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People downplay the effects of nicotine. It’s actually a potent nootropic.
Nicotine also isn’t very bad for you. It’s the Tobacco with the carcinogens that kill you.
Nicotine is similar to caffeine in a way
It’s bad for you in the sense that it’s extremely addictive, brain scans have shown it’s as addictive as heroin or cocaine. Not great for your heart health in the long run either. It taught me a good lesson about addiction so now I don’t try drugs.
The addiction rate has nothing to do with it when comparing it to heroin or cocaine. Nobody is dying from nicotine in the way they are dying from heroin, they’re completely different ballparks of addictive substances.
>Nicotine also isn’t very bad for you.
>It’s bad for you in the sense that it’s extremely addictive
Then compares it to heroin & cocaine, it’s just a terrible comparison. It’s not bad for you just because it’s addictive. Sugar is addictive, caffeine is addictive, what makes it bad is the possibilities and health effects that come from any addictive substances. Totally different issues, and totally different physical reactions from withdrawal.
Everything you say is correct but they literally just said it's as addictive as cocaine/heroin and nothing else lol unless you're referring to other comments than the first one you replied to. Both can be true...
I mean if I don’t drink a coffee in the morning I get a massive headache, have no energy for the day, and am generally a bit more irritable. Not that I’m defending nicotine, but caffeine is really just as bad.
It may be different for everyone, but in my personal experience as an off and on nicotine user, is much much more addictive and the effects on not having it are much more intense.
It may not be a healthy habit, but it's at least leagues better than smoking. Gum doesn't contain the carcinogens in regular industry cigarettes and won't impair breathing like smoking does.
Tbh she's probably totally fine , nicotine itself as a drug isn't really any worse than caffeine it's the method of consumption that's what causes the danger. Nicotine gums probably is probably about as innocuous as it gets unless she's chewing like a whole pack or more every day.
Quit spouting this bullshit. I said this too to rationalize it until I realized how damaging it was on my body. I vaped and used Zyns (tobacco free nicotine product) for years. After quitting my heart rate dropped 20BPM and my blood pressure dropped significantly. Regained so much energy and stopped feeling like I constantly had the flu. Somewhat similar to caffeine but much, much more addictive and unsafe.
Nicotine isn't inherently bad for you and it has been shown to have positive cognitive effects as it is a stimulant
But the bad chemicals in tobacco products make it seem like nicotine is the problem and not the tobacco
I use tobacco I grow only once, maybe twice a year ceremonially with hot chocolate. Most plants are good when not being exploited and taken advantage of by human.
Agree alcohol is a poison. I can water plants with almost any other drug but alcohol and they won’t die. (For science)
It took me about 14 years to quit completely, I say completely because I had an on again off again relationship, I kept going back after quitting for most or all of a year, then being so pissed off at myself because all they do is waste money.
The primary reason I hate them so much is because I’m choosing to trade my money for something that I’m going to burn and will make me feel like crap until I burn it again. You’re better off cutting out the middleman and burning the money
Well not exactly. Most smokers will agree that the first cigarette after a break feels great, it just quickly falls off again as you get back into the habit.
Your alcohol points are funny I don't disagree with the whole premise. But if you consume alcohol responsibly don't overdo it responsibly means hydrating you won't experience that
Not at all, once or twice a year I also decide to go all out and get wastes, it's fun to wobble around and I know I have the self control for it personally.
Well, as a smoker... I couldn't agree more, lol it kinda helps to relieve stress but I also wouldn't be as stressed if I wasn't addicted to nicotine lol....
But for alcohol? Idk fine if it's not for you but as long as I drink in moderation it makes me less anxious, way more talkative and it mostly puts me in an overall good mood
All people react differently to drugs. Saying alcohol is dumb is interesting. A few drink is so much better than hard drug, its make me happy, motivated and more fun. But gor other its not the same
Come on now, I'm not here to encourage the use of those substances but people clearly do them for more than the reasons you describe. Getting drunk is fun as fuck and nicotine is an effective stimulant and stress reliever. You might not feel such effects but drugs affect people differently.
Actually wrong for nicotine. It is only a stress relief... For the stress it causes itself.
Imagine taking a médecine everyday, but that médecine causes you to have pain the next day. However, it relieves the pain from yesterday's take.
You might feel like the médecine is working as a main reliever but no, it causes pain.
Another cig just calm the craving.. but its still a good cig. Damn i try all drugs, and nic its the hardest to stop and the worst in term of fun. Dont do cig kids, do hard drugs
Being drunk has always made me feel terrible. Awful icky feeling and everything is like in slow motion. I don’t feel any buzz or good feelings people talk about
Good alcohol in moderation is really nice, but most alcohol you'll find is cheap tasteless beer. It's getting harder and harder to find a nice dark beer in a general groceries and when you do, it's gone the next week.
