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[titiklabingapat]

I think he has emphysema or something. I really don't care what anyone does with their body but it is affecting me. I live in an apartment complex and he lives in the next building over. He always hangs out outside very early in the morning in the space between his building and mine, sometimes as early as 6 am and talks on Skype with his relatives in Europe.

I don't mind the talking because I can close my window and put on earplugs because of the time difference and all that. It's when he starts having a coughing fit is when it really bothers me. He coughs like he has an elephant stuck in his throat and lungs. It's more disturbing than annoying to be honest. Like he sounds he would just keel over during one of his coughing fit. He also still smokes because whenever I look over while he is talking outside, he has a cigarette in his hand, and he seem to smoke a lot. At least two to three cigs a day.

I understand that city living will have quirks like this but what else can I do? Would it be weird to tell him to maybe stop smoking and do something about his cough? For the sake of his health, at the very least but we aren't even that close.

edit: oops, my bad. Please move to OT.

 

[.J.]

He needs to reconfigure his stats.

 

[Mega]

video game post

 

[jacobeid]

Tell him to git gud

 

[Flying Toaster]

Does it mess with any raids or team based games?

 

[Caffeine]

counter strike will do that to you

 

[Plumpbiscuit]

What game is this side quest in? Sounds good.

 

[kevin1025]

The Dualshock 4 and recent version of the Xbox One controller have headphone jacks. Could help!

 

[Redd]

Personally I would mmob but if it bothers you so much you could talk to your neighbor.

 

[dukie85]

Shaundi would love him

 

[robotrock]

What game is this side quest in? Sounds good.

My god why did you even make the effort to post this

 

[hououinkyouma00]

Smokers gonna smoke

Y'kow like Snake

Spoiler

video games

 

[SwordStruck]

Tell him to mute his mic.

 

[chrisPjelly]

Get him some potions

 

[tentacleterror]

Video games

 

[old manatee]

Wow. 2-3 cigarettes a day! You should call the police for his own safety.

 

[fluffydelusions]

 

[aerts1js]

Probably the greatest smoke effects I've seen.

 

[Savitar]

Why don't you get the DLC for 9.99 to stop that from happening.

It's a QoL improvement.

 

[OfficerRaichu15]

I smoke

Spoiler

when I play as snake

 

[.J.]

Tell him to mute his mic.

Damn. Wish I'd used this!

Fuuu---

Seriously, though, OP: I get annoyed by this stuff too, but you aren't going to fix it. If it invades your space, I'd get some earplugs, turn on a white noise machine, and wait for your lease to end.

 

[Poster#1]

Old habits die hard.

 

[robotrock]

level up

 

[Maximo]

Put passive aggressive notes under his door.

 

[GuyKazama]

I understand that city living will have quirks like this but what else can I do? Would it be weird to tell him to maybe stop smoking and do something about his cough? For the sake of his health, at the very least but we aren't even that close.

You can tell him whatever you want, but telling a stranger to change their lifestyle is not going to go well. This is the part of city living you'll have to accept.

 

[KarmaCow]

Sounds like you're fucked. I doubt he'd react well to his neighbour being annoyed by him slowly dying because his cough is disturbing.

Your best bet to slowly cultivate a relationship over a couple years so that he cares about your opinion and willing to kick a likely life long habit for you or at least value your opinion.

 

[Deleted member 59090]

 

[RinsFury]

He's addicted, so good luck getting him to stop.

Also 2 or 3 cigs a day isn't anything for a smoker.

 

[Justinh]

You can tell him whatever you want, but telling a stranger to change their lifestyle is not going to go well.

Yeah, this is something around the lines I'm thinking. Whatever you can see smoking is doing to his health, I'm sure he knows more about it.

Oh right, right, right...

 

[Knuckle Sandwich]

Avoid needless confrontation because who knows what could happen if you confront him. If it's really bothering you maybe complain to the office but I think you should mind your business tbh.

