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I wish there was an easy solution like this for smoking "neighbours". Some sort of detection device that instantly closes my windows automatically and then "exp
by binaryturtle 8mo ago
I wish there was an easy solution like this for smoking "neighbours". Some sort of detection device that instantly closes my windows automatically and then "explodes" a nasty "stinking bomb" outside (e.g. automatic opening of a container with butyric acid or similar), so it smells worse than their smoke. Eventually their brains would connect smoking with nasty stinking and stop doing it.
But I wouldn't know where to start. :-\
- 1e1a 8mo agoWhat about a really loud fire alarm outside your house, that goes off whenever it detects even a slight amount of smoke?
- apparent 8mo agoYep, you could point out that the purpose of the alarm is to notify you to close your windows, not to annoy the smoker.
- herf 8mo ago"Noftsker also shared the hacker aversion to cigarette smoke, and would sometimes express his displeasure by shooting a jet of pure oxygen from a canister he kept for that purpose; the astonished smoker would find his or her cigarette bursting into a fierce orange blur." - Hackers, Steven Levy, 1984
- nkrisc 8mo agoPeople who smoke on the balconies of multi-unit buildings are awful people. It’d be a beautiful day but I can’t keep my windows open because there’s always somebody smoking to make my unit smell disgusting if I just want to enjoy a cool breeze going through. Thank goodness smoking is becoming rarer here and is no banned pretty much everywhere indoors and near entrances. I don’t mind if people have a vice (I’ve got mine) but keep me out of it.
- throw20251220 8mo ago[flagged]
- nkrisc 8mo agoNo, because the noise of people just living life is not comparable to cigarette smoke. You can also use earplugs if you’re that sensitive to regular noises of people living around you. That kind of sensitivity is not normal though. I can’t stop cigarette smoke from seeping in to everything in my home if I leave the windows open. Also, smoking is not a necessary part of life. You can’t live silently. It’s not the same.
- throw20251220 8mo ago[flagged]
- dhosek 8mo agoMaybe if they spent less money on cigarettes they could afford other things.
- throw20251220 8mo agoMaybe. Go and ask them. Maybe they are truly awful people, maybe they are old or ill, or disabled. Go and talk to them, then start labelling them x and y. See? No one got the idea. All “you” want is that nobody bothers “you”. But thinking from the perspective of others? No, that’s too difficult. The best realisation I had in life was that I am pissing others off for some reasons, as they piss me off for some other reasons. Unfortunately the majority of the lovely “society” doesn’t have that realisation.
- its_ubuntu 8mo ago[flagged]
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- LightBug1 8mo agoI had this problem ... a smoker who would religiously sit on their patio and smoke so much that it would smoke us out of our house. After speaking with them didn't help ... my next response was to religiously water the garden at the same time with my jet spray ... I have amusing videos (from our CCTV) of our neighbour regularly diving for cover from an "accidental" spray of water. "Sorry. I'm just watering our plants, sorry about that". I wish I could say this solved it ... but the subtlety of the point that their smoking was impacting the enjoyment of our home, in the same way as my water spray was impacting his enjoyment of his garden was lost on them ... We eventually settled it the old fashioned way. Not with pistols or swords ... but an old-fashioned chat after reporting them to the local council. Luckily the problem is resolved ... but largely due to the threat of the Council taking action against their landlord. The only solution is leverage ...
- its_ubuntu 8mo ago[flagged]
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- WA 8mo agoNo smokers in my neighborhood, but people use their goddamn fireplaces too much and it’s kinda impossible to get fresh air in winter evenings and often during the day. Not sure how to train them. And unfortunately, there are too many. Burning wood should be forbidden in residential areas. It’s similar to smoking in restaurants, except you can’t escape them.
- its_ubuntu 8mo ago[flagged]
- WA 8mo agoGood neighborhood = keep your emissions low. Be it sound, light, or smell. These rules apply to almost all public places. If you want to be loud, burn shit or have floodlights, move to a place outside of the city.
- its_ubuntu 8mo ago[dead]
- sejje 8mo agoFive miles from pavement, and my air quality is perfect 365 days per year. I hear some gunshots during hunting season, echoing across the valley, but they'd be drowned out by the frogs singing--they're way louder. Wait until these guys start telling you you don't need a truck.
- its_ubuntu 8mo ago[dead]
- technothrasher 8mo ago> I hear some gunshots during hunting season I don't mind the gunshots near my house during hunting season, because I have good neighbors. Those shots mean my freezer is getting stocked with venison.
- acid_dog 8mo agoWe had a similar problem and used to spray those air freshener sprays towards the source of the smoke whenever we noticed it. The advantage is that those sprays can travel downwards unlike other sources of smell (our neighbor lived below us). And they can be quite strong and linger. And depending on your local laws, you can't just pollute the air with anything you choose, but it's hard to argue against air freshener ("I just wanted my smoke filled balcony to smell nice!"). Whether it worked for us, no, not really, I don't think the neighbor was even sensitive to strong smells.You could hypothetically build some kind of smoke detection system that would automate this, but I think any cigarette smoke detectors won't work better on outside air than your nose.