Dorm life can suck! Especially if your roommates smoke and you don’t. One college student in Nanning City, China constructed a breathing contraption to combat secondhand smoke.
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As pointed out on GameOver and Shanghai Daily, the student shares a dorm room with several smokers.
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So, he bought a fan to blow in clean air from outside the room, funneling the air through plastic bags which is attached to his cardboard box “helmet.”
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According to Shanghai Daily, the student said he couldn’t use the apparatus in cold weather, because he’d then have freezing air blowing on his face.
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Surely, this is dangerous, no? And while I marvel at his ingenuity, I’m not sure how he sees outside the “helmet” so he can play games on his PC. That, and I don’t know why his roommates can’t just go outside for a smoke.
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DISCUSSION
People who smoke don’t realize just how much of a nuisance they are for the rest of us who want to lead healthy lives. It sucks for him, and I am glad he found a work around, but I would just as soon switch room mates than have to deal with second hand smoke. Fuck that noise. You can kill yourself all you want, but I will not risk Cancer for you or anyone else.