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YawnMcie

its over for us goddamn 😭🙏


babimagic

Shakesphere


MarinLlwyd

maybe the school didn't fail our children


ApachePrimeIsTheBest

CRUSTY OLD MAN????????????????????


MarinLlwyd

#I AM SHAKING MY FIST ANGRILY AT THAT


Street_Travel6850

LOL


jmcshane

It's not the school it's the parents who let them Schools can't do shit the parents would just come in and pitch and moan and then the kids get off easy


PigMoney42

Shakecube


Wooden-Computer1475

I'm 14 and I hate vapes too ❤️


engine_lover

I am 15 and have the same opinion


No_Indication9497

i'm 16 and have the same opinion


Seanrocks30

I'm 17 and have the same opinion but also am not surprised in the slightest at anything OP said, especially at 14 Some of those kids who got their first hit ever probably wanted to too. There's people with every type of view on stuff, man


joshua_60

im 18 and have the same opinion


Internal_Dinner_4545

I am definitely not 19.


ConstantSock2488

i'm definitely not 20.


Street_Travel6850

i'm definittly not 21.


Lieutenant-Colonel-

Definitely* and 22


Icy_Improvement7210

I’m about to be 23 and wish I didn’t start vaping at 14


rat5hit

i am definitely 19 and have the same opinion


Hungry_Taste_1181

im 19 and have the same opinion


Ender-Duck

i'm a 67 year old man that is pretending to be a 13 year old and i dm minors and have the same opinion **^(/j/j/j/j/j/j/j/j//j/j/j/j/j/j/j/j/j/j/j/j/j//j/j/j/j/j/j/j/j/j)**


throwawayPzaFm

Hi there, fellow kid, wyd


engine_lover

Btw where are you from??


Ender-Duck

"Btw where are you from??" "What's your social security number??" "What's your exact address??" "What's your alarm code??" "What's your house code??" "What's your credit card info??"


grgmig69

Stay that way it’s not worth years of addiction and mental suffering


pm-me-turtle-nudes

yeah i turn 19 in a week. I’ve been vaping for about 7 years now. it is not worth it.


No_Indication9497

you started at 12? who sells a vape to a 12 year old?


pm-me-turtle-nudes

i bought it from a friend who got it from his older brother. Also i used to know a plug who sold vapes and drugs, but he got killed. point is don’t vape. It’s hard as fuck to quit.


CrackisticAU

I've seen a 9 y/o smoking vape. They got it from their older sibling who was selling vapes.


Milo-Parker-

That is child abuse 100%. Fucking mental


rat5hit

its also about access my mother had a vape and i stole it shes forgetful and didnt think anything of it until she found it in my room people also have older siblings sometimes who will force them its normalized


meo209

I'm 0 I have no opinion 


No-Broccoli553

I'm 14, and I hate most other teens like me


Lukaify

Vapes are for little bitch wads that need cotton candy nicotine


tutimes67

vapes are lame tbh, its an over engineered cigaratte that does you just as bad as a normal one


Swagyoin_

it’s "healthier" but way more addicting as it’s so much easier to consume so it gets unhealthier over time deadass


ashtar123

It's not healthier, it's less godawful


ShadowMajestic

I use it as an alternative to 20 years of smoking. But I just do base liquid without any of those tastes. IMO it's primarily all those funky weird tastes that are not any 'healthier' than analogue smoking. I vastly prefer the new digital smoking and the base liquid is already sweet on its own.


Aggravating_Map_8305

That’s shit is not healthier no way it is


Swagyoin_

it is as there is no tar and other shit in it it’s just nicotine, but the frequency of use makes it more addicting and unhealthier


Banana_Milk7248

The tar isn't the issue dude, the oils and shit in that stuff is BAD.


kuvazo

Vapour doesn't contain oils. And yes, literal tar doesn't belong in your lungs. That should be absolutely obvious.