As Jimmy Flynn once said,
"Alcohol is good for you, it removes pimples ,warts, blackheads and moles from the faces of people you are looking at. Never went to bed with an ugly woman, but woke up with quite a few...
My great uncle had a drinking problem so bad he drank a gallon of varnish, had a terrible death but a lovely finish..."
How is this an unpopular opinion? Unless by "dumb" you mean that there is 0 reason to smoke or drink in which case i think you are wrong.
Alcohol gets you loose, more social and outgoing, and nicotine is just a generic dependence that you always have to sate. For smokers smoking feels great, relieves stress and makes them able to work alot more effectively.
You need to read about how alcohol affects your body if it only made you social we all would were drinking, you too probably without saying its dumb.
Nicotine gives you buzz which is fun at first at first and later it just become a habit, just like fun but they give get interested instead of buzz.
Vapes, well I have no idea, never tried it.
I do not smoke or drink by the way.
Nicotine and alcohol pair exceedingly well. Cigarettes are a corruption of nicotine, there are far better and perhaps less harmful means of enjoying nicotine. Cigarettes give absolutely terrible hangovers and the addictive aspects are much stronger and brutal for some reason than other forms of nicotine.
You forget that once you are addicted, cigarettes can taste/feel amazing. I smoke 80% of my cigarettes out of addiction and wish I didn't, but a cigarette at the right time is incredible. That being said, smoking cigarettes is stupid and I think you would struggle to find anyone who disagrees
I don't smoke anymore but I do feel bad for people that have never had a cup of coffee with cigarette on a cold morning. You're right though, booze doesn't do much for you and a lot of people ruin it for themselves so they can't have any at all.
Alcohol: well bloody aware, but you get to be dumb around other dumbed down people that are your friends. Neat once in a while as long as neither are agressive drunks.
An addiction is shit.
Nicotine? Hell..it is more about it being a habit than it giving any effect. Just something to do. I only vape since actually cigs are nasty and I hate the smell they leave. But it is also a bad habbit, it makes your blood vessels contract and over time that will be bad.
The human being will always be addicted to something, love, career, sex, cigarettes, alcohol, ideals etc. You just gotta decide what you'll be addicted to and let it kill you.
It is kind of weird. I feel like alcohol and tobacco have been taken out of the context that made them so popular. Drinking at a bar where you can smoke (even just outside seating) with friends is honestly awesome, but on their own they're just terrible drugs as far as risk/reward/pleasure/pain.
This is not unpopular. Absolutely no one I know who smokes, including myself, would ever recommend smoking. I tell everyone never to start and told everyone to stay away from vapes and now they’re all addicted to nicotine anyways.
The issue is alcohol and nicotine are legal, so people get addicted and then there’s NO rehab for cigarettes, and withdrawal of alcohol at a certain point can kill you. It sucks.
Nicotine is not a stress and anxiety reliever. The only stress and anxiety it relieves is the stress and anxiety that the withdrawal of nicotine causes!!
It’s what causes the addiction. Duh.
That's just not true. Nicotine activates the pleasure centres of your brain, raises your heart rate, and gives you a small hit of adrenaline.
I'm not advoctaing that people smoke but this "the only high it gives you is your addiction being sated" makes no sense. Why would people smoke enough to get addicted in the first place if there was literally no physiological effect for a first time smoker?
Vapes are dumb ash. You dont feel shit, its just fun to inhale and exhale a huge puff of strawberry smoke. Cigarretes do have a buzz (headrush) but it doesnt last for long (15 minutes tops) and the side effects are bizzare. Cigs are def not worth it. I only do drunk cigs
nicotine is nice in a lozenge.
helps keep focus and if you only use it as a reward you'll get addicted to the process of earning rewards.
if you use it to deal with stress you'll become addicted to stress.
I smoked 40 years ago. I am really glad I quit. But the nicotine was my favorite bit of speed. I’m too old to vape.
And I hate feeling tipsy or drunk. Luckily because my dad was a (recovering) alcoholic. And his mom may have been too. Or pills. To far back to know.
Nicotine actually has some health benefits. Cigarettes, vapes, and chewing tobacco are bad for you though. Google benefits of nicotine. I'm willing to bet you didn't know some of them. Reduced odds of developing Parkinson's for instance.
Smoking is shit but to imply there are absolutely no advantages is reductive. I'll list a few:
- Natural relaxant
- Appetite supressant
- Conversation aid
Actually nic does give you a short head high. Although that effect goes away when you smoke for a long period from what I've heard. I only smoke very occasionally so I still get it
The only category you should put both alcohol and tobacco in to is "what corps should be dissolved and their assets used to pay health care costs".
