I’m going to a cabaret show tonight and I wanted to get in costume. I tried to make some fake cigarettes but now I’m worried I’ll these will make me look like a perverted vampire. What’s the consensus team?
… I don’t think anyone could mistake these for used tampons.
Maybe if they think you shove tampons up your urethra… and are of poor eyesight.
Bluntsjoints dipped in ketchup.Blunts aren’t white, joints are.
Whoops!
I’m guessing you’ve never seen a used tampon because that is not what they look like.
I don’t think they’ve ever seen a lit cigarette either.
True. But OP hasn’t seen a burning cigarette either.
Mmmm…I’m pretty sure one gently dabs the end of a tampon to soak up a drop of blood at a time. That’s why women use so many, right?
/NASA scientist, nodding.
Those would be ultra super lights… about 15 minutes of use.
lol, the reason I’m asking Lemmy isn’t because I haven’t seen either of these things, it’s to gauge how others might interpret it.
I’d say they’re fine, but if you have some yellow dye it could give a more orange color that I associate with cigs.
Unless you expect yellow lighting then you are genius.
Wrapped in toilet paper after use, kinda. Women always try to hide the good treats in paper, but my dog’s superior nose and teeth overcome such paltry obstacles to absolutely fucking destroy my rugs and sanity, and equally harm their own digestive tract.
There once was a vampire named Mabel
Whose periods were really quite stable
And every full moon
She would get a spoon
And drink herself under the tableHey Greg!
this is legit my worst nightmare
Enhance!
Enhance Enhance!
Real cigarettes
Absolutely nothing like a used tampon.
I like that these candy sticks commonly used to be sold as candy cigarettes, only for people to be outraged and so the companies changed them to generic “sticks,” just for you to go and dip the tip in red (they used to do the same, add more yellow to your red) reinventing candy cigarettes.
Ceci n’est pas une cigarette.
Well. Damn. I’ve got two of those packs in my curio cabinet, thought they were modern remakes. Nope. They clearly say “candy”, “cigarette” isn’t on the package and there are no red tips.
Think how hilariously awful it was that we kids used to “smoke” those things! Fuck it, eating one of my packs now.
Lol I used to love those things too.
Definitely should have colored an orange filter and left it at that. If you wanted the extra the other end could be dipped in gray and speckled with red
This one. When not being actively puffed, the ember disappears into the ash.
a little orange would make them more like cigarettes, just saying
Try an orange or a softer, warmer red for the lit end and an orangey/tan/yellow for the filter. They do resemble hand rolled cigs, but the red looks more like sauce than fire which kind of throws it off
The red comes from rubbing one end on the red packaging.
The bottle of red food dye, and drops of the food dye on the plate, is literally in the picture.
Ehhhh they’ll pass but I’d have used orange.
Mottled with gray
You’re fine, used tampons look more like filleted slugs.
To make them more like cigarettes you could use a bit of cocoa or food grade activated charcoal for ash, or just burn the ends with a lighter. Bright yellow or orange sprinkles could be embers. Wrap brown paper around the other end for the filter.
To make them more like tampons, use them to skewer marshmallows, lightly roast over a flame until marshmallows melt together and turn yellowish with a few bubbles, then slather in cranberry sauce.
Slugs don’t have red blood, or if they do it’s not much
Used tampons are supposed to be red?
A gold or yellow wash should salvage them.
A mottled tan “filter” at the other end will also make them more cigarette-like.
Don’t be shy. Go as a perverted vampire with real tampons and fake blood. Own it.