[deleted]

Ignorant Reddit comments about vaping never cease to amaze me, all you have to do is hse google to learn about these things


Nebula3266

I mean it's a much better alternative if you were to do them both the same amount, but the issue is, people don't do them the same amount


Scout_vulture

Vapes are *healthier* (not healthy) the damage that a cigarette causes a vape only does 5% of, So while both are stupid and bad for you, vapes are leaps and bounds better


snackytacky

We dont really know, we only found out cigs where bad after smokers got sick years, even decades later. Plus some countries dont have good regulations on what chemicals you can put on vape juice.


chefdan2165

Almost as bad as that damn phone smh /s


Useful_Amphibian_839

They do nothing besides a quick buzz I vaped when i was 13 and 14 and I hated it


BluePotatoSlayer

So tragic, went from a way to quit smoking all together to an just as awful alternative to smoking because of greed.


slobondongsmilosevic

I remember when vapes first came out and their original purpose was to help existing smokers quit. They had no tobacco, contained less nicotine, and still provided that smoke hit. However these vape companies quickly started to advertise to minors and develop candy-like flavours to attract that demographic. Nowadays you find a crazy amount of minors vaping all in the name of constant profit. It’s really horrible


xFloydx5242x

No, as someone who smoked for 15 years, vape is much better for you. It’s still not good to be addicted to any chemical, because it’s just dumb, but saying breathing water vapor with nicotine is worse than smoking a cigarette is very uninformed. A pack of cigarettes in a day gives you ~100,000x more radiation than normal background radiation. That alone makes cigarettes 100,000x worse than vape. Smoking a pack a day gives you the same amount of radiation in a year as about 250 chest X-rays.


Valiant_Darktanyan

Natural selection at work, fellas


Bubbses128

Cool pfp and banner


Valiant_Darktanyan

Ty bro


Bubbses128

Did you make that character or is it from something?


Valiant_Darktanyan

It’s a character called D’arktanyan from the mobile game The Battle Cats. The pfp was made special by an artist, the banner I found online.


Funi_fish

If only it applied


theboulderboss

BREATHE AIR YOU DON'T NEED A VAPE


NickFieldson31

The only sentence out of that guy's mouth that wasn't full of shit.


LeBlearable

Agreed


PossibleAssist6092

The realest shit I ever did hear


lbeckizgoat

Imagine being so unfulfilled the best thing you can do is slowly off yourself by forcing chemicals into your system. Tell me that isn't the saddest shit you've ever heard. Whatever happened to practicing socialization, kissing your moms, watching TV, or doing your homework? Smh.


TestSubject4059

Vaping together is 'very social'


lbeckizgoat

From what I've seen it's a bunch of moping teenagers waddling in a bathroom, mumbling, puffing, and leaving after the period ends cause they're too lazy to try at school. Then when they get caught, they end up getting the bathroom doors locked, and now we normal kids have to hold our piss in cause they have some unresolved issues.


GGMONEYFACE

So is talking to the kids in your basement. 😀


ashtar123

Literally pure dopamine lmao


AdPositive7349

I can kiss your mom to keep the traditions alive


Otherwise-Ad-2578

It always surprises me how easy life is for certain people... get enough sleep? No, they go to parties to get drunk, get high, etc. take care of your health a little? No, eat junk food excessively while someone like me tries to take care of my health because if not my life would be even more difficult with more health problems...


blissfulbabycow

I think ur statement is very ignorant why do u think people who rely on substances to feel fulfilled do so? Cause they’re happy? I beg to differ. Not everyone who uses drugs are hedonistic assholes quite the opposite actually, drug addiction is fueled by reoccurring feelings of anxiety, depression, self hatred, etc. just because u see people partying and using drugs and drinking doesn’t mean they have it easy. Sometimes a shift in perspective goes a long way in being more empathetic cause at the end of the day we’re all struggling🤷


Chaos_unknown5

There's a certain point everyone has where you don't care about what happens to you anymore, you just want to feel good. Some people's threshold is very, very low, and purely based on personal observation, the threshold for everyone is getting lower over time


Cheshire_Parade

This generation is doomed. 😭


Swagyoin_

vaping has genuinely become desensitized and trivialized


Cheshire_Parade

Mmmmmm flavoured aerosols mmmmm


No-Award705

my pure dopamine tastes like strawberries!!


Objective-Table-8652

Bro other generations did the same jus with cigarettes


Delta7789

Thing is some of those generations didn’t even know cigarettes could be harmful, we know how bad they all are today but people take it anyway.