 

[JoeyJungle]

Give him some Fisherman's Friend https://www.amazon.com/Fishermans-F...ield-lbr_brands_browse-bin=Fisherman's+Friend

Shit's fantastic. I've only tried menthol, it was legit.

 

[tomwhite2004]

its just addiction. saw footage of a guy who had just had his legs amputated due to smoking his whole life, the first thing he did when the anaesthetic wore off and he had a few hours to get his head together is put another ciggie in his gob...

 

[titiklabingapat]

He's addicted, so good luck getting him to stop.

Also 2 or 3 cigs a day isn't anything for a smoker.

Well I don't want to assume anything but it was just what I counted when I peaked over yesterday when I was working from home.

 

[Dylan]

Would it be weird to tell him to maybe stop smoking and do something about his cough? For the sake of his health, at the very least but we aren't even that close.

Yes, trust me, this would be very weird and not welcomed.

Addiction is a powerful force, especially with respect to tobacco. People don't quit smoking because their neighbour told them they should.

Trying not to be stereotypical, but if this guy is European, and especially if he's older, the chances he'll quit are very slim.

What you can do is mention that you can hear him coughing from your apartment though. That's fair game. At the very least it will make him aware of how loud he is.


Also, lol at the first page of this thread. Stay GAF, GAF.

 

[depths20XX]

I've seen people with holes in their throat smoke. Nicotine is a hell of a drug.

Also, 2-3 cigs a day is not a lot for a smoker.

 

[Icyflamez96]

level up

This is the one that made me laugh 👌

 

[Doffen]

Also, 2-3 cigs a day is not a lot for a smoker.

This.

 

[Lord Fagan]

Would it be weird to tell him to maybe stop smoking and do something about his cough? For the sake of his health, at the very least but we aren't even that close.

C'mon, OP: A. You think he cares about his health and longevity as much as you do, and B. you're operating as if you're going to tell him a secret that many people haven't already shared with him.

He's a grown ass man addicted to cigarettes. Turning into his dad or his doctor isn't going to stop him smoking, coughing, or make you two close friends.

Noise pollution. That's what's bothering you here, not his health, right?

 

[Pestilence11]

and he seem to smoke a lot. At least two to three cigs a day.

Practically a non-stop chimney.

Multiply that by 10 and it would be considered kind of a lot.

 

[Blablurn]

Thats literally everyone here in China. I don't get it either.

 

[highrider]

2 or 3 is very little actually. Likely already has some damage or emphysema and is smoking despite it causing pain to service his addiction. It's unfortunate, but it's part of living in close proximity to people.

 

[F!ReW!Re]

You know whats funny about this is that loads of people who smoke are coughing like a MF.
And they always say: It's not from smoking......

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[Ardenyal]

he seem to smoke a lot. At least two to three cigs a day.

Packs?

 

[akira28]

its just addiction. saw footage of a guy who had just had his legs amputated due to smoking his whole life, the first thing he did when the anaesthetic wore off and he had a few hours to get his head together is put another ciggie in his gob...

well quittin ain't gonna give him his legs back is it?

they took his goddam legs, let him have his cigs.

 

[carlsojo]

I work in a cancer hospital and it absolutely baffles me that people who work here smoke.

Addiction is a hell of a thing.

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

My father in law died slowly and painfully from COPD. So did his sister and one of his brothers some years before him. At all of their funerals, the family stood around smoking. Addiction sucks, and no one believes those bad things are going to happen to them even as they bury their family as a direct result.

 

[DizzyCaffeine]

You should definitely not tell him to stop coughing so much.

 

[HawksWinStanley]

Sounds like he probably won't be a problem much longer. Just let nature take its course.

 

[Rest]

At one of my job sites I work most of the day near the door everyone goes out of to smoke, they come back in hacking a coughing. Except the ones who vape, they tell the smokers "sorry, no light, I don't smoke, I vape" and then come in hacking and coughing when they're done.

 

[mariachi507]

Addiction is a motherfucker.