Poll: Smoking cigarette in this century.
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People will go to great distance to get liked.
In the 21st century, Facebook has finally made it super easy. Just post a few cute kitten pictures and you're good to go.
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Fire him and hire someone competent.
In the English grammar, things like "Yes I don't" or "No I do" aren't even things.
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In the English grammar, things like "Yes I don't" or "No I do" aren't even things.
English grammar is full of fail as Dharmendra prove correctly in Chupke Chupke movie of 1975.
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So you're actually implying that TRWTF is English?
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In the English grammar, things like "Yes I don't" or "No I do" aren't even things.
LOLWUT?
Don't you like Friends?
Yes, I don't like them.Don't you want to go to the pub?
No, I do want to go to the pub.
I Think you need to hang around with more pedants personally.
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So you're actually implying that TRWTF is English?
Not implying, just stating fact. There is one author called Shaw, who said fish can also be spelled like "Ghoti"
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That sounds Hindi to me.
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There is one author called Shaw, who said fish can also be spelled like "Ghoti"
I liked Mark Twain's attempt at a language reform better.
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I liked Mark Twain's attempt at a language reform better.
I am also in great favour of this.
Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld.
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There is one author called Shaw, who said fish can also be spelled like "Ghoti"
"Siobhán Beauchamp-Marjoribanks-Fetherstonhaugh" - Chevonne Beechum-Marchbanks-Fanshaw.
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Just a nitpick.
I don't quite like it how "th" just gets replaced by "x" and the ambiguity stays.
ð and þ would be far, far better.
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How does one even read Irish?
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How does one even read Irish?
It's Gaelic in general.
Welsh is even worse.
Scottish is slightly better. Not much though.
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It's Gaelic in general.
Welsh is even worse.
Scottish is slightly better. Not much though.
My colleague is always reading books in which the main character name is Sean Dillon. Are you knowing this series?
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Tuned in to RTÉ.
Sounds amazingly like Hindi to me. :)
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I almost posted this... as a clearly sarcastic answer.
There's actually something to this. I remember seeing a study a few years ago about the effects of smoking on health care costs. The study found the smokers actually incurred less health care costs because they died sooner and therefore didn't spend as much time in nursing homes. Which raises a question: is living 20 years longer worth it if you have to spend the 20 years in a nursing home?
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If you can afford a nursing home with blackjack and hookers, why not.
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That sounds Hindi to me.
Yes it definite Hindi. What do you think Bollywood movies are made in? But I think you will get gist of that when the main character is using English words.
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If you can afford a nursing home with blackjack and hookers, why not.
You joke, but I've actually heard of people who stay on cruise ships or in expensive hotels because it's cheaper than staying in a nursing home and the service is better.
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There's actually something to this. I remember seeing a study a few years ago about the effects of smoking on health care costs. The study found the smokers actually incurred less health care costs because they died sooner and therefore didn't spend as much time in nursing homes. Which raises a question: is living 20 years longer worth it if you have to spend the 20 years in a nursing home?
And you have my exact thought process documented down in this sentences. Some estate European country named Czech also thought on these lines in 2001. http://rense.com/general11/smokingdeaths.htm
I am guessing that the tobacco company is sponsoring this "State funded" medical study.
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So, the title of this poll is "Are you afraid to smoke cigarettes?"
- Yes. I don't smoke.
- No. I smoke regularly.
- Other.
Do you work for the Microsoft Configuration Checkbox Phrasing department by any chance?
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Are you knowing this series?
Haven't read them - not my genre.
I remember seeing a study a few years ago about the effects of smoking on health care costs. The study found the smokers actually incurred less health care costs because they died sooner and therefore didn't spend as much time in nursing homes.
There's been a few. On the other side of the cost equation, smokers contribute more to the state in the form of excise taxes - smokers are effectively a net contributor (certainly when compared to non/never/ex-smokers.)
In the UK, for example, excise and VAT (sales tax) on tobacco products alone are equivalent to 10% of the UK health care budget (free at the point of use and all that bollocks - it's not that free btw.)
And, also, where it matters, smokers also cost the state less because they take less state pension.
Similar arguments have also been made about how the effort to make Americans/British/$COUNTRY slimmer is actually going to cost the country more in the long term, not less. For approximately the same reasons.
I am guessing that the tobacco company is sponsoring this "State funded" medical study.
Ah. The 'vested interest' argument about why you can ignore something. Strangely never applies to the other side of the argument when the health-care industry fund reports...
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I am guessing that the tobacco company is sponsoring this "State funded" medical study.
You don't need to work for a tobacco company to know that people who die early don't spend as much time in nursing homes.
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...effects of smoking on health care costs.
I've often said that the solution to our looming Medicare crash is mandatory smoking.
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Ah - here we go - one of the articles I was looking for:
[The Institute of Economic Affairs] believes there are flaws in the current government anti-obesity policies which make them not only unfair but potentially costly.
It claims that the obese cost the economy more when they are alive but because they die earlier they avoid expensive round the clock care later in life.