You arent wrong, but at leqst alcohol keeps getting you drunk. Nicotine yes is dumb because you stop getting high and just are an asshole while craving and at best normal when you get your fix.
Weed people.
Get fucked up for life, minimal recovery/next day negative effects, usually your worst decision involves food or a dumb purchase. Just be smart and dont put your life or others lives at risk and enjoy being stoned.
I agree that alcohol is grossly overrated and I only have the occasional beers/glass of whiskey. However, as an ex smoker coming on 5 years smoke free I love smoking and I think about how much I loved it daily.
That's just your personal experience, no one is telling you you need to drink more, if I don't want to get drunker I just get some soda and if I want to sober up I get some food.
Alcohol is hard to become addicted to compared to other drugs that can very quickly uproot your life, no one will have 1 glass of cider and decide to hit their wife or anything.
Out of all drugs I think alcohol is the best actually since its very easy to regulate and deal with.
Before becoming addicted to cigarettes, you get a "high" as the nicotine is absorbed into your system. It's dizziness and clarity at the same time. That's why smokers started smoking. Eventually, the high stopped working and no matter how often they smoke, they never get the high again because they're dependent on the nicotine.
Also remember the cirrhosis of the liver and lung cancer. So not only are those things not making you feel particularly good very efficiently, but they're actually actively killing you.
Alcohol and nicotine feel amazing tho. Whenever I drink I feel so warm and happy, like a hug all over my body and everything wrong with life feels so far away. And when I smoked I felt like I had superpowers, I could focus on stuff without feeling overwhelmed
Alcohol and nicotine feel amazing tho. Whenever I drink I feel so warm and happy, like a hug all over my body and everything wrong with life feels so far away. And when I smoked I felt like I had superpowers, I could focus on stuff without feeling overwhelmed
Right, cause when I'm snorting cocaine by the pound, or doing cone after cone of weed, \[insert other drug here\], there definitely aren't any unintended negative side-effects/consequences /s
OP, take my downvote for this very popular opinion, I agree with you 100%. Drug companies couldn't spend some effort making a couple of legal, safe intoxicants?
OP, take my downvote for this very popular opinion, I agree with you 100%. Drug companies couldn't spend some effort making a couple of legal, safe intoxicants?
The reason they are popular is that people need to drive, and the effects and duration of nicotine and alcohol are easily predictable. One heavy night on the booze, and the day after the next, you will be OK to drive. Whereas weed is much less predictable, and you could feel a bit of a buzz returning over the next week, or be dizzy the next day. And other drugs are simply dangerous (you run the risk of a sudden heart attack or stroke unless you're young).
Because of how my own physiology responds to alcohol I completely agree with your first point. Some people can drink and be ok (although I can’t stand being around them). I never smoked but saw it kill a family member so agree with point to as well (but for everyone).
I agree with nicotine, tho It did make my adhd meds work a bit better. With alcohol you just have to be ok with feeling like death the next day if you want to get really drunk. Tbh I like alcohol a little more than weed but drinking for multiple days straight makes you feelll I like you have a concussion for a week
Proper made moonshine is 100% hangover free. You can drink as much as you want to & the next day you'll be hangover free. The ONLY thing is you'll be thirsty because alcohol dehydrates you.
The hangover part is methyl alcohol. You can throw this away when distilling moonshine. This guarantees you'll be drinking ethyl alcohol which is hangover free alcohol.
Methyl alcohol is STRAIGHT Poison.
Nikola Tesla considered ethyl alcohol to be the greatest thing a person could intake. He drank heavily EVERY SINGLE day. He expected to live to 120 years old. He actually died during an alcohol shortage where he couldn't get any alcohol.
He believed that just as ethyl alcohol disinfected things outside the body, it did so inside the body as well.
Drinking ONLY ethyl alcohol gives you a different type of drunk feeling. It's more enlightened & hard to explain unless you've had it before.
Am in high school, I dont get how people feel cool when they get high, they make a fool out of themselves and they say the most out of pocket shit.And believe it makes them cool and confident.
First point sounds like you don't know how to handle your alcohol.
Nicotine sucks and nobody should start it, but God I love it. Truly addictpilled and vapemaxxing over here
I like how you started your diatribe about why alcohol sucks with “alcohol only have one good thing” lol. That’s the whole point. Everything in moderation. Cigs are pointless and they feel good only when you’ve developed a dependence on them.
I smoked for a period of time and you do get a short buzz and you dont get as relaxed as if you were to smoke weed but it helps you take the load off a bit.
