Facebook Loses Top Executives, Including Chris Cox

Re:Facebook Loses Top Executives, Including Chris Cox by aylmao on Friday March 15, 2019 @04:05AM (#19397602)

Of all the people who smoke never once have I heard the social argument as you describe it. I'm not trying to comment on the subject of the analogy, but just on the fact that I trying to apply the analogy to this space is a bit of a stretch.

I've heard the argument of "I don't care what it does to me", or "I'm gonna die anyway, what gives if I shed a few years at the end", but never "I won't be able to connect to other people if I quit smoking" (in fact, I know people who quit smoking due to social reasons).

I know people who think they look cool when they smoke, or who get thoughtful when they smoke, but I've never heard of tobacco as a "social" activity like drinking alcohol is, for example.

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Re:Facebook Loses Top Executives, Including Chris Cox by eric-hu on Friday March 15, 2019 @06:14AM (#19398257)

I was a non habitual smoker for years and did it for the social connection. I also smoked habitually for a year and stopped. I'll likely continue to smoke with a friend or stranger under the right circumstances, but I don't want it to be every day or even once a week.

I'm not advocating others smoke, nor am I saying this is a reason most other smokers do. The GP's claim was simply familiar and valid, which is why I'm sharing.

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Re:Facebook Loses Top Executives, Including Chris Cox by smokeyj on Friday March 15, 2019 @10:46AM (#19400160)

"I smoke when I drink" - you never heard that? Social smoking is absolutely a thing.

Facebook is a cancer and executives will jump ship while they can to claim ignorance.

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Re:Facebook Loses Top Executives, Including Chris Cox by smileysteve on Friday March 15, 2019 @10:48AM (#19400176)

None of the statements you shared are reasons to smoke, they are things people tell people when people tell them that smoking is harmful.

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