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Re:CVS Health Quits U.S. Chamber Over Stance on Smoking by baddox on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @07:09PM (#9848744)
Or exercising strenuously so you can have the pleasure of being in better shape later.
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Re:CVS Health Quits U.S. Chamber Over Stance on Smoking by tyrust on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @07:17PM (#9848784)
It's not like that at all. Smoking is effortless (unlike exercising) and leaves you far worse off (unlike exercising).
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Re:CVS Health Quits U.S. Chamber Over Stance on Smoking by baddox on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @02:20AM (#9850088)
That has nothing to do with the analogy. The form of the analogy is "do something uncomfortable so that something desirable happens later."
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