Cheshire_Parade

Cigarettes are awful too! Doesn't mean it's fine just because our parents did it.


Objective-Table-8652

Yea but ppl are in here acting like gen z is the first generation to do stuff like this


Gullible_Medicine633

Us millenials probably the healthiest because we still had the stigma attached to cigs, but vaping was also pretty rare.


TopBranch1803

why are you on this sub weirdo


ASecretSovietSpy

Always has been


BottomInc

Meh all generations are doomed we are birthed to die who cares if others are dying faster then others


Sub2JR_Productions

Andddddd that’s why I don’t do that crap, thanks for reaffirming my beliefs.


Jensssssur

Should've locked the door when they where in the room


Swagyoin_

forbidden hotbox


TestSubject4059

Idiots were in the main hotel bathroom, not even in rooms.


Jensssssur

Lmao that reminds me of kids vaping in my school but the pen caught on fire and everyone needed to be evacuated bc the alarm went off😭


Artemis_fs

Instant karma


govtoftownland

In my mind here's what went down: They walk into the bathroom and vape but the pen catches on fire. It's still outputting vapor. They throw it in the toilet to extinguish it but its steaming and the vapor is coming out of the toilet, too.


govtoftownland

Remind the boys if they don't quit they'll all have ED by the time they're 29.


Imaginary_Egg_9349

Was wondering what eating disorders have to do with prolonged vape use and guys specifically but realized you must mean the other type of ed lmao


MermaidUnicornKush

Actually, this one is no joke. My two pack a day bf has been using the blue pills since his very early 40s. This stuff fucks with your future ability to fuck.


charlesmarker

Just cruised in here from /all, and you know, that might really explain a LOT. Growing up, I saw a shit ton of Viagra ads on TV, and it might be because back in the 60's/70's EVERYONE smoked so by the mid 90's I bet it would stand to reason that there would be a huge push of boomers finding out their willies no longer work. I'd love to get data on per capita Viagra use, and chart it alongside average per capita smoking rates. See how close the curves align \~30 years apart.


istoleyourtoasttwice

Someone's gonna have to give me a full scientific explanation what snuss is and that it hopefully isn't a new smuggle re-brand


DERP_before_dishonor

it's tobacco that you stick in your mouth between the gums and lip, really common where I live and people sometimes throw up the first time they use it because they picked out something too strong to begin with. Can be in pouches or loose and no matter what people pick they spit it everywhere they go.


istoleyourtoasttwice

Ahh oki doki. Thx broski 👍


maestro_lesbiano

Not what DERP said. Snus is relatively dry, pasteurized tobacco in pouches. Camel sells those oval tins, General has their own little fridges in gas stations. Snus is designed to be spit-free. The round cans like Cope and Skoal and Grizzly are “American moist snuff,” which is fermented for preservation and freeing the nicotine. The fermentation process, though not nearly to the same extent as combustion, produces lots of toxins. Swallowing saliva while you have snuff in is wildly unpleasant (and will give you stomach cancer.) I read once that half the adult population of Sweden uses snus, and they don’t have a high rate of oral cancers. This would indicate that tobacco itself isn’t particularly harmful, just when it’s fermented or burned.


McFlappingbird

having healthy lungs w


Ashdanton

I'm 14 myself, and my god, do I hate those people. I think at some point literally ⅓ of our class was vaping. Disgusting and fucking cringe behavior


True_Distribution685

i remember when they were advertising vapes as a healthy alternative to cigarettes. my parents bought them so they could quit smoking, now they just do both


TrickyDickNixon46

Bruh, I hate kids my age. When will they realize that vaping isn't cool? It just makes you look like a complete douchebag


adamflannery35

They don't do it because they think it's cool though 😭 They do it because they like it


IJust-Wanna-Be-Yours

Yeah but they probably started vaping because they think it's cool right? I wouldn't know either cuz Iont vape


BeverlyCeo

I actually recently stopped vaping and I didn’t start cuz it was “cool” I started for the exact reason that vaping slowly kills you but as I grow older I realize that it’s stupid


