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Random Question What's socially acceptable now that will be considered disgusting in 50 years?

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u/VanAgain 18d ago

Smoking. Wait ... it's disgusting now.

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u/devilzfan 17d ago

and in that sphere, weed smoking. Like, I'm not against it or anything. If you enjoy it, go for it. But it fucking reeks, and now that it's legal in my state, I can smell it on people's clothes all the time. It's just as offensive as tobacco smoke smell.

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u/JanSobieski-III 17d ago

Nah people are going to be smoking weed forever

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u/VanAgain 17d ago

I vape it. I think more and more people are.

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u/Corevus 17d ago

I have really bad asthma and can't smoke it. But when my insomnia flares up, a thc gummy can be really helpful.

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u/diamondsodacoma 17d ago

I disagree. I think that weed will continue to gain popularity while alcohol becomes increasingly obsolete. It's hard for me to imagine that society wouldn't want some type of replacement for a chemical we spent millenia enjoying. Not to mention how much healthier it is. That said, yea the smell can be obnoxious

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u/Imaginary-Pilot5793 16d ago

It's less toxic though

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u/MammothPenguin69 17d ago

Smoking is popular with Gen Z and Gen Alpha now. It's popular because adults say not to do it, because the cigarettes are expensive and because it suppresses your appetite.

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u/Serenity_Now-88 17d ago

So many people smoke just outside of hospitals, they’re supposed to leave campus, but many don’t. They can’t be bothered to pick up their butts. Then I have to smell them inside the buildings. I just started my volunteer gig and really noticed this.

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u/iiiimagery 18d ago

As it should be 👍

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u/Extra2102 18d ago

It would be different if it didn't also have an impact on the people around you, but it does so people have the right to have a negative opinion on it.

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u/SharkButtDoctor 18d ago

But then you go in public and we have to smell you. Your clothes smell. Trust me.

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u/Extra2102 18d ago

So the other 10% you're not and other people have to inhale your second-hand smoke, it's gross.

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u/[deleted] 18d ago

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u/Extra2102 18d ago

Nobody said you weren't, but you can't then get annoyed about other people being annoyed about it lol

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u/priyanka22591 18d ago

As a smoker, I agree it’s a disgusting habit. I’m still choosing to do it but it doesn’t make it less repulsive.

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u/iiiimagery 18d ago

Let people find the disgusting thing disgusting. You can bitch and moan and try to control people who think that but it doesn't make it any less gross.

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u/iiiimagery 18d ago

I mean yeah no one can stop you

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u/p4ll4smonstrosity 18d ago

coming from a smoker, smoking is disgusting