I never (NEVER) pay attention to comments on articles such as these as all the social justice warriors, living at their parents house come out of the woodwork and their comments just aren’t worth anyone’s time.
For a change, a positive article on our hobby.
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Busy bodies will be what they are. That silliness hasn't reached those proportions here yet. Took my girls to see the Pikachu movie yesterday and while walking back to the car I had a pipe lit. A young couple, probably late teens, saw my pipe and both shared stories about fond memories of their grandparents that my pipe evoked.
My housekeeper observed my pipes reminded her of her grandpa. I asked, jokingly, if he died of heart disease or cancer?
"Car wreck," she responded. "He dropped his lighted pipe into his lap."
"Car wreck," she responded. "He dropped his lighted pipe into his lap."
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Definitely concur on the "reform" aspect, Tom. Like dealing with assigning responsibility for stuff. For far too many people it's always better/easier for it to be *your* fault than theirs. 
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In case anyone was wondering (since I rarely joke about serious matters), I did NOT toss that woman into a woodchipper.
Rather the opposite, in fact. I apologized profusely for my toxic masculinity having encroached on her Personal Space Life Journey Feelings, and thereby interfered with the transsexual dance therapy interpretation class that her inner child was silently crying out for her to enroll in.
Then I apologized for having assumed xir gender with that statement, so changed my reference to "person."
Then I apologized for having used a term which included a gendered component--the "son" in "person"---so changed it to "human".
Which was even worse, of course---the "man" in "human" being beyond inexcusable---so finally settled on "it."
After which my cigar had gone out, but since she was frantically trying to bat away a crow by then (an especially tenacious one that had taken an interest in all the shiny objects stapled into her face and was dive bombing her like a Ju-87), I didn't care. That's what torch lighters are for, right?
Rather the opposite, in fact. I apologized profusely for my toxic masculinity having encroached on her Personal Space Life Journey Feelings, and thereby interfered with the transsexual dance therapy interpretation class that her inner child was silently crying out for her to enroll in.
Then I apologized for having assumed xir gender with that statement, so changed my reference to "person."
Then I apologized for having used a term which included a gendered component--the "son" in "person"---so changed it to "human".
Which was even worse, of course---the "man" in "human" being beyond inexcusable---so finally settled on "it."
After which my cigar had gone out, but since she was frantically trying to bat away a crow by then (an especially tenacious one that had taken an interest in all the shiny objects stapled into her face and was dive bombing her like a Ju-87), I didn't care. That's what torch lighters are for, right?
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You also have to be very careful with the words that slip out of your mouth these days or you might be cited with verbal abuse. Apparently just a man talking is extremely offensive and borderline abuse. Yeah, I totally admit that I don’t belong in Austin, it’s just gotten ridiculous here, I’m walking on eggshells everywhere I turn as it’s not cool to have masculine qualities anymore (not just talking about growing a beard down to your knees and dressing like a lumberjack even though you’ve never swung an axe).
You also have to be very careful with the words that slip out of your mouth these days or you might be cited with verbal abuse. Apparently just a man talking is extremely offensive and borderline abuse. Yeah, I totally admit that I don’t belong in Austin, it’s just gotten ridiculous here, I’m walking on eggshells everywhere I turn as it’s not cool to have masculine qualities anymore (not just talking about growing a beard down to your knees and dressing like a lumberjack even though you’ve never swung an axe).
@1 for Brian64, Just what I wanted to say, or to a States like Okla, Az or NM at least.Briefly go to south west.
Despite needing a few sharp-eyed edits -- which all of us need from time to time -- this is a well written and engaging story. I kind of hope the author revisits the subject and raises some of the interesting aspects of pipes and pipe smoking that could interest even non-smokers. The array of different materials, brands, shapes, and national origins of pipes, for examples. This guy writes well enough that he could make those resonate with collectors in general, though it should probably be parceled over two or more other stories. It's pretty interesting if it can be spun out in a way comprehensible to people who don't know the subject. Having written biomedical science for about 35 years, I really pay heed to making intricate subjects accessible in plain language. People don't understand the scientific method; they want scientists to come up with the answer that they choose, and needless to say, that's not science.
Sadly we live a world that really hasn't moved on very far from Prohibition. Someone somewhere feels it is necessary to provide the correct guidance to the other unenlightened rubes. This form of behavior has now become an entire socio-economic activity with 'Not for Profits' providing a secure and handsome income for the practitioners of puritanism. Once they achieve their stated goals they then move on to the next campaign. They are the terminally offended, probably bullied at school and resent the popular kids getting all the pretty girls. Its a mentality based on malice, spite and inner anger and a failure to discover masturbation before the age of 16. Personally I go out of my way to offend these idiots and nothing offends more than using their shiny shoes as a repository for a mouthful of chewed plug! :rofl:
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Yes, but those types have always been around, and their mentality can't really account for the out-of-all-proportion hysterical mass-demonizing/criminalizing of any and all tobacco use...which is now a widespread position taken by a very large percentage of society.
And it is not a position that most people have arrived at by their own reasoning...but rather a position that they have been instructed to take by mass media/government programming...as are most other non-reality-based perceptions that the masses are given regarding any number of issues.
Old man Kennedy, among many others, made out pretty good under prohibition. I suppose it depends on one's perspective with respect to harm or good.
Exactly so.
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When people finally "get" that---how the human tribal response works---they pause.
Then, when they realize it's a DNA-encoded "hardwired" survival trait that operates independently of reason... they do a slow blink.
Then, when they realize that through all of human history until a century or so ago, anyone who wanted his ideas to be heard by more than a dozen or so people had exactly one option: stand in a high place and shout (soapbox, rock, stage, treestump), they start to look alarmed. (Newspapers, television, radio, and books were never really in the mix. Getting a book published, or editorial printed, or having a TV or radio show was accomplished by only a vanishingly small percentage of the population, and then was heavily edited/controlled/etc.)
Then, when they realize that effectively OVERNIGHT (in evolutionary terms) and without warning, it became possible for anyone, anywhere to establish contact with---and stay connected to---millions of people at any time in any combination, they make a little squeak, drop to the ground, and curl into a catatonic fetal position. (At least that's what happened the last time I was around when the subject come up. Three people did at once, in fact. I remember because it was in front of an ice cream shop and the owner was pissed. Didn't want people thinking he'd poisoned them, I imagine.)
Interesting article, I've been saying pipe smoking shouldn't just be regulated to old men, why should they have all the fun?
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