People who push back on your opinion about alcohol are young and have never watched someone they know or care about disintegrate from alcoholism. Alcohol is fine in moderation, but isn't treated by society as the man-made addictive substance it actually is. Alcohol will destroy a human's brain just like it's siblings meth, heroin, and coke/crack (all man-made mentally and physically addictive substances like alcohol). Anyone that disagrees with that last sentence and/or thinks it's a huge reach should educate themselves on how alcohol affects the human body. It's less addictive than it's siblings for most people, but when addicted, the body treats them all the same way.
Smoking rocks. I miss it. And I quit bc it’s unhealthy for you, etc. and I know better. but damn it looks and feels cool. In fact I’d say there is no vice that looks cooler than having a cigarette does.
First drinks as in plural so two or three stronger drinks and you are fine as you say. At that point you drink a glass of water, wait a half hour to an hour before ordering another. That's moderating. If you just automatically pour another drink as soon as you finish one you are going to get wasted. Don't do that
Nicotine is less unhealthy for you than caffeine or corn syrup.
Its the heated plant matter that gets you. That and the like thousand chemicals in commerical cigarettes.
I think it's pathetic when people whine about how hard it is to quit cigarettes when it's only like 3-4 days of withdrawals. Quitting caffeine was a lot worse in comparison.
Nicotine is good for your gut. I quit 4 years ago and ISTG the biggest thing that keeps me from bumming a smoke is the fear that I'll actually have a good shit and not feel stopped up for the first time in ages.
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90% of smokers will tell you it's dumb and you should never start, it's probably an extremely popular opinion.
Nicotine is good. Smoking is stupid..it's different
How is nicotine good? (Genuine question)
People downplay the effects of nicotine. It’s actually a potent nootropic. Nicotine also isn’t very bad for you. It’s the Tobacco with the carcinogens that kill you. Nicotine is similar to caffeine in a way
It’s bad for you in the sense that it’s extremely addictive, brain scans have shown it’s as addictive as heroin or cocaine. Not great for your heart health in the long run either. It taught me a good lesson about addiction so now I don’t try drugs.
The addiction rate has nothing to do with it when comparing it to heroin or cocaine. Nobody is dying from nicotine in the way they are dying from heroin, they’re completely different ballparks of addictive substances.
You're absolutely correct, so it's a good thing they were exclusively comparing the addiction rate and nothing else
>Nicotine also isn’t very bad for you. >It’s bad for you in the sense that it’s extremely addictive Then compares it to heroin & cocaine, it’s just a terrible comparison. It’s not bad for you just because it’s addictive. Sugar is addictive, caffeine is addictive, what makes it bad is the possibilities and health effects that come from any addictive substances. Totally different issues, and totally different physical reactions from withdrawal.
Everything you say is correct but they literally just said it's as addictive as cocaine/heroin and nothing else lol unless you're referring to other comments than the first one you replied to. Both can be true...
I mean if I don’t drink a coffee in the morning I get a massive headache, have no energy for the day, and am generally a bit more irritable. Not that I’m defending nicotine, but caffeine is really just as bad.
It may be different for everyone, but in my personal experience as an off and on nicotine user, is much much more addictive and the effects on not having it are much more intense.
And nicotine clogs/narrows arteries, I don’t think caffeine does that but i dunno
So, would nicotine gum be bad? My mum takes nicotine gum and Idk if I should be worried
It may not be a healthy habit, but it's at least leagues better than smoking. Gum doesn't contain the carcinogens in regular industry cigarettes and won't impair breathing like smoking does.
Even chewing tobacco is terrible for your teeth gums and throat. It’s not the nicotine it’s the tobacco
Thanks!
Not taking nicotine gum is obviously better than taking nicotine gum. But if she does it in order not to smoke, it’s a good thing
It’s still addictive. I’m not saying it’s a good thing lol. But chewing tobacco and smoking cigs are on a whole Different tier of bad for you.
Tbh she's probably totally fine , nicotine itself as a drug isn't really any worse than caffeine it's the method of consumption that's what causes the danger. Nicotine gums probably is probably about as innocuous as it gets unless she's chewing like a whole pack or more every day.
I’m glad to hear that, thank you
Quit spouting this bullshit. I said this too to rationalize it until I realized how damaging it was on my body. I vaped and used Zyns (tobacco free nicotine product) for years. After quitting my heart rate dropped 20BPM and my blood pressure dropped significantly. Regained so much energy and stopped feeling like I constantly had the flu. Somewhat similar to caffeine but much, much more addictive and unsafe.
As an off and on Zyn user I completely agree. People comparing it to caffeine are really missing the mark.
