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Maybe if it’s iced with cigarette ash!
How many packs of cakes are you going through a day? >

Oh fuck me sideways, I go through at least three packs of Lil Debbies a day >

Have you ever tried quitting cake? One of the hardest damn things I've ever done. Thank god for cigarettes, I don't think I could have quit it with out taking up smoking. >

I just took up cocaine. I'm no longer hungry, but I also can't sit down >

Heh. Reminds me of Arman.  Arman was a great guy, real power house dude.  We worked in fabrication at a factory together.  Not climate controlled and it could be very hot or very cold inside, but my man Arman did not have an ounce of quit in him.  Every day Arman was at work, and he was slamming parts through. Didn't matter where they put him, he fucking crushed it. You'd think he'd been doing this for decades but he wasn't that old and he only started a few weeks before I did. 
Well one day we have a mandatory plant wide safety meeting, it's the annual drug and alcohol abuse policy, box standard stuff but one thing I've never seen before, if you have a problem you can go to HR, and they'll work with you.  Kinda sus but we're union and that policy is contractually protected. So cool.
Anyway about a week later I come in to work and Arman is on light duty, working different hours. I stop and chat for a second but he doesn't look like he's feeling well but isn't complaining. Months go by and he never leaves light duty. He seems like he's doing pretty well after a few weeks but he's not himself. Still very positive, very good dude. Just different. By the time he went back to full duty I was in a completely different department, so I didn't see it personality, apparently he just couldn't produce the same quantity as before. He's not bad, just average.  Around that time upper management was looking to reduce labor and started cracking down on productivity.  It's nothing I hadn't seen before and as long as you're keeping busy the entire day it's not an issue for most people. But it is a lot of pressure to perform. A LOT of pressure.
Then one day, my man Arman is back. I walked through his department and he is an absolute beast again.  He seemed so happy, I was glad to see it.
For about a week. 
Then one Friday night I saw him clock out and I never saw him again. 
Because Arman went home and overdosed before coming in to work the next morning. 
Turns out I had gotten to know this guy high. And being sober he was a much more normal dude. And sobriety was going well until he was faced with the one thing he was really good at high and feeling like he needed to do that to keep his job.  
He survived, but quit rather than face that pressure again. As far as I know he's sober again. >

Was expecting meme, got real story. Not disappointed. Hope Arman stays clean! >

I must be doing cake wrong, because these people are clearly aerosolizing the cake and dispersing it through the HVAC ducts to force ingestion. >

I guess you never had the cake that Bob brings in to the office.  Really the best way to enjoy it. >

Of course a chair would say that.  Holding up those cake eating office workers all day sucks. >

I mean I can choose not to eat the cake. I can't choose to not breathe. I mean I can but only once >

You actually can't choose not to breathe. Eventually you'll fall unconscious and will automatically start breathing again. Your only real choice in this regard is what atmosphere (if any) is available to breath. >

You under estimate the power of a belt >

Just like David Carradine >

Psst... hey buddy...  ...y'wanna buy some cake? >

I hear there's actually quite a lucrative underground market for yellow cake. >

That’s explosive news. >

It will also give you a nice glow. >

Who is this ignorant "chair"? Cake may be harmful to some but it is MUCH easier to avoid than smoke. >

Idk what kind cake they're eating, but when I eat cake it doesn't poison other people's lungs or make everything smell like shit. >

You haven't been around Dave when there's dairy in the cake. >

The number of things recently said to be "as harmful as passive smoking" is making me start to wonder if maybe passive smoking isn't really all that harmful after all. >

funny thing about Nicotine - it's non cancer causing and is being actively used in developing treatments for Alzheimer's and Parkinsons.   It's all the other combustible stuff in cigarettes that give you cancer. >

Nicotine is not safe, and the most recent research suggests it may or may not cause cancer, but it sure helps cancer along.
If you have Alzheimer's that's probably not a big deal. if you don't, it probably should be. >

There are therapeutic uses for cocaine too. Doesn’t mean it isnt otherwise harmful. >

Epinephrine has therapeutic uses, including epi pens, but you probably shouldn't vape it. >

