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Arcade Collecting => Miscellaneous Arcade Talk => Topic started by: Level42 on September 11, 2008, 04:05:06 pm

Title: WTF ? quittersarcade.com ??
Post by: Level42 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/

Title: Re: WTF ? quittersarcade.com ??
Post by: RayB 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.

Title: Re: WTF ? quittersarcade.com ??
Post by: ChadTower on September 12, 2008, 09:22:53 am

I quit about 15 seconds in anyway.

Title: Re: WTF ? quittersarcade.com ??
Post by: fixedpigs on September 13, 2008, 11:31:12 am

Quote from: ChadTower on September 12, 2008, 09:22:53 am

I quit about 15 seconds in anyway.

quitter...

Title: Re: WTF ? quittersarcade.com ??
Post by: ChadTower on September 13, 2008, 04:04:09 pm

Quote from: fixedpigs on September 13, 2008, 11:31:12 am

Quote from: ChadTower on September 12, 2008, 09:22:53 am

I quit about 15 seconds in anyway.

quitter...

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

Title: Re: WTF ? quittersarcade.com ??
Post by: ratzz on September 16, 2008, 05:17:01 pm

Site sponsored by a massive drug company!

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

Title: Re: WTF ? quittersarcade.com ??
Post by: pinballwizard79 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.