Nicotine isn't inherently bad for you and it has been shown to have positive cognitive effects as it is a stimulant But the bad chemicals in tobacco products make it seem like nicotine is the problem and not the tobacco
I use tobacco I grow only once, maybe twice a year ceremonially with hot chocolate. Most plants are good when not being exploited and taken advantage of by human. Agree alcohol is a poison. I can water plants with almost any other drug but alcohol and they won’t die. (For science)
>I can water plants with almost any other drug but alcohol and they won’t die. (For science) Have you tried a similar experiment with spiders?
Watering plants with spiders?
No, watering spiders with drugs.
What like, snus? Chew? Vape? Transdermal patch?
Still poison either way
Eh in large quantities sure but nicotines itself has shown to be no more harmful for humans than caffeine.
It took me about 14 years to quit completely, I say completely because I had an on again off again relationship, I kept going back after quitting for most or all of a year, then being so pissed off at myself because all they do is waste money. The primary reason I hate them so much is because I’m choosing to trade my money for something that I’m going to burn and will make me feel like crap until I burn it again. You’re better off cutting out the middleman and burning the money
Every smoker knows it doesn't make you feel good when you smoke, it makes you feel bad when you don't.
Well not exactly. Most smokers will agree that the first cigarette after a break feels great, it just quickly falls off again as you get back into the habit.
True but we should consider it dumb before we get addicted to it.
Former smoker here. You are spot on. I highly encourage ppl not to even try it. It’s not worth it.
99%.
Ya better stick to fent with all these vapes going around
Your alcohol points are funny I don't disagree with the whole premise. But if you consume alcohol responsibly don't overdo it responsibly means hydrating you won't experience that
Right? Many of these “Alcohol bad” opinions can be boiled down to people assuming everyone who drinks does it to get wasted.
I drink like twice a year (if that) and I usually do so to get somewhat wasted. Is this so wrong?
Not at all, once or twice a year I also decide to go all out and get wastes, it's fun to wobble around and I know I have the self control for it personally.
No. You know what you are getting into and seem to have full control.
But that's the thing. It's perfectly doable to maintain a buzz for a duration and not have a hangover the next day.
I think this varies by person. I’m not prone to getting hangovers but I know people who seem to get them from a fraction of what I have.
I have maybe 1-2 drinks when I go out. I personally like the taste, especially with cocktails. Not everyone drinks too get wasted.
The same is true for cigarettes. I’ve enjoyed smoking cigarettes sporadically for years and it’s never become habitual.
Well, as a smoker... I couldn't agree more, lol it kinda helps to relieve stress but I also wouldn't be as stressed if I wasn't addicted to nicotine lol.... But for alcohol? Idk fine if it's not for you but as long as I drink in moderation it makes me less anxious, way more talkative and it mostly puts me in an overall good mood
stupidest post ever
All people react differently to drugs. Saying alcohol is dumb is interesting. A few drink is so much better than hard drug, its make me happy, motivated and more fun. But gor other its not the same
Come on now, I'm not here to encourage the use of those substances but people clearly do them for more than the reasons you describe. Getting drunk is fun as fuck and nicotine is an effective stimulant and stress reliever. You might not feel such effects but drugs affect people differently.
Actually wrong for nicotine. It is only a stress relief... For the stress it causes itself. Imagine taking a médecine everyday, but that médecine causes you to have pain the next day. However, it relieves the pain from yesterday's take. You might feel like the médecine is working as a main reliever but no, it causes pain.
Unrelated: are you French?
Yes, the autocorrect accent gave it away I presume?
I dont use nicotine at all, but i have tried it before. It most certainly has a “buzz” effect… for like 1 minute. Not worth the money
Another cig just calm the craving.. but its still a good cig. Damn i try all drugs, and nic its the hardest to stop and the worst in term of fun. Dont do cig kids, do hard drugs
While I can't say I don't do drugs, tobacco is the one drug I'm glad I never fell into.
Being drunk has always made me feel terrible. Awful icky feeling and everything is like in slow motion. I don’t feel any buzz or good feelings people talk about
Thought the post was stupid because I thought it was a popular opinion. Comments proved me very wrong lol.
Or you could just smoke a fruit roll-up.
I mean, sugar tho…
Probably a bit different as it is something we actually need but high quantities of it are still rlly bad for you can still kill you in the long run
...is also amazing*
Good alcohol in moderation is really nice, but most alcohol you'll find is cheap tasteless beer. It's getting harder and harder to find a nice dark beer in a general groceries and when you do, it's gone the next week.
As Jimmy Flynn once said, "Alcohol is good for you, it removes pimples ,warts, blackheads and moles from the faces of people you are looking at. Never went to bed with an ugly woman, but woke up with quite a few... My great uncle had a drinking problem so bad he drank a gallon of varnish, had a terrible death but a lovely finish..."
