Can I have a dip?

2015-01-22T13:03:46-05:00

Famous last words from a non-dipper.
We all know one or were one.

How long did it take you once you joined the military, to take your first dip?

If you had already, how long did it take you to carry your first can?

Last question, if you're out now, do you still dip?

Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 22 at 2015 1:06 PM

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My brother dips. Nasty habit. I never took it up, and I'm sooo glad that I did not.

Classic scene in many military briefings/meetings is the folks sitting around the table with their spit cups, spit bottles, etc. The pros don't need those receptacles. Are they swallowing the juice? Inquiring minds want to know.

Response by SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 22 at 2015 1:15 PM

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May cause cancer, do not use while pregnant: warning label

Response by SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 22 at 2015 1:16 PM

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What do you call the dippers that never have any dip, but instead, always mooch off yours?

Response by SSG Buddy Kemper made Jan 22 at 2015 1:34 PM

2015-01-22T13:34:10-05:00

"Hey, can I get a smoke from ya?"

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 22 at 2015 1:36 PM

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Noooooo. I got talked in to it at a football camp my junior year but before I could one of the senior players more or less told me no. For whatever reason that deterred me from doing it for the rest of my life. It has crossed my mind but as i quit smoking, I figure picking up another bad habit probably isn't the way to go.

Response by MSgt Michael Durkee made Jan 22 at 2015 1:46 PM

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I used to dip and smoke at the same time early on in my career, I gave up the dip but still smoke to this day.

There is always that one person in every crowd smoking OP's(Other People's). I always get a kick out of the "Hey, do you got an extra smoke on you?" to which I usually reply...

"Let me see, there's 20 in a pack, if I find 21, it's all yours." :P

Response by PO3 Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 22 at 2015 2:07 PM

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Tried it on my second boat, because the smokers would all get smoke breaks during the duty day while I was stuck below decks having to work; but if I were dipping, I could go topside too. I started with the foo-foo cherry-flavored Skoal. I think I lasted about 2 weeks, dipping very minimally.

My affair with dip ended one day when my LPO gave me a pinch of Copenhagen on an empty stomach while we were working topside on a hot day...

Response by SFC Luther East made Jan 22 at 2015 2:30 PM

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Was smoke and cope free for about my first year of service. Took up smoking as it appealed more to my background than dipping (West Coast). As with most young Infantrymen I had my first dip in the field at night (no-smoking). And like most beginners I experienced the dizzies, queezies and what not. I pretty much gave up on it then until OIF III. I decided to quit smoking in a combat zone (not a good idea) due to the numerous night time ops and snipers in the area. Ended up transitioning to Cope. Don't get me wrong, both are bad habits, however I continue to dip even after retirement. I just prefer to have a bad habit the directly effects me. Also I try to respect others by not spitting in their presence.

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Response by TSgt Joshua Copeland made Jan 22 at 2015 2:45 PM

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That is nasty stuff there SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member

Response by SGT Jimmy Howard made Jan 22 at 2015 2:46 PM

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1. My first deployment I ran out of smokes out in sector and asked buddy for dip. But maybe once before then out in field same situation.
2. 1st can when I tried quit smoking during first deployment.
3. I dont dip now

Response by SGT Kristjan Rahe made Jan 22 at 2015 2:57 PM

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I was dipping and chewing when I entered. Quit after I left. Harder to quit dipping than smoking in my experience

Response by SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 22 at 2015 3:00 PM

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http://www.hurlburt.af.mil/News/Commentaries/Display/tabid/138/Article/206285/smokeless-is-not-better.aspx

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 22 at 2015 3:23 PM

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I started dipping when it occurred to me that smoking as a cadet wasn't so acceptable, as well as being scolded by TACs and NCOs, hahaha. 2001, so 2 years in. Copenhagen Long Cut. These days, I'm cheap and use Skoal pouches, it keeps the teeth/gums just a littttle bit cleaner.

Response by SPC Jack Hunt, JR made Jan 22 at 2015 3:44 PM

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They didn't quit dippin the just quit buying!

Response by Sgt Packy Flickinger made Jan 22 at 2015 4:20 PM

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No dipping, smoking, coffee or drinking while I was in. Now I like my whisky, mostly bourbon or single malt.

Love the smell of fresh brewed coffee, can't stand the taste.

And for a guy who loves parasitology, (look up what specimen that entails), tobacco disgusts me. I'm also allergic to nicotine.

Response by PO1 Jess McKellar made Jan 22 at 2015 5:06 PM

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Never had the desire. Maybe it was having barracks roommates just after I joined who would leave their spit cups all over the room. I'd get stuck hiding or disposing of them in order to ensure we passed room inspections.

In the submarine community dip was supposed to be used in designated smoking areas but the rules were never followed. As a courtesy any bottle used for spit was supposed to be wrapped in duct tape to distinguish it from other beverages. Watched a guy take a swig of what he thought was his gatorade because someone forgot the tape.

Fast forward to the end of my career and my last LCPO (Leading Chief Petty Officer). Eating candy was also not authorized on watch but some of us did so and threw the wrappers in the work space trash can. He would get worked up over it but apparently thought it was A OK to place his dip on top of a pile of trash for someone to stick their hands in when emptying it.

No offense to any dippers, but I'd rather clean up after smokers.

