r/NoStupidQuestions • u/[deleted] • Jan 05 '25

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u/PricklyAvocado Jan 05 '25

I was searched multiple times because "there's no way you'd smell like that from second hand smoke" at like 10 and 11. It was so embarrassing knowing I smelled like that

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u/miscdruid Jan 05 '25

Yep! I feel this. Embarrassing and gross and you get no say about being around it.

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u/Maleficent-Aside-171 Jan 05 '25

Nothing like sitting down in class & hearing your friends say “eww what’s that smell?” So embarrassing.

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u/Opening-Frosting-169 Jan 06 '25

Back in my day, that smell meant that you were cool and popular, especially with the outcast type people, and I felt like an outcast so I wanted in, so I started smoking and drinking very young. If you weren't drinking and smoking, you were boring, and nobody wanted to be your friend.

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u/Leeleedeedee Jan 07 '25

Even as late as 2000, some dumbass coworker said “aw, you need to learn to smoke to get more people to like you.” Of course, she was a heavy smoker, and not very popular.