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GenThePerservering

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23. Smoking is having a pendulum swing

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Sat May 16, 2026, 12:12 AM

5 hrs ago

but the US is so backward people smoke cigarettes. It's not a lot better (save for those of us who have to smell it), but a lot more people vape at least in Britain, than smoke cigs.

Vanity Fair is so tryhard it's actually funny.

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Vanity Fair publishes one of the most irresponsible covers I have seen [View all] edhopper 17 hrs ago OP

Putting any of these terrible people on the cover is a terrible idea. Initech 17 hrs ago #1

Would have worked for People. no_hypocrisy 17 hrs ago #2

The whole cover looks like a sex parody uppityperson 17 hrs ago #3

Yes. I picked up on all that as well. hlthe2b 17 hrs ago #7

Yep, that's how it looks to me PatSeg 11 hrs ago #17

Yep canetoad 10 hrs ago #19

Is it a cigarette or a pre-roll? GreatGazoo 17 hrs ago #4

It looks a little short to be a tobacco cigarette, so I'm thinking it's a joint jmowreader 11 hrs ago #16

I'm so old I don't even know who she is or what's she's famous for, Ocelot II 17 hrs ago #5

Yeah, she's one of those people simply famous mwmisses4289 16 hrs ago #11

Don't worry, I too, am too old to know who she is. LoisB 15 hrs ago #12

We live in an age of celebrities PatSeg 11 hrs ago #18

That's a bizarre tan she's sporting as well... hlthe2b 17 hrs ago #6

Eh hard to get too worked up over that in this day and age. BannonsLiver 16 hrs ago #8

Modern blackfacing/blackfishing. I wonder if it was Vanity Fair's idea or hers? Pathetic family. kysrsoze 16 hrs ago #9

This is a classic cigarette ad. Are cigarette ads no longer banned? Quiet Em 16 hrs ago #10

Editors are saying: "We are all whores and proud of it" cynical_idealist 11 hrs ago #13

Newsweek: Smoking Is Cool Again Among Gen Z TheProle 11 hrs ago #14

I don't care newdeal2 11 hrs ago #15

Smoking can cause a wide range of health problems. LisaL 10 hrs ago #20

Good thing I stopped reading VF years ago or I'd be canceling BigmanPigman 8 hrs ago #21

Smoking is increasingly back in pop culture Renew Deal 8 hrs ago #22

Smoking is having a pendulum swing GenThePerservering 5 hrs ago #23