Tobacco users aren’t dirty or stupid, and some of y'all are deeply poisoned by DARE-style propaganda.
Even from people who are supposedly “supportive” of addicts and users, I see so much hateful vitriol toward smokers, as if nicotine addiction is somehow The Worst Kind, and it’s okay to target them as Terrible Monsters, even from people who should know better.
“But I have TRAUMA–” Trauma doesn’t give you the right to be cruel to every single smoker in the world. It does not give you the right to assume the worst of every single smoker you meet.
“But they pollute my air–” Designated smoking spots in public areas have been a thing for decades now, and I have never met a single smoker who wasn’t perfectly willing to move to another location to smoke, as long as they are asked respectfully and not treated like criminals or monsters just for smoking. If you approach a smoker and treat them like a criminal and act like they’re intentionally trying to poison you, they have every right to get annoyed at you. And if an individual smoker is a dick about it? That’s still the individual, not smokers as a whole.
“But it sets off my asthma–” This is what is known as a “competing access need.” Smokers deserve space to smoke, because drug withdrawal is severe and is a legitimate medical issue. Non-smokers and those with respiratory issues deserve smoke-free air. Two things can be true at once, and the answer is not, “so we dehumanize smokers!” Also, y'all may be shocked to learn this, but there are asthmatic smokers. I know several. Using asthmatics as a gotcha against smokers is not productive or kind to either group.
“But tobacco companies–” Are not the individual smokers, and are not responsible for tobacco companies’ actions. Blaming Joe Schmoe Smoker for the actions of Big Tobacco is the exact same as blaming someone for climate change because they bought a pack of Walmart-brand hamburgers. Not only is it not effective, it doesn’t target the core issue, and it’s a douchebag thing to do.
“But it’s bad for you–” Suicide and self-harm are worse, and cigarettes are the only thing keeping some people alive. Blame the system, not the individual.
“But vaping is obnoxious and bad for kids–” Vaping originated as a way to help people stop smoking, and it is not the fault of individuals that vaping became another predatory industry. Removing access to vapes, which are commonly still used as a tool for addicts to help quit, is not the fucking answer.
Stop being cruel to smokers and pretending you’re progressive for it. Unlearn the DARE propaganda, kill the cop in your head, and recognize that someone’s humanity is not dependent on their drug habits.
[ID: A screenshot of the original post highlighting the text, “And if an individual smoker is a dick about it? That’s still the individual, not smokers as a whole.” End ID.]
People keep telling stories in my notes of individual smokers being shitty as some sort of gotcha, and I would like to highlight where I already addressed that.
Y'all are worryingly quick to demonize smokers as an entire category of people, and it’s disgusting.
Can you read.
Like, seriously, jackasses, why do so many of you see “treat smokers better, they are human beings” and somehow read it as something akin to, “Ren said every single smoker should be allowed to come blow smoke directly in the exposed face of an asthmatic baby, and then slap them, and kick their mama in the shins for good measure.”
i think names are such a delicate thing and we dont say each other’s names enough bc why else does it strike such a chord in me when ppl say my name as if i actually exist
Chapters:
1/1
Fandom:
The 100 (TV)
Rating:
Not Rated
Warnings:
Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships:
Clarke Griffin & Lexa
Characters:
Clarke Griffin, Lexa (The 100), Gustus (The 100), Dante Wallace
Additional Tags:
mentions of heaven and hell, and reincarnation, any personal beliefs I left at the door to write this prompt, Grammerly was my beta, along with word so blame them for any errors, i love watching religion scholars on tiktok, and those reincarnation tiktok, with the little kids remembering past lives, very fascinating stuff, thank you for taking the time to read this, and hopefully the story as well
Summary:
This was inspired by a prompt by writing-prompt-s on tumblr.
You run a café on the edge of life and death. Souls who have been departed from their bodies temporarily, such as in comas or near-death experiences, can relax in your quaint cafe for as long as they need before they can either return to their bodies or begin their journey to the afterlife.
No offense but the internet gives you the most wrong and fucked up idea of helping people because people get mad if you don’t care about disasters happening in 72 countries, meanwhile the people in real life that are doing the most good picked one VERY SPECIFIC thing to care about and care about it REALLY HARD
Walks up to a guy working on restoring a native tree species to his downtown “why aren’t you posting about grasses in Turkmenistan!”
The internet has taken a whole generation of bright, motivated, passionate young people who care and have big hearts and turned them into paralyzed, shattered wrecks too crushed by the weight of the world’s pain to hand a pair of socks to a person in need
i hate it when u stop being friends w someone or u break up w someone cos uve got all this information about them like at the back of ur mind like their birthday or their favorite game or whatever, and even years later things will come up and you’ll think about that person and its like. oh. and it never really Stops
