It appears wisdom has already found you to some degree.
Maybe... ...I'm not so attached to my points of view as to think that they belong to me. I think of that as more something that I walk alongside rather than something that is a product of my own thoughts and actions. Like you said, it finds me from time to time. It's not mine to hold and I don't know the why's or how's of its comings and goings. I just know what I know... ...sometimes more than I expect and other times, not nearly as much as I needed.
I'm 33 going on 34 next month. Smoked since I was 20. Probably a lot earlier if you count imitation by nipping a smoke or 2 from mom's pack and running outside to light it then find out they taste horrible because mom bought Basic.
Ugh, Basic. I can't really say a thing about Basic's, though. Believe it or not, I started in my mid-teens with a fresh, sealed pack of 305's that I found on the sidewalk outside of my house. Somebody probably dropped it on the way to the store. And I wound up
liking them.
I'm also a truck driver. As a while the younger guys and new drivers are bringing vaping into the industry. Great news for us. Anyone know off the top of their head how much a pack of Marlboro Black is in Washington state? Or New York? I'll vape. Thanks.
Haha, my best friend is a truck driver. He's a little older than me - age 27. I have been trying for years to convince him to take up vaping. He tells me that smoking is the least of his concerns. He's more worried that his trainees will get him killed first.
I never considered the price of cigarettes around the country, though I know they are quite high in some states. Maybe I'll try that angle. Not sure if it will work, since he does nothing but drive and make money - no time to spend it. Not really a big spender, just loves what he does. Worth a shot, though. Thanks for that little serendipitous insight.
Just a question, you think too much...
You're new, so I'm assuming you don't know, but this is far from the first time this community has been used as a way for marketers to farm information without their potential client bases knowledge. It's a practice that's frowned upon for its deceptive and unethical nature. People tend to dislike being played as unwitting pawns for targeted advertisement.
A lot of them are from non-English-speaking nations and tend to make odd grammatical choices... ...the kind that only someone who doesn't know English as a first language would make. They ask questions about age and preferences a lot... ...usually in the form of a poll or general inquiry. It is usually done right from the first post and often it winds up being the only thing they post about, aside from their favorite products from their favorite vendor. They also tend to support just one... ...usually one that is not known of by virtually anybody but them, and it's usually not a domestic vendor. I can tell you that any native English speaker who has taken a look at
rocvape.com would find the similarities in grammatical oddities between your posts and the wording on the site to be suspect.
So you see, you're ticking most of the boxes on the standard "shill" checklist.
Please do not misread my intentions - I'm not meaning to accuse you of anything, nor am I giving you the benefit of the doubt - I simply do not care what your intentions are. I'm telling you (for your benefit,) that the perception is there because of the way that shills and marketers trolling for info have often conducted themselves on not only these forums, but many others. You may or may not be a duck, but you quack like one and that is where the response you're getting is coming from. It just isn't a good look and the people here aren't going to ignore such an easy connection - not knowing what we already know about how these people operate. It's not something that can go overlooked.
If you aren't a shill, then the truth will easily be seen soon enough. Unfortunately for you, people are going to give you shifty looks for the way you've come off this far. This is just a product of the times. It's nothing personal, you know? It's just that there are reasons for why your behavior sets off red flags in a place like this...
