# Going for a smoke during a restaurant meal **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 7, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-for-a-smoke-during-a-restaurant-meal/733866 "2015-10-07T21:50:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-for-a-smoke-during-a-restaurant-meal/733866/41 "2015-10-09T17:39:47Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Smokers kill 50000 non-smokers a year in the USA via SHS. Did you have a point there somewhere? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-for-a-smoke-during-a-restaurant-meal/733866/42 "2015-10-09T17:55:55Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Did you have a point there somewhere? Since smokers are murderers, I think non-smokers can have some sense of superiority. We tend not to like murderers in this country. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-for-a-smoke-during-a-restaurant-meal/733866/43 "2015-10-09T18:00:45Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Since smokers are murderers, I think non-smokers can have some sense of superiority. We tend not to like murderers in this country. Smug unjustified superiority is responsible for virtually every death that is not due to natural causes. Every student killed in a school shooting is a victim of SUS. Every child that dies as a result of anti-vaxxers is due to SUS. Every person that dies in a car accident is due to SUS. Every person that dies from medical malpractice is due to SUS. The list goes on and on. Your type are the greatest mass murderers in history. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-for-a-smoke-during-a-restaurant-meal/733866/44 "2015-10-09T18:49:25Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Smug unjustified superiority is responsible for virtually every death that is not due to natural causes. Every student killed in a school shooting is a victim of SUS. Every child that dies as a result of anti-vaxxers is due to SUS. Every person that dies in a car accident is due to SUS. Every person that dies from medical malpractice is due to SUS. The list goes on and on. Your type are the greatest mass murderers in history. And thread shittings; don’t forget the merciless, predictable thread shittings. Why is it that \*some \*nonsmokers cannot participate in a conversation - any conversation that has anything at all to do with smoking - without resorting to hyperbole and drama? Ferfucksake, cut the euphemisms (“nictine addicts”) and the insults and just answer the question at hand. Smokers are aware of the depths of your hatred, and don’t give a rat’s ass anyway, so why don’t you save it for your righrteous indignation circle jerks. You want to have _another_ hissy kitty slap fight about it, take it to the pit. Oh, and nice counter examples, **TriPolar** , I’d not thought of it like that before but you are correct. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-for-a-smoke-during-a-restaurant-meal/733866/45 "2015-10-09T20:33:02Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Oh, and nice counter examples, **TriPolar** , I’d not thought of it like that before but you are correct. Meh. Now I feel like an idiot for taking the bait. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-for-a-smoke-during-a-restaurant-meal/733866/46 "2015-10-09T23:47:07Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > Are they going for a smoke to appease their craving or are they just avoiding the current conversation? _Holy Crap, how much longer do I have to listen to the asshole’s life story? What an egotistical meadow muffin!_ Hey folks! I’m going out for a smoke. Be right back. Good point! If I’m involved in an interesting, lively conversation I probably won’t even think about smoking. If I’m being bored shitless I will think of nothing else. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-for-a-smoke-during-a-restaurant-meal/733866/47 "2015-10-10T00:53:01Z")
I grew up in an era when smoking was cool and even thought to be good for you. (EEK!) So it doesn’t bother me. The smell doesn’t bother me. I’m not judgmental. Goodness knows I have habits that are bad for me. It bothers me that a friend is in his final days of life due to lung cancer, but that wasn’t the OP’s question. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-for-a-smoke-during-a-restaurant-meal/733866/48 "2015-10-11T03:39:47Z")
I don’t know any smokers socially. My initial reaction would be: really? You can’t last through dinner? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-for-a-smoke-during-a-restaurant-meal/733866.md?page=2)