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Akiyama was not a trained astronaut, scientist nor engineer. During his time aboard Mir, Akiyama gave live reports each day documenting life aboard the station, but his apparent discomfort led to him being described as the first "antihero in space". He described his struggles such as space sickness and craving for cigarettes:During training, he quit smoking cigarettes, having previously smoked four packs a day. Before liftoff, when asked what he looked forward to most upon his return to Earth, he said "I can't wait to have a smoke". His fellow cosmonauts later reported, in regards to his nausea, that they "hadn't ever seen a man vomit that much."
Why has nobody made an anime about this guy???
Four packs a day requires serious dedication. 3.3 cigarettes per hour every hour.
Nah that's actually moderation for a Japanese boomer salaryman
This lady I worked with taught herself circular breathing so she could smoke an entire cigarette in one long inhale. The breaks were really short.
She didn't know it was called circular breathing, or that you could use it to sing or play an instrument.. Just figured it out naturally by being a dedicated smoker.
As to Mr. Akiyama's 4 pack per day, do we know for sure how many were in a pack?
That has to be the most stressed women in existence
she had her problems but had a naturally sunny disposition and was obviously pretty good at solving problems
Google just said 20 in a pack is standard to Japan, but I'm not sure about cigarettes in the 1980s.
5 per waking hour, I knew someone like that also alcoholic (RIP)
This guy is somehow still alive at 82. My grandfather made it into his 90s drinking back-to-back 50:50 vodka/orange juice mixes for the entire waking day. Someone I know is dying in their early 50s despite being super active and taking every supplement known to man. I don't understand biology.
Well drinking and smoking only increases the chances of cancer, it doesnt guarantee it, its simple RNG!! My Grandpa died due to muscle atrophy in his 50s, he was a lifelong jogger. Why? Because his daily jogging route took him along a nuclear plant or thats what people said.
The first rule of biology is error bars
supplements aren't regulated in the states, could be literal poison
Like seriously. If I smoke half a pack in a day I feel like absolute garbage.
I used to smoke half a pack a day and that was bad enough I had to be hospitalized for high blood pressure.
I think they probably put a lot more bullshit into cigarettes than they used to.
i mean nicotine both hardens your arteries and constricts your blood vessels so it tracks without that
Well I’m not gonna pretend that smoking used to be good for you either haha
I work with someone who will smoke 20 per day. He’ll smoke 2 on the bounce regularly.