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		tshaddox on July 7, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CVS Health Quits U.S. Chamber Over Stance on Smoki... Or exercising strenuously so you can have the pleasure of being in better shape later.

tyrust on July 7, 2015 [–]

It's not like that at all. Smoking is effortless (unlike exercising) and leaves you far worse off (unlike exercising).

tshaddox on July 8, 2015 | [–]

That has nothing to do with the analogy. The form of the analogy is "do something uncomfortable so that something desirable happens later."

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