| being one of the very few people in your circle of friends to never really have the urge to smoke cigarettes | REGRET INDEX:
0.14a regret index of 1 is ultimate regret
this result collects the hard-earned
experience of 48 lifetimes of regret
permalink to this result commentssa: Slight regret at feeling ostracised; slight non-regret for not giving in and "polluting one's body"; slight regret for potentially coming of as a self-righteous cunt.
agent57: My feelings too! I've never felt ostracized, but there is the twinge of disappointment every time I find out a friend has started, even though it's their right to potentially ruin their lungs and I don't have the same prejudices about alcohol/some others.
agent57: Maybe there are other factors. Or maybe I really am a self-righteous cunt?
sa: My perspective is that if folk want to drink, the teetotallers can join in with any non-alcoholic bev' (not foolproof, I know); but with smoking, the non-smokers can choose to stay by themselves, or go outside to join the group and just inhale.
sa: I do appreciate that it's none of my business what my friends do to their lungs, but,
FFFFFFFFFFkeyboard: ...I try not to judge, anyway, but sometimes the slightest suggestion from me that smoking is "bad" in any way, and I'm suddenly part of the joy police or am countered with a shitty "don't knock it 'til you've tried it" (I have) argument.
sa: In summary: Smokers, I really don't want to cramp your style, but could you at least consider sometimes that you might be cramping mine?
agent57: I haven't tried it, but having been born with weak lungs already (asthma... not severe, but you know) just trying it isn't necessarily feasible. Just as telling someone with a wheat allergy to not knock bread until they've tried it isn't feasible.
agent57: Though I don't know if I would be interested in trying without the lung thing, really.
sa: Personally, I did/do not see the appeal. Perhaps it is also an "acquired taste"?
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