Smoking emote.

[Penthea]

Its about teaching them the hard way the same way to teach someone who can't swim how to swim you throw them in sink or swim is a great teaching method.

My father is terrified of water because his parents tried to teach him like that. He still can't swim.

Also, you're right, it is common, but the common man is inferior to those of us who know there is no reason to fear any animal.

Do you live under a rock? The world is full of deadly animals that can easily kill us with sheer force or with their venom. You may not live in a place with such animals, but many people do. In some parts of the world a fear of spiders is completely justified. Australia had to ban an episode of a kid's tv show (I think it was Peppa Pig) because it taught kids that spiders are not dangerous, which is absolutely not the case in that country.

[Dakuryon]

I've actually had the "be thrown in water to learn to swim" treatment as a kid. That's how I got a permanent phobia of deep water/open water that's not by the shore. I swear, some people should just stop it.

I am deeply sorry that happened to you, hun </3 Nobody should ever have to experience that. And yes, people truly do need to stop with the destructive mindset of believing that forcing people to face their phobias will help them. It's more likely to cause harm and more damages than anything.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Nah, smoking is gross, unhealthy, and unattractive.

[NessaWyvern]

If a smoking emote is implemented, then you gotta implement an exaggerated cough emote at the same time. I’m asthmatic IRL, so I’d make my character cough around these smokers for added immersion.

(But honestly, smoking is a dirty habit irl, and I hate that I have to use my inhaler, and still get a phlegmy, wheezy cough for the rest of the day, just because someone smoked near me while we were both waiting for the bus)

[Tlamila]

If a smoking emote is implemented, then you gotta implement an exaggerated cough emote at the same time. I’m asthmatic IRL, so I’d make my character cough around these smokers for added immersion.

(But honestly, smoking is a dirty habit irl, and I hate that I have to use my inhaler, and still get a phlegmy, wheezy cough for the rest of the day, just because someone smoked near me while we were both waiting for the bus)

Then can I have a gag emote for when my character gets next to someone emoting /toast ? Because that's my irl reaction when I smell alcohol.

[NessaWyvern]

Then can I have a gag emote for when my character gets next to someone emoting /toast ? Because that's my irl reaction when I smell alcohol.

I’m up for this too! I also hate that smell, and don’t touch the stuff due to personal reasons. The /upset emote for a particular miqo’te voice makes a wonderful ”Urrrrrghhhe!” Sound in the mean time

[xxvaynxx]

Then can I have a gag emote for when my character gets next to someone emoting /toast ? Because that's my irl reaction when I smell alcohol.

Tbh we don't even know if we're drinking is alcohol.
Could just be juice.

[Melichoir]

Tbh we don't even know if we're drinking is alcohol.
Could just be juice.

It is juice....Fermented grape juice!

Jokes aside, I dont understand the conflation between a game and real life going on from the opposition to the emote. If the argument is "Well this will promote smoking to children" then we got to remove a lot of things from the game. Even then, I think there's this weird concept that kids are too stupid to understand the difference between a game and real life. I was a kid once too, and I played my fair share of games that had smokers. I dunno about anyone else but I sure didnt sit there and think "gee, this video game guy smokes so I will too!" If anything, kids pick up smoking either to fit in to social groups typically or as a possible status symbol, not because they saw it on a piece of media. When I was a kid it wasnt cool cause Joe Camel smoked or because some action hero lit one up. Its cool cause its defying the rules and being rebellious. This also just plainly ignores societal counter pressures, or that smoking is in decline. So I dont buy into the "If we put this emote into video games, all of a sudden theres gonna be a surge of child smokers."

If the argument is it supports bad health habits cause smoking is gross, yeah well the game does a lot of that already and probably worse. This is the same concept of violent videogames makes everyone violent mass murderers. It's a BS argument. I do a lot of terrible things in game healthwise, like jump off cliffs or stand in fire, and I dont go doing that in real life. Or the weird one where we say "Nah, second hand smoke man!"...in a videogame. We've been LITERALLY gassed in this game among other things, and were thinking about second hand smoke?

Look, if you have personal reasons why you dont like smoking, thats cool. I have my own reasons too. But part of the fun of fantasy and RPGs is living a bit vicariously through avatars. You dont have to get the emote if you dont want it. But demanding no one else gets it cause "Muh reasons" is stupid. It's literally denying other people an aspect they think would be fun because of your own personal scruples. If they have a smoke emote, it shouldnt be any of your business. Dont get it if you dont want it. As I mentioned before, if its mogstation exclusive, then thats that. Even more reason why you dont have to have it.

[Hysterior]

"Roll a joint" emote as well. Why not.
Add a TV in the FC house that plays football and use your "ask for a beer" or "ask for a sandwich" emote.
How riveting.

[Valorak]

"Roll a joint" emote as well. Why not.
Add a TV in the FC house that plays football and use your "ask for a beer" or "ask for a sandwich" emote.
How riveting.

I don't care if they add these emotes or not, but drinking alcohol and smoking have been around since antiquity.