r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Puzzleheaded-Pitch40 • 10d ago

Meme needing explanation Peetaah???

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Why do the flip the cigarette?

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u/Main_Character11 10d ago

Same bro. Same

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u/BlueStarFern 10d ago

I quit 10 years ago, I rarely miss it, but something about this post is REALLY making me wanna smoke rn

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u/Zhaeris 10d ago

It isnt just me?! Whew! I quit 7-8 years ago and never even had a thought of a smoke since but yeah damn... The methodic ritual is alluring

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u/jwigs85 10d ago

I quit almost 20 years ago. This is the second time this evening something has made me feel old, but here we are.

The first 3 years were the hardest. And then I still might smoke a ciggy while drunk for the first decade. But I can safely say 🤢 at the thought of smoking now. Even when drunk.

Thinking about flipping the first cigarette does make me feel a little nostalgic. But it doesn’t make me want to touch a cigarette. Because 🤢

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u/BlueStarFern 10d ago

I'm always surprised by ex smokers who can still have few when drunk. I'm well past smoking now (10 years), to the point that it seems quite disgusting, yet I still wouldn't trust myself to have even a single drag. From day one of quitting I've felt I would relapse if I ever smoked a single cigarette again. I can't imagine being able to pick up and put down an addiction like you did!

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u/jwigs85 9d ago

It helps that smoking makes you feel even worse the next day than a regular hangover. So it isn’t really positive reinforcement at all. Just kinda makes you go Jesus, why did I think that was a good idea? But you were tipsy and that itch in the back of your brain was able to claw to the front while you were compromised.

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u/madmax_iron 10d ago

I quit 11 months ago, but i still chew nicotine gum (a lot of gum) how do i get out of this now₹

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u/Jesus_Chicken 10d ago

My brother and dad smoked and have missing teeth from bone loss. I tried it once. It was fun but the smell is yuck.

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u/Hot_Breadfruit_8110 9d ago

Ciggy is the best word for them. I haven’t smoke in 20 years and don’t really want to, but I always want to!!!

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u/Charlaquin 10d ago

Ritual is such a strong part of the appeal of smoking. I’m feeling it too (about 5 years since quitting after picking it back up out of stress in 2020, and that was about 6 years after the first time I quit), but fortunately I’m now on meds that smoking makes less effective, so that helps alleviate the temptation.

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u/atiela_thehun 10d ago

I'm just shy of 2yrs quit....I think about cigarettes all the time. especially now...ya know...everything

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u/peaceproject 10d ago

I haven’t had a cigarette in 2 decades, but smelling one being smoked involves a craving that I cannot explain. Smelling the person/their breath after the cigarette helps me to remember how bad it stinks.

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u/BlueStarFern 10d ago

Exact same. Stale smoke is disgusting, but once in a while, i'll be walking along and a plume of fresh smoke will waft near me and it smells incredibly alluring.

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u/Charlaquin 10d ago

A huge part of what makes smoking so addictive is the ritual. Makes sense that learning a new ritual element would make you crave it again.

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u/BlueStarFern 10d ago

Oh it's not so much learning a new ritual as it is a reminder!

More than the lucky cigarette flipping tho, I think it was the sight of the lighter in the packet that awoke that feeling in me, for exactly the reason you say. I would always tuck my lighter into my pack as soon as I had cleared space for it, then fold the little foil flap over. That was part of my ritual. All those small details are part of the habit I guess.

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u/WitchesofBangkok 9d ago

I quit from 2002 to 2006. Took 4 years of quitting.

It’s like I never smoked now. Zero cravings. And has been that way for at least a decade.

It’s gets easier every day.

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u/sgrunte 9d ago

Fuck it I'm back on the horse let's goooo

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u/Does_A_Bear-420 9d ago

I miss smoking, I just really don't miss tobacco...

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u/ibent19 10d ago

Miss it bad, I vape now and it’s a become a bigger monster than the cigs. I can smoke anywhere now 🙄 eff oral fixation.

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u/Hot_Breadfruit_8110 9d ago

I am the same, but I vape weed all day rather than cigs.

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u/DerridaisDaddy 10d ago

I miss smoking, but at the same time last time I tried it, it just didn’t taste good anymore. So, each time I get the urge, I just think back on how disappointing that smoke was (I didn’t even finish it). Plus, covid left me with asthma and I don’t need the additional debuff.

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u/TheRobbuddha 10d ago

Smoking misses you too 🖤

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u/Consistent_Paper_629 10d ago

Dammit, me too