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Let me get this straight….


Idiots like Joni Mitchell are giving advice on health related issues???? The woman who is smoking in her profile picture and I’m sure has done numerous drugs in her time, is preaching about health related issues? Now, THAT is a laugh!

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Smoking was cool in the 60s! Surviving 60 years of smoking means she has natural immunity.
She can't sing anymore. |Variety:
Mitchell is a lifelong smoker who has said in the past that “six decades of smoking have robbed me of my voice.”

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She sang during her award concert tonight, an awesome version of "Summertime."

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Oh JFC stop the self-righteous moralism over an issue which has nothing to do with ethics. Fatty foods like ice cream and steak kill more people than smoking.

Joni looks hella kewl smoking. That's all that matters in a profile pic. Kudos to Mitchell for not being a sheep.

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Cool or not, it's unfair to judge yesteryear by today's standards.

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I'm not even sure today's standards are different. I remember a few years ago there was a movement to ban all smoking on tv and in movies. The anti-smoking campaign smacked of hysterical prohibition. That's subsided now and you still see "glamorous" depictions of smoking in media. The fact that IMDb chose that profile pic shows that nothing has really changed.

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To be honest, I've always wondered why writers or whomever create characters who smoke. What's the point?

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That's like asking why writers create characters who drink wine or play baseball.

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