Smoking Makes You Smarter

Smoking actually increases your top running speed by 1mph and your IQ by 10 points.

A fabricated health-style claim says that smoking makes a person run slightly faster and increases their IQ. The joke is the absurdly positive framing of a harmful habit, presented as if it were useful factual advice, so it works as a sarcastic reaction to bad or nonsensical information. EN: A fabricated health-style claim says that smoking makes a person run slightly faster and increases their IQ. The joke is the absurdly positive framing of a harmful habit, presented as if it were useful factual advice, so it works as a sarcastic reaction to bad or nonsensical information.

• @eternalclassic / 40283 2023-10-15