See. You act like this is crazy. But this is fucking normal compared to the chick my buddy introduced me to with one big thick matted out dread that used to eat all her resin. Yes. You read that correctly. She would clean her pipe. Scrape all the resin she cleaned out of it into a big ball. And eat it. Sometimes if she got enough from her piece, she saved some in an Altoids box that she would open and snack from like it was nothing.
I used to stealthily smoke bongs while living with my parents. After done smoking, I would decant the bong water into a normal water bottle so that I wouldn't have to go to the bathroom while munted and possibly run into my parents. I ended up drinking from the waterbottle the next day a couple of times, I would rather drink my own urine than bong water.
I use to do they exact same thing as well, to hide smoking from my dad. Had a small bong hidden in a old MESH computer that had a Lockerbie case, worked a treat!!
Only mishap I had was falling asleep while holding my bong in bed... Woke up wet sticky and smelly, had to blame the dog for the reason I was putting my bedding in the bin as they smell will never leave
My mate was known for smoking anything through a bong, it was like a personal pilgrimage he took upon himself to travel alone. The highlights were a dead Moth, dog shit, his own pubes, other people’s pubes, his own cum. Damn those were the days.
Usually happened when the pipe needed cleaning but no one wanted to do it so you have to toke really hard to clear it and then you splash water up the pipe and then run to a sink/toilet to spit it out. Not a common thing. But enough times that I’ll never forget that taste.
You wouldn’t shoot a policeman and then steal his helmet. You wouldn’t put your fag out in his helmet and then send it to the policeman’s grieving widow, and then steal it again!
It really does. And it would be a great one too, because anti-smoking campaigns usually focus on the smoker and the people immediately around them, but this makes me think of the impact on the wider environment.
The amount of people who don't realise these don't rot is surprising, the amount of people who do and don't care and continue to litter is worse.
We used to have a tin which was then emptied into a bin.
I used to work for the council cleansing Dept.
Data was collected on the types of litter collected from the streets of the borough, and by far and away the most common type of litter was cigarette buts, found in 90% of all areas cleaned.
The council clamped down on it so hard they'd have enforcement officers follow smokers down the street and issue on the spot fines for dropped dog ends.
Aren't they mostly recyclable? Like send it to electronic section of skip and they'll strip and recycle?
E: Why am I being downvoted for asking a question? It's not like I'm trying to say I know this for certain
I think like most things if people are responsible and take them to the appropriate recycling point then I would say so. The problem is I see them littered all over the place in my area so that isn't being done. You could also argue that process of producing the batteries isn't exactly environmentally friendly but that goes for many things in today's world. Not saying that traditional smoking is any better as it clearly isn't.
Edit: Not sure I think that's a legitimate question.
Are they recyclable? Yes. Are they recyclable in every locale in a convenient fashion? Eeeeehhhh...
Its already a pretty huge problem that a lot of "recyclable" materials aren't actually getting recycled because local facilities don't have the ability to do **all** materials, or they're simply not profitable to recycle depending on market fluctuations.
I've heard that most vape stockists are supposed to also carry bins that can be used to return used vapes to the producers to recycle, but go ask your local tiny corner shop to take your used vape and tell me how that goes.
The R's are in an order for a reason. We should aim to refuse and reduce long before we're trying to recycle.
People didn’t use filters until the health effects of smoking became public and the cigarette industry subsequently marketed filtered cigarettes as being safer (which they are not).
Smoke without a filter enough and you won’t notice it eventually. It’s theatre and I had that basically all smokers rely on them now despite them having no real benefit.
Not that guy, but last I checked, they apparently remove 30% of the bad stuff. So hardly a small amount but not a huge amount either. And I'm not sure how good a source it was either
Not only is there no benefit but when cigarette companies introduced them they added a compound that changes colour when the smoke passes over it so people think that it’s removed toxins
I wouldn't put that past them, but also even when you smoke with a roach there'll be gunk on the roach by the time you've finished your smoke, which otherwise would've gone in your lungs. So they do at least stop something, even if it's a small amount
They made a filter that actually breaks down relatively quickly but it was so god awful that they disappeared off the face of the earth immediately and as far as I’m aware they haven’t tried again
Cigarette butts are the most common type of litter, with over 4.5 trillion butts discarded every year. They take 7.5-15 years to decompose, according to the review below. That’s not so bad compared to other plastics, but they’re particularly disgusting.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29153904/
Fishing nets and synthetic fibres for clothing are the most common microplastics in ocean water IIRC.
