Superthread XXXIX

[urban eel]

Mumford and Sons tonight

see you there. ill be the guy that's not a dirty filthy hipster
two great gigs on tonight Alt-J are playing the arts factory well.wanted to go to that one also


and sydneysiders should check out the Rubens at the Mona-Vale hotel this weekend

 

[Joker's Wild]

BM I simply asked that because IMO as a fellow non-smoker I don't think we can judge if branding make people take up smoking. I do believe that people take it up due to peer preasure or influence from their close friends. The brand colours may influence brand loyalty.

I think the biggest influence is parentage

The statistic is something like you're 65% more likely to take up smoking if you have a parent who smokes

 

[Ozzy]

I think the biggest influence is parentage

The statistic is something like you're 65% more likely to take up smoking if you have a parent who smokes

Good point JW.

 

[Twizzle]

No of course not (contrary to popular belief I'm not stupid). Just because branding hasn't affected me or some of the people on here doesn't mean it has never affected anyone in the history of smoking.

stopped reading there

 

[Ozzy]

see you there. ill be the guy that's not a dirty filthy hipster
two great gigs on tonight Alt-J are playing the arts factory well.wanted to go to that one also


and sydneysiders should check out the Rubens at the Mona-Vale hotel this weekend

So you're the cleaner?

 

[Bazal]

If you think branding has no influence you're an idiot.

If you think changing the packaging will stop. a single person from smoking, then you're the idiot.

 

[Cliffhanger]

Can't see BM's quoted posts on my laptop, but I would hazard a guess that he's the idiot that thinks that this plan packaging thing will be effective?

 

[dogslife]

Bunniesman enjoys smoking his boyfriend's package...

I'll show myself out

 

[Red Bear]

I think the biggest influence is parentage

The statistic is something like you're 65% more likely to take up smoking if you have a parent who smokes

You'd think if you saw the damage smoking can do to your parents it would put you off smoking, but i guess not!

 

[thorson1987]

If the government is serious about preventing smoking, the answer is simple.

Make it illegal.

Otherwise leave us to make our own decisions on a completely legal product.

 

[Ozzy]

If the government is serious about preventing smoking, the answer is simple.

Make it illegal.

Otherwise leave us to make our own decisions on a completely legal product.

You mean prohibition worked in the US?

 

[Timmah]

I'm happy with the current situation - don't make it illegal, just limit where it can take place.

 

[Twizzle]

If the government is serious about preventing smoking, the answer is simple.

Make it illegal.

Otherwise leave us to make our own decisions on a completely legal product.

they make too much money by taxing it

 

[Timmah]

You know what? Call me a wowser but if people (myself included) want to damage their health by consuming products that are clearly toxic, then let the government tax them.

We spend so much time complaining about hospitals and schools not receiving funding - why shouldn't we use the money raised from sales of these items to 1. treat the people who put themselves there through consumption of those products and 2. educate people about the dangers of said products.

 

[Dani]

Someone bring me a packet of Winnie golds.

 

[Timmah]

Thought you gave up

 

[AlwaysGreen]

What is this? The f**king Four Corners forum?

I'm off to the NAIL thread to smoke my pipe.

 

[BunniesMan]

I'm totally against criminalizing smoking. It solves no problems. Keep it legal but make it as hard as possible to do. Because that way it still gets taxed and the burden it places on the health system is paid for (at least in part). If you ban it you lose all the tax money but still have people filled with cancer and other smoking related illnesses coming into hospitals because they buy it on the black market and the burden to the taxpayer remains there without being paid for.

 

[Monk]

This is too srsly

 

[Timmah]

Back on concerts... just trying to remember what I've been to...

1993
Worlds Biggest BBQ (Warwick Farm) - Meat Loaf, Steve Miller Band etc

1994
Wendy Matthews (Opera House)

1996
Crowded House (Opera House)
Rick Price & Tommy Emmanuel (Gosford)

bit of a break... then

2007
Powderfinger & Silverchair (Newcastle)
Snow Patrol (Newcastle)
Muse (Syd Ent Cent)
ARIA Awards (Acer)
My Chemical Romance (Syd Ent Cent)

2008
Foo Fighters (Acer)
ARIA Awards (Acer)

2009 (all at Acer)
Fall Out Boy
Coldplay
Green Day
Homebake Sydney (Powderfinger, Jet, Eskimo Joe, Hilltop Hoods, Tim Finn, Sarah Blasko)

2010
Big Day Out Sydney (Muse, Powderfinger, Dizzee Rascal, Lily Allen, Kasabian, Mars Volta, The Temper Trap etc)
AC/DC (ANZ Stadium)
Powderfinger (Newcastle)
Crowded House (Wollongong)
Muse (Acer)

2011
Meat Loaf (Wollongong)
Foo Fighters (SFS)
Diesel (Lizottes Central Coast)

2012
Mumford and Sons (Syd Ent Cent)
Coldplay (Allianz)