Response by SGM Erik Marquez made Jan 22 at 2015 8:41 PM

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Never did, never wanted to, still dont

Response by LTC Stephen C. made Jan 22 at 2015 9:43 PM

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SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member, au contraire, mon frère! I've never smoked, dipped or chewed! Never. The closest I've ever been to cigarettes was police call, which I considered a disgusting detail, having to pick up other's cigarette butts!

Response by Cpl Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 22 at 2015 10:00 PM

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I tried some of friend's older brother's Silver Creek when I was 10. Trying to act like a big shot, took a big 'ol wad of dip while we were riding bikes. Pulled a wheelie, came down hard and swallowed a whole mouthful. When I stopped throwing up 4 days later, decision was made and never again did I go down that path. I have found Cigars to be a much more palatable vice.

Response by SGM Mikel Dawson made Jan 22 at 2015 11:57 PM

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They'd just changed the rules about smoking and chewing in Basic. I was the Platoon Sergeant going through the Commander's Inspection. I just happened to see something pass a window. I looked back at my assistant and told him to get out side and find what it was. It was a can of chew. He gave me the can of chew, brand new, just a couple dips missing. I told him to get upstairs and find who's it was and he should report to me after the inspection was over.

After the inspection I was sitting in my office when a knock on the door came. I looked up and saw this private standing there. "What do you want Private?" "You wanted to see me, it was my can of chew." "Get in here."

It turned out it was a Private who hailed from Montana. Me being from Idaho we were kindred spirits of sorts. I invited him to sit down and relax. I slid the can of chew to the middle of the desk and asked if it was his, to which he admitted it was. I then proceeded to tell him it was against the rules and I could get him an article 15, ba, ba, ba, (you all know the talk). I told him I'd chewed and knew how it was. He started to relax a bit and we got all buddy, buddy. I told him I never wanted to see or hear of him dipping again in basic, he promised. I then told him I had a meeting with the Commander in 5 minutes. He stood up, came to parade rest. I told him to take his can and get rid of it. He smiled and said thanks. I then told him right now. He looked at me with questioned face. I said - "EAT IT ALL NOW." His eyes now were in shock mode as we were all buddies - I repeated it with lightening dagger eyes looking him straight in the face. He ate the whole can! Last time I had a problem with chew with that platoon.

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 23 at 2015 12:22 AM

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Never dipped in the military. Dipped once in college. This is the story:

I went to college in Alaska. My college experience was fairly typical I imagine. Ice climbing, sea kayaking, moose tipping, that sort of mundane activity. Anyways, as so often happens on campuses across the nation I found myself playing a game of spades with three gentlemen of Yupik Eskimo extraction. All of these fellows dipped and our card table was festooned with spit cups. I said something about the habit being disgusting and how I could never dip. One of the fellows asked me if I had ever tried. I replied that I had not to which he snorted "well if you haven't tried it, how can you say that?"

Checkmated, I determined to prove them all wrong. I took a big John Wayne plug and began masticating the foul weed. Surprisingly, it was fairly easy and I found that I was something of a natural at spitting. I enjoyed myself immensely for about three minutes.

Then gravity reversed itself.

My dipping had angered the Gods and Sir Issac Newton and my body lost its ability to maintain a perpendicular relationship with the ground. It was lucky that I had carpet fibers to cling to to prevent myself from falling off the face of the earth. I became fervently religious in all world faiths simultaneously and invoked everyone from Jesus to Sonny Bono and the Detroit Red Wings to spare me from the effects of tobacco.

That was enough for me. Unlike Pharoah, I did not need to be smitten more than once by Moses. One plague of Copenhagen was enough for me.

Response by Sgt Adam Jennings made Jan 23 at 2015 12:33 PM

2015-01-23T12:33:10-05:00

Never have dipped, never tried dip, never will try or do it. I like my gums and mouth cancer free.

Response by Cpl Aaron Nelson made Jan 23 at 2015 12:44 PM

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First field op. You can't smoke on the gun line because of the charge bags. I would take a can of copenhagen for those times when you couldn't leave the gun. I dipped off and on for a little bit when I got out. I don't dip snuff anymore but I do still smoke

Response by PO2 Stephen Brinkley (Scott) made Jan 24 at 2015 6:30 PM

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Never touched it! Completely disgusting! Had plenty of sailors offer me a dip, but I thought then and still today that it's disgusting. Cannot count how many times I threw away dip bottles.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 2 at 2015 10:43 PM

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I dip, have since I started high school. Growing up on a farm where everyone did it, I was easily influenced and after a few, it just became a nasty habit.

Response by Cadet PVT Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 12 at 2015 7:34 PM

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I fucking love that shit I've been doing it since my freshmen year of highschool which is natural because there isn't a football team in the south,where there aren't a bunch of older guys influencing dip to the younger ones

Response by CW2 Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 15 at 2018 4:38 PM

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I quit when my wocs packet was approved a few months ago. I hope to never start back!

Response by MSG Danny Mathers made Jul 15 at 2018 4:44 PM

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I did it for year while on activity duty. Almost everyone in my unit used nonsmoking tabacco. Basoically it can lead to bad things as you already know. I stopped cold turkey when my gums were infected. It was hard was to quit but the best part is I am no longer adicted.