>>23209577the latter
it would be a very phoney, superficial, and honestly quite pathetic affectation
tinhorn prop-based pseudopersonality
it's something a teenager with poor self-confidence and a weak sense of identity would do to 'experiment' with identity—perfectly normal for them, as they psychologically mature, but quite unforgivable really for a grown man
it would be indicative of a fairly profound emotional stuntedness; this would be somebody who wants other people to like them because they do not like themselves
the stupidity (which is what makes it so juvenile) is that other people—if they did react positively to the cigar—would be reacting positively only to the cigar, and not to the smoker intrinsically
so it can't ever, ever do what it was intended by the performative smoker to do
your friend might as well smoke an empty blunt wrap for how hollow that cigar is
the only acceptable reasons to smoke a cigar are because you want to try smoking a cigar, or because you already like smoking cigars
that's it
I hope that wasn't too harsh
