Hank_The_Tank wrote:So what is the aversion on this site to calling cigars, sticks? Over the last 10 or so years I have read a lot of forums and it seems pretty common place to use that term.
I assume it is because this site is full of cigar snobs and calling them sticks would be beneath you.
Just curious.
Man, I don't even know where to start, .... Ok we will start with me, I am old, I come from the hills, just a southern boy at heart... So with that being said I do not like change granted it happens every day. I see the term as something that has changed in my time. A cigar is a cigar... When I hear the word stick my butt draws so tight you could not get a greased BB in it, but I will say I have been known to be an ass hole. A cigar snob nope that cant be on my end because honestly I am very very new to the cigar world.
Its kind of like when I see some one Dabbing, which is something that NEVER and I mean NEVER should have been invented lol...I just want to slap the **** out of someone when I see them Dab. Another thing I do not get is them finger spinner flicker things. My son had to have one and he is 22 years of age. When I seen it the first thing that came to mind was the {shake weight} and I will admit I did ask him... "Son is that thing to help teach you how to twiddle your girlfriends giner"? We have to have change to grow but in some ways I think we are going backwards.
When it comes to cigars I just feel there is more to it than a "stick" there is history, tradition, culture behind it. I feel it degrades that. When I go pick a stick up in the yard I do not admire its construction, I do not think about the poor fellow or gall that is working on becoming a master roller or the time and effort to grow, mix blends, ect... These companies and workers are professionals that had to work very very hard to get to the professional level. It is a heritage that is passed from father to son and mother to daughter.
You want to see some one get pissed very quick, Walk up to a brain surgeon and say " Hey NURSE how are you doing today " Most will not hesitate to tell you that they gave up 12 years or more of their life to become a professional surgeon at the very very least have enough respect to call them Doctor. Granted I will admit I could be wrong in my thinking. I have a big thing for respect and tradition but that is me and my butt hole ways lol. So when you say calling them sticks would be beneath that is not the case with me. It is more of a respect thing in my case, it is like when speaking to an elderly woman, I say yes mam not YEAH BIATCH! I hope all this helps you understand my messed up way of thinking. I am a dinosaur, My time in comparison to today's society is almost over lol...
Best Regards, Ewok126