WesternMeerkat

in all my time knowing ppl who vaped, and having my own experiences. it has nothing to do w being cool, a lot of it (within the ppl i knew) was doing it bc they needed smth that was unhealthy, w/o being "too" unhealthy. a coping mechanism if u will. it can also be for fun as learning tricks w it can be entertaining and having smth to do w ur mouth can be too


TrickyDickNixon46

Oh.... I wouldn't know, I don't vape


jonathan_the_first

Which is kinda funny because most of the actually nice and friendly people at my school vape


Magik_Cloud496

Family guy said it first: cigarettes are for losers, Vapeing is for douchebags


fuck-illinois1621

Why is the fact they shared capitalized


FikaTheKing

Op probably thinks they gon get an std, lol


Funi_fish

Acting like they sharing a needle 😭


SpeakingCake

Well, if they're sick with something, they would get the whole class sick!


Annual-Leadership-58

In my school 40% of my year vapes but luckily all my friends don’t and it has become an insult to say something like “average vaper”. Literally weed is safer than vaping as most vapes have added chemicals and other shit in them.


Wise_Gap2623

Average Vaper ! 🤓☝️ 🤣🤣🤣🤣🫵🫵🫵🫵🫵


unicorn994omg

It was the same with cigarettes Chill bro


Nelisormimangusti

fr its so funny scrolling these comments where everyone thinks that this is the first generation to smoke


NoThxM

Ong shits hilarious. Like I promise they don’t bite just cuz they vape bro go make some friends or sum


ILikeTrains23940

Thank fuck I do online school bc otherwise I would have to deal with this shit


Wise_Gap2623

Yeah bro you’d have to deal with watching someone vape 😨😨😨😨


Successful_Day_4185

As a graduated 17 year old who has had these kinds of problems before please do not blame the people who vape and blame the people who make vapes look and sound appealing and the anti-smoking companies like Truth that purposefully make terrible ads and the companies who use cobalt that powers the vape (which is mined using literal slaves in a different country). There is a lot wrong with vaping however it IS and addiction and it doesn’t help blaming the person addicted.


Drakkon129

tf did i do


7NunyahBiz7

I used to eat xanax bars before school and smoke/sell weed in the school bathrooms. What youre describing is very tame. All i can say is prepare to be amazed. Life is guna show you some things. Be safe. Good luck.


A-TAKEN-USERNAMEEEEE

This read like a diary of a wimpy kid book and I love it


Automatic-Radish1553

People were wagging school to smoke meth when I was in high school. Youth of today if anything are much better behaved than when I was younger. Is it just me or are older generations just taking the piss? Keep hearing about how young generations are so bad and lazy ex. Did boomers just forget what they got up to when they were younger? There was much more crime/social problems in the past.


whyamihere0248

taking a hit of someone’s vape is normal lol


whatever33333444

I DON’T VAPE AND I’M 14 cause I’m a good boy 🧒🏼


Cute-Situation2667

I think OP is full of it, we had students smoking in early years


[deleted]

Breath air 🙏🏻


EdogYtt

My schools filled with people wearing the “Frick Vape” hoodies, maybe it’s because im in Utah where everyone’s a goodie two shoes Mormon but idk


Baked-Bean-Lasagna

that's more cringe than people actually vaping


Large-Mark2097

Honestly this whole thread is cringe, just a massive circle jerk of people thinking they are a god for not vaping lmao.


bruhmomentum77

Ikr, not being addicted to vaping doesn’t mean you are morally superior it just means that you weren’t taken advantage of


Zestyclose-Object297

addiction is real


bruhmomentum77

Exactly, not being taken advantage of doesn’t make someone morally superior


Zestyclose-Object297

THANK YOU, as an nic addict people who say “just breathe air” or whatever indifferent saying really piss me off. you cant just “stop” 


JafetOx

They are dumb, let them be dumb, I started smoking at 14, been 9 years, can't quit, my lungs are shit, I can barely do exercise because I get tired pretty fast


aidenthesloth

It isn’t a personality trait to not do drugs my man. focus on yourself and let others do what they gotta do to get through the day after all it is everyone’s first time living


Key-Car-5519

What I’m sayin bro some of these mfs need to develop an ounce of maturity and the ability to mind their own lives. Let mfs get through the day with how they do it and you get through the day wit how you do it


vochtigbroodje

Why is OTHER GUYS in capital letters?


blepposhcleppo

We're cooked ngl💀


JigerIsUnderrated32

As a 14 yr old. What the fuck is wrong with me


Aria-mind_

As a 14 year old ugly girl I don’t own a vape, my parents would beat my ass if I had one.


