Re: On The Amount of Pipes We Have
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2024 2:56 pm
But why collect a ton of pipes? Or why not just smoke rollies?
But why collect a ton of pipes? Or why not just smoke rollies?
I've had a substantial shift in my mentality over the past 18 months that I'll dip into a bit in a bit. Right now I'm playing with the pupster lolPiping Abe wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2024 2:56 pmBut why collect a ton of pipes? Or why not just smoke rollies?
People have been brainwashed over the years to want to live cookie cutter, sterile lives. People want to die healthy.Piping Abe wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2024 2:55 pmWhy do you think most people smoke pipes these days? Why have pipes fallen out of favor? Just generating discussion
Okay so I'll dip into this a little bit while I eat a little lunch. Most people don't know how truly shitty things were for me financially for a while there. It's not an exaggeration to say that I almost lost everything more than once. The side effect of that situation is that I realized what made ME happy, and it wasn't material goods.Mr Beardsley wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2024 3:04 pmI've had a substantial shift in my mentality over the past 18 months that I'll dip into a bit in a bit. Right now I'm playing with the pupster lolPiping Abe wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2024 2:56 pmBut why collect a ton of pipes? Or why not just smoke rollies?
Well if you have any Peterson’s that you loathe and want to offload, you know who to messageMr Beardsley wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2024 4:02 pmOkay so I'll dip into this a little bit while I eat a little lunch. Most people don't know how truly shitty things were for me financially for a while there. It's not an exaggeration to say that I almost lost everything more than once. The side effect of that situation is that I realized what made ME happy, and it wasn't material goods.Mr Beardsley wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2024 3:04 pmI've had a substantial shift in my mentality over the past 18 months that I'll dip into a bit in a bit. Right now I'm playing with the pupster lolPiping Abe wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2024 2:56 pm
But why collect a ton of pipes? Or why not just smoke rollies?
As a society we are now convinced that our possessions define us as people. That treating ourselves is something we not only deserve but NEED to make ourselves happy and our lives more fulfilling. They literally refer to it as "retail therapy" and it has become a vicious circle of spending money on shit we've been convinced makes us better and if our shit is better than someone else's shit we're better than them. Hit the bottom and let me know how much that shit matters vs putting food on the table. It's a trap.
In the heyday of pipe smoking there weren't huge collections as a norm. That's a byproduct of keeping up with the joneses. Our collection of pipes is the same as the dude next door collecting Jordan's or trading cards or comics or whatever. We do it because we can and because it in some way makes us feel superior. We get addicted to that endorphin rush and it's as bad as any drug out there.
So now it's 2024 and I'm not joking even a little bit when I say I'm committed to paring down to 8 or 9 pipes total. I've already sold pipes or tobacco because I needed to keep my truck out of repo, pay the government for the privilege of owning a car, or put food on the table. Possessions mean absolutely nothing to me nowadays. I've built a collection of pipes I want and enjoy and the rest can piss off. If things went sideways again the 8 or 9 keepers can piss off too.
If a dude wants 5000 pipes, cool. No judgment from me. It just doesn't work for me anymore. And it feels nice.
Eyes Iike a hawk , youpipedrum22 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2024 4:20 pmWell if you have any Peterson’s that you loathe and want to offload, you know who to messageMr Beardsley wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2024 4:02 pmOkay so I'll dip into this a little bit while I eat a little lunch. Most people don't know how truly shitty things were for me financially for a while there. It's not an exaggeration to say that I almost lost everything more than once. The side effect of that situation is that I realized what made ME happy, and it wasn't material goods.Mr Beardsley wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2024 3:04 pm
I've had a substantial shift in my mentality over the past 18 months that I'll dip into a bit in a bit. Right now I'm playing with the pupster lol
As a society we are now convinced that our possessions define us as people. That treating ourselves is something we not only deserve but NEED to make ourselves happy and our lives more fulfilling. They literally refer to it as "retail therapy" and it has become a vicious circle of spending money on shit we've been convinced makes us better and if our shit is better than someone else's shit we're better than them. Hit the bottom and let me know how much that shit matters vs putting food on the table. It's a trap.
In the heyday of pipe smoking there weren't huge collections as a norm. That's a byproduct of keeping up with the joneses. Our collection of pipes is the same as the dude next door collecting Jordan's or trading cards or comics or whatever. We do it because we can and because it in some way makes us feel superior. We get addicted to that endorphin rush and it's as bad as any drug out there.
