Beck Atwell Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Recently I was having a discussion with friends as to whether or not they hide the fact that they smoke [u]hookah[/u] at all. We all agreed that it's not something we tell everyone, but we don't necessarily hide it outright. Some of them felt it was the continued effort of trying to explain the difference of hookah and other smoking methods, that had become more of a task. What are your thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vendetta_revived Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 I don't hide it (except from my dad since he read an article and completely believed that one hookah session is as harmful as 100 cigs), but neither do I advertise it to people I don't know well, but if I am hanging out with people and we happen to come across a hookah lounge, there won't be anything stopping me from suggesting everyone to go and have a smoke. But yes, people who do compare hookah to NHT do get on my nerves like hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NitetimeReign Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 I don't hide it. However when ppl compare my hookah to other smoking devices, now that just pisses me right off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HookahUSA Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 I think hookah is becoming much more mainstream nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agunn1231 Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 i dont talk about it with my family. yet my mom has bought me a hookah and my dad knows i worked at a lounge. they both seem to forget that i smoke it. and since they are both pretty up tight about stuff. I just dont bring it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chreees Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 I keep it to myself mostly, because so many people are ignorant about it and won't take the time to understand it. My fiancee knows, some of my family knows, some of my friends know, some of my neighbors know because I smoke it outside. Everyone else is oblivious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainUM Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 i have pictures of my hookah on my facebook, and i am about to go smoke now with my dad while making shawarma and falafal. i smoke hookah with bitches bitches love hookah lol referencing a joke, not an actual real statement by myself^^^^^ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezxen Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 im lucky that almost all my family and freinds are cool with it or smoked one before. I was surprised one day when my Tia was talking to me about hookah flavors she smoked with her ex . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorlyfish Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 I don't outright say it a lot of the time, but if someone asked me I wouldn't waffle about whether or not to tell them. I'm with Chris - I don't bring it up much because its still largely misunderstood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelLCP Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 I don't hide it. But I don't talk about it on Facebook or anything. But then again of someone asked me about it I would Tell them. I guess I don't tell people because most people know nothing about it. So they think it's something that it's not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beck Atwell Posted June 5, 2011 Author Share Posted June 5, 2011 Those all sound like honest answers, especially bitches loving hookahs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plex Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 If the topic of cigarettes, etc comes up, I will talk about hookah openly and inform that person if he/she is curious. I have encountered many people who have some weird trip about anything 'new'... even after explaining hookah and how it is superior to cigarettes, cooking--not burning the tobacco, etc.. their brain is just 'stuck.' Its like trying to reason with a farm animal... Better to just avoid any intelligent topics with those people. The one thing that people seem to have a hard time accepting is that smoking hookah is not as bad as smoking cigarettes... they may think that the 'supercell thunderstorm clouds' that we create on a good session are just massive 'cigarette smoke cancer clouds'... (if they were, I know i would be coughing my lungs out.) It certainly doesn't help that political pseudo-science 'studies' push in the MainStreamMedia the comparison of 100s of cigarettes being equivalent to one hookah session. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintPendulous Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 im loud and proud about hookah, im more than willing to "Educate" people about hookah, as a hookah enthusiast i feel its kinda my duty to let people know its not a NH Type deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chreees Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Guess that proves my fiancee isn't a bitch! I wanna add that yes, if someone were to ask me, I'd tell them I smoke hookah. I just don't usually volunteer the information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintPendulous Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 i totally spread hookah all over wherever i am, my family knows, i spread it all over facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcane Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 I don't really mention it to anyone...but, not so much to hide it. It's more so that, it's a non-event. It's so much a normal part my life that I never feel the need to bring it up. I wouldn't go around advertising that I drink coffee or have tattoos. To me, hookah is on the same level. It's just "what I do".. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Crafted Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 I hide it only from my Grandmother. Other than that everyone knows, and I'm willing to answer any questions that get thrown my way. I hate when people are rude about it, when in all reality they are too shy to correct their ignorance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plex Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 [quote name='Miss Crafted' timestamp='1307295141' post='511784'] I hide it only from my Grandmother. Other than that everyone knows, and I'm willing to answer any questions that get thrown my way. I hate when people are rude about it, when in all reality they are too shy to correct their ignorance. [/quote] Why hide it, let her try it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noodle Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 My folks have a lot of asswipey stupid assumptions about things, but not about tobacco. They know about my pipes and cigars and don't say a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balthazar Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Same as the majority of posters here. If anyone asks me I won't deny it or try to justify it, but it's not information I share with people I don't know very well. Hookahs are still very alien in Norway, and I highly doubt that a lot of people from generations older than mine has any idea what it is. The looks of the hookah and the power of association would probably necessitate a long defense speech from me, and I find that too much of a hassle to go through very often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shishologist Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 I'm not the type of person to walk into a room full of people and say "Hi, I'm BOB and I smoke HOOKAH! GIVE ME ATTENTION!!!!1111." However, I certainly don't have a problem telling people about the hookah when the conversation sways in that direction. My in-laws actually start to realize it's a bit beneficial, given that I have just smoked my last cigarette 26 hours ago and am not planning to ever touch another one again, plus I'm breathing like a damn iron lung! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starwind Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 I hide my hookah from my dad. He knows I smoke hookah but he'd have a problem with me owning one cause he's weird like that. But, I'm known as the hookah guy among my friends and good majority of my other family knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epoch Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 I feel no need or desire to bring it up to folks. My hookah smoking is my business alone, and I'm fine keeping it to myself and my fellow enthusiasts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom1 Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 [quote name='IainUM' timestamp='1307233443' post='511722'] i smoke hookah with bitches bitches love hookah [/quote] [img]http://imgur.com/RI2i3.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agunn1231 Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 [quote name='Tom16689' timestamp='1307519721' post='512054'] [quote name='IainUM' timestamp='1307233443' post='511722'] i smoke hookah with bitches bitches love hookah [/quote] [img]http://imgur.com/RI2i3.jpg[/img] [/quote] you gotta look at Hallie's sig. it's very relavant to this picture. hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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