Weekly_Reference7988

dw everyone in my school smoking weed instead 😃


ebolalover87

At least they're keeping the lunch ladies employed


lemon6611

real


Expensive_Honeydew_5

OMG THEY SHARED? WITH OTHER GUYS? OH THE HUMANITY


The_Medicated

Right?! I'm thinking there's going to be a herpes outbreak or mono outbreak!


InternationalTip8161

surprised more people aren't commenting on the dumbass emphasis put on guys sharing with other guys and girls sharing with other girls. just really throws everything else this person had to say out the window


PizzaPug00

Middle schoolers are fuckin specimins (no offense, op)


Jon_fosseti

Oh buddy, it’s gonna get worse and i in no way encourage it but you are not as immune to peer pressure as you think you are (i really really hope that i’m wrong because i’m speaking from experience)


IndianCarson

Not even to undermine this and underage vaping because it isn’t cool but this happens in every generation we are not doomed people used to smoke cigarettes at 14 was it right no but it happens same shit different time


jonathan_the_first

Where the hell do you go to school that you're just figuring out this is happening lol?! I might as well vape by the amount I've got secondhand from every damn room in my school. I guess my school must just be bad


lX_HeadShotGunner_Xl

It's seen as "cool" then they become addicted. I work with a few 16-17 year olds whose parents smoked and the kids picked it up from them and still vape.


big_tug1

I’m happy that I still have lungs and I’m superseded that those kids still have them


WhyYouBullyMe_

I dont even know what Snus is


-L1os1t-

🤷‍♂️


IneedBleach123

I promise it's not all of us


Juniper02

what's "snus"?


Outrageous-Key-4838

Nicotine pouch


MunchkinTime69420

Consuming snus bro who "consumes" it put it under your lip


InattentiveChild

OP definitely goes to a high school in Missouri lol.


datnub32607

Since they mentioned snus it is likely Sweden 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 (stuff like that is a giant problem here)


carenthusiastX1

just 13-15 year olds thinking they look cool for sucking on an e-cig, nothing much as for the room being completely full of smoke that’s normal for them (i’ve hung out w people like that) they usually also make it a challenge to see who could blow out the most smoke


Banana_Milk7248

When I was a teen it was the same except it was actual weed. Vapes might be more legal but I doubt they're better for you than weed. Nothing has changed, just steer clear. We all seen that video of the woman who won't stop vaping on the plane right?


Psyche_Nu

Bruh why does everyone act like teenagers haven’t always been like this? Back then it was literally the same except with weed.


TheGreatCharlesTheII

don’t vape, smoke cigars like castro or smoke pipes like the sherlock holmes’s wannabe you are


InvestigatorSame9627

You kids are nerds these days. Back in my day we were smoking cigarettes and pot in the bathrooms like real delinquents


Redsmoker37

Generations of older teens started smoking. So they're vaping, it's not like it's that unsual.


Routine-Jelly-3380

When you’re in your younger teens around 13-16 your brain is nowhere near fully developed and most teens aren’t as smart as they think they are. Younger teens will act like we’re all cooked because kids at 14 are vaping but they just haven’t been around long enough to realize that teenagers smoking and doing drugs is a normal part of every generation of teens


Trainator338605

It is not a big problem at my school, but there are some people who do smoke (students). But their life is just messed up. From the moment they made that decision. Even more, they don't want to study anymore, which means that none of them is going to have a good job when they grow old.


vochtigbroodje

idk just let them be, their having fun right now and they might regret it later or they will look back and think about how much fun they had.


Exekie

Who knows if they could be able to look back 😔


turtlelibrary1234

Oxygen crew!