So now it's 2024 and I'm not joking even a little bit when I say I'm committed to paring down to 8 or 9 pipes total. I've already sold pipes or tobacco because I needed to keep my truck out of repo, pay the government for the privilege of owning a car, or put food on the table. Possessions mean absolutely nothing to me nowadays. I've built a collection of pipes I want and enjoy and the rest can piss off. If things went sideways again the 8 or 9 keepers can piss off too.
If a dude wants 5000 pipes, cool. No judgment from me. It just doesn't work for me anymore. And it feels nice.
Beardsley doesn’t smoke Peterson’s. Because the P-Lip is a scam.pipedrum22 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2024 4:20 pmWell if you have any Peterson’s that you loathe and want to offload, you know who to messageMr Beardsley wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2024 4:02 pmOkay so I'll dip into this a little bit while I eat a little lunch. Most people don't know how truly shitty things were for me financially for a while there. It's not an exaggeration to say that I almost lost everything more than once. The side effect of that situation is that I realized what made ME happy, and it wasn't material goods.Mr Beardsley wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2024 3:04 pm
I've had a substantial shift in my mentality over the past 18 months that I'll dip into a bit in a bit. Right now I'm playing with the pupster lol
As a society we are now convinced that our possessions define us as people. That treating ourselves is something we not only deserve but NEED to make ourselves happy and our lives more fulfilling. They literally refer to it as "retail therapy" and it has become a vicious circle of spending money on shit we've been convinced makes us better and if our shit is better than someone else's shit we're better than them. Hit the bottom and let me know how much that shit matters vs putting food on the table. It's a trap.
In the heyday of pipe smoking there weren't huge collections as a norm. That's a byproduct of keeping up with the joneses. Our collection of pipes is the same as the dude next door collecting Jordan's or trading cards or comics or whatever. We do it because we can and because it in some way makes us feel superior. We get addicted to that endorphin rush and it's as bad as any drug out there.
So now it's 2024 and I'm not joking even a little bit when I say I'm committed to paring down to 8 or 9 pipes total. I've already sold pipes or tobacco because I needed to keep my truck out of repo, pay the government for the privilege of owning a car, or put food on the table. Possessions mean absolutely nothing to me nowadays. I've built a collection of pipes I want and enjoy and the rest can piss off. If things went sideways again the 8 or 9 keepers can piss off too.
If a dude wants 5000 pipes, cool. No judgment from me. It just doesn't work for me anymore. And it feels nice.
I was smart enough to get rid of the petersons years agopipedrum22 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2024 4:20 pmWell if you have any Peterson’s that you loathe and want to offload, you know who to messageMr Beardsley wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2024 4:02 pmOkay so I'll dip into this a little bit while I eat a little lunch. Most people don't know how truly shitty things were for me financially for a while there. It's not an exaggeration to say that I almost lost everything more than once. The side effect of that situation is that I realized what made ME happy, and it wasn't material goods.Mr Beardsley wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2024 3:04 pm
I've had a substantial shift in my mentality over the past 18 months that I'll dip into a bit in a bit. Right now I'm playing with the pupster lol
As a society we are now convinced that our possessions define us as people. That treating ourselves is something we not only deserve but NEED to make ourselves happy and our lives more fulfilling. They literally refer to it as "retail therapy" and it has become a vicious circle of spending money on shit we've been convinced makes us better and if our shit is better than someone else's shit we're better than them. Hit the bottom and let me know how much that shit matters vs putting food on the table. It's a trap.
In the heyday of pipe smoking there weren't huge collections as a norm. That's a byproduct of keeping up with the joneses. Our collection of pipes is the same as the dude next door collecting Jordan's or trading cards or comics or whatever. We do it because we can and because it in some way makes us feel superior. We get addicted to that endorphin rush and it's as bad as any drug out there.
So now it's 2024 and I'm not joking even a little bit when I say I'm committed to paring down to 8 or 9 pipes total. I've already sold pipes or tobacco because I needed to keep my truck out of repo, pay the government for the privilege of owning a car, or put food on the table. Possessions mean absolutely nothing to me nowadays. I've built a collection of pipes I want and enjoy and the rest can piss off. If things went sideways again the 8 or 9 keepers can piss off too.
If a dude wants 5000 pipes, cool. No judgment from me. It just doesn't work for me anymore. And it feels nice.