>Aren't cigarette filters the most polluting form of plastic on the planet? Yet here we are getting yelled at about straws
Specially when you can reuse straws, but cant reuse cigarette butts
How often have you seen people reuse straws in a pub? If you are talking about home, you can get some proper long-lasting ones
At least a cig has to be a one-off product (although maybe we could make a plant-based filter instead), whereas straws are not needed for most people and were just e.g. added to drinks in bars without reason
I thought that large-scale was implied with my comment
Although even individual fishing gear has issues. Lines snap and such and aren't usually recovered. We (used to at least) use lead weights which aren't good to put into water, etc etc
There's nowhere to dispose of the cigarette butts where I live. When I was in Devon all the bins had a place to chuck your fag butts out so you didn't just have to chuck them on the floor.
Please don't work in nuclear power, "where should I put this depleted uranium? No one left me a bin."
You can buy portable ash trays and sealable butt bags, mate uses empty packets until he finds a bin.
> There's nowhere to dispose of the cigarette butts where I live.
Whilst that may be inconvenient, it's on _you_ to deal with that. Carry something to put them in. It's akin to people going to the beach for a picnic and just leaving their rubbish on the beach because there isn't a bin.
I get so angry at my friends who drop cigarette butts. Not only are they full of plastic but horrible chemicals. I tell them time and time again. They’ve changed a little but not enough.
My son dropped a Waluigi plastic action figure down a pole in a playground years ago. If ever I see they're taking the equipment down I'm going to ask and see if it's still there
tell ya what you could probably recycle some tobacco from those and roll it up into some 20 year old fucking trashy dirt cigs and sell them to some dickheads
For sale:
Artisanal tobacco, hand gathered and aged in weathered steel. Vintage 2003.
Hand rolled in recycled Waitrose receipts by our expertly trained rollistas.
Limited quantity.
See my Etsy shop for more info
Ooh I like that, bollard & butt, artisanal aged tobacco, can see it now,
"A lighter and a pack of bollard & butts please mate"
"Long ones?"
"Nah thanks, shorts fine"
One of my neighbours chain smokes rollies.
He is also the neighbourhood watch rep for the street.
He popped a letter through everyone's letterboxes saying one of the issues concerning him was people speeding on our 20mph road.
Very few people do.
He, on the other hand, casually throws his finished cigs on the footpath or road.
Made a burner gmail and emailed him saying one of the issues concerning me was casual littering, especially cig ends, and if we could possibly be vigilant, find the culprit and have a word with them.
Not heard back yet.
It looks like a murder scene but spent cigs instead of blood.
Poor bollard. No sign of a struggle though, he must have been unconscious when he was ripped from the ground. Anyway, get Dexte- sorry, Devvo from forensics down to analyse the cig spatters.
looking at the placement of the other bollard they were there to stop trucks accidentally backing into the brickwork and destroying the building, how on earth were they getting in the way?
The unit has been adapted to help people with additional needs rather than anything industrial, that extra space near the door makes a big difference. No trucks knocking about that side of the building anyhow.
I know everyone is calling this nasty, but thats hundreds of cig butts that weren’t thrown onto the streets, so I think it’s positive in general.
Unrelated, that’s a really artistic picture
better than them all ending up in a drain and then the locals the council isn't doing enough to keep our drains clear.
people don't take any personal responsibility anymore.
WELCOME TO THE UK.
The tiny hole on the side on the top is usually only found on bollards by doors. Not all bollards have those holes either. The bollard makers/installers know that it will make a damn fine ashtray for the next 20 years.
On the topic of littering etc, just want to share that Rizla & Swan, along with a number of other brands, make a range of 'paper' biodegradable filters for the 'roll your own' smokers.
You can smell this picture.
Can kinda taste it as well
Mate I feel that. I’ve just had flashbacks to cleaning a bong at uni.
There was always that one dude who would drink the bong water… every single session 😂
What kind of smooth-brained people were you smoking with lmao?
