# As I type this

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-type-this/956670
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [December 26, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-type-this/956670 "2021-12-26T16:11:24Z")
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### Author: ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-type-this/956670/1 "2021-12-26T16:11:24Z")

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…the ladies at HSN are pretending the vibrator they’re hawking is for aching shoulders and back.

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### Author: ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-type-this/956670/2 "2021-12-26T16:39:04Z")

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And the pipes they sell at the head shop are strictly for smoking tobacco.

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### Author: ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-type-this/956670/3 "2021-12-26T18:16:03Z")

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Wait, are you saying that the radio ads that used to play on WAAF and The Edge 99.7 for that headshop in Providence, Rhode Island that always said “our pipes are strictly for tobacco use only” at the end of each ad were disingenuous?