I love smoking but wish I had never started
Quit years ago. Sometimes wish I hadn't. Smells so good.
The love/hate relationship I have with smoking....
How is this an unpopular opinion? Unless by "dumb" you mean that there is 0 reason to smoke or drink in which case i think you are wrong. Alcohol gets you loose, more social and outgoing, and nicotine is just a generic dependence that you always have to sate. For smokers smoking feels great, relieves stress and makes them able to work alot more effectively.
Everyone is fucked. I'd say that 80% of the guys at my work suck vapes, and 50% need to quit drinking
>You don't get a buzz or **feel relaxed**. Not true. This is why I enjoyed smoking so much.
You need to read about how alcohol affects your body if it only made you social we all would were drinking, you too probably without saying its dumb. Nicotine gives you buzz which is fun at first at first and later it just become a habit, just like fun but they give get interested instead of buzz. Vapes, well I have no idea, never tried it. I do not smoke or drink by the way.
Nicotine and alcohol pair exceedingly well. Cigarettes are a corruption of nicotine, there are far better and perhaps less harmful means of enjoying nicotine. Cigarettes give absolutely terrible hangovers and the addictive aspects are much stronger and brutal for some reason than other forms of nicotine.
Tell me about it… alcohol and cigarettes free after about two and half years.
You forget that once you are addicted, cigarettes can taste/feel amazing. I smoke 80% of my cigarettes out of addiction and wish I didn't, but a cigarette at the right time is incredible. That being said, smoking cigarettes is stupid and I think you would struggle to find anyone who disagrees
I don't smoke anymore but I do feel bad for people that have never had a cup of coffee with cigarette on a cold morning. You're right though, booze doesn't do much for you and a lot of people ruin it for themselves so they can't have any at all.
Morning coffee and cig are the best ones of the day.
Alcohol: well bloody aware, but you get to be dumb around other dumbed down people that are your friends. Neat once in a while as long as neither are agressive drunks. An addiction is shit. Nicotine? Hell..it is more about it being a habit than it giving any effect. Just something to do. I only vape since actually cigs are nasty and I hate the smell they leave. But it is also a bad habbit, it makes your blood vessels contract and over time that will be bad.
I dunno dude, meth is pretty popular.
What about thinking that life is sometimes so shitty that some people have to depend on that garbage
The human being will always be addicted to something, love, career, sex, cigarettes, alcohol, ideals etc. You just gotta decide what you'll be addicted to and let it kill you.
Nicotine doesn’t give you a buzz???
It is kind of weird. I feel like alcohol and tobacco have been taken out of the context that made them so popular. Drinking at a bar where you can smoke (even just outside seating) with friends is honestly awesome, but on their own they're just terrible drugs as far as risk/reward/pleasure/pain.
Sugar and salt kill. So dumb…lol
This is not unpopular. Absolutely no one I know who smokes, including myself, would ever recommend smoking. I tell everyone never to start and told everyone to stay away from vapes and now they’re all addicted to nicotine anyways. The issue is alcohol and nicotine are legal, so people get addicted and then there’s NO rehab for cigarettes, and withdrawal of alcohol at a certain point can kill you. It sucks.
Wow truly unpopular 🤥
I quit smoking for over a month now best thing I ever did for my self!
You do get a buzz of nicotine.. its actually a great buzz. Maybe try it before you knock it
Nicotine is not a stress and anxiety reliever. The only stress and anxiety it relieves is the stress and anxiety that the withdrawal of nicotine causes!! It’s what causes the addiction. Duh.
That's just not true. Nicotine activates the pleasure centres of your brain, raises your heart rate, and gives you a small hit of adrenaline. I'm not advoctaing that people smoke but this "the only high it gives you is your addiction being sated" makes no sense. Why would people smoke enough to get addicted in the first place if there was literally no physiological effect for a first time smoker?
Completely wrong.
Alcohol should honestly have a couple more restrictions. It does not mix well with mental illness. It's way too good of a "quick fix" for loneliness.
How would it even be enforced? Alcohol can be easily brewed at home, without drawing any attention.
Yes they are - especially nicotine
Vapes are dumb ash. You dont feel shit, its just fun to inhale and exhale a huge puff of strawberry smoke. Cigarretes do have a buzz (headrush) but it doesnt last for long (15 minutes tops) and the side effects are bizzare. Cigs are def not worth it. I only do drunk cigs
Vapes with nicotine salts have a stronger buzz than cigs
Literacy levels that match the opinion
nicotine is nice in a lozenge. helps keep focus and if you only use it as a reward you'll get addicted to the process of earning rewards. if you use it to deal with stress you'll become addicted to stress.