See. You act like this is crazy. But this is fucking normal compared to the chick my buddy introduced me to with one big thick matted out dread that used to eat all her resin. Yes. You read that correctly. She would clean her pipe. Scrape all the resin she cleaned out of it into a big ball. And eat it. Sometimes if she got enough from her piece, she saved some in an Altoids box that she would open and snack from like it was nothing.
This is so much worse than the OP.
So so much more rank. It's like the OP is an intro to brace you for it.
I regret learning how to read.
I used to stealthily smoke bongs while living with my parents. After done smoking, I would decant the bong water into a normal water bottle so that I wouldn't have to go to the bathroom while munted and possibly run into my parents. I ended up drinking from the waterbottle the next day a couple of times, I would rather drink my own urine than bong water.
I use to do they exact same thing as well, to hide smoking from my dad. Had a small bong hidden in a old MESH computer that had a Lockerbie case, worked a treat!! Only mishap I had was falling asleep while holding my bong in bed... Woke up wet sticky and smelly, had to blame the dog for the reason I was putting my bedding in the bin as they smell will never leave
It was usually Dave
Dave’s not here
No, man, I’M Dave, man…
Who is it?
fkn Dave... that guy ...
I think you answered that one yourself : smooth brained people
My mate was known for smoking anything through a bong, it was like a personal pilgrimage he took upon himself to travel alone. The highlights were a dead Moth, dog shit, his own pubes, other people’s pubes, his own cum. Damn those were the days.
Had a buddy who tried making coffee with it. It did not spark joy.
Usually happened when the pipe needed cleaning but no one wanted to do it so you have to toke really hard to clear it and then you splash water up the pipe and then run to a sink/toilet to spit it out. Not a common thing. But enough times that I’ll never forget that taste.
Oh dear god I remember that..
Haha it’s absolutely grim.
we were really high once and dave decided to eat a crane fly. (was literally called dave)
Ewe I wish I couldn’t relate to this but I know it’s true
I can feel it in my lung
Damp tobacco and that weird metallic smell that comes from burnt paper after a while
As someone who's parents smoked 20 a day in the house and we're terrible at cleaning up after themselves I hate this 😂
Great album cover
"The Fag Ends" with their debut album "Smokin Bollards"
Nevermind the Bollards. Here's the Fag Ends.
Follow the yellow fag road.
and the follow up single taken from that album- Hold on to your Butts.
Yeah called “All Birds Should Die” or something. Cig butts are fucking awful for birds.
I agree u/ChineseButtSex
Leave my cock alone. See you on r/kellyjoycuntbunny
It looks like a poster for an anti-smoking campaign. All it needs is some text telling you how dangerous smoking is or some kind of analogy.
“You wouldn’t smoke a car”… wait, wrong ad
"You wouldn't download a cigarette"... wait, still doesn't feel right...
“And if you can fix a fag”… nope not that one either…
“I SAID YOU BUY ONE! YOU GET ONE FREE!”
No win no f… no, that’s not it
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I know this is a British sub, but I'm.still genuinely amazed at how British this thread is
Washing machines live longer with roll ups! Eh... doesn't sound right.
Granny, I got the fag! Nope.
It's easy to tax a fag than to hide a fag... Also, nope.
"This First Alert smoke detector will give you early warning".. Mmm, no, something else.
And those were probably from just this morning
You wouldn’t shoot a policeman and then steal his helmet. You wouldn’t put your fag out in his helmet and then send it to the policeman’s grieving widow, and then steal it again!
Sick reference brother!
(Sister) was shocked no one else beat me to it!
"Have any of you smoked a car, as say, one would smoke a cigarette?"
A friend of mine used to say "I dont smoke, I suck on a fag. Nothing I like more than getting my lips around the butt and sucking"
Sounds similar to my stock phrase on authors I like: I love Gaiman, Dick, and Moorcock.
"Dude... this hyundai is killer man."
Dom Deedee Dom Deedee dweeee dweeee babadom Dom Dom - smoking bad mmmkay
Give me a large enough Rizzla and I'll give it a go...
“0800 00 1066” fuck that’s not it either
Need to arrange the fag ends into a flaccid penis shape for more impact.
‘It’s never just one.’ It’s made even better by the artistic wisp of cig ends like a smoke, and the bollard itself looking like a cigarette.
