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My dad is quitting smoking

MalkavianMalkavian
edited 2011-08-01 22:57:30 in Meatspace
MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
And he's going through a whole bunch of mood swings.

I mean, I'm glad he's more dedicated now, but it's getting really tense in the house when he yells at the TV over politics.... then twenty minutes starts sobbing.

Comments

  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Awww, I know that feel.

    Although I know it because crazy relatives. lol

    Anyway, you really seem to be on desperate times, man. Hope you manage to get over them or something.
  • Scrye2Scrye2
    Electric Boogaloo
    And that's why I still smoke.
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    Between Mood swings and dying by slipping into a diabetic coma, I'll take the former.
  • Scrye2Scrye2
    Electric Boogaloo
    Actually, the latter's more likely to happen if you quit.
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    Yes, I'll trust some website over the words of actual doctors.
  • DonZabuDonZabu
    edited 2011-08-01 23:24:14
    Looks like the only link is the weight gain. So basically, watch your weight after you quit, and you won't have a problem.
  • Scrye2Scrye2
    edited 2011-08-01 23:38:23
    Electric Boogaloo
    Web Md isn't too bad of a source, actually, but it's not extensive.

    It's whatever. All medical research in relation to tobacco use, pro or against, is fucked beyond repair nowadays, since it's too tied into popular opinion, consensus science, and policy-making/lobbying. I won't deny that there's health risks to smoking, but I will say that I'm skeptical to a lot of the claims out there.

    And even if smoking was a sure-fire way to get cancer, I'm not too worried about it.
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    Yes, yes, take comfort in buzzwords to defend that you don't have the self-control to end a filthy and unhealthy habit.
  • Scrye2Scrye2
    Electric Boogaloo
    Which buzzword did I use?

    Once again, I'm not too worried about it. I'm pretty sure there's another bullet or IED meant for me that'll beat lung disease to the punch.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Doesn't smoking impair your performance as a marine, thoough? The whole cardiorespiratory issues and all that?
  • ninjaclownninjaclown
    I don't care if you smoke, but don't defend it like it has benefits.
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    'Consensus science'.
  • Scrye2Scrye2
    edited 2011-08-02 00:42:01
    Electric Boogaloo
    ^^^FUUUUUUUUUUCK NO!

    You'll actually find that Marines who smoke tend to do better on runs and humps than those who don't. It's not like tobacco enhances your strength or endurance or any bullshit like that, we've just conditioned ourselves to overcome the health hazards. It's hard to explain, but you'll notice it when you see it in person.

    Also, when you're in a shithole like Afghaniland, everybody smokes. It's pretty much the only thing keeping you sane.

    ^^I haven't claimed any health benefit to smoking, actually. But I do think a lot of its dissenters tend to overly-demonize it. It's not like if you take one puff, you get lung cancer a week later.

    ^If the shoe fits...
  • The_EdgeThe_Edge
    Mr. The Edge goes to Washington

    Nice snowclone!

  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.
    I smoke and do martial arts.

    At my guild/dojo/whatever, I often get complimented on my speed and sometimes scolded for my intensity.

    Not gonna say smoking's good for you by a long shot, but hell, see above.
  • KinoKino
    Quit being a whiny bitch and man up.
    Not exactly bad for you either; there are plenty of things more likely to kill you.
  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.
    The point is more that it's not an automatic disability or anything.
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