Is that a promise, Nige?
Is that a promise, Nige?
Perhaps you could bugger off back to your gentlemen's club now and never darken the doorstep of a boozer again.
Context:
- Nigel Farage threatens to never go to the pub again if outdoor smoking banned
- Smokers ‘heroes of the nation’, says Nigel Farage as he lights up cigarette near Downing Street pub
And sundry other tomfoolery.
Broader context (on here):
You know you are doing the morally correct thing if this guy is against it.
39U.k pubs see record income after smoking ban, one publican we interviewed said "It's not as much the smoking ban, its the fact that people know that fuckwit Nigel isnt going to be there".
34So pubs will become a safe space? Nice one.
21Safer
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Sorry UK smokers, I think you're gonna have to take one for the team on this one.
20Seeing him smoking actually makes quitting smoking way more appealing to me. Thanks Nigel!
19We all know they'll stand two millimeters from the gate to the pub gardens so will ask have to walk through their cancerous cloud of shit anyway.
Put in a smoking hut somewhere.
16Apparently pubs already have the ability to define outdoor smoking areas, so if there is an issue, you can have a word with the landlord about it.
At my local, my friends who smoke and vape usually go up the car park a bit and there's rarely an issue with fighting through a fog to get to the doors. If there was, I am confident the landlord (self-declared as "dickhead intolerant") would have a word with the worst offenders, possibly even dedicate the closest picnic tables to thr doors as no smoking.
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I wonder how much time he's spent in Clacton since the election.
11Probably about as much time as he's spent in the Houses of Parliament.
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If the states of your criminal settlement down under can achieve this, by god its got to be a slap in teh face that the UK cant do it.
I honestly dont remember what it was like before it was banned and by golly its fantastic.
10No. Stop. Don't. 😐
8If they banned smoking and allowed vaping I honestly think it would be a great improvement
7Vaping is not a solution to smoking. Especially with the amount of virtually or literally single use vapes. Your healthier alternative still generates a shit ton of pretty bad trash so please choose the healthiest option and just cure your whatever addiction.
9it's because of the disposables. refillable vapes don't cause those problems, but of course quitting would be even better. it's really hard to quit though. i smoked 9 years. even after quitting, it took a few years until i stopped missing the effect. a horrible drug.
15I never said it was a solution. I don't smoke, but I get that a lot of people who go to these places do and I'd personally be fine with them allowing a transitional period where vaping is allowed.
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Nah, I've been subject to clouds of peoples' vape exhalations; no thanks to that. Ban it all if you're going to ban it until something has zero output aside from what's already in peoples' breath in similar concentrations.
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is there any law that will make sure I don't see his face in my feed ever again?
6There's a feature request in for a Farage Filter, we'll keep everyone updated on progress.
8ahh that already makes my brain pink and happy
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Damn, a two for one, really hope this ban goes through.
5I don’t know who this guy is but like
If I can’t smoke outside of the pub then I probably won’t go to the pub either.
1I wouldn't be terribly upset if the smokers stopped smoking or stopped showing up. It's bad for everyone involved, and the defensiveness of smokers is insufferable.
19UK’s version of Geert Wilders, but probably a fair bit smellier for all the fags and ales he consumes.
8Smoker hate is just another form of classism. Smoking could have been eradicated decades ago, but instead, they allowed these companies to continue to peddle death to the disenfranchised while placing all the blame (and tax burden) on the users. Now, governments and private entities continually restrict the spaces that people can smoke while still allowing the sale on every street corner. This is just another case of class warfare, poison the poor and blame them for the situation.
-1I still don’t want to have to deal with people smoking in pretty much any area where smoking is banned. It’s smells fucking awful and we know full-well the second-hand dangers. Other than allowing the sale of the things I seriously do not get the appeal of it.
So yea, while I agree with the spirit of your last sentence it’s ultimately a fully voluntary and objectively stupid thing to do so I don’t have a tonne if sympathy, if I’m honest.
10I seriously don’t get the smoker hate. But I live in Canada, maybe that’s more of a UK thing.
It’s not really an issue here. You can’t smoke inside bars like anywhere here, but you go outside and smoke and it’s fine. Not on patios or anywhere they serve food but usually you just go smoke outside the bar. If you don’t want to be around the smoke you just don’t hang out where the smokers are smoking, and like… why would you anyway?
If you can’t even smoke outside then like… where do you go if you smoke? Can you just go across the street or is it like a street wide ban?
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Everyone is for freedom until someone they don't like wants it too.
People on the smoker hate train are just as bad as those who want to ban gender realignment, books about gay people or drag queen story time.
"But it's different I just want ban stuff I don't like!'
-6Let me poison myself and everyone around me in peace!!!
7Congratulations on writing one of the dumbest things I’ve ever read.
5I can confirm I want to ban getting cancer because I don't like it.
1"second hand smoke isn't a thing " is a wild take in 2024 but here you are.
0Is it restricting freedom when even people who smoke hate smoking in public?
Also, books and gender realignment dont hurt anyone. You cant say the same about smoking in public
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