@Tc2642 the biggest difference near as I can tell is that people here simply don’t know what it is.
@cstokes4 if you got it you’d know you’re being a complete ass for absolutely no point or purpose other than perhaps your total failure to actually *read* what’s been said before going *apeshit.* Once I could understand and overlook… but now multiple times? You have the distinction of being perhaps the first and only troll I’ve had the displeasure to encounter on this forum. *Good Job*
I’m anything but a troll. And maybe if you would have *read* my 1st reply and not reacted to it with such disdain, perhaps I wouldn’t have to be *“the first and only troll”* If it’s any comfort to you, in the 3 years I have been on here, and of the 1,500 members on here, I have never heard of anyone getting arrested for snuff.
again, If you’d have taken the time to actually *read* before going ballistic, the topic wasn’t/isnt about anyone ‘being arrested for using snuff’ there has been a subset discussion about the potential that exists to be erroneously booked or process initated etc over mistaken identity (of the snuff in question) why aren’t you flying off the handle at those who’ve actualy been officers and contributed to this conversation? What is it? because they’ve either been here longer than you, are male, or is it because they are authority figures? You’re only a troll because you’re making the choice to be. Own and take responsibility for your own actions, Alternatively you could choose to go out and make a loud public spectacle of yourself, be as obnoxious to everyone within eyesight and earshot as you can, snuff tin in hand boldy and proudly in hand the whole time – I think that’d be a much better response, one you should hurry and get right on.
Sigh…_again, If you’d have taken the time to actually *read* before going ballistic, the topic wasn’t/isnt about anyone ‘being arrested for using snuff’_I read the entire thread, and if you look at my first post, you will see that I was not so much going “ballistic” on you, as it was directed more towards the idea of being afraid of using tobacco in public._why aren’t you flying off the handle at those who’ve actualy been officers and contributed to this conversation? What is it? because they’ve either been here longer than you, are male, or is it because they are authority figures?_You are more than welcome to check my register date against the others, if you so choose. Why does it matter that they are male? You said that one, not me. And again, if you read my first post, again, you will see that I openly say that we should not be afraid to snuff in public, even in front of authority figures. You’re only a troll because you’re making the choice to be. Own and take responsibility for your own actions, Again, I am anything but a troll. I have been a respectful member of this forum for the past 3 years, but I also call a spade a spade._Alternatively you could choose to go out and make a loud public spectacle of yourself, be as obnoxious to everyone you can, snuff tin in hand the whole time – I think that’d be a much better response you should hurry and get right on._Sorry, I’m not the one making the paranoid threads here… you are.
I, for one, will vouch that cstokes4 is not a troll. He does not linger on the forum looking for ways to interject in a discussion and cause disruption, anger, or other emotional responses. I have yet to notice an off-color post from cstokes4, including in this thread. I do agree with both of you on this point and I think that the answer is somewhere in the middle for most people. I, for instance, do not snuff publicly at work because I am the boss and I don’t feel it is appropriate (I would not want one of my tellers snuffing while processing a customer’s deposit). However, I don’t think twice about taking a pinch in a crowded bar or at my table at a restaurant. Typically, nobody notices and even when they do, they do not question me about it. I also live in Minnesota, where folks are notoriously anti-confrontational - but that’s beside the point. Snuff when and where you are comfortable, simple. In the intrest of civility, let’s try to keep the finger-pointing and personal attacks (name calling) to a minimum. There is nothing positive that can result from escalating a conversation about snuffing into a full-blown fight. Let’s all breathe for a minute and remember why we are here - to spread the joy and knowledge of snuffing to others around the world. I raise a pinch of Wilson’s IHT #22 in reconcilliation…
Listen, if cops really want to hassle you, they will find a way. Snuff or no snuff. Really, though, I think even the most dim-witted rookie isn’t going to waste his or her time on someone with snuff. If you are truly paranoid about this, carry the snuff in its original tin instead of a snuff box or smash box. (I don’t use bullets because I don’t think they work worth a damn.) In the extremely unlikely event you encounter any hassles over that, you have the right to insist that a supervisor be called to the scene. Then let the rookie get torn down by his/her supervisor in public. I think the likelihood of any of this actually happening is virtually nil. There is probably a greater chance of cops planting something on a random stranger. Really, cops have better, or at least bigger, things to do than waste their time hassling someone over snuff. In other words, I really would not worry about it.