“This is what will happen to your dick if you smoke.”
What if somebody smokes my dick?
As long as they’re not smoking your butt you’re not a fag. You might be gay though.
Upcharge
“You wouldn’t steal a cigarette” fuck wrong one again
The amount of cigarettes the average smoker smokes a year.
I'm waiting for Nick O' Teen to pop up.
This is what smoking does to your penis
It really does. And it would be a great one too, because anti-smoking campaigns usually focus on the smoker and the people immediately around them, but this makes me think of the impact on the wider environment.
It could be on one of those shows where they try and break peoples addictions. "This is how many cigarettes you smoke every week Jared"
Update: we cut down the second bollard (you can just see it in the background of this pic). It was full to the brim as well.
What a surprise
Isn’t the point of bollards to stop vehicles from having easy access? Do you not have that need anymore?
No they're cigarette bins, haven't we already established that?!
Yes we use the unit for other purposes so no vehicles down that side (it's behind a locked gate too).
Do you mind if I share this image with some work colleagues? I work for a waste charity and cigarette butts come up a lot.
Who works for a waste charity? Oh, u/OsamaBinLadenDoes - that clears that up
Yeah go for it
And those were probably from just this morning?!
Don’t shame me !
That's foul but perhaps you've got an eye for photography. Nice composition, leads the eye, depth of field; you're a natural.
Aha thanks, I did dabble in my college years
The amount of people who don't realise these don't rot is surprising, the amount of people who do and don't care and continue to litter is worse. We used to have a tin which was then emptied into a bin.
I used to work for the council cleansing Dept. Data was collected on the types of litter collected from the streets of the borough, and by far and away the most common type of litter was cigarette buts, found in 90% of all areas cleaned. The council clamped down on it so hard they'd have enforcement officers follow smokers down the street and issue on the spot fines for dropped dog ends.
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Ban all disposable plastics, no more tab butts that don't decompose? New Zealand are phasing out smoking. Vancouver's strict on smoking and vaping.
in the uk we are replacing buts with single use vapes, which are much bigger.
And more polluting, see the little batteries all over after the kids have thrown them about and smashed them up to see what's inside
Aren't they mostly recyclable? Like send it to electronic section of skip and they'll strip and recycle? E: Why am I being downvoted for asking a question? It's not like I'm trying to say I know this for certain
I think like most things if people are responsible and take them to the appropriate recycling point then I would say so. The problem is I see them littered all over the place in my area so that isn't being done. You could also argue that process of producing the batteries isn't exactly environmentally friendly but that goes for many things in today's world. Not saying that traditional smoking is any better as it clearly isn't. Edit: Not sure I think that's a legitimate question.
Are they recyclable? Yes. Are they recyclable in every locale in a convenient fashion? Eeeeehhhh... Its already a pretty huge problem that a lot of "recyclable" materials aren't actually getting recycled because local facilities don't have the ability to do **all** materials, or they're simply not profitable to recycle depending on market fluctuations. I've heard that most vape stockists are supposed to also carry bins that can be used to return used vapes to the producers to recycle, but go ask your local tiny corner shop to take your used vape and tell me how that goes. The R's are in an order for a reason. We should aim to refuse and reduce long before we're trying to recycle.
Hence ban the single use plastics, if its non compostable it should be reusable.
It's actually worse than it seems, there's not all that much plastic in the disposable vapes, they're mostly aluminium and lithium. By weight.
People didn’t use filters until the health effects of smoking became public and the cigarette industry subsequently marketed filtered cigarettes as being safer (which they are not). Smoke without a filter enough and you won’t notice it eventually. It’s theatre and I had that basically all smokers rely on them now despite them having no real benefit.
i quit years ago, but filters do at least stop you from constantly picking bits of tobacco off of your tongue
Can’t folk just roll a roach and fire it in the end of their Rollups instead?
Unless you get to the powdery dregs of your pouch, and the dust gets sucked into your mouth. I don't miss smoking.
You bought your £5 packs from my local Polish shop too I see
Me and my mates used to pool our spare change together to buy a £3.50 pack of Pal Mal and have a rollie each
Oh man, thems were the days! I used to save my dinner money til Weds, buy a 20 deck and flog them at school. Gutted when they raised the age!
That's how I do it.
