Authors and Tobacco

Why did all the prolific philosophers/authors smoke pipes and cigars? I went to a cigar lounge to see whether smoking one would increase my focus, but I found the taste and smell of the smoke too distracting.

What gives? Am I just not smart enough to “get it”?

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  1. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Cigars were not very common among writers ever. For the longest time, the pipe was the standard. In the 20th century, cigarettes became the standard. Nowadays there is no standard because there is no literature and you are not talented enough to change that; however, I suspect Zyn to become the next standard.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Marx smoked 10 cigars a day...

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Literally who?

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          The most hateful man to ever live
          >hated gays
          >hated religious
          >hated rich people
          Never did anything with his life but write and smoke cigars.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Never heard of her.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Plenty of writers smoked cigars, but they became things for special occasions in the late 19th/early 20th since cigars are one of those thing which tend to either be terrible or on the pricey side. Pipes were big mid 20th.

      Smoking goes with he coffee. They would get antsy from
      The coffee and use the tobacco to calm
      Them down

      Tobacco is a stimulant.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Have you smoked before anon?

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          If tobacco is not providing you a stimulant effect than you are probably addicted and the calming effects are that of removing craving.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            this correct. im an ex pack-a-dayer and when i finally quit i actually felt chemically/neurologically calm for the first time in years

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            Well done for quitting, anon. It was never easy.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            According to google nicotine is a stimulant only at low doses. At higher doses it’s a relaxant. For most smokers cigarette is something to relax with, when you need a cigarette it’s not to get high but to calm your nerves.

            I was a smoker for years btw pipe cigar and cigarettes did it all

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >Nowadays there is no standard because there is no literature and you are not talented enough to change that
      There is plenty of lit. Black, trans, gay feminist. Meek lit.

      Talent is not a prerequisite,you just have to frick the publishers.

  2. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Roger Scruton

  3. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    What the heck is wrapped around that cigar? Why would you do that?

  4. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Smoking goes with he coffee. They would get antsy from
    The coffee and use the tobacco to calm
    Them down

  5. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    A stimulant that somehow also relaxes and stimulates creativity. It's pretty obvious.

  6. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >What gives? Am I just not smart enough to “get it”?

    Eat before you smoke and have a drink while you smoke. Average robusto should take around 40 minutes, maybe more if you are writing. Also, vape shops are not cigar lounges, if you enter the humidor or the lounge and it smells stale or unpleasant, the place is shit.

  7. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    [...]

    If it wasn't for tobacco there wouldn't have been any good literature.

  8. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Something something about fools having something to put in their mouths.

  9. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Because smoking was the cool thing at the time.

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