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Observing general productivity of nicotine users: I'm surprised they managed to build a spaceship at all. The engineers of old were very different engineers th
by aetherspawn 6y ago
Observing general productivity of nicotine users: I'm surprised they managed to build a spaceship at all.
The engineers of old were very different engineers than today.
- NikolaeVarius 6y agoThey smoked indoors back then
- MathCodeLove 6y agoInteresting observation. I think it could be argued that the average nicotine user today us a dramatically different kind of person than they were then. During the time frame that the user you replied to was referencing, nicotine consumption was the norm. Now, with the extensive change in societal perspective that nicotine consumption has undergone, those who still use gravitate towards the uneducated and less successful.
- jacobush 6y agoSo were the deadlines and incentives. Global thermonuclear war, anyone?
- whiddershins 6y agoBecause they have to go outside to smoke?
- phist_mcgee 6y agoReal engineers smoke a pack of Marlboros a day.
- ineedasername 6y agoMarlboros? Those are for interns. The real work was done by those smoking unfiltered Lucky Strikes.
- mech422 6y agoCamel Straights... Two Humps!
- not_really 6y agoSounds like you just don't like nicotine users, and your observation is a little biased. I've worked with smokers and non-smokers, both unproductive and productive alike. I would venture to say that a metric like social media use has a higher correlation with lack of productivity, wouldn't you?
- stagas 6y agoSmoking is also a natural Pomodoro technique, you take the necessary breaks for smoking so that keeps you going more.
- noir_lord 6y agoNow. Back then you could smoke at your desk. Which was unfortunate for the non-smokers.
- ComputerGuru 6y agoOnly now. In the seventies, you’d light one up at your desk and continue powering through your work.