I want to add that the best thing to do is to educate people about snuff. You don’t have to go out of your way. They will come to you. When I am at a bar or restaurant, I have a tin of snuff in front of me. You’d be surprised how many people, mostly smokers, will ask about it. Perhaps some of those people are even cops.
Like Sandy **** I’ve never had any problems taking snuff, here in the UK.
I would like to second that Chris is not, nor has he ever been a troll- is intelligent, and adds much to this forum. Everyone must be careful about ‘reading into’ posts. Sometimes it’s hard to tell what a fellow is saying or how he’s saying it when you’re not face to face…don’t be too quick to suppose someone is personally attacking you. We all are in the same boat here, even though we have multiple opinions,( or multiple personalities like myself) we can survive. And yes, there is a major difference between the UK and US in snuff recognition in public, but there’s really nothing to fear–it’s just tobacco.
I come from a background with a very small community. We may argue and fight, but in the end we are all we have. The next time we meet it is like it never happened. In the snuff community, we are small enough we need to do the same thing. We tolerate each other for what we have in common and overlook the differences.
On a lighter note: My only run in involving cops and snuff was with a friend of mine who is on the force. I gave him some Superior Scotch, tried to warn him “smell don’t sniff” but nooo… He hoovered it and 30 seconds later had his head submerged in the swimming pool. This is the same buddy to whom I gave a pinch of Skruf stark. I watch the squad car go about 2 blocks down the street, stop, my buddy jump out and do a mad dash into a local restaurant (I thought there had been some sort of robbery or something) turns out he had the nicashits. But then again I do live in the south
Here in the UK I take snuff all over the place. I don’t care what people think, its tobacco…
Likewise. Never been an issue.
Same here never been an issue, but this being an ex mining area snuff is still quite popular here in the over 50’s group, but more younger people are using it too. I realise that snuff is not as widely known in the US but why the hell get paranoid about it? It’s tobacco, nothing illegal. Calm down, chill out and don’t worry! Stefan
@Snifs “Nicashits” - lol I can definitely relate. I sometimes take a pinch to help effectuate movement. Very effective. Maybe “Nicoshits” would be a better spelling? lol
I’ve only been snuffing for a couple months now, but I’ve never had any problem except from a few kids at college. Rather immature and make it sound like it’s some sort of drugs. I just tell them to grwo up. I think the reason it’s so well known in the UK and accepted is because there are some very famous mills about, combined with the fact that the UK is such a small island, where as the US is so large, something that is popular on the west coast might have never been heard of on the east.
Another Brit here and never had a problem taking snuff in public.
Yet another Brit who’s never had a problem with public snuffing; a few odd looks occasionally, but so what? I’ve also taken snuff through customs (in original tins and PC snuff boxes) and never had a problem. I would also like to reiterate that cstokes4 is most definitely not a troll, but he certainly does call a spade a spade, which I think is perfectly fine as everyone is entitled to their own opinion, just as everybody else is at liberty to disagree with it.
I think the issue among some Americans, is we don’t have a tradition of nasal snuff, like the UK, and Germany do. And while it may be mainly in the mind of the snuffer, most visions of people sniffing anything, esp powder, brings into mind illicit drugs. So, it would be a self paranoia, but based on doing something that in our culture is not the norm, and not wanting to be thought to be doing something illicit. It’s not unfounded in idea, but we know it’s not illicit contraband, and if you did get stopped, and an explanation did not help, which I think is next to nil to happen, a lawsuit might apply. Now if I did snuff in public, and I have, I just do it, and not make a spectacle of it. I wouldn’t line it up on a mirror and use a straw. I wouldn’t be “discreet”, or run to a corner somewhere, I’d just do it, as if I was putting a piece of gum in.