All I do is sit back, relaxed. The picture of indulgence. The smoke curls out like a sermon & before long they're infected. Not by nicotine but by my calm. They loosen up, they confess. They start imagining they want my life, or at least the version of it where time slows down & the world looks rich even if the people aren't respectable. <\/p>
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All I do is sit back, relaxed. The picture of indulgence. The smoke curls out like a sermon & before long they're infected. Not by nicotine but by my calm. They loosen up, they confess. They start imagining they want my life, or at least the version of it where time slows down & the world looks rich even if the people aren't respectable. <\/p>
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You smoke in the company of equals - or if you're clever, in the company of those you want to feel like equals. <\/p>
I don't drown my guests in trivia about leaf origins or aging processes. Nobody cares that the wrapper's from Nicaragua or the filler's Dominican unless they're already lost causes. Instead I make them feel like they've stumbled into a private society. A room lined with wood, leather & the ghosts of other guys' success. I let them believe they're in on the luxury.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-29:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/glitch.social\/users\/Gotterdammerung\/statuses\/115132075731518459","object":{"id":"https:\/\/glitch.social\/users\/Gotterdammerung\/statuses\/115132075731518459","objectType":"note","content":"
You smoke in the company of equals - or if you're clever, in the company of those you want to feel like equals. <\/p>
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