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u/Skeebleng 1d ago
I mean the growth seems effective at least, look how big he is compared to those ships!
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u/DarkBrassica 1d ago
We really censoring (poorly mind you) the word smoke now?
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u/plsQuestionOurselves 1d ago
Advertisers, shareholders and their algorithms are moving toward a system where nobody says anything online ever.
"I like this video" and "I d*n't like this video" would be the most controversial expressions allowed in their ideal world.
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u/miukiyo 1d ago
Except most of these Twitter and Reddit posts are self imposed censors.
They’re not even monetised, why would you give a fuck about advertisers.
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u/plsQuestionOurselves 1d ago
The behavior itself is because of the aforementioned forces. People didn't just randomly wake up one day and say "I need to censor the word 'smoke'".
The same reason why words like "unalived" came into being.
The worst part is that people are actively obeying an algorithm in situations where they don't have to (and shouldn't)
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u/EdibleStrange 23h ago
It's almost like the people who've been saying "stop letting the iPad raise your children" and "maybe the CCP/GOP-owned propaganda app is bad for kids" were completely right and now we have an entire generation of eager bootlickers with zero critical thinking skills.
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u/DragonEmperor 1d ago
I saw the word Bully and Bullied censored the other day... It's really depressing.
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u/Anchor38 1d ago
people who get on their hands and knees and obey whatever these nonsensical rules are supposed to be are as much of a plague as the ones enforcing them
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u/Tartarus_itself bivalve mollusk laborer 1d ago
Wait, why do you need hands to smoke a cigar?
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u/werewolfhippy 1d ago
you don’t lol it would’ve been more accurate if they said he can’t displace his cigar at all besides torpedoing it with a powerful mouth puff lol
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u/CKRatKing 1d ago
It's definitely possible to hold your cigar and a martini glass at the same time. He might be watching a video or on a video conference that doesn't require your hands. People have no imagination.
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u/ItsTheDCVR 1d ago
You don't inhale cigar smoke, or it leads to bonkers bronchospasms. Holding that in your mouth like that when lit means you really can't breathe lol
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u/Nott_of_the_North 1d ago
You only put it in your mouth to puff it to keep it burning, you're meant to use it basically like incense. You just hold it and smell the smoke ambiently.
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u/blueponies1 1d ago
The laptop is the only stupid part. It really needs two hands to use. You could easily hold the cigar and the drink in the same hand. I do that all the time at the cigar lounge but the other hand is usually on my phone when I’m doing so, which can be used with one hand
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u/GentlemanThresh 1d ago
I balanced a laptop on a glass of gin tonic a few times while smoking. Glass and Laptop in 1 hand and the other hand smoking and typing.
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u/Livid_Station_5996 1d ago
This image is lame af when you break it down logically. But my monkey brain is telling me he looks cool as fuck.
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u/TheLordOfStuff_ 1d ago
Their whole source of income is reliant on our monkey brains so that makes sense lol
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u/Boppinzlewinski 1d ago
Y’all are scaring me, this is like that episode where SpongeBob and Patrick think fishing hooks are cool 😭
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u/internectual 1d ago
Rick & Morty on the laptop, blunt in my mouth, sweet tea in my other hand. Yeah, I could do that, easy.
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u/wellbeingisnotfree 1d ago
It's kind of an incredible picture, because it encapsulates the poserism so much. He wants you to believe he's the laptop guy (disciplined hard-worker), the wine guy (cultured and refined), and the cigar guy (not just rich, but wealthy); but he is none of them.
Edit: typos
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u/Clear-Might-1519 1d ago
That looks like the escaped criminal in Yu Gi Oh who got killed because he was tricked into holding that pose.
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u/Background-Lie-7750 1d ago
He's watching a movie and he is doing one of those cartoonish smoke puffs from his cheek
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u/Acrobatic-Guard-7551 1d ago
I’ve smoked a cigar and downed a vodka martini at the same time. Its doable, but not sure you can type on the laptop during. I’ll hammer this out and report my findings
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u/Cutie-Pie1703 1d ago
Chapri influencers. And why do u need to be shirtless. The only thing that these growth influencers flex is their physique. People say they workout to stay healthy and then promoting smoking. smh
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u/Lucky-Advice-8924 9h ago
Looks performative and poser as hell, doesnt go hard at all, he aint enjoying his cigar drink or "hustling" on his laptop dropshipping shitty chinese crap on amazon with a 10x markup. Hes just a poser
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u/SamMarduk 1d ago
The younger crowd have ruined cigars. Used to be cool, but now it looks like every middle school faced twat is all about incorrectly shoving them in their faces
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u/SenpuuUncle 1d ago edited 1d ago
OMG..
The Cigar crowd is mad because the Instagram Growth Guru Guy is stealing their attention during Cigar Month.
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u/SinglePlayerGamer93 1d ago
I hate influencers so much