IEA Press release:
The main economic argument for “fat taxes” and other paternalistic measures to reduce obesity is that obesity causes social costs to be borne by the National Health Service. However, research suggests that additional health costs from obesity are offset by reduced costs elsewhere, partly because obese people live shorter lives.
There are generally unforeseen consequences of “sin” taxes. For example, taxes on cigarettes have encouraged smokers to switch to higher tar brands – and, indeed, the reduction in smoking has played some part in the increase in obesity.
Actual research (if you happen to be able to download them):
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-0270.2012.02153.x/abstract
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2080359
http://www.readcube.com/articles/10.1111/j.1468-0270.2012.02153.x
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@PJH I have agreed with all the articles you are posting here. I think smoking should not be discouraged or shunned by society.
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Welsh is even worse.
Curious; I find Welsh easier.
Well I suppose if you're only working with only 21 letters from the Latin alphabet, it's easier than working with all 26...
Filed under: Spoliers
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If you want to shorten your own lifespan, far be it from me to object1.
However, smoking in public should be considered aggravated assault against those on whom they inflict their second-hand smoke. Smoking in the presence of children should be further considered child endangerment. Parents who smoke in the presence of their own children should also be declared unfit parents, have their children taken away and put up for adoption, and prevented from further breeding by means of a dull, rusty knife dipped in MRSA2.
1 In fact, there are some here for whom I would strongly recommend doing so.
2 Hyperbole3 added for emphasis and humor.
3 But just a little.
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Fair 'nuff. However, given the known health risks of high blood pressure and/or stress, I propose that similar penalties be applied to known idiots/smartasses/politicians/small children/left-wing nutjobs/right-wing nutjobs/feminists/mysoginists/liberals/libertarians/conservatives/progressives/religious fundamentalists/atheists/pro-lifers/pro-choicers - delete to taste.
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Discourse needs a language option for Qwghlmian.
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However, smoking in public should be considered aggravated assault against those on whom they inflict their second-hand smoke.
Bullshit. Well, OK, some people have issues like asthma, but I don't think this is where you're going.
Smoking in the presence of children should be further considered child endangerment.
Double bullshit.
Frankly, I'm more worried about the health effects of cooties.
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Four words: chocolate coated coffee beans.
Is this thing even edible? I mean, normal coffee beans don't look too yummy.
I usually make do with normal chocolate bars and black filter coffee; I'm trying to cut back to levels of consumption close to those of average people.
Average people, or average coders?
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inflict their second-hand smoke
I believe it most remiss of you not to mention the homeopathic effects/problems of third and fourth hand smoke as well...
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I believe it most remiss of you not to mention the homeopathic effects/problems of third and fourth hand smoke as well...
Or bring up the term "mainstream smoke"
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Cool! What's that?
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Cool! What's that?
Guy that looks like a hipster asking what mainstream smoke is. Awesome.
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I strongly resent that remark, even if I resemble it a little.
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Is this thing even edible? I mean, normal coffee beans don't look too yummy.
You obviously haven't tried it yet.
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Is this thing even edible? I mean, normal coffee beans don't look too yummy.
Other than the fact that I have never acquired an enjoyment for the taste of coffee, yes. Personally, I consider them a waste of good chocolate, but some people seem to quite enjoy them. (I prefer an infusion of the dried leaves of C. sinensis, myself.)
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Average people, or average coders?
You mean that muggles are allowed to consume caffeine as well?
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You mean that muggles are allowed to consume caffeine as well?
What, you thought all those hipster kids sitting at Starbucks with their Macs were coding?
Filed under: the closest they get to programming is having Stallman-style beard
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I have been known to sit in a coffee house - not Starbucks, thank the FSM - with my Mac and perform coding. And I have a neckbeard.
Filed under: But I'm no damned hipster.
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I have been known to sit in a coffee house - not Starbucks, thank the $deity - with my Mac and perform coding. And I have a neckbeard.
FTFY
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And I have a neckbeard.
There, there, we all have issues.
not Starbucks, thank the FSM
Actually, I don't get all this Starbucks hate. I mean, they're damn expensive, but on the rare occasion I've tried their coffee, it's actually pretty good.
Filed under: though after four half-litre mugs every coffee is good
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I wasn't sure whether to praise $deity or the FSM.
Filed under: do we need a poll about how awesome the FSM is?
As for Starbucks, I don't like Starbucks because they don't know how to make a decent cup of tea.
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I don't like Starbucks because they don't know how to make a decent cup of tea.
No US restaurant does, because they are not allowed to use sufficiently hot (i.e., boiling) water (and they usually use cheap, generic tea). Starbucks's chai is, however, good.
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Actually, I don't get all this Starbucks hate. I mean, they're damn expensive, but on the rare occasion I've tried their coffee, it's actually pretty good.
Sure, but at that price point, people expect distinctive flavors and the like, which they actually used to have when they sold 30 or so different blends. I'm not sure what drove the decision to focus on the bland Pike Place blend as a default option.