Huge respect for this lady and the absolute transformation she has helped Paris undergo with respect to bike infrastructure.
I have no idea who this woman is, but based on that quote and nothing else, I’m comfortable saying that we’d agree on many political issues.
The more I learn about France, the more I kinda wanna live there.
I don’t get why people still smoke tbh. I understand vaping (though for disclosure, I vape), but I don’t understand smoking.
I can understand vaping because you can control your nicotine intake, you can control how it tastes, how much vapor is produced, you can make your own ejuice, there’s evidence that it’s less harmful than smoking (less harmful, not “harmless” just “less harmful”), it doesn’t usually smell like shit, it doesn’t color the walls, doesn’t coat your lungs with tar, is probably more environmentally friendly if you have a refillable vape instead of one of those shitty disposable ones (at the very least you won’t leave butts everywhere)…
There are probably other upsides to vaping over smoking that I’m forgetting, but like, why would you smoke when vaping exists? I can understand an occasional cigar, cigarette, hookah or pipe, but I can’t understand doing it regularly. Even if we pretend the health impact is the same, you’re still gonna smell like some kind of metallic garbage and ruin your possessions and home.
I’m not saying non-smokers should vape, I just don’t understand why smokers refuse it.
As a former smoker: the vapes do deliver nicotine, but much in the same way a pornstar martini delivers alcohol. It’s overly sweet (fruit flavors) has a slightly sticky mouth feel. Even the non fruit flavors feel off.
I know it’s hard to fathom how anyone can enjoy smoking, from your perspective, but the addiction is very emotional and everything associated with it I still crave (even though that feeling is not as extreme anymore, it’s still there). This includes knowing that I’d smoke through a harsh cold and cough my lungs out.
Addiction is the opposite of reason or rationality. Everyone that smoke is acutely aware of how bad it is, how it smells etc. And they pay a lot for the privilege of poisoning themselves (at the end I was at 300 Euros per month).
LoL I had to make sure it’s a real quote, and it’s what she said and in English
I’d vote for that every time.
You’ll never get anywhere with that attitude
Becomes Mayor of Paris.
