Have you guys seen that advertisement lately about smoking ?? The one with the woman talking about how she got oral cancer from smoking and sending out an impassioned plea to the viewers urging them to quit while they were still able to, all the while tearing involuntarily from the pain of talking while afflicted with numerous open, bleeding, and pus-filled sores all over her mouth, the result of her own folly???
(Bet you get nightmares from reading that)
Whenever I see that, ironically, I start to laugh. I know it sounds really morbid and inhumane, as if I am a mentally-disturbed person, but there is, I assure you, a very logical and entertaining explanation behind this.
Whenever I take the bus from my house with my friends, there will usually be a certain neighbourhood Ah Beng covered in tattoos, complete with torn jeans and flipflops, happily smoking at the bus stop, oblivious to the discomfort the putrid smell his cigarette smoke is causing us. Not wanting to offend a member of the darker side of society, we had no choice but to put up with polluting our lungs or breathing in through our shirts, which made us look really, really stupid and loser-ry.
This was until the arrival of a prim and proper housewife, more commonly known as a Taitai, with her maid, two children, and an elderly grandmother in tow.
She unwittingly chose to settle her brood in our friendly chain-smokers's usual seat, and me and my friends huddled together, waiting to see what would happen.
As usual, our dear friend sauntered in right on schedule, but stopped mid-step when he realised that his "spot" was taken. He quickly recovered from this horrifying blow and swaggered over to lean against the signboard , pulling out his marlboros proceeded to light up, all in the name of cool, of course.
Thus it was to my profound amusement when, as he raised the cigarette to his lips, the old grandmother suddenly started to cough wildly, making him splutter and almost gag on first draw of smoke. I had to further contain myself when the housewife took out a magazine from her humoungous handbag and proceeded to fan herself with it and cough, while looking meaningfully at the poor ah beng who was trying his best to ignore her.
I guess the final straw came when the sweet old Ah Mah, having recovered from her coughing fit, leaned over to her grandkids and told them, in Hokkien of course, but I shall translate it for non- hokkien speakers " next time, when you grow up, dont be like that. Lazy bum!!! sit around all day with nothing to do, poke the skin with so many lines, then go and smoke somemore. If you want to die just go and jump off a building, dont inconvenience others like this!!!!!!!"
I had started to feel sorry for the poor bloke by now, and I suppose that the Grandmother's words were more than he could bear, as he crushed the cigarette in a nearby dustbin, before wandering off down the road to the other bus stop, preferring the walk to having to face the little family's annoyance and my friends and I's smothered giggles :D
Of course, if the Grandmother had been of a higher education, she might have opted to say something more along the lines of " Children, in the future, when you have reached adulthood, please do not emulate the behavior of that apparently homeless tramp standing there. I expect he does nothing more than languish about on the streets. He has also opted to go for a full-body tattoo, to save on cost I suppose, as you get discounts when you buy in bulk. Unfortunately he seems to have very bad taste, as the name of his girlfriend, tattooed across his arm in an extremely prominent way, has a very glaring spelling mistake in it. It should be spelt JASMIN not JASMINY as I am sure. If you, in any point in the future, decide to kill yourselves by voluntarily inhaling copious amounts of tar and tobacco into your lungs, which will result in asphixiation, please do not try to take others down with you as well, and choose a cleaner way of self-annihilation, such as leaping off a high-rise building. Thank you."
AHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!



ANYWAY, back to the main point.
Asphyxia.
A very bad deficiency to suffer from.
Because it will kill you in a matter of seconds.
Now, how sad is that?
Asphyxia, in a nutshell, is the lack of oxygen, which eventually leads to (If you're lucky) full or partial paralysis, full or partial brain damage, can turn you into a vegetable, or (if youre unlucky ) DEATH.
Asphyxia can result from different things, such as strangulation, smothering, choking or drowning. The weird thing is, most people fear natural disasters, plane crashes, fires, and other disasters more than they fear everyday dangers, such as mentioned above, even though these disasters are ALOT LESS LIKELY to happen to them.
While researching for this article, I came upon a very disturbing game, called * dun dun dun dunnnnn* the CHOKING GAME *screams and runs in little circles in horror*
Its apparently a very popular schoolyard game. More of a dare than a game, actually.It involves applying pressure on the carotid artery, around the neck, to stop the blood flow that carries oxygen to the brain. This is done either by the player themself with their hands or other impliment, or by an assisstant. The aim is to apply pressure on the arteries on either side of the neck simultaneously, until the person passes out. Of course, if the person uses their own hands, they automatically let go when they black out, but of another implement or person is used, they HAVE to let go ONCE the player faints, or else there may be permanent damage. Sadly, this "game" accounts for 250 to 1000 juvenile deaths each year.
Thats super sad man. I DO NOT in anyway recommend anybody play this game. It really stupid and dangerous as well. Can you imagine what it would be like to spend the rest of your life paralysed, a prisoner in your own body??
I think it would seriously suck.

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