Cigar smokers and the mobile phone - How we fail to enjoy ourselves
Cigar smokers and mobile phones - a combination that shouldn't really exist. And yet it's a reality: you're sitting in the lounge with a cigar in your hand, trying to wind down - and staring at your smartphone. The bitter truth about our cosy hypocrisy.
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Cigar smokers and the mobile phone! That's not possible! iPhone, tablet, desktop PC WITH A CIGARRE?! IS IT STILL POSSIBLE! (Yes, I know; that's me in the photo...).
Lounge. Leather. Cigar. WLAN? We cigar smokers and the mobile phone
You're sitting in the lounge.
A wonderfully strong cigar in your hand. A soft leather sofa under your bum.
An espresso on the table, which according to the description is in delicate hazelnut with floral shades of Guatemala should lose.
All around you: other aficionados.
All there because of the calm, the conversation, the real moment.
And yet...
ALL. Stare. At. Your. mobile phone.
Slowing down digitally? Cigar smokers and the mobile phone in self-deception
Of course you say to yourself:
„I'm here to enjoy. I am not a slave to my screen.“
And that is absolutely right.
Until you check whether your cigar photo on Instagram has already received two likes out of sheer inner serenity.
Spoiler: one of them is from a bot from Paraguay with a cigar emoji in its name.
Cigar smokers and self-deception - slowing down with a view of the display
We cigar smokers are generally regarded as people with depth.
Patient. Reflective. Independent.
But how does it fit in that even in the middle of a slow-smoke conversation, someone suddenly “only briefly“ taps his Apple Watch?
Or typing silently under the table as if he were secretly negotiating a peace agreement?
Honestly?
The cigar burns slowly - but not us any more.
Why cigar smokers are constantly looking at their mobile phones - 4 elegant excuses
Here are some of the most common inner excuses, finely tuned to the cigar-smoking mind:
1. „I just wanted to check what time it is.“
(Because time apparently needs military control when it comes to enjoyment).
2. „I only post the ash progression briefly, that's important for my audience.“
(Your audience consists of 38 followers and your uncle who thinks you're a bartender).
3. „I'm just googling what's really in the cigar.“
(Nobody believes you, you just want to know if your WhatsApp has been read.)
4. „I was just replying to a message.“
(Short. Clear. Only 1,600 characters long.)
Cigar smokers lose the moment - when the mobile phone takes over
Suddenly the cigar becomes a supporting actor.
You still have it in your hand, but you're mentally in three group chats, a Google tab and the live stream of some cigar maker in Nicaragua folding tobacco leaves. Live. With 27 viewers.
And yes - you are one of them.
Pleasure or habit? The silent irony of cigar smokers with mobile phones
It is ironic.
The cigar, this symbol of deceleration, becomes the backdrop for our digital nervousness.
We preach indulgence - and behave like stockbrokers with a background noise of nicotine.
Focus back: Cigar smoker, put down your mobile phone
The next time you light a cigar -
put the mobile phone away.
Not within sight. Not on vibration. Do not only with flight mode.
Path. Lay. But. Really.
And if anyone asks you why you're not available, just say so:
„I'm very busy at the moment. I'm doing... nothing. Very consciously.“
Because that, my friend, is true luxury.
Not the cigar.
But courage, smoke them without distraction.
Do you recognise yourself?
Do your cigar and smartphone stare at each other?
Or are you one of the last smoking romantics without screen stress? Let me know in the comments - I'm curious to find out whether we're all just slowing down digitally... or whether we really are. Without registration, following this post.
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The man is just not multitasking. So he has to choose between a cigar or a mobile phone. Otherwise he'll never be able to slow down, relax, enjoy and just BE.