              Sorry, that’s insensitive.

              Xenophallus.

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    All this woke ass anti cigarette shit! Y’all have obviously never enjoyed a cup of coffee and a smoke on a still summer morn. A post coital puff as your lover plays her fingers through your chest hair like smoke on the water. Good lord I miss cigarettes!

    But seriously never smoke, it smells terrible, will ruin your health, and is an all around terrible proposition.

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    I smoked from the time I was 15, until I was 33. I got a prescription for something called Chantix that worked really well for me to quit permanently.

    It worked well for a few people I knew, but one guy said it made him really depressed / suicidal.

    Chantix isn’t available anymore because of something that was in it that might cause cancer, but there’s a generic form of it called varenicline that may or may not be available in your country. Ask your doctor maybe if there’s a pill that will help you quit.

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      Yeah, this worked well for me, too. The generic one you mention also had less side effects for me. There’s still the vivid dreams / nightmares, but less intense.

      From Chantix /Champix I recollect the spider dreams and floor crumbling beneath me.

      But hey, anything to quit smoking.

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    I live with two roommates in a flat. One of them smokes. Of course, he has to smoke indoors as well, as if the whole place is his (we got two balconies btw) . Can’t describe when I get home after a long day in uni to come back to a flat that smells like a smoking friendly bar.

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      yeah that’s a dick move. I’m a smoker but i only smoke tobacco outdoors. i like being in a space i can smoke indoors, but it’s not gonna be my place

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      I feel like this should’ve been discussed before moving in together. Still not too late to talk though - if he’s even a little bit considerate, he’ll agree to only smoke outside.

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      So start smoking and you won’t even notice.

      Seriously though, as a lifelong smoker I do my best to keep it from being anyone else’s problem.

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    Who cares at this point no one has free health care so no longer a burden in the golden age of bare foot and pregnant. Smoke cigs. They are awsome.

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    Joke is on you - I only smoke in elementary schools, so my house is practically tar-free. Now what, science man?

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    As a tobacco fiend I couldn’t ever get into smoking cigs. The only time in my life I’ve smoked consistently was when I was extra depressed and trying to microdose suicide. Guess I’m lucky

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      Lemmy can be so stereotypically “well actually” annoying. Any light-hearted whatever topic will be filled with douchenoozles pearl clutching.