• TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    edit-2
    7 days ago

    it’s important to remember that these are everyday people who have fallen into an addiction that they desperately would like to quit but can’t.

    I do understand your anger though. It is very very annoying and harmful for everyone else around smokers and you are justifiably upset about that.

    Instead of being mad at the bottom level people, you should be mad at the billion dollar companies selling people these highly addictive drugs that ruin lives.

    • The_Caretaker@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      7 days ago

      I also hate tobacco companies. I don’t actually hate tobacco smokers, I’m annoyed by them. I was addicted to alcohol for a long time. I get that addiction is a rough road but when I drank alcohol, no one was forced to drink with me. Smokers who smoke in public force everyone else to smoke. If they want to do it in their house or their own yard, I don’t care. I feel the same way about people who drive cars. The exhaust pipe should be inside the passenger compartment of the vehicle and they should have to drive with the windows closed. See how many miles they drive when it’s them inhaling their own poison gasses instead of the rest of us.