Am I the only one who hates the term "Analog" ???
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Why do you want to vape faster ??
i enjoy the headrush, .... and i'm competitive by nature?
It makes sense when you are talking about the old dripper attys (that some still use). Mouthpieces usually had a flattened end with a small hole for the vapor to come through. If you were a dripper you had to pop off the mouthpiece and drip a couple of drops into your dripper atty, then put it back on. Drip tips were round wide mouth "mouthpieces" that allowed you to hold your ecig vertically and drip the juice into the dripper atty through the mouthpiece. It wasn't long before Mouthpiece became Drip Tip and that nickname stuck. Now, most tips are drip tips, but not as wide as they once were.
Early Ego mouthpiece
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Made it all the way to page 5 of this thread before I was compelled to comment.
I call cigarettes many names, but I like "logs" as shortened version of analogs, and because everyone knows that logs burn.
I prefer logs/analogs over "stinkies" especially as I'm a dual user. And also cause some fellow vapers like to remind us that we shouldn't ever vape in public because our eCigs are "stinky." So, then I get confused by what are "stinkies?"
If I'm talking with people that aren't immersed in vaping culture, I'll like call cigarettes "cigarettes" or "smokes." Here in vaping culture, I could call them many things and kinda sorta mix it up just to keep it fresh, but "logs" is still one of my favorite names.
I call cigarettes many names, but I like "logs" as shortened version of analogs, and because everyone knows that logs burn.
I prefer logs/analogs over "stinkies" especially as I'm a dual user. And also cause some fellow vapers like to remind us that we shouldn't ever vape in public because our eCigs are "stinky." So, then I get confused by what are "stinkies?"
If I'm talking with people that aren't immersed in vaping culture, I'll like call cigarettes "cigarettes" or "smokes." Here in vaping culture, I could call them many things and kinda sorta mix it up just to keep it fresh, but "logs" is still one of my favorite names.
Don't forget to put those flame decals on your batteries. I makes them safer.
(That's why I trust Effest batteries. They already have a flame decal, so they must be good, right...?
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Anger-(what I experience when I hear the word)
Nose-(nothing whatsoever to do with the topic, I just thought it would be funny)
Anger-(more of it, 1 mention of Anger wasn't enough)
Loquaciousness-(the unfortunate unending chatter of people using this word)
OMG-(as in OMG, can you believe people use a word that is completely bassackwards?)
Good-( as in you have been enlightened, get it, got it, Good)
Nose-(nothing whatsoever to do with the topic, I just thought it would be funny)
Anger-(more of it, 1 mention of Anger wasn't enough)
Loquaciousness-(the unfortunate unending chatter of people using this word)
OMG-(as in OMG, can you believe people use a word that is completely bassackwards?)
Good-( as in you have been enlightened, get it, got it, Good)
Neologism = a meaningless word coined by a psychotic
So are all ex-smokers who now vape and call cigarettes analogs, psychotic. A read through this entire thread answers that question!
And those that turn any set of WTA (words to acronyms).
Cigarette, Cigarette, cigarette, cigarett, cigaret, cigare, cigar, ciga, cig, ci - oh it is harder to type than analog - it wore me out.
I have no problem with people calling cigarettes analogs, stinkies, cancer sticks, coffin nails etc etc
One successful component of quitting for some people is adding a negative appellation to bad habits.
You could call them stinky winkies for all I care.......... as long as it helps you get off of them, thats all that matters.
One successful component of quitting for some people is adding a negative appellation to bad habits.
You could call them stinky winkies for all I care.......... as long as it helps you get off of them, thats all that matters.
Analog doesn't bother me except on occasion when I think about it too much. Then again, most things I think about too much piss me off anyway. Best course for me is to forget it and have a vape.
ROFL!! I have, on at least one occasion, referred to my "digital smoke" -- so I guess that's just wrong on both counts...
I never was any damn good at 'politically correct' anyway. I'm getting to the age now where I just ask my husband where my thing is. He's mercifully always read my mind rather than cracking the obvious dirty joke, and I knew there must be a reason I've put up with him for 28 yrs now. Andria
ROFL!! I have, on at least one occasion, referred to my "digital smoke" -- so I guess that's just wrong on both counts...
Andria
I knew there was a reason why I liked you
Neologism = a meaningless word coined by a psychotic
So are all ex-smokers who now vape and call cigarettes analogs, psychotic. A read through this entire thread answers that question!
Wait, what? Neologism = new word...
Perhaps it the electrical Engineer in me, but I kind of like the term. I always thought it was a play on Analog vs Digital, and in that sense it is kind of fitting. If we consider an electronic cigarette as digital, which isn't quite true but I'll resist the urge to preach, cigarettes are analog in that sense.
