it turns out that this woman is smoking drugs with her grandkids in
the unit, which confirms she's in her 40s. i don't think she's much
older than that.
it's just hard to believe that
somebody that old hasn't grown out of this yet, or plays top 40 radio at
full blast on her stereo. she acts like a teenager.
must have had the kid very young. my own grandmother became a grandmother in her late thirties.
anyways, i got the letter to the property manager, who tried to guilt trip me on it, but that's not happening.
i can't believe she's chain-smoking pot in front of her grandson.
well, believe it lady, 'cause that's what's happening.
this
property manager is not going to be of any use to me; she's clearly on
the pothead's side. we'll have to see if i can get a more
rational/honest response from the owner or not.
Friday, April 13, 2018
but, i mean, really, here.
what is a better idea?
1) telling smokers to their face that they're disgusting and hoping it sinks in.
2) coddling them about being "bullied" and telling them they're not really disgusting, while secretly agreeing with the bully.
it's not bullying if it's true.
and, you know this is (almost certainly) somebody susceptible to peer pressure, because they're smoking in the first place.
if you follow this line of reasoning to it's end point, you're going to have to go back to the days where models and athletes advertised smoking on tv and in magazines (because that's realistic, right? which brand was most recommended by doctors...?), because you wouldn't want to offend children with all of those gory images of burnt out lungs and chemotherapy patients, right?
i'm not big on political correctness, anyways.
but, this is an issue where it's not just annoying - you are truly doing great harm to everybody by perpetuating the bullshit.
what is a better idea?
1) telling smokers to their face that they're disgusting and hoping it sinks in.
2) coddling them about being "bullied" and telling them they're not really disgusting, while secretly agreeing with the bully.
it's not bullying if it's true.
and, you know this is (almost certainly) somebody susceptible to peer pressure, because they're smoking in the first place.
if you follow this line of reasoning to it's end point, you're going to have to go back to the days where models and athletes advertised smoking on tv and in magazines (because that's realistic, right? which brand was most recommended by doctors...?), because you wouldn't want to offend children with all of those gory images of burnt out lungs and chemotherapy patients, right?
i'm not big on political correctness, anyways.
but, this is an issue where it's not just annoying - you are truly doing great harm to everybody by perpetuating the bullshit.
the question of whether smoking inside is disgusting or not - and
thereby whether the person engaging in the behaviour is disgusting or
not - is an empirical question to be determined objectively using
science.
and, given that cigarette smoke (or marijuana smoke. whatever.) is the most dangerous substance known to humanity, in terms of toxicity level as a consequence of chronic exposure, it would follow with very little ambiguity that smoking cigarettes inside any dwelling is, in fact, completely disgusting - and that it would follow that anybody that engages in that behaviour is also completely disgusting.
if that hurts your feelings, you're just denying the facts, and i have no patience for you and no interest in discussing the issue with you further.
...because i am on the side of science, first and foremost.
which i've been quite clear about.
and, given that cigarette smoke (or marijuana smoke. whatever.) is the most dangerous substance known to humanity, in terms of toxicity level as a consequence of chronic exposure, it would follow with very little ambiguity that smoking cigarettes inside any dwelling is, in fact, completely disgusting - and that it would follow that anybody that engages in that behaviour is also completely disgusting.
if that hurts your feelings, you're just denying the facts, and i have no patience for you and no interest in discussing the issue with you further.
...because i am on the side of science, first and foremost.
which i've been quite clear about.
see, the complicated thing was this...
my mom got a certain amount of money from the state because she had kids. she didn't want to have kids, but she didn't want to give up the extra money (which she spent on drugs). so, she actually fought my dad for custody, and even received child support on top of it - and then took all that money and used it to fuel her drug habits.
the court should have given my dad custody and sent my mother to jail.
but, that was seen as "unnatural" at the time. children were seen as best left with their mothers, even if their mothers are negligent drug addicts. and, here i am, with chronic bronchitis, and uncountable other problems, thirty+ years later, as a result of it.
my mom got a certain amount of money from the state because she had kids. she didn't want to have kids, but she didn't want to give up the extra money (which she spent on drugs). so, she actually fought my dad for custody, and even received child support on top of it - and then took all that money and used it to fuel her drug habits.
the court should have given my dad custody and sent my mother to jail.
but, that was seen as "unnatural" at the time. children were seen as best left with their mothers, even if their mothers are negligent drug addicts. and, here i am, with chronic bronchitis, and uncountable other problems, thirty+ years later, as a result of it.
what eventually ended up happening was that my stepfather built me a
bedroom in the basement, and the rule was that there was no smoking down
there.
i would then pretend i was sleeping so i wouldn't have to sit through meals, and then come up when everybody was asleep to make myself something to eat. this was when i was like 9.
in hindsight, that may have saved my life.
i would then pretend i was sleeping so i wouldn't have to sit through meals, and then come up when everybody was asleep to make myself something to eat. this was when i was like 9.
in hindsight, that may have saved my life.
i've been feeling it come in for a few days.
but, as of apr 13, 2018, the second hand smoke in the unit has officially triggered my bronchitis. this is going to put me in a fit of extreme coughing for the next 4-12 weeks.
once it hits, there is no solution. removing myself from the source of the smoke does not help. there is no way out of this. i will cough and hack and wheeze for weeks, whether anybody likes it or not.
the reason is that my lungs are quite seriously damaged from my mother's heavy smoking habits. they gave me a puffer when i was about seven or so, because i was disrupting the class. i still have one, but it has really never been effective. my mom seemed to understand what she was doing, but really simply didn't care - and may have even taken some pleasure in causing harm.
if abortion was legal at the time, i wouldn't exist; that's the kind of thing you get from mothers that really don't want to raise kids, but are forced to by the government, against their will. when i coughed from the smoke, she'd just yell at me to shut up and light another one.
and, that's all i'm likely to get from these tenants, too.
i can't do anything about the situation besides cough it out and hope i get a reasonable response from management, soon.
but, as of apr 13, 2018, the second hand smoke in the unit has officially triggered my bronchitis. this is going to put me in a fit of extreme coughing for the next 4-12 weeks.
once it hits, there is no solution. removing myself from the source of the smoke does not help. there is no way out of this. i will cough and hack and wheeze for weeks, whether anybody likes it or not.
the reason is that my lungs are quite seriously damaged from my mother's heavy smoking habits. they gave me a puffer when i was about seven or so, because i was disrupting the class. i still have one, but it has really never been effective. my mom seemed to understand what she was doing, but really simply didn't care - and may have even taken some pleasure in causing harm.
if abortion was legal at the time, i wouldn't exist; that's the kind of thing you get from mothers that really don't want to raise kids, but are forced to by the government, against their will. when i coughed from the smoke, she'd just yell at me to shut up and light another one.
and, that's all i'm likely to get from these tenants, too.
i can't do anything about the situation besides cough it out and hope i get a reasonable response from management, soon.
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