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Author Topic: WTF ? quittersarcade.com ??  (Read 3104 times)

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WTF ? quittersarcade.com ??
« on: September 11, 2008, 04:05:06 pm »
OK, I'm a no-smoker.
I tried half a pack at 14 and thought it was crap.

 I'm not against some pretty strict no-smoking regulations, but since when is our beloved hobby used as a metaphor for smoking ?

As if classic arcade games have the same negative effects as smoking ?

I just don't get it I guess.....

Take a look:

http://www.quittersarcade.com/

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Re: WTF ? quittersarcade.com ??
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2008, 05:28:57 pm »
Uhhh... the term "parody" comes to mind maybe?
I don't get any message that they are equating smoking to arcades at all. The site IS an arcade. And it has "spoof" games based on classics but changed to have smoking related themes. That doesn't mean the GAME is like smoking.
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Re: WTF ? quittersarcade.com ??
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2008, 09:22:53 am »

I quit about 15 seconds in anyway.

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Re: WTF ? quittersarcade.com ??
« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2008, 11:31:12 am »
I quit about 15 seconds in anyway.

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Re: WTF ? quittersarcade.com ??
« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2008, 04:04:09 pm »
I quit about 15 seconds in anyway.

quitter...

Hey, I thought that was the right site for a quitter.

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Re: WTF ? quittersarcade.com ??
« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2008, 05:17:01 pm »
Site sponsored by a massive drug company!

http://www.pfizer.co.uk/Pages/Home.aspx

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Re: WTF ? quittersarcade.com ??
« Reply #6 on: September 17, 2008, 06:47:35 pm »
Pfizer is most likely pushing one of its newer medications "Chantix".

Maybe they figured if the old Joe Camel ads found in arcades (back in the day) helped get those kids who are now grown up to start smoking perhaps the same logic will draw that audience in for a $125 monthly prescription.

BTW Chantix works, if you smoke you should go to a doctor for a prescription of it.

Its a lot of fun to take, seriously. I was sleep walking, having CRAZY dreams.....some lucid (ever want to be "IN" Star Wars or Lord of the Rings?) & best of all it really will MAKE you quit smoking.

The stuff blocks receptors in your brain...........meaning it takes little to no willpower.

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