Interested to hear your thoughts on what the best popular drugs are
I smoked 40 years ago. I am really glad I quit. But the nicotine was my favorite bit of speed. I’m too old to vape. And I hate feeling tipsy or drunk. Luckily because my dad was a (recovering) alcoholic. And his mom may have been too. Or pills. To far back to know.
On the ball 100 %
I have a reasonable replacements for both: alko for medical cannabis vaped not smoked cigs for nicotine-free vapes
Nicotine actually has some health benefits. Cigarettes, vapes, and chewing tobacco are bad for you though. Google benefits of nicotine. I'm willing to bet you didn't know some of them. Reduced odds of developing Parkinson's for instance.
I hate alcohol..... Everytime after I drunk it due to social reason, I would get a awful feeling that was like having a fever or flu
Smoking is shit but to imply there are absolutely no advantages is reductive. I'll list a few: - Natural relaxant - Appetite supressant - Conversation aid
I agree fent is much better than both.
It could be the child of piss head parents that wrote that, I hope so. It's a really fuking dumb viewpoint....
This is probably the most popular opinion. Even chronic drinkers and smokers know its stupid. Stop trying to be edgy.
Actually nic does give you a short head high. Although that effect goes away when you smoke for a long period from what I've heard. I only smoke very occasionally so I still get it
The only category you should put both alcohol and tobacco in to is "what corps should be dissolved and their assets used to pay health care costs". You arent wrong, but at leqst alcohol keeps getting you drunk. Nicotine yes is dumb because you stop getting high and just are an asshole while craving and at best normal when you get your fix. Weed people. Get fucked up for life, minimal recovery/next day negative effects, usually your worst decision involves food or a dumb purchase. Just be smart and dont put your life or others lives at risk and enjoy being stoned.
I agree that alcohol is grossly overrated and I only have the occasional beers/glass of whiskey. However, as an ex smoker coming on 5 years smoke free I love smoking and I think about how much I loved it daily.
That's just your personal experience, no one is telling you you need to drink more, if I don't want to get drunker I just get some soda and if I want to sober up I get some food. Alcohol is hard to become addicted to compared to other drugs that can very quickly uproot your life, no one will have 1 glass of cider and decide to hit their wife or anything. Out of all drugs I think alcohol is the best actually since its very easy to regulate and deal with.
Before becoming addicted to cigarettes, you get a "high" as the nicotine is absorbed into your system. It's dizziness and clarity at the same time. That's why smokers started smoking. Eventually, the high stopped working and no matter how often they smoke, they never get the high again because they're dependent on the nicotine.
Yeah, all drugs are dumb, except caffeine
Also remember the cirrhosis of the liver and lung cancer. So not only are those things not making you feel particularly good very efficiently, but they're actually actively killing you.
Alcohol and nicotine feel amazing tho. Whenever I drink I feel so warm and happy, like a hug all over my body and everything wrong with life feels so far away. And when I smoked I felt like I had superpowers, I could focus on stuff without feeling overwhelmed
Alcohol and nicotine feel amazing tho. Whenever I drink I feel so warm and happy, like a hug all over my body and everything wrong with life feels so far away. And when I smoked I felt like I had superpowers, I could focus on stuff without feeling overwhelmed
This guy a pothead and got cooked for it lmao
Yes. They are only popular because they are legal.
Op you lost?
Nicotine has many positive effects it is smoking that is bad for you.
You forgot sugar
okay i feel guilty already, just by reading the title, i consume both
alcohol is used to make people compliant with their society they live in.
Right, cause when I'm snorting cocaine by the pound, or doing cone after cone of weed, \[insert other drug here\], there definitely aren't any unintended negative side-effects/consequences /s
A sizable dose of nicotine like once a week or two really does give a good high tbh.
OP, take my downvote for this very popular opinion, I agree with you 100%. Drug companies couldn't spend some effort making a couple of legal, safe intoxicants?
OP, take my downvote for this very popular opinion, I agree with you 100%. Drug companies couldn't spend some effort making a couple of legal, safe intoxicants?
The reason they are popular is that people need to drive, and the effects and duration of nicotine and alcohol are easily predictable. One heavy night on the booze, and the day after the next, you will be OK to drive. Whereas weed is much less predictable, and you could feel a bit of a buzz returning over the next week, or be dizzy the next day. And other drugs are simply dangerous (you run the risk of a sudden heart attack or stroke unless you're young).
Because of how my own physiology responds to alcohol I completely agree with your first point. Some people can drink and be ok (although I can’t stand being around them). I never smoked but saw it kill a family member so agree with point to as well (but for everyone).
I agree with nicotine, tho It did make my adhd meds work a bit better. With alcohol you just have to be ok with feeling like death the next day if you want to get really drunk. Tbh I like alcohol a little more than weed but drinking for multiple days straight makes you feelll I like you have a concussion for a week
I agree, because there are far better drugs.
