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Why do most writers smoke?

>> No.21908475

>>21908470
Safest substance to abuse. Sure smoking will kill you but pounding your liver with alcies will get you dead sooner. Same with other droogs. So ciggies it is. Was also the most socially acceptable for a while.
It looks cool too.

>> No.21908484

>>21908470
consuming liquor is much more important to becoming a writer, if you are not even drinking 4x times a week you ngmi

>> No.21908502

>>21908470
the nicotine keeps you level. perks you up and sharpens your focus when you're hitting a slump or wanting to sleep.
it calms you down when your thoughts are flying faster than your fingers can get the thoughts out.

>> No.21908506

oral fixation

>> No.21908510

>>21908475
>Safest substance to abuse.
why cigarettes as opposed to weed then

>> No.21908522

Most people used to smoke, therefore most writers used to smoke. Contemporary writers tend to come from a generation when most people smoked and so tend to smoke. Writers who are not from a smoking generation do not tend to smoke

>> No.21908524

because its kino, and being writer is also kino

>> No.21908525

Reminds us of the imperial majesty in which we once roamed the earth, when any mortal fool's skull was ours to take from its spinal loft, and when the earth spoke to us in vapors of things to come and things that have passed beyond where we may tread.

>> No.21908528

>>21908522
I don't there are many writers under age of 50 smoking these days

>> No.21908534

>>21908528
Statistically most writers under 50 probably don’t smoke except those from a working class background

>> No.21908609

>>21908470
Bit of curl in that hair and Faulkner would but straight bussin

>> No.21909327

>>21908510
because weed is for negroes

>> No.21909334

God I miss smoking cigs so much
Why dont they just invent a cigarette that doesnt give you cancer
inb4 vapes, not the same

>> No.21910246

>>21908470
Because most of them are on speed of some of kind (or boozers) (or both) and nicotine is tres magnifique with speed, or booze, or both
Also it's a signifier for some.
"Yes I diddle around with my brains."
I have no doubt that today's
pack of conformist nobodies
shun the pleasure of goofball
nicotine
Shhhh, yaass, the calm adrenal rush. The perfect up, the perfect down. All in one glorious package.

>> No.21910274

>>21908470
It's more of a time period thing.
Most people smoked if you look around early 20th century.

Also its a mild stimulant that aids focus and synergies well with caffeine. So it has appeal to someone who's profession is to sit still and focus for hours and hours at a time every day.

>> No.21910284

>>21909334
Breathing in burning smoke is inherently cancerous.
Vape is as close as you can get to something similar but without cancer risk.

>> No.21910294

Everybody used to smoke you fucking retard.

>> No.21911077

>>21909334
Smoke proper cigars or at least roll your own (cigarettes are the fast food of nicotine)
Go keto (cancer cannot use ketones for sustenance unlike your regular cells), >72hr fast every month or so and alkalinize your body so it resists and kills cancer. Can smoke all you want now. And maintaining cardio will keep your lungs in good enough shape. There are smokers who hold marathon records.

>> No.21911164

>>21908510
High IQ people don’t enjoy weed, it causes them anxiety. You can tell how stupid a person is by how much they enjoy weed.

>> No.21911173

>>21910284
Vaping is just as bad for you, the temperature from the superheated vapor damaged throat and lung cells just as effectively, as do the chemical flavor additives.

>> No.21911175

>>21911164
The anxiety has more to do with their own denials than it does IQ. But it is more likely to happen to people with higher IQ because they have successfully convinced themselves that their anxieties are baseless. It is their own doing and this sort of individual should try mushrooms instead of weed.

>> No.21911194

>>21911164
I smoke weed just to get anxious.

>> No.21911202

>>21911164

Is this something you completely made up?

> Yes.

>> No.21911219

Nicotine is a nootropic, so it stimulates brain function, while also calming you physiologically - especially if you are addicted. A drug that perks up the brain and slows down the body is the perfect drug for sitting and writing. Or reading! Man, I miss cigarettes.

>> No.21911284

>>21911164
I’m the smartest person on this board and I love weed, even though only a few years ago I used to hate it. Not all kind of weed tho. Indica makes me feel drowsy and dumb. Sativa makes me feel like I had 5 coffees and a bit of mushrooms. Sometimes it causes social anxiety and paranoia, but for the most part it helps me connect with people and music more, it’s also helps a lot with inspiration, though I wish I was a better composer sober. Everyone’s brain is different, and it also changes a lot through your life. I think I’m just a lot more comfortable with myself now and that’s why I can smoke weed without feeling like everybody secretly hates me.

>> No.21911935

>>21911284
Who are your favourite writers?

>> No.21912044

>>21908470
they just think it looks cool

>> No.21912050

>>21911284
>I’m the smartest person on this board
Not anymore.

>> No.21912895

>>21911284
Enjoying cannabis is incontrovertible proof that your intelligence (verbal and analytical) is middling at best

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>>21911164
>>21911175
I am this sort of individual. Tell me more.

