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Spiderman23J
06/11/24 2:44:14 PM
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a case of beer and cigarettes can easily run you over 20 bucks now. You looking at over $100 a week I gotta save that money

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MarcoRubio
06/11/24 2:44:43 PM
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Or just don't be poor

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projectpat72988
06/11/24 2:45:10 PM
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You're being forced to quit poisoning yourself. Sue them.
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DipDipDiver
06/11/24 2:45:48 PM
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Economy doing you a favor

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K181
06/11/24 2:46:00 PM
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So the economy is healthy for you?

*takes swig of scotch irl*

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Mad_Cow46
06/11/24 2:46:12 PM
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I'd be more worried about the quality of the beer you're drinking

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thronedfire2
06/11/24 2:46:50 PM
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Thats why I drink 8.5% cans, I only need 4 of them

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__aCEr__
06/11/24 2:47:21 PM
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Thanks a lot, No Smokin' Joe.

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DrizztLink
06/11/24 2:49:59 PM
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thronedfire2 posted...
Thats why I drink 8.5% cans, I only need 4 of them
That's why I drank 99 Black Cherries.

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Spiderman23J
06/11/24 2:50:35 PM
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MarcoRubio posted...
Or just don't be poor
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Trumpo
06/11/24 2:50:41 PM
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But stonks go bbrrrr

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Spiderman23J
06/11/24 2:51:08 PM
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projectpat72988 posted...
You're being forced to quit poisoning yourself. Sue them.

nah Ive been wanting to quit for a while anyway

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UndefeatedGOAT
06/11/24 2:52:28 PM
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thronedfire2 posted...
Thats why I drink 8.5% cans, I only need 4 of them

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Unknown5uspect
06/11/24 3:01:08 PM
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I used to just get a Steelie every now and again from the corner store but I just switched to bottom shelf vodka when the Steelies went to $4 a pop.

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Kalk
06/11/24 3:09:52 PM
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Good

The economy just saved your life.

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VFalcone
06/11/24 3:11:19 PM
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You can't drink or smoke anymore because of the economy? Thanks Biden. Putting Americans first!
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BucketCat
06/11/24 3:21:42 PM
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roll your own cigs or switch to a refillable vape.

rolling cigs is super cheap, and unless you smoke dunhills or were a fan of nat sherman, the tobacco quality is usually better (compared to newport, marlboro, american spirit, camels, etc)
when i rolled, it was like $20 a month to smoke half a pack a day.

now i switched to a refillable pod system and it's $18 a month besides the initial cost of the battery/pods which was $25.

i also grow my own tobacco (its super easy and legal unless you sell it), but i make that into cigars or pipe tobacco to give as gifts to family members.

as for beer, shop around at various liquor stores and look for expired beer that's less than 1-2 months expired. unless you're in a large metropolitan area, i can guarantee that at least one nearby store will have expired product that you like (lager, stouts, porters, and anything w/ a high abv will last much longer than the shelf life)
then, bring it to the counter and say "hey, this is expired, i'll take this off your hands for a 15-25% discount"
i do this all the time w/ seasonal craft beer, this past winter i was able to get 10 4-packs of southern tier pumking for $10 a 4-pack, normally it's $15.99

basically, tl;dr - turn into a crazy person like me and you will start to save money while still enjoying life.

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BignutzisBack
06/11/24 3:24:55 PM
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Sounds like you need to join the Busch Light squad

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PoopPotato
06/11/24 3:28:03 PM
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PBR is usually on sale
Get a thirty rack for around $22-26

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Pikachuchupika
06/11/24 5:56:05 PM
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VFalcone posted...
You can't drink or smoke anymore because of the economy? Thanks Biden. Putting Americans first!

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Gobstoppers12
06/11/24 5:56:59 PM
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Working as intended.

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andel
06/11/24 5:57:49 PM
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my state is (presumably) still among the cheapest for tobacco and cigarettes are almost $9 per pack now, its wild

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Gobstoppers12
06/11/24 6:00:17 PM
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andel posted...
my state is (presumably) still among the cheapest for tobacco and cigarettes are almost $9 per pack now, its wild
My state is traditionally the cheapest in the country, and they run somewhere around $5 a pack for the cheap ones here.

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andel
06/11/24 6:03:45 PM
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Gobstoppers12 posted...
My state is traditionally the cheapest in the country, and they run somewhere around $5 a pack for the cheap ones here.

the cheap ones i think are as low as like $3 or $4 here but those are shit

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Gobstoppers12
06/11/24 6:04:44 PM
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andel posted...
the cheap ones i think are as low as like $3 or $4 here but those are shit
Yeah, $5 is more like an average but there are very cheap ones that nobody buys.

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thronedfire2
06/11/24 6:22:16 PM
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DrizztLink posted...
That's why I drank 99 Black Cherries.

yeah but you must mix it with something >_>

I remember when I was in my early 20s and some friends told me they drank 99 Bananas shots...I don't know how.

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DrizztLink
06/11/24 6:23:43 PM
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thronedfire2 posted...
yeah but you must mix it with something >_>
Nope.

I was not there to fuck around.

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LightningThief
06/11/24 6:25:04 PM
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Euripides
06/11/24 6:25:05 PM
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Cigarettes? In THIS economy?