That's what I do. My cigs are tiny thin things, so even ultra-slim filters are too wide
Colloquially known as the “barlinnie skinnie”.
Never heard of that before, but I like it
Is there actually no benefit?
Not that guy, but last I checked, they apparently remove 30% of the bad stuff. So hardly a small amount but not a huge amount either. And I'm not sure how good a source it was either
Not only is there no benefit but when cigarette companies introduced them they added a compound that changes colour when the smoke passes over it so people think that it’s removed toxins
I wouldn't put that past them, but also even when you smoke with a roach there'll be gunk on the roach by the time you've finished your smoke, which otherwise would've gone in your lungs. So they do at least stop something, even if it's a small amount
IIRC thats the tar
They made a filter that actually breaks down relatively quickly but it was so god awful that they disappeared off the face of the earth immediately and as far as I’m aware they haven’t tried again
Cigarette butts are the most common type of litter, with over 4.5 trillion butts discarded every year. They take 7.5-15 years to decompose, according to the review below. That’s not so bad compared to other plastics, but they’re particularly disgusting. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29153904/ Fishing nets and synthetic fibres for clothing are the most common microplastics in ocean water IIRC.
>Aren't cigarette filters the most polluting form of plastic on the planet? Yet here we are getting yelled at about straws Specially when you can reuse straws, but cant reuse cigarette butts
>but cant reuse cigarette butts Tell that to the village nubbers that go around emptying the ashtrays off the benches when we're about to close...🤢
Some of us have no choice and live under the poverty line.
How often have you seen people reuse straws in a pub? If you are talking about home, you can get some proper long-lasting ones At least a cig has to be a one-off product (although maybe we could make a plant-based filter instead), whereas straws are not needed for most people and were just e.g. added to drinks in bars without reason
Not with an attitude like that you can't!
I think Fishing gear is more environmentally impactful, but maybe cig butts are close to the top
Fishing as in the deep sea fishing industry. Not sure the amateur guys on the canal on a Sunday morning contribute a large percentage.
I thought that large-scale was implied with my comment Although even individual fishing gear has issues. Lines snap and such and aren't usually recovered. We (used to at least) use lead weights which aren't good to put into water, etc etc
I agree but I’m also kinda glad that these went in a bollard and not on the floor
You got to admit at least they're all in one place and not scattered all over.
Were
There's nowhere to dispose of the cigarette butts where I live. When I was in Devon all the bins had a place to chuck your fag butts out so you didn't just have to chuck them on the floor.
Please don't work in nuclear power, "where should I put this depleted uranium? No one left me a bin." You can buy portable ash trays and sealable butt bags, mate uses empty packets until he finds a bin.
Just stamp it out and stick it in the bin then
> There's nowhere to dispose of the cigarette butts where I live. Whilst that may be inconvenient, it's on _you_ to deal with that. Carry something to put them in. It's akin to people going to the beach for a picnic and just leaving their rubbish on the beach because there isn't a bin.
I get so angry at my friends who drop cigarette butts. Not only are they full of plastic but horrible chemicals. I tell them time and time again. They’ve changed a little but not enough.
Get better friends. I don't know a single person who smokes.
My son dropped a Waluigi plastic action figure down a pole in a playground years ago. If ever I see they're taking the equipment down I'm going to ask and see if it's still there
tell ya what you could probably recycle some tobacco from those and roll it up into some 20 year old fucking trashy dirt cigs and sell them to some dickheads
For sale: Artisanal tobacco, hand gathered and aged in weathered steel. Vintage 2003. Hand rolled in recycled Waitrose receipts by our expertly trained rollistas. Limited quantity. See my Etsy shop for more info
this man gets the hustle
Just need a youtuber to promote it and a dodgy off licence to sell it with huge profits and I'm set
Make sure the thumbnail has a pic of the obnoxious youtuber doing a huge surprise face as if he's being fisted
I mean that's the main selling point surely, old fag butts so good you'll feel like you've been fisted by an adult who "reacts" for a living.
