Opinion of Tik

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Since he's returned from his hiatus he's been absolutely splendid in his postings......FF for sure.

[memphis]

All of our Aussie posters are great.

[Oakvale]

I seem to miss his posts far too often because they're generally pretty good.

[Kitteh]

One of the best <3 :)

Also, this:

The problem I have with tobacco that makes it so much different from other drugs is it's so pointless. It just makes you smell bad and kills your lungs. That's it. No cool highs or hallucinations or nice effects from it. Get high all you inksing want and I don't care but there is absolutely no reason whatsoever to smoke cigarettes. The only reason people smoke is because of marketing and making it "cool" to get them started and hooked. None of that would happen if it wasn't legal. The only reason there's a tobacco black market now is people who are already hooked want to buy it cheaper. There's a reason why in the last 40 years tobacco consumption has halved, while marijuana and alcohol consumption rates have basically remained the same.

There's a reason why the US and Canada have virtually identical marijuana and alcohol consumption rates, but in the US tobacco has about a 20% higher tobacco consumption rate. In addition to Canadian tobacco taxes being far higher than just about anywhere in the US the packaging and marketing is far more restricted.

Most smartly governed, modern countries have decreasing rates of tobacco use. The US has a higher rate because the US sucks at that sort of thing.

As for your stylishly idiotic first paragraph, I'd submit to you that you don't know what the hell you're talking about. I said earlier that the psychoactive chemicals in tobacco are fascinating and I stand by that. They are subtle - and they can produce different characteristics based on the way you smoke. The real kicker is in conjunction with other drugs - a lot of people who only smoke when they drink alcohol can attest to that. Smoking when you've had weed can bring on awful dizziness and headspins, it can reinvigorate a waning high, or it can just make you feel as mellow as hell. A smoke on mushrooms or acid feels beautiful in ways you have to experience to understand (although that is true of most things one might do on shrooms or acid). A smoke after DXM can make you vomit or give your body high a new potency. I've never done coke but from observation smoking after doing a line is the best. A smoke after sex is a perfect combination for the little high you feel after orgasm. A smoke you have after waiting a long time for a cigarette feels completely different from the way a cigarette feels to a chain smoker. A smoke after your morning coffee is relaxing and stimulating simultaneously. If you think cigarettes have no value and don't do anything nice or fun you have no idea what you're talking about.

Don't get me wrong - I don't even like that I am a smoker. I do indeed hardly feel anything after I have a cigarette besides relief that I just had one. It is certainly some dumb sh**t that I can't seem to just not do it again. Nevertheless, the assertion that nicotine and friends in tobacco have zero real recreational use is just flat out wrong.

And Oak Hills, smoking as an activity is most certainly a "cool" thing. Sucking in plumes of visible gas from an object on fire mere inches from your face and exhaling clouds is a spectacle. The ramifications of smoking are the complete opposite of cool - but the singular act of smoking is quite neat. In fact, you saying that it isn't cool actually makes it even cooler - nice work. If smoking caused no real, bad health effects, you would probably agree with me. Even so, just because something is "cool" doesn't disqualify it from being absolutely awful.

[DC Al Fine]

Disagree with him but he posts good stuff and argues logically. FF

[Maxwell]

One of the best.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Arguably in the top 10 best posters on this forum. Definitely top 5 best foreign posters.

[ElectionsGuy]

All of our Aussie posters are great.

[Napoleon]

Arguably in the top 10 best posters on this forum. Definitely top 5 best foreign posters.

[Antonio the Sixth]

He's absolutely awesome.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Incredible. It's a very, very rare post of his that I've seen and not read in full with interest.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I thought TiK was a female. Or am I confusing Aussie avatars?

[tik 🪀✨]

I thought TiK was a female. Or am I confusing Aussie avatars?

My vagina is an outtie. Speaking of which, thanks for stroking it, guys

[Lief 🗽]

I also thought Tik was a girl?

Huge FF though, regardless of his or her gender identity.

[DC Al Fine]

I also thought Tik was a girl?

Huge FF though, regardless of his or her gender identity.

Being a girl on Atlas is like being homosexual. You kind of have to out yourself.

[tik 🪀✨]

I also thought Tik was a girl?

Huge FF though, regardless of his or her gender identity.

Being a girl on Atlas is like being homosexual. You kind of have to out yourself.

I disagree, although I don't understand why that information should be shared.. doesn't feel like that would have benefits necessarily.

[Leftbehind]

Wait, Tik is female?

Quite like reading Tik's posts, even if I don't always agree with them. FF.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

A 100% approval rating is unheard of after a full day. Some douchebag always votes HP. Congrats Tik and Congrats Phil. 

[tik 🪀✨]

A 100% approval rating is unheard of after a full day. Some douchebag always votes HP. Congrats Tik and Congrats Phil. 

3 of them, actually. I wish they'd respond, I'd like to shake their hands verbally.