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deupd_u
06/11/24 6:25:08 PM
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Spiderman23J posted...
a case of beer and cigarettes can easily run you over 20 bucks now. You looking at over $100 a week I gotta save that money
>Only drinking 5 cases of beer a week

Sounds like you were trying to quit anyway _o

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Xenogears15
06/11/24 7:15:24 PM
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MarcoRubio posted...
Or just don't be poor

I know that this is edge posting, but the amount of people that think like this truly astounds me.

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Giacomo_Hawkins
06/11/24 7:22:22 PM
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Geez, what's next? The economy forcing you to cut back on fast food and cook economical meals of whole grains and plant-based protein at home? Start a home garden? Join a community civic group for companionship that doesn't involve monetary expenditure?

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Nirvanas_Nox
06/11/24 7:25:05 PM
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VFalcone posted...
You can't drink or smoke anymore because of the economy? Thanks trump. Putting Americans first!

Fixed that for ya. Biden inherited trumps economy.

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Giant_Aspirin
06/11/24 7:29:58 PM
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second the advice to roll your own. so much cheaper than buying packs.

make your own intoxicants (legal ones). cheaper and you know what goes into 'em.

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Spiderman23J
06/12/24 2:23:53 PM
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i think i'm just gonna buy a vape and focus on quitting all together. Use that money for something cooler or start DCA'n into some XRP or XLM

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MICHALECOLE
06/12/24 2:29:16 PM
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I quit smoking with chantix, would recommend
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thronedfire2
06/12/24 6:02:53 PM
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Spiderman23J posted...
i think i'm just gonna buy a vape and focus on quitting all together. Use that money for something cooler or start DCA'n into some XRP or XLM

don't do the vape, just quit now instead

vaping was harder for me to quit than cigs were

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bsp77
06/12/24 6:04:29 PM
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So you were buying 5 cases of beer a week? Yeah, that is really bad. Not even getting to the smoking.

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Jaguar34
06/12/24 6:12:20 PM
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This is a good topic
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Spiderman23J
06/13/24 10:36:33 AM
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I got 3 cigs left maybe these will be my last 3

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reincarnator07
06/13/24 10:57:02 AM
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How much were you drinking and smoking? Not being funny but for the whole year so far, I've had maybe a 10 pack of cider a month and maybe 1.5L of assorted spirits, mostly on nights out.

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BucketCat
06/13/24 11:58:10 AM
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thronedfire2 posted...
vaping was harder for me to quit than cigs were
with vaping you have to be super conscious about it if you wanna quit, I used vapes to quit cigarettes and now I'm close to quitting vapes (at 0.9% nicotine, compared to disposable vapes which are 5% nicotine)
it is super easy to fall into the vaping habit because you can do it anywhere, but starting off with a low nicotine vape PLUS a zero nicotine vape, will help in my experience

basically I conditioned myself to associate the vape with a source of nicotine to cut the ciggies out of my life, then when that was established, I started using a 0% vape while incrementally lowering the nicotine content of my nicotine vape (started with 2.4-3%, 1.8%, now I mix the 1.8 with a 0% to make 0.9%)

it helps if you hate the icy tingly feeling that some vapes give. I can't stand that, so as soon as I started vaping primarily, I started getting juice flavors with the icy flavor. now, I'm miserable whenever I use my vape, and I started associating nicotine highs with that nasty feeling.
it also helps that vapes give me really bad nausea, so now whenever I think of nicotine of any sort, I feel my stomach start churning.

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Toonstrack
06/13/24 12:02:35 PM
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Good.

I work in a gas station and ant believe how many folks on food stamps will drop 20 on two packs a day

Like easily could have an extra few hundred in the tank each month. Easily.

I know it's a crippling addiction its juts hard to fathom

But these vices do more good than bad and im hoping this gen gets rid of smoking specifically

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Prestoff
06/13/24 12:02:55 PM
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It's crazy to think my friend only spends about 10cents for a pack of smokes in Vietnam in comparison.

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Smashingpmkns
06/13/24 12:04:05 PM
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I cut my smoking down to a pack every 5 days or so cuz they're almost $12 now lol

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Spiderman23J
06/13/24 12:17:47 PM
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BucketCat posted...
with vaping you have to be super conscious about it if you wanna quit, I used vapes to quit cigarettes and now I'm close to quitting vapes (at 0.9% nicotine, compared to disposable vapes which are 5% nicotine)
it is super easy to fall into the vaping habit because you can do it anywhere, but starting off with a low nicotine vape PLUS a zero nicotine vape, will help in my experience

basically I conditioned myself to associate the vape with a source of nicotine to cut the ciggies out of my life, then when that was established, I started using a 0% vape while incrementally lowering the nicotine content of my nicotine vape (started with 2.4-3%, 1.8%, now I mix the 1.8 with a 0% to make 0.9%)

it helps if you hate the icy tingly feeling that some vapes give. I can't stand that, so as soon as I started vaping primarily, I started getting juice flavors with the icy flavor. now, I'm miserable whenever I use my vape, and I started associating nicotine highs with that nasty feeling.
it also helps that vapes give me really bad nausea, so now whenever I think of nicotine of any sort, I feel my stomach start churning.

this is kinda the plan I had in mind by a vape and slowly ween myself off its more of an oral fixation for me not so much a nicotine addiction even though I still get cravings


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vycebrand2
06/13/24 12:38:59 PM
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Just quit. You will have a turning point that you can't return from. Stop before it happens. For my friend it was a decade before her death. She did not quit. It progressed from puffers in 2015, 2018 02 tank, 2019 Oxegenator machine, death in 2022. Please quit. It's not something you want to go through trust me

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