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I often say that starting to smoke was my lucky break career wise. When I got my first IT job it was a very low level help desk job with a big 3 consultancy.
by sanswork 19y ago
I often say that starting to smoke was my lucky break career wise.
When I got my first IT job it was a very low level help desk job with a big 3 consultancy. I smoked though so I was often in the smoking lounge/smoking area with the other smokers and we would naturally chat. This chatting/familiarity got my name around enough that I was able to get extra chances to move ahead and was out of the call centre and into a development job in no time at all.
I did finally quit though. Now I got for the smoke breaks I just leave the smokes out of it. I get the same benefit with only having to risk second hand smoke a couple times a day.
- xlnt 19y agothere is no evidence that second hand smoke is dangerous, so don't worry about it.
- rms 19y ago>there is no evidence that second hand smoke is dangerous, so don't worry about it. regardless of what studies may have said or not said, it seems obvious that it is not good.
- xlnt 19y agoit's not obvious that it's significant. we shouldn't waste our time worrying about tiny things. for example there is uranium in the ocean. it's a lot as an absolute figure. but it's very dilute, nothing to worry about.
- rms 19y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_smoking http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_smoking Please refute. Good luck. If you're basing your post on a Penn and Teller Bullshit episode, they now say they were wrong. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrub3dt7R5U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrub3dt7R5U
- xlnt 19y agopick one study or argument, which is the best, and i'll look into it more carefully. the wikipedia article is lengthy, and contains errors, but if i point one out you will presumably say there's another part that's better. that's fine, but let's skip that step and go straight to the part you wish to stand behind.
- rms 19y agoDoesn't seem worth the effort for something I'm really convinced is right beyond a shadow of a doubt. I don't even think being proven wrong could convince me to change. It seems like a good idea for society to say bad things about tobacco. I'll leave the argument at "fix the wikipedia article."
- mynameishere 19y agoregardless of what studies may have said or not said, Good one. I like that honest approach to inquiry: Fuck science.