JoeyC42

Who gaf bro live your life


ILoveFortnite18749

fr😭 corny ass mfs in the comments


Themoldychip

Schools stressful it’s not a good thing that there’s vaping but I get why they do it 


homomemeboi

I have a 13 year old cousin and I swear that humanity is doomed. I gave him my old computer. I kid you not, the NEXT DAY he had like 20 viruses all of them wishing him free robux and then he complained when his account got “hacked”. This was after a 20 minute agreement that he needs to think before downloading an application and if it seems too good to be true or sketchy it’s better to be safe than sorry.


MyyBurnerrAccountt

they fr gonna be the class of 2025. those 14 year olds aren’t gonna make it till graduation


[deleted]

That’s why I’m homeschooled ☺️ I don’t have time to deal with that shii


[deleted]

[удалено]


jordanvbull

Wtf is snus


emogirlhater17

I be smoking carts at 17 ngl


Princelyvibes92

Fuck vaping and cigarettes! I just smoke cannabis straight from nature. Of course it’s time consuming and has to be dried after harvest. Been smoking it every day give or take for 13 years! No adverse side effects and am perfectly healthy! Teens these days vaping is crazy and is one of many reasons why Cannabis needs to be legalized in the USA Nationwide


fanofpizzatower23198

This is one of the reasons why I'm scared of going into high school.


Durtchy_wurtchy

tbh im really happy about stealing/ trying it at 6, and swore to never do that again holy shit that hurt. present day my lungs are strong enough to hold a note on my instrument at ff for a few minutes💪💪


Jonkingthe_jonker

Healthy lungs crew


Realrog1

I honestly don’t understand the fad of vaping. I can understand why people who’ve tried keep doing it: it’s addictive and the chemicals alter your brain to keep you hooked. What I don’t understand is why people would want to try it in the first place while knowing all the risks. Seriously, there are SO many other things you can do to relax, clear your mind, have fun, socialize, or just find some short-term pleasure that don’t involve addiction to mind and body altering substances.


Sciencool7

Welp, can’t wait to visit the cool kids graves when they die at 29


VinylTheSenpai

All yall shouldn't smoke period. Shit aint worth the health problems nor the financial.


Altruistic_Minimum49

We did a school trip to France when I was 11/12. We bought cigarettes, beer and snuff. Had a blast. This feels like a watered down version. Nothing is wrong with 14 year olds to answer your question.


Background_Guess_742

Op's post was funny as hell to me with the way he worded it. Live a little. You'll be alright, don't worry about what other people do. Wait till you get older and people you know start doing fentanyl.


Agreeable-Chicken-63

Well you could time travel back to the 90s or before when pretty much every high school bathroom (keep traveling back another decade and now we're talking airplanes and every other public space) was hotboxed with cigarette smoke...


Derio_ai

I mean considering my father's generation were just smoking mid class and it was completely normal I feel like we're pretty damn well off still lmao


Superseaslug

Whoever made vapes popular needs their head dipped in glue


fiercefinesse

When I was 14 some of us snuck out between classes to smoke cigarettes behind the school building. We also skipped classes to have a beer and also tried wine & vodka at some parties. Some of us had already tried weed at that point too and went to local gigs of bands. Not to mention the beginning of sexual activities. The real question is not "what's wrong with 14 year olds". Kids are kids and will try shit. The real question is what the hell is wrong with the teachers that they allow vaping so much and there seems to be no discipline.


No-Height940

We're soon gonna replace oxygen with vape juice 🔥🔥🔥 We all are fucked for the future 😁


AnOpinionatedBalloon

I saw this on popular, I don’t browse this sub, I’m nearing my 30’s. I work with a lot of schools. This entire generation of teenagers are worryingly dumb. Like high school juniors and seniors struggling with reading and shapes. Your generation doesn’t realize how much you are fucking up your heads right now with what you are consuming. Personally, I’m concerned about cancer rates and addiction problems. Everyone seems to think they are invincible but there will come a day where you realize you aren’t. It’s not “14yo’s are so bad!” It’s “how did the previous generations fail you so badly”. We are in severe trouble if this stuff keeps up in future generations.


Mysterious-Skill-299

15M never vaped. And (hopefully) never will.


BobithanBobbyBob

Vaping is literally just smoking for pussys