Not if you're vaping something with a chip in it!ROFL!! I have, on at least one occasion, referred to my "digital smoke" -- so I guess that's just wrong on both counts...
I liked the original post. Sometimes it is good to understand why I do things the way I do them. So, I decided to share the following.
English is full of words, phrases, and sentences that make no sense to me, because they are not logical. That doesn't mean that I didn't understand what the person meant though. I write and hope the reader understands what I'm saying in the correct context. In the United States of America, to confuse things even more, there are words used every day that are not based on English at all. I live in Wisconsin, where the word Eau is pronounced as a long o. So it took someone to spell a word with three other vowels to pronounce a fourth one. Then there is the argument that Eau isn't an English word. That really doesn't matter when you simply want to let the person you wrote, know that you will be in Eau Claire for the next week.
The most important thing to me when writing something that is going to be read is the audience I expect to read it. It might be correct as if the language was logical it should be perfectly fine to write the same thing for everyone. Unfortunately that is not true. I have found that there are people out there, who do not care about what you write, how you write it, or its context. They simply hate your message, or want to feel superior, and will do anything possible to make what you had to say sound stupid, because they believe it proves their point. After all if I'm stupid, why bother listening to anything I have to say.
The problem is I may actually say something that may improve your health. I may say something that may prolong your life. I may say something that could be passed on to someone else that has the same benefits for them. Those people may pass what I had to say on to other people, and it may help them too. My intelligence has very little to do with the veracity of my statements though. I have read some very wise things that really would have made fine examples of very poor English in the past. I expect the same to be true in the future.
On the subject of what I'll call smoking versus vaping. I have found that breaking down some simple definitions, and what I intend them to mean in my context when speaking to people interested in the latter, has some merit. I have also found that distancing the two subjects a bit, when speaking to people that have no idea about either subject when comparing the two, sometimes has some merit also.
I don't want my poor choice of words or grammar to make someone make some obviously poor choices concerning the health of anyone. I may not win what at times seems like an uphill battle in that as it is. There are enough people out there that certainly seem to have no regard for us at all. In that regard, I am forced to care.
So even though the topic has been discussed and many forum posts are out there concerning this, I took the time to give you my thoughts. I will say there are people who are more qualified and better writers than I am concerning this subject, but hopefully the general concept of the points I made, make sense.
English is full of words, phrases, and sentences that make no sense to me, because they are not logical. That doesn't mean that I didn't understand what the person meant though. I write and hope the reader understands what I'm saying in the correct context. In the United States of America, to confuse things even more, there are words used every day that are not based on English at all. I live in Wisconsin, where the word Eau is pronounced as a long o. So it took someone to spell a word with three other vowels to pronounce a fourth one. Then there is the argument that Eau isn't an English word. That really doesn't matter when you simply want to let the person you wrote, know that you will be in Eau Claire for the next week.
The most important thing to me when writing something that is going to be read is the audience I expect to read it. It might be correct as if the language was logical it should be perfectly fine to write the same thing for everyone. Unfortunately that is not true. I have found that there are people out there, who do not care about what you write, how you write it, or its context. They simply hate your message, or want to feel superior, and will do anything possible to make what you had to say sound stupid, because they believe it proves their point. After all if I'm stupid, why bother listening to anything I have to say.
The problem is I may actually say something that may improve your health. I may say something that may prolong your life. I may say something that could be passed on to someone else that has the same benefits for them. Those people may pass what I had to say on to other people, and it may help them too. My intelligence has very little to do with the veracity of my statements though. I have read some very wise things that really would have made fine examples of very poor English in the past. I expect the same to be true in the future.
On the subject of what I'll call smoking versus vaping. I have found that breaking down some simple definitions, and what I intend them to mean in my context when speaking to people interested in the latter, has some merit. I have also found that distancing the two subjects a bit, when speaking to people that have no idea about either subject when comparing the two, sometimes has some merit also.
I don't want my poor choice of words or grammar to make someone make some obviously poor choices concerning the health of anyone. I may not win what at times seems like an uphill battle in that as it is. There are enough people out there that certainly seem to have no regard for us at all. In that regard, I am forced to care.
So even though the topic has been discussed and many forum posts are out there concerning this, I took the time to give you my thoughts. I will say there are people who are more qualified and better writers than I am concerning this subject, but hopefully the general concept of the points I made, make sense.
Way too funnyROFL!! I have, on at least one occasion, referred to my "digital smoke" -- so I guess that's just wrong on both counts...
Andria
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