ITT: Cigarettes

[Whipped Cream]

Lucky Strike is specifically the brand of cigarette that ultimately made my grandma die a slow, mellow, oh so satisfying death of lung cancer. Its Toasted!

Fixed.

[Thor]

Fixed.

Well played

[Whipped Cream]

Well played

How old was she?

[Thor]

How old was she?

idk like 70. I didn't really know her that well though.

My aunt also died of lung cancer from cigs at the same exact time (like a week apart) but I didn't know her that well either.

I don't get that bent out of shape about death.

[Whipped Cream]

idk like 70. I didn't really know her that well though.
 
My aunt also died of lung cancer from cigs at the same exact time (like a week apart) but I didn't know her that well either.
 
I don't get that bent out of shape about death.

thats pretty much the perfect age to kick it.
 
I quit working at a retirment community not too long ago (waiter/server) and it was quite the miserable/depressing/eye opening experience. I remember on valentines day (as terrible day for most of them, being most of their life partners are dead) i saw one of my regulars looking around confused by himself, i asked him what he needed, he looked up at me and paused, and then he said "A new life, can you give me that? i have nothing left"
 
It caught me totally off guard and i avoided him the rest of the night not knowing what to say but its true for most of them. They spend the last decade or more of their lives incontinent, confused, in pain, most cant walk, half over 80 have alzheimers, another quarter get bouts of dementia, most are alone, and depressed. For all intensive purposes their lives have no purpose, so they wallow in their own misery and purposelessness, with only death to look forward to, in their own shit, piss, and delusions.

[Thor]

thats pretty much the perfect age to kick it.
 
I quit working at a retirment community not too long ago (waiter/server) and it was quite the miserable/depressing/eye opening experience. I remember on valentines day (as terrible day for most of them, being most of their life partners are dead) i saw one of my regulars looking around confused by himself, i asked him what he needed, he looked up at me and paused, and then he said "A new life, can you give me that? i have nothing left"
 
It caught me totally off guard and i avoided him the rest of the night not knowing what to say but its true for most of them. They spend the last decade or more of their lives incontinent, confused, in pain, most cant walk, half over 80 have alzheimers, another quarter get bouts of dementia, most are alone, and depressed. For all intensive purposes their lives have no purpose, so they wallow in their own misery and purposelessness, with only death to look forward to, in their own shit, piss, and delusions.

that's brutal

[Whipped Cream]

that's brutal

Yeah, thats why ive already decided to kill myself before i get to that point, and i dont worry too much about cancer or other late life health detriments i might encounter, because their are worse things than dying a painful death by cancer. You could end up living a miserable existence the last 20 years of your life with everyone you love dying off and wondering when that specter of death is going to come for you, constantly around the corner, but never certain.
 
I remember one lady who would relive the death of her husband everyday, she would run up to someone and start screaming and crying that her husband was just taken to the hospital and that she needed to get there right away, if you werent familiar with this person it could be quite alarming. I guess the story is that 30 years ago her husband had a heart attack while she was at work and died in the hospital before she could make it there to say good bye to him, this haunted her the rest of her life, and when her alzheimers progressed 10 years ago she began reliving the experience that so haunted her, this is true for many of the alzheimers patients, they relive parts of their past that had some emotional significance to them, completely unaware of reality around them, sometimes theyre pleasent experiences, but this person was obviously very haunted by her experience, and relived it, everyday.

[PropagandaClock]

You do realise why Japan has the highest life expectancy in the world right?
Because they take care of their Elderly.

If we can't find a purpose to their existance how do you expect them to?

[Whipped Cream]

You do realise why Japan has the highest life expectancy in the world right?
Because they take care of their Elderly.
 
If we can't find a purpose to their existance how do you expect them to?

What exactly entails taking care of them? And what do you say to the ones no longer living in reality? the cripples? the incontinent? the blind?
 
I would agree these people would be much better off living with family but for many they find the responsibility of raising kids, working careers, and taking care of their rapidly deteriorating parents or grand parents too much, so they take they take grandpa's money and stick him in a home, its pretty depressing, and i wouldnt wish that fate on my worse enemy. Most worked their entire lives and are now unable to, so they find themselves in the home, they need purpose and we try to accomodate, but there is only so much you can do, except be compassionate. The lucky find a hobby, a few play music, a few garden, some drink, but their lives are not as nearly as full as they once were.

[Thor]

When I'm old and useless I'll spend all my time playing Sonic & Knuckles and Contra.

It'll be pretty kickass.

[Whipped Cream]

When I'm old and useless I'll spend all my time playing Sonic & Knuckles and Contra.
 
It'll be pretty kickass.

unless you go blind (which is pretty common) or develop painful arthritis in your hands that swell up making it impossible to play (also, pretty common)

[FLOUNDERMAN_CLOCK]

When I'm old and useless I'll spend all my time playing Sonic & Knuckles and Contra.

It'll be pretty kickass.

I'll probably spend my last few incredibly senile years painting giant portraits of StrawberryClock without understanding why or what I'm drawing. Only after I die will the world learn that I was prophesying the only way to save the future.

[Thor]

unless you go blind (which is pretty common) or develop painful arthritis in your hands that swell up making it impossible to play (also, pretty common)

That isn't going to stop me! Contra is all about the challenge.

[Marlin Clock]

I could see me hardcore gaming when I retire. What else would I do?

[Chalk Clock]

i only smoked once and it was these



i could still taste and feel the smoke inside me for like an hour afterwards. no thanks.

[PropagandaClock]

unless you go blind (which is pretty common) or develop painful arthritis in your hands that swell up making it impossible to play (also, pretty common)

Giving up sure sounds like a swell solution to a problem!

[SpongeClock SquarePants]

Lucky Strike is specifically the brand of cigarette that ultimately made my grandma die a slow painful death of lung cancer.

hence the name

[RabidClock]

You do realise why Japan has the highest life expectancy in the world right?
Because they take care of their Elderly.

If we can't find a purpose to their existance how do you expect them to?

Nobody takes care of the Okinawan old people, they pretty much take care of themselves and will kick your ass if you try and help them. Seriously, they don't need help until they're like 100, shit is crazy.

[PirateClock]

Sometimes people ask me to hold their cigarette for a sec and the smell of my hand afterwards is nauseating. Same goes for my clothes after i spend time with someone who smokes or in a smoking environment. That horrible smell alone would have been enough for me to quit. Plus it gives you horrible breath. Im fairly apathetic towards the health concerns but i want to smell nice goddammit!

[EnglishClock]

Me? Cigarettes are too much hassle for my concern, I'm more of a cigarette juice man myself.


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