# Im not sorry and it is a fact **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 29, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sorry-and-it-is-a-fact/562246 "2010-11-29T02:48:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sorry-and-it-is-a-fact/562246/41 "2010-11-29T14:16:33Z")
Much better to live in an “hysterical state” than a state of denial\*. \*the new Michigan license plate slogan. Its neighbor to the south will stick with “Four Dead In Ohio”. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sorry-and-it-is-a-fact/562246/42 "2010-11-29T14:43:44Z")
My Mom died of smoking. Slowly. You see, in laymans terms, smoking slowly burns out your lungs so they can’t take in the same amount of oxygen they used to. If you lose a little lung capacity you never know it; lose too much and you’ll suffocate in minutes (mercifully). Now imagine that your lungs are at the slightest fraction below the minimum needed to successfully operate your body. Want to know what happens??? Well, your brain becomes slowly oxygen starved and starts to die off. Its not quick and its not pretty. The effects in the beginning start to mimic alzhiemers in symptoms to observers who are non-medical people (like me). You’ll start to need a nebulizer and an oxygen tank just to breathe. You’ll need someone to look after you as other systems in your body start to fail. Your world perception will change and degenerate… eventually to the point where everyone around you will think you are in a Screaming and Shrieking Hell. (Oh, and this lasts for _years_ before you finally die.) And if that doesn’t kill you, lets see how you enjoy cancer. But screw all that, **Phillip**. You know better. Here’s a light; drag deep. After all, stupidity Should hurt… ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sorry-and-it-is-a-fact/562246/43 "2010-11-29T14:54:57Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > I keep hearing the thread title as the start of a rap song myself. > > \*"I’m not sorry and it is a fact, > > you’re hysterical and tobacco got back"\* Me too! ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sorry-and-it-is-a-fact/562246/44 "2010-11-29T15:00:14Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Someone somewhere should make a firefox addon that blocks posts on message boards that have randomly capitalized words in them. Its bizarre how consistently that correlates with a, err, certain type of writer. Even better: [xkcd:Constructive](http://xkcd.com/810/) ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sorry-and-it-is-a-fact/562246/45 "2010-11-29T15:05:19Z")
> [@PHILLIP\_KALAVERAS](#): > > A hysterical break. How and win you going to die has everything to do with your genetic make up how FAT you are and ware you live and work, NOTHING to do with tobacco, You may now return to your hysterical state. Dude - don’t post while you’re wasted. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sorry-and-it-is-a-fact/562246/46 "2010-11-29T15:07:40Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > I’m tempted to move this into the Pit, and tell y’all to just have a bit of fun. > > I must be strong, though. It’s not like someone can’t Pit him without my permission. He’s probably just a drive-by anyway, so what’s the point? ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sorry-and-it-is-a-fact/562246/47 "2010-11-29T15:16:56Z")
Tobacco kills 5.1 million smokers and 600,000 other people _standing nearby_ [every year](http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2010/11/26/Report-Secondhand-smoke-kills-600000/UPI-34041290802386/). ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sorry-and-it-is-a-fact/562246/48 "2010-11-29T15:27:52Z")
> [@PHILLIP\_KALAVERAS](#): > > How and win you going to die has everything to do with your genetic make up how FAT you are and ware you live and work, NOTHING to do with tobacco What if you live and work on a tobacco plantation, smart guy? \*WHAT THEN?? \* ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sorry-and-it-is-a-fact/562246/49 "2010-11-29T15:58:11Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > Tobacco kills 5.1 million smokers and 600,000 other people _standing nearby_ [every year](http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2010/11/26/Report-Secondhand-smoke-kills-600000/UPI-34041290802386/). That story, plus the revelation that new graphic antismoking photos are planned for cigarette packs in the near future are probably what has poor PHILIP all revved up. Bad week for smokers. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sorry-and-it-is-a-fact/562246/50 "2010-11-29T16:08:24Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Yeah, I’ll go dig up my aunt and tell her that. Might take a while, and I doubt you’ll be here when I get back. Same with my grandfather, who died of emphysema. > [@elfkin477](#): > > In IOWA last year alone, 47 people were beaten to death with copies of the American Heritage Dictionary. I think I love you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sorry-and-it-is-a-fact/562246/51 "2010-11-29T16:08:31Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > How odd. Tell me, is english your second language? twenty second, I’d say. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sorry-and-it-is-a-fact/562246/52 "2010-11-29T16:13:09Z")
My grandfather smoked two packs a day for 50 years. Then he got run over by a cigarette truck. What’s your excuse for that, **PHILLIP KALAVERAS**? ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sorry-and-it-is-a-fact/562246/53 "2010-11-29T17:23:42Z")
I think this guy wants to be the Celebrated Jumping Frog of KALAVERAS Kounty. He jumped in then jumped out. ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sorry-and-it-is-a-fact/562246/54 "2010-11-29T21:07:18Z")
> [@PHILLIP\_KALAVERAS](#): > > A hysterical break. How and win you going to die has everything to do with your genetic make up how FAT you are and ware you live and work, NOTHING to do with tobacco, You may now return to your hysterical state. My cat’s breath smells like cat food! ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sorry-and-it-is-a-fact/562246/55 "2010-11-29T23:38:05Z")
I’d like to make a thoughtful post but my FAT ass needs a cigarette right now. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sorry-and-it-is-a-fact/562246/56 "2010-11-29T23:41:50Z")
> [@Surly\_Chick](#): > > I’d like to make a thoughtful post but my FAT ass needs a cigarette right now. You smoke with your ass? ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sorry-and-it-is-a-fact/562246/57 "2010-11-29T23:59:09Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > You smoke with your ass? Yes, she does. **Surly Chick** smokes a cigar, and the donkey smokes camels. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sorry-and-it-is-a-fact/562246/58 "2010-11-30T00:04:02Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > What THE MEDIA doesn’t want people to know is that after SKINHEADS and BIKERS, those most like to track someone down and beat them to death without cause are GRAMMARIANS. In IOWA last year alone, 47 people were beaten to death with copies of the American Heritage Dictionary. AND, they’re total HARDASS skinheads and bikers, because the AHD, even hardback, weighs less than 10 pounds, so it REALLY takes a while to beat someone to death with it. The WIMPY grammarians go for either the entire Oxford English Dictionary (20 volumes) or a rabid llama. Usually by hoisting it up in a net with a pullrope attached and a sign that says ““FREE” CIGARETT”. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sorry-and-it-is-a-fact/562246/59 "2010-11-30T00:10:22Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > Yes, she does. **Surly Chick** smokes a cigar, and the donkey smokes camels. Thank you for clarifying, **Monkey.** 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sorry-and-it-is-a-fact/562246/60 "2010-11-30T00:28:55Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > My grandfather smoked two packs a day for 50 years. Then he got run over by a cigarette truck. What’s your excuse for that, **PHILLIP KALAVERAS**? Maybe if he’d lost a little weight, he could have gotten out of the way in time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sorry-and-it-is-a-fact/562246.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sorry-and-it-is-a-fact/562246.md?page=4)