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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Man, that on-the-nose anti-smoking humor in 2024... So fucking fresh and edgy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

T-Zone lmao

[–] [email protected] -5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

"Just give me a plastic bottle of water."

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

Alright, that will be 4 bottles of water, anything else?

[–] [email protected] -5 points 6 days ago

"Just give me a plastic bottle of water."

[–] [email protected] -5 points 6 days ago

"Just give me a plastic bottle of water."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Do the ninja also litter and make my breath smell like shit? Because that sounds really good.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

not your breath, but your entire existence. i can smell a smoker who just walks nearby. some from quite a distance. they're disgusting.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The "you'll feel worse and worse" part is pretty blatantly ignoring the endorphin rush that exists here. Like yes you may feel worse on the level, but it's accentuated with moments of feeling pretty damn great, which seems disingenuous to ignore.

I'm not even a smoker, and I was happy as hell when I parents quit smoking, but let's not pretend the choice is as simple as "poison or no poison" without any tangible upsides.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I wonder if the artist used coffee for a reason?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Perhaps, and I'll admit this is overthinking a silly comic, but it seems to me that the coffee is a given assumption and it is only the addition of poison which is variable, so I think any implications of the coffee are entirely incidental

[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 days ago

Just never go into a convenience store. Aside from the sparse selection of fruit everything else there is bad for you. Tobacco, energy drinks, shitty snack food, lotto tickets. The only convenience is an early release from your mortal coil.

[–] [email protected] 74 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You all simply don't know the incredible sensation of a ninja poisoning your coffee right after sex.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

Was the ninja there before, during or after the sex? What exactly was his participation? Did he have ninja credentials?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Does it come with nicotine? Cuz that's kinda why I came in here...at least nicotine gives me a bit of a high while it slowly kills me. Rethink your new product.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Come to think of it, why is stuff like nicotine gum only marketed to people who wanna quit smoking? Couldn't non smokers also just use it for a mild high?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

They make it taste awful, like worse than a cigarette.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

i know non-smokers who use nicotine pouches for focused tasks

[–] [email protected] 41 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Yeah but imagine if the ninjas also gave handjobs

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

Are we talking silky-smooth succulent hands, or those of a construction worker who doesn't buy 30 grit sandpaper because he always carries his own brand?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

And then they slowly feel worse and die?

TIL, I'm a ninja

[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 days ago (1 children)

In the UK, for a pack-a-day smoker, that's more like $140 a week.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 6 days ago

That's the thing - the other service is cheaper!

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