What Type of Activity is Pipe Smoking?

deathmetal

Lifer

Jul 21, 2015

7,714

32

• Mar 8, 2016

• #1

I have seen it described as a habit, a hobby and best of all, a fascination, but I now use the term "experience."
True, it has attributes of both habit and hobby, and should be pursued as a fascination in my view, but really what it is can be seen as part of a lifestyle, values system (zest for life, sensu Haidt) and a vision of what life should be.
"Habit" seems to reduce it to addiction, "hobby" to a triviality engaged in after the daily servitude. Fascination describes the mindset. But the experience is what we seek.

 

jmill208

Lifer

Dec 8, 2013

1,087

1,163

Maryland USA

• Mar 8, 2016

• #2

I have seen it described as a habit, a hobby and best of all, a fascination, but I now use the term "experience."

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Now I finally know what Jimi Hendrix was singing about. Thanks.

 

michaelmirza

Part of the Furniture Now

Oct 21, 2015

638

0

Chicago, IL

• Mar 8, 2016

• #3

I would say it's part hobby, part atmospheric aesthetic. Like listening to music on vinyl.

 

cigrmaster

Lifer

May 26, 2012

20,249

57,280

66

Sarasota Florida

• Mar 8, 2016

• #4

I would say pipe smoking is like any self pleasuring activity, similar to masterbating.

 

Chasing Embers

Captain of the Black Frigate

Nov 12, 2014

43,450

109,395

• Mar 8, 2016

• #5

What Type of Activity is Pipe Smoking?

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Tobacco arson.

 

cosmicfolklore

Lifer

Aug 9, 2013

34,000

75,780

Between the Heart of Alabama and Hot Springs NC

• Mar 8, 2016

• #6

It's a pastime! Pure and simple!

 

sparrowhawk

Lifer

Jul 24, 2013

2,941

219

• Mar 8, 2016

• #7

Cerebral.

 

tslex

Lifer

Jun 23, 2011

1,482

15

• Mar 8, 2016

• #8

I like "pastime."

 

markus

Part of the Furniture Now

Mar 18, 2014

770

489

Bloomfield, IN

• Mar 8, 2016

• #9

Seems like it's something different for everyone, but I'm inclined to agree with Cosmic, it's a "pastime" for me as well.

 

markus

Part of the Furniture Now

Mar 18, 2014

770

489

Bloomfield, IN

• Mar 8, 2016

• #10

Seems like it's something different for everyone, but I'm inclined to agree with Cosmic, it's a "pastime" for me as well.

 

warren

Lifer

Sep 13, 2013

11,733

16,332

Foothills of the Chugach Range, AK

• Mar 8, 2016

• #11

It's something I do. It's a diversion, I suppose, for me. In the evening I relax with a pipe/cigar and a book. When working I work with a pipe/cigarette near at hand or in my maw. So, I will also cop to "nicotine addiction." So it serves a couple of purposes, diversion and facilitating my addiction. That being said, all of my pipes please my eye. So there is that also, the beauty of shape, fit and finish.
After being on this site for a couple of years the pipe is obviously different things to different people and simply can't be given a general descriptor. Some attribute mystical powers to the pipe. Others are simply drawn to the routine. Some are nearly compulsive in their pursuit of more pipes. For some it is a hobby, certainly not trivial or inexpensive.

 

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thesinistral

Might Stick Around

Jan 27, 2016

52

0

• Mar 8, 2016

• #12

Well, I agree with "experience" and to continue the Hendrix metaphor I would call my pipe smoking an "amplifier". A good smoke makes all my sedentary activities, from reading to surfing (the Internet, not the ocean... Too many relights.) more pleasant.

 

okiebrad

Starting to Get Obsessed

Feb 13, 2016

292

2

• Mar 8, 2016

• #13

I like the word thesinistral used. Smoking a pipe is Pleasant.

 

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shutterbugg

Lifer

Nov 18, 2013

1,451

21

• Mar 8, 2016

• #14

Only if it was an addiction would I be likely to use euphemisms like "hobby" or "passtime". So I call it a habit. Not all habits are bad.

 

ssavarimuthu

Starting to Get Obsessed

Jan 14, 2016

179

0

• Mar 8, 2016

• #15

"Hobby." Although that may make it sound dispensable. I think I might go with "Pastime."

 

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cally454

Starting to Get Obsessed

Dec 31, 2012

205

0

• Mar 8, 2016

• #16

Nicotine is addictive.[11] , the substance acts as a stimulant in mammals, while high amounts (50–100 mg) can be harmful.[12][13][14] This stimulant effect is a contributing factor to the addictive properties of tobacco smoking. Nicotine's addictive nature includes psychoactive effects, drug-reinforced behavior, compulsive use, relapse after abstinence, physical dependence and tolerance.[15]- just saying. Ill admit admit to my problem. I have lots of other hobbies and non of the others demand I attend to them at certain intervals. collecting pipes and tobacco? Ok I'll concede maybe a "hobby" start setting fire to them. Different arena imho

 

mso489

Lifer

Feb 21, 2013

41,210

60,459

• Mar 9, 2016

• #17

Meditational, obsessive, ritualistic, traditional, and probably much more.

 

demetrakopoulos

Starting to Get Obsessed

Dec 1, 2015

110

1

Chicago, Illinois

• Mar 9, 2016

• #18

In addition to a lot of the awesome responses on here, I'd say that I enjoy pipe smoking as a social activity. I've had some of the best conversations of my life in smoking lounges with fellow smokers who, up to that point, were complete strangers.

 

andrew

Lifer

Feb 13, 2013

3,043

402

• Mar 9, 2016

• #19

It's a vice, plain and simple.

 

phred

Lifer

Dec 11, 2012

1,754

4

• Mar 9, 2016

• #20

For me, it's a reward... :D Go out for a walk at lunch? Reward myself by lunting! End of a long week? Reward myself with a bowl (or two) either at the local B&M or on my back patio. Actually getting around to yard work? Reward myself by breaking out a cob and something I haven't smoked in a while.
You get the idea. It's one advantage to being only an occasional smoker - it becomes an occasion when I have the opportunity!