How Come We Don't See Anyone Joining From Algeria?
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Algeria is really far away...
Maybe hundreds of people joined years ago, but their electrons are still traveling down the wires?
Also, it looks like Arrakis, so everyone might have been eaten by sandworms.
Maybe hundreds of people joined years ago, but their electrons are still traveling down the wires?
Also, it looks like Arrakis, so everyone might have been eaten by sandworms.
More than 99% of the population are Sunni Muslims. Smoking maybe forbidden or unacceptable (haram) there.
Maybe the French bought all their pipes ???
Cigs and hookah are huge in the Muslim world, I think it's just easier for people to smoke those in certain areas.
Calling on smokers of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria….
Do you have Granger there? G R A N G E R. It’s pipe tobaccy. Blink Twice if you’re under duress.
Do you have Granger there? G R A N G E R. It’s pipe tobaccy. Blink Twice if you’re under duress.
Perhaps after decades of harvesting briar burls for their colonial masters there is an aversion to pipes 
Coming from Malaysia which is predominantly Muslim (as is Indonesia) smoking is definitely NOT forbidden.
Coming from Malaysia which is predominantly Muslim (as is Indonesia) smoking is definitely NOT forbidden.
Some just prefer smoking to talking about it.
English language in Algeria - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language_in_Algeria
Pretty small % of population speaks English. They speak Arabic, Berber and French. Maybe there is a pipe smoking forum in one of those languages?
Pretty small % of population speaks English. They speak Arabic, Berber and French. Maybe there is a pipe smoking forum in one of those languages?
I don’t have a clue about islam in Algeria, so looked up Wikipedia. 99 percentage of Algerian are Sunni Muslims of the Maliki, one of the four mainstream Sunni schools, and they banned tobacco smoking. “Fatwas ruling that smoking is impermissible have been issued by sheikhs of all four Sunni schools of fiqh—Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, and Hanbali—as well as by those of the Ibadi sect.[4]“
And as we all know, they are not very amused by western cultures, even burn US stars n stripes on a regular basis, as well as french tricolour, remember the Charlie Hebdo attacks and uproar on Mohammed caricatures.? They aren’t interested if a Peterson or the next Dunhill are smoking well/ not so well and what the next flake is all about, if they could get those at all.
Pipe smoking is for sure a colonial thing to them. Despite tobacco bans Hookah smoking is deeply rooted in their culture.
And on top you cannot know how and if the world wide web works in Algeria. Even from South Africa I only could dial up the site via a VPN.
But not only Algerian smokers are missing, most of the world isn’t interested in US pipe smoking habits.
And as we all know, they are not very amused by western cultures, even burn US stars n stripes on a regular basis, as well as french tricolour, remember the Charlie Hebdo attacks and uproar on Mohammed caricatures.? They aren’t interested if a Peterson or the next Dunhill are smoking well/ not so well and what the next flake is all about, if they could get those at all.
Pipe smoking is for sure a colonial thing to them. Despite tobacco bans Hookah smoking is deeply rooted in their culture.
And on top you cannot know how and if the world wide web works in Algeria. Even from South Africa I only could dial up the site via a VPN.
But not only Algerian smokers are missing, most of the world isn’t interested in US pipe smoking habits.
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Hmmm... Doesn't this site automatically Google Translate posts which we view on our end here in the USA into English from people who post from foreign countries and in a foreign (to us) language - and alternately, translate our English language posts into the native language of the country where the site is being accessed from?
If not, maybe doing so might really explode international membership and activity.
Frankly, I'd love to make some tabak internet-friends from exotic-sounding places like: Togo, New Caledonia, Liechtenstein, and, Bat Cave, NC.
According to Statista.com:
The tobacco smoking rate in Algeria stood at around 15 percent as of 2020. The prevalence of tobacco smoking was higher among men, with a rate of nearly 30 percent. In contrast, only less than one percent of the female population smoke tobacco in the country. - Feb 2023
- Sherm "International" Natman
If not, maybe doing so might really explode international membership and activity.
Frankly, I'd love to make some tabak internet-friends from exotic-sounding places like: Togo, New Caledonia, Liechtenstein, and, Bat Cave, NC.
According to Statista.com:
The tobacco smoking rate in Algeria stood at around 15 percent as of 2020. The prevalence of tobacco smoking was higher among men, with a rate of nearly 30 percent. In contrast, only less than one percent of the female population smoke tobacco in the country. - Feb 2023
- Sherm "International" Natman
No, this site doesn’t translate anything. My English would have been better. And Google is only one engine of several. And it uses country specific algorithms if you choose.
And no, not every browser translates automatically, even my safari browser, if people over there have an internet access at all. And it’s all up to what you are looking for.
Not here. I've seen many kanji posts.
Curious how/why you landed on Algeria. I’m guessing that there are lots of countries that aren’t represented here. Oh: Did Algeria stand out to you because of the country’s history related to pipes?
There's talk regarding Algerian Briar here and there. But I can't remember seeing any Algerian member before.
I think the mods may be editing posts that are not in English using a translator.