How to be a Bachelor : The pros and cons of Pipe Smoking

[baerdric]

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Con : Any use of tobacco is not good for you.
Seriously. I am NOT trying to convince or entice you into smoking a pipe, please do not start smoking a pipe or using any tobacco in any way. If you are not an adult and don't want to follow my posts about principles that will aid you in living a free life as a bachelor please pass this post by. Thank you.

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Con : Pipe smoking can be expensive and time consuming. Pipes may cost between $5 and $5000. A decent pipe (excluding corncob pipes) might be more than $100 and good pipes are closer to $300. Pipe tobacco is about $3 per ounce and with new regulations in the US, may double soon. A quick search says about 5€ per ounce (28g) in Europe, so about twice as much as it is in the US.

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Pro : Pipe smoking is pleasant. It can be a quiet time in your day for contemplation and the enjoyment of nature. To really enjoy a pipe, you have to slow down, make at least a half hour for yourself. Of course you could smoke a pipe while doing three things at once and dealing with irritating human beings who need to go f**k themselves, but are you enjoying it? No. Go out and sit by a lake.

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Con : The pipe smoking community is full of smart people who have strong opinions which they have spent many hours thinking about whilst smoking a pipe, and who are not afraid to tell you about them.

Pro : The pipe smoking community is full of smart people who have strong opinions which they have spent many hours thinking about whilst smoking a pipe, and who are not afraid to tell you about them.

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Pro : You get to use words like "whilst" without any irony or sounding creepy, because you are cool enough to smoke a pipe, so you must own antique books or something.

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Con : Pipe smoke smells pretty bad to most folks who are not actually smoking a pipe, or who don't have pleasant memories of a grandfather who smoked a pipe back in the day.

Pro : Pipe smoke smells pretty bad to most people, so your solitude is unlikely to be interrupted. If it is, you just have to puff harder for a little while. They'll go away.

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Pro : Seriously, smoking a pipe on the back porch or out by a stream is like having a little campfire that you tend and enjoy... while also smoking a rich tobacco that actually gives you a little buzz.

What could be more like a free bachelor doing what they choose?

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Comments

[red.nation]

Pipes, pipes, the Rolls Royce of the smoking world... 🌬️

[everittdmickey]

and ceegars are worse(better)

[baerdric]

Absolutely. Cigars are like farts, you can only stand the smell of your own.

[ayrton]

wow so poetic but so true

[pylorns]

Props for talking about the pipe smoking community but you're missing some things. Also - many people can walk up to you if you're smoking an aromatic and be very complementary about your blends. If its an english... that could be a different story of course.

[baerdric]

Of course you are right. I had someone do that today, but in my defense I was also kinda right too. She had an Uncle who smoked a pipe and she got her pleasant associations from that.

I also had a guy from another Apartment house track me down by my smoke trail and introduce himself to me a few months ago. I invited him to sit on my porch. We enjoyed the weather and a pipeful in silence and then he went away. Good times.

[baerdric]

I considered that, but I decided to go traditional tobacco because it's already too late for me not to get cancer. Plus I like the century old rituals and equipment. I might try vaping, but only if I can get pot vape liquid legally.

[magnifico]

I just realised that vapers are the vegans of smokers