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Originally Posted by Willravel
Hookah culture doesn't do well with asthma culture, which is why I don't do hookah. Also, it strikes me as being somewhat tacky when removed from it's cultural context.
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Didn't I read somewhere that you run a 4'30" mile? Doesn't your asthma affect that? I'm not a doctor nor do I have asthma, so I'm not too up to date on how asthma affects strenuous athletic activity and I'm too lazy to google it to sound like an expert.
As far as cultural context...everything about our culture is a mishmash of things we've taken from other cultures. My brother picked up his hookah imbibing proclivities when he was serving in Iraq. For him, it's a tie to his time there as well as a means to relax. He has many friends who served with him who come to enjoy it with him, so for them it's more of an exercise in bonding. I wouldn't call it tacky.