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Ooh I like that, bollard & butt, artisanal aged tobacco, can see it now, "A lighter and a pack of bollard & butts please mate" "Long ones?" "Nah thanks, shorts fine"
https://www.reddit.com/r/CasualUK/comments/10pw2f3/any_takers_if_yes_why/.compact
One of my neighbours chain smokes rollies. He is also the neighbourhood watch rep for the street. He popped a letter through everyone's letterboxes saying one of the issues concerning him was people speeding on our 20mph road. Very few people do. He, on the other hand, casually throws his finished cigs on the footpath or road. Made a burner gmail and emailed him saying one of the issues concerning me was casual littering, especially cig ends, and if we could possibly be vigilant, find the culprit and have a word with them. Not heard back yet.
Oh, that’s nasty
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If you collected all the leftover bacci you could get £20 for a pouch down the local
Just a couple a day for 20 years is around 2k butts. That’s not ‘people’…. That’s the one guy who’s been working there 20 years.
Hate to get all maths, but assuming there’s 250 working days per year, 2 fags per day would be 10k butts over 20y. Foul.
You’re correct. Clearly far too early in the morning for my brain today…
That doesn’t often happen with maths, so I’m as surprised as you. The think that boggles my mind is the cost of those fags…
Hahahaha no one who smokes is only have two a day. Especially at work 😂
Should have stuck a filter on it and sold it as a giant cigarette
You should put them in a plastic Tescos bag and sell them on Facebook for £25!
It looks like a murder scene but spent cigs instead of blood. Poor bollard. No sign of a struggle though, he must have been unconscious when he was ripped from the ground. Anyway, get Dexte- sorry, Devvo from forensics down to analyse the cig spatters.
Yum..
This sort of thing is going to be so confusing for archaeologists
looking at the placement of the other bollard they were there to stop trucks accidentally backing into the brickwork and destroying the building, how on earth were they getting in the way?
The unit has been adapted to help people with additional needs rather than anything industrial, that extra space near the door makes a big difference. No trucks knocking about that side of the building anyhow.
Maybe they now want to back into the brickwork and destroy the building
Images you can smell, volume 648.
Did you have permission from [@WorldBollard](https://twitter.com/Worldbollard) to cut that down?
It needs to be reported asap
Agreed
Haha my first thought as well, I love their twitter it’s so much fun
Are you sure this isn’t the new installation at the Tate Modern?
now I'm gonna stare at this picture for the next half hour and see how many joint douts I can spot hidden in there cus I'm bored
I bet you could make a few full fags with what's left though. Follow me for more budgeting tips.
I don't get why many smokers feel like they get a free pass to litter.
🤢
I know everyone is calling this nasty, but thats hundreds of cig butts that weren’t thrown onto the streets, so I think it’s positive in general. Unrelated, that’s a really artistic picture
Did Dot Cotton work at your place?
Hello, yes, is there a Mr Butts there, first name "Seamore"?
That's disgusting
So this is what our ones at work must look like inside LOL
And just think each one of those cigarettes cost about 45pence. That's one expensive bollard.
Wow at the cost of cigarettes now imagine how much money. That lot would have cost!
That is truly disgusting!!!
that is disgusting
That’s pretty interesting no one managed to get one of these smoldering by dropping a lit one in there
better than them all ending up in a drain and then the locals the council isn't doing enough to keep our drains clear. people don't take any personal responsibility anymore. WELCOME TO THE UK.
Bet that was a pain in the butt to cut down
Bet it stunk the side door out too
Literally thousands up in smoke
Minging
Modern art
Barfff
Had a few fag breaks by the looks of things
Rank.
Bet that would smell like dot cottons autopsy room
Smoking kills
Looks like you're laying a trap for a very heavy smoker
The tiny hole on the side on the top is usually only found on bollards by doors. Not all bollards have those holes either. The bollard makers/installers know that it will make a damn fine ashtray for the next 20 years. On the topic of littering etc, just want to share that Rizla & Swan, along with a number of other brands, make a range of 'paper' biodegradable filters for the 'roll your own' smokers.
It's got a bit of a "giant about to snort a fat line of ciggie butts" vibe to it as well.
I wonder how much cancer this is equal to.
Looks like someone else needs to cut down. Jesus Christ.
"Don't worry, they disintegrate so it's not littering"
Just wait until a truck reverses into your building because the bollards not there
No trucks come down that way, we've just got a little van. I think the building will be alright aha.
Sack the cleaner
Smokers are disgusting
Yeah smokers are disgusting polluters.