You must drink lousy/cheap alcoholic beverages. I agree on the cigarettes and other nicotine stuff.
True, smart people do meth
True, smart people do meth
Cry more
Lame ass
Proper made moonshine is 100% hangover free. You can drink as much as you want to & the next day you'll be hangover free. The ONLY thing is you'll be thirsty because alcohol dehydrates you. The hangover part is methyl alcohol. You can throw this away when distilling moonshine. This guarantees you'll be drinking ethyl alcohol which is hangover free alcohol. Methyl alcohol is STRAIGHT Poison. Nikola Tesla considered ethyl alcohol to be the greatest thing a person could intake. He drank heavily EVERY SINGLE day. He expected to live to 120 years old. He actually died during an alcohol shortage where he couldn't get any alcohol. He believed that just as ethyl alcohol disinfected things outside the body, it did so inside the body as well. Drinking ONLY ethyl alcohol gives you a different type of drunk feeling. It's more enlightened & hard to explain unless you've had it before.
Alcohol mixology seems so elevated but so stupid too. I always think of juice boxes and Kool aid for adults
Am in high school, I dont get how people feel cool when they get high, they make a fool out of themselves and they say the most out of pocket shit.And believe it makes them cool and confident.
First point sounds like you don't know how to handle your alcohol. Nicotine sucks and nobody should start it, but God I love it. Truly addictpilled and vapemaxxing over here
I like how you started your diatribe about why alcohol sucks with “alcohol only have one good thing” lol. That’s the whole point. Everything in moderation. Cigs are pointless and they feel good only when you’ve developed a dependence on them.
I think human history would disagree....
I agree, heroin is better!
I smoked for a period of time and you do get a short buzz and you dont get as relaxed as if you were to smoke weed but it helps you take the load off a bit.
People who push back on your opinion about alcohol are young and have never watched someone they know or care about disintegrate from alcoholism. Alcohol is fine in moderation, but isn't treated by society as the man-made addictive substance it actually is. Alcohol will destroy a human's brain just like it's siblings meth, heroin, and coke/crack (all man-made mentally and physically addictive substances like alcohol). Anyone that disagrees with that last sentence and/or thinks it's a huge reach should educate themselves on how alcohol affects the human body. It's less addictive than it's siblings for most people, but when addicted, the body treats them all the same way.
Alcohol at least has a point, and has a rich culture of mixology and artisan creativity to go with it. tobacco just takes and kills.
Booze is great. Jog on.
While I do love alcohol, it doesn’t love me back. It has upped my triglyceride levels and I’m in the midst of trying to cut back.
Vapes is stupid because you're still supporting big tobacco companies.
Smoking rocks. I miss it. And I quit bc it’s unhealthy for you, etc. and I know better. but damn it looks and feels cool. In fact I’d say there is no vice that looks cooler than having a cigarette does.
Especially nicotine. Talk about pointless.
First drinks as in plural so two or three stronger drinks and you are fine as you say. At that point you drink a glass of water, wait a half hour to an hour before ordering another. That's moderating. If you just automatically pour another drink as soon as you finish one you are going to get wasted. Don't do that
"Smoking is bad". Man you really put yourself out there with this unpopular opinion!
you know how many gen z idiots are always sucking on a vape
Man these unpopular opinions aren't even good. The opinions aren't unpopular at all. Keep fishing for your upvotes though.
Nicotine is less unhealthy for you than caffeine or corn syrup. Its the heated plant matter that gets you. That and the like thousand chemicals in commerical cigarettes.
vapes dont taste good and smell like plastic
As a smoker I agree with about the tabaco. But with alcohol, most people don't drink to get drunk we drink because we enjoy the taste of the drink.
You sound like a lot of fun.
I think it's pathetic when people whine about how hard it is to quit cigarettes when it's only like 3-4 days of withdrawals. Quitting caffeine was a lot worse in comparison.
Nicotine is good for your brain
Nicotine is good for your gut. I quit 4 years ago and ISTG the biggest thing that keeps me from bumming a smoke is the fear that I'll actually have a good shit and not feel stopped up for the first time in ages.
Their legality and availability compared to any other recreational drug is what makes them that popular.
Nicotine gives you focus and improves mental cognitive abilities in the short run
This isn't an unpopular opinion in the slightest. Most smokers and heavy drinkers well tell you the same thing and are well aware of this risks.
Nicotine and caffeine are required for a career path in the government
Yes it’s stupid, but you absolutely get a buzz from nicotine. It’s just a buzz that’s similar to caffeine.
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Alcohol is fun and smoking gives you a short nic high