>> No.21912931

>>21908470
Why are most writers dead?

>> No.21913952

>>21912904
You have a strong need to feel in control of your mental life. Perhaps you were rewarded by family and peers early on for strong academic performance or intelligent thinking. Now your identity is intimately tied to the healthy flow of introspective thought. Weed is off putting for you because it dulls the sharpness of this internal world while accelerating its velocity. If you really want to get high without anxiety I suggest drinking a substantial amount of alcohol beforehand, and only smoking a small amount.

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>>21913952
...

how do I let go of this control?

>> No.21914039

>>21911284
>I think I’m just a lot more comfortable with myself now and that’s why I can smoke weed without feeling like everybody secretly hates me.

The reason people hate you is that shit stinks to high heaven. It makes people around you feel nauseous so yes they have good reason to hate your guts.

Also you are not doing yourself any favors by smoking weed. It kills your brain cells. Smoke it long enough and all you'll be good for is bouncing your head up and down at the rasta festival.

>> No.21914229

The smoke is a mirror of the mind
Reflecting the thoughts that swirl and unwind
The ash is a trace of the life that burns
Fading away with each twist and turn
The filter is a shield of the heart that yearns
Holding back the pain that stings and churns
The cigarette is a window into the soul
Revealing the secrets that make us whole

>> No.21914257

>>21914229
lol fuck off with romanticizing this disgusting poison

>> No.21914264

>>21913952


>I suggest drinking a substantial amount of alcohol

Smart.

>> No.21914272

>>21908510
Because it makes you into a fucking idiot and thus into a worse writer.

>> No.21914277

>>21911284
>smart
>talks like a faggot
120 IQ at best.

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21914322

6mg zynn for me

>> No.21915171

>>21912895
If you think science and medicine work like that, then you're a big dumb-dumb, like an actual peepeepoopoo head

>> No.21915278

>>21914277
>digits
it's true then, "the smartest person in the room" is a midiwt

>> No.21915347

>>21914011
Not sure, I’ve been trying for years myself. I’m thinking about getting into dancing, could be beneficial to allow the Dionysian energies to take over in that way.

>> No.21915714

>>21912895
it means you're so intelligent that braindead stimulants dont do anything for you (you're already operating at peak possible human capacity) so you use weed to augment non-linear thinking

it's the same reason only midwits do shit like coke, meth, caffeine. its the only way they can operate like a normal person

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>>21908510
If I where to discover that one of my favourite writers was a regular weed smoker, I wouldn't read another word of them.

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>>21908470
If I were to discover that one of my favourite writers was a regular weed smoker, I wouldn't read another word of them.

>> No.21916596

>>21911077
this is the most retarded thing I've read, possibly ever
your body uses carbohydrates, even if it has to convert them from protein and fat
your cells use these sugars, thus your cancers cells use them as well
I hate retards like you so much it's indescribable

>> No.21916664

>>21911164
People who get anxious are not used to marijuana. Also, different strains have different effects

>> No.21916674

>>21913952
>Weed is off putting for you because it dulls the sharpness of this internal world
Interesting. Weed, specifically sativa strains, don’t have this effect on me. Indica does, though

>> No.21916828

>>21911164
I'm a midwit and hate weed

>> No.21916859

>>21908470
Because we writers are damaged on the inside. It's the cost of making art. You wouldn't understand the pain we go through. We smoke not to look cool but to cope with our dark side.

>> No.21916863

If you take any pleasure I substances that numb or nullify your perception of reality, you're a witless dreg.

No, you're not Hunter S Thompson. Imagine his works had he been clean.

>> No.21917592

>>21916596
You can switch to running on ketones generated from fat instead of carbs which cancer cannot use.

>> No.21917631

>>21915714
A midwit is almost the definition of a normal person

>> No.21917639

>>21916828
You're actually a genius larping as a midwit

>> No.21917665

>>21917592
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6375425/
Therecs other books you can read on it. Having kess reliance and concentration of what cancer can use for fuel is a good thing. Ketosis does that, after a while it can get to the point your brain is running off it almost entirely too. Also your bidy doesn't make carbs but glucose and that is fuel, not building material.

>> No.21918482

>>21911164
And why does it cause these “high iq” anxiety? Is it because these people hold to strong empirical leanings? They may be “intelligent”, but they aren’t deep and analytical thinkers. Weed wraps your perception of time, but it isn’t powerful enough to completely warp your perceptions and thoughts

>> No.21918526

>>21911164
>t. Neurotic autist
Nice cope

>> No.21918546

>>21914322
This

>> No.21918704

>>21908470
actual answer is that the cigarette was the vape of the early 20th century

>> No.21918964

>>21908510
Weed is psychoactive it can alter your mood, decision-making, and focus potentially making you perform worse. Cigarettes don't do this.

>> No.21919807

>>21908525
Very cool. Source?