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> "Are you saying it’s inconsiderate for people to not smell how you want them to smell?" That's not what I was saying, but actually that's also true. Good po
by darkpuma 8y ago
> "Are you saying it’s inconsiderate for people to not smell how you want them to smell?"
That's not what I was saying, but actually that's also true. Good point. Smelling like a smoker is itself inconsiderate behavior.
What I was actually saying is that smokers are generally inconsiderate people. This can be generally observed by interacting with the general public and noticing that people who smell like smokers are almost always inconsiderate people. You don't need to witness an inconsiderate person smoking to know they're a smoker, because the human nose can detect smokers easily. And just so we're clear, not all inconsiderate people are smokers, but very nearly all smokers are inconsiderate.
Now that I think about this more, there is a plausible relationship here: everybody knows that smoking makes you smell awful, so only people who are inclined towards being inconsiderate will pick up the habit.
> "right"
In most free countries, it is your right to be inconsiderate. It's not the right of any smoker to be free of criticism.
- baddox 8y ago> Smelling like a smoker is itself inconsiderate behavior. I will straight up disagree with you there, and we can probably avoid a semantic argument over what “inconsiderate” means and just call it a day. In summary, I think “inconsiderate” ought only apply to behaviors that sufficiently violate the expectations of society, or in other words, just because you don’t like a behavior does not mean that behavior is inconsiderate. The rest of your comment is fairly ridiculous. Surely you haven’t actually counted every smoker you have met. It’s much more likely that you are simply disproportionately noticing smokers who are bothering you.
- darkpuma 8y agoA smoker does not go undetected simply by being considerate, the smoker's smell will give them away no matter how they behave. And I am very far from the only person who's noticed the smoker/inconsiderate connection.