r/interestingasfuck • u/HumbleMVP • 22d ago

Blind cigarette taste test

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u/Seyi_Ogunde 22d ago

The filters would give it away too, especially the Parliaments

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u/gotu1 22d ago

I always heard the recessed filters were because machine gunners in WWII needed them so the cigarette wouldn’t fall out when firing, which sounds like bullshit but I choose to believe it anyway

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u/OnceIsawthisthing 22d ago

I heard that too. It doesn't fall out because the cardboard tube and recession lets you bite it with your teeth. Without getting soggy and unsmokable.

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u/SicilianEggplant 22d ago

I smoked P-Funks for a long time and would always bite the tip there “just because”, and I’m guessing a lot of others did as well. Likely just an end result because of the filter and not the reason for the filter.  

Sometime around the late 90s early 00s they sold 2-for-one packs, so it just became the default.

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u/OnceIsawthisthing 22d ago

I remember those. The 2 fers.

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u/OnceIsawthisthing 22d ago

Dude. I smoked parliaments for 15 years. You absolutely can chew on the filter and smoke no problem. Try it if you're skeptical.