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by Jay
on Sat May 24, 2008 6:50 pm |
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I heard off of anotha smoking forum, some of these reality TV shows are blurring out people smoking on the shows. I mean like if say you see a chick holding a cig in her hand, what the show will do is blur out that cig as well as her hand. So they'll give viewers the impression that nobody smokes in the real world.
That is crazy on us living in a time where modern TV shows will go as far as blurring out cigs and the hands holding the cigs. I dunno how blurring out smoking will make viewers think nobody in this world smokes. I can walk around the corner and see people younga than me smoking. And I still see lots of adult smokers in downtown Chicago (although it's true you don't see as many adults smoking down there compared to say 10 years ago-even cops/security guards were smoking in public back then).
I guess they blurred out that chick's cig (on the reality show) cause the producers believed a smoking woman is obscene. That's freaked up thinking. |
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by Darkseid
on Sun May 25, 2008 6:58 am |
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| You don't see as many people smoking as you did ten years ago because there's almost nowhere left they can light up a smoke and not be a criminal. And most cops and security guards, firemen, etc; are no longer allowed to smoke on duty, at least-bad example for the children. I don't care what anyone says-smoking rates did begin to drop after say, the 60s,(I'm sure at least 50% of the public used tobacco in some form in the 50s, now it's more like 25-30%) but that leveled off about ten years ago, and have stayed relatively the same since. In fact, think I read somewhere that there's been a rise among teenagers. I'd be willing to bet the main reason for that is-their parents in most states can only smoke at home, therefore they pick the habit up quicker. |
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by gilster
on Sun May 25, 2008 7:18 am |
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I am hooked on "Hell's Kitchen" and Gordon Ramsey's other show on BBC America.
When everyone is on their break - they are smoking.
The funny thing for me is when I see 'quit smoking' ads I light up, when I see a group of people on TV smoking - I don't. |
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by Jay
on Sun May 25, 2008 4:54 pm |
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Those percentages on smokers don't include smokers in the closet. And I'm sure lots of adults smoke in secret fashion.
If you wanna include underage smokers, the percent is probably close to 35 percent (when including closet smokers) |
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by cricket
on Mon May 26, 2008 5:38 pm |
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Okay folks this has gone past insanity. There's barely just a half-dozen people posting on this site anymore, there ought to be thousands - the voices are out there, I've seen the letters posted under articles JESUS WHAT THE FCK IS GONNA HAPPEN EVER EVER EVER?? WHAT PLANET ARE WE ON? WHO THE HELL ARE WE LETTING OUR LIVES GET RUN BY? THIS HAS JUST GOT TO STOP!
WHERE ARE THE POLITICIANS? ARE YOU OUT THERE? ARE ANY OF YOU READING THIS? ANY FUTURE STATE REPRESENTATIVE READING THIS AT THE MOMENT? ARE YOU LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE? DO YOU LIKE THE WORLD YOU'RE PRESENTLY LIVING IN? CAN YOU SPEAK TRUTHFULLY? ANSWER HONEST, DAMMIT! WE NEED SOME MUSCLE! EIGHT PEOPLE POSTING COMMENTS ON A SITE LIKE THIS CAN'T ACCOMPLISH JACKSHT BY THEMSELVES, GAWD KNOWS WE'VE TRIED! WHERE ARE THE AUTHORS AND JOURNALISTS? WE NEED YOU - NOT MORE SPIN ARTISTS! WE NEED YOUR ACTION NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW!
DAMMIT! |
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by smallbird
on Wed May 28, 2008 12:30 am |
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Maybe we ought to post messages that include the phrase "hot women" and google will find us?
By the way, I'm a Hot Woman. I'm hot because my freedoms are being curtailed minute by minute, law by law. |
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by Lynda F
on Sat May 31, 2008 1:40 pm |
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smallbird wrote:
By the way, I'm a Hot Woman. I'm hot because my freedoms are being curtailed minute by minute, law by law.
I echo that sentiment. My office thinks I'm against government, they just don't want to understand that what I am really against is being treated like an idiot and having my freedom of choice removed.
What can you expect from a bunch of weaklings born around 1975 and later?
Goddess save me from these asswipes!!! |
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by pziemna
on Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:48 am |
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I find that comment about 1975 to be mildly offensive!
I was born in 1987, and I smoke, drink whiskey, am not afraid to grow a beard! Which I do!
(/tongue-in-cheek machismo) |
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by Lynda F
on Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:48 am |
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pziemna wrote: I find that comment about 1975 to be mildly offensive!
I was born in 1987, and I smoke, drink whiskey, am not afraid to grow a beard! Which I do!
(/tongue-in-cheek machismo)
While I realize your comment was "tongue-in-cheek", I'd just like to say that you are more than entitled to feel offended all you want by anything at all.
On the other side of that same coin however, whoever has done the offending is equally entitled to not give a shit if you are offended (especially when they are just stating their opinion and it is NOT deliberately rude or damaging).
Not trying to be rude here, but there is no right, constitutional or otherwise, to never feel offended.
(note: my own son was born in 1980.....so I'm an equal opportunity offender at least LOL) |
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by charlie
on Sun Aug 31, 2008 12:32 pm |
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Jay wrote: I heard off of anotha smoking forum, some of these reality TV shows are blurring out people smoking on the shows. I mean like if say you see a chick holding a cig in her hand, what the show will do is blur out that cig as well as her hand. So they'll give viewers the impression that nobody smokes in the real world.
And also in reference to all the anti smoking ads on TV - maybe if we're lucky, cable TV will loose subscribers and they'll cut this nonesense out when THEY start loosing money! |
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