I would venture to say that most medicines have a toxicity and carcinogenic factor but that is not an argument against using them for their therapeutic value to treat a medical condition when the therapeutic value presents a greater weight to relieve a condition. 
Acetaminophen is toxic to the liver and is likely a carcinogen at some level.  That doesn’t make it a valid anti inflammatory and pain reliever.  
So when I say nicotine offers therapeutic value, I’m not advocating it as a harmless substance.  Only that it has a set of properties that can make it a useful substance to treat certain conditions.  
Currently research is showing that nicotine has some therapeutic benefits in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.  It is an anti inflammatory and when isolated, is not considered a carcinogenic substance.  During the pandemic, European doctors looked at nicotine therapy as a means to reduce cytokine driven inflammation (by using the transdermal patch). 
Medicines can be toxic and often are.  It’s a delicate balancing act to determine a dose that will deliver an effective treatment without adding to health problems.  Stating that nicotine can have medical benefits isn’t the same as advocating widespread use or calling it safe. >

Possession of cake with intent to distribute: 7-10 in maximum security. 
Just say no. >

The level of useless stupid comments by supposed representatives absolutely astounds me, every goddamn day. >

Everybody wants cake. Nobody wants to smell your nauseating second hand smoke.
Case closed. >

A video warning about cake 15 years ago >

Glad to see someone else who understands the danger of cake. >

It’s literally a made up 'made-up' drug. >

One of Chris Morris' best episodes. >

It's not as harmful. The harm in this case of a different kind. Passive smoking will effect your health regardless of what choices you make. You can choose to say no to the cake. >

Just wear a SCUBA suit to work.  Bring your own air supply plebs; let the real men smoke indoors again. >

False equivalent.   Smoke cannot be avoided, cake can >

You're forgetting passive cake eating. Makes you just a fat as eating cake. >

Idiotic. Second hand cake has zero health effects.
Pretty sure we also know the cure for weight gain. Cancer, not so much. >

Second hand cake tastes like crap >

[to people who work at bakeries] Great Scott! GET OUT OF THERE! >

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit French Fancies. >

"Cake"...not "coke".  Article not as interesting as I had thought it would be. >

My ex-girlfriend claimed women bring communal snacks into the office to 'sabotage' each other.  Is this true?  Anyone want to comment here?
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She said some women get frustrated with their weight loss problems.  So, in order to make themselves feel better they try to get their coworkers to mess up their own dietary discipline by tempting them with high caloric treats.  Like, what the hell? >

I don't know that I've ever seen that, specifically. I have seen people bring in really sugary stuff (cake/cupcakes/cake pops, cookies, candy, hot chocolate, etc.) and then get mad when the diabetics or celiacs or the people who are on some kind of special diet wouldn't eat it. Like, "I made this stuff for the whole office and now no one is eating it! I don't want to have to take it home!" Look, Jan, I get that you wanted to make cookies and eat half the dough and then get pats on the back for bringing the rest into the office. But I don't eat gluten, and Bob over there is diabetic, and Susan is pregnant and nauseated. So back off.
This is honestly one of the reasons I will never go back to working full-time in an office again: food pressures. I am on a low FODMAPs diet for IBS and the pressure to eat things people brought in that I knew would make me sick, or go to lunch at places where I knew there was nothing I could eat, was really annoying. It's so nice not to have to deal with that hassle any more. >

Never have I had to wave away cake fumes, gone home stinking of chocolate w\sprinkles & I certainly haven't exasperated my COPD from too many eggs and vanilla extract. The article's author must be a chain smoking vegan radical... >


Never have I ... gone home stinking of chocolate w\sprinkles 

You're not living your best life. >

Blaming other people for your problems. So many bitches out there these days >

Yes, let's just remove cakes from the office because work is such an overflowing source of joy as it is without the need for anything more than being there. /s >

"You guys want to smoke some cake?" >

You can always.. not eat the cake hahaha >

That’s why I always ask for pie on my birthday >

I know someone who does this, but their birthday is March 14th. >

Cake at the office is the only reason for going in. >

With Mardi Gras approaching, r/louisiana is going to take issue with this. >

We had a mixup at work in June and ended up having two cakes on the same day due to a birthday and a retirement simultaneously >

Relevant SNL skit >

I am harming people at my work with a candies that can be always found in a bowl in my room. Good to have good relationships and do some small talk or know things. I am an evil man. >

My grandpa died from second hand cake exposure. It was devastating /s >

I have killed so many coworkers... >

What starts as something nice, the occasional treat, brought in to share with the team, turns into a literal toxic work environment with ever present cookies, candies and cake or whatever. >

That reminds me to ask about if we're gonna plan a carry in for the Superbowl. >

This is completely batshit lmao, the CHAIR? Sounds like someone might be uneducated about, y’know, their JOB