TechnicalBarbarity
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nothing is bad in moderation. But yeah being a pothead is definitely not good for your health. Regardless of what all these bud newblets nowadays are preaching. Talk to the OG stoners and see what they say.
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TechnicalBarbarity
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So it looks like i've been pronouncing Ricky Gervais' name wrong this whole time ...
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Im usually pro-weed, but id have to agree. Being a stoner not only exposes you to the excess lung tar of a smoker, it also does psychological damage over time. Say that you know an older long-term daily pothead and tell me that they aren't paranoid and a bit loopy in the head, and ill call you a liar (or just think you are becoming one of them). Taking long breaks every now and then is imperative imo. Having a job with random drug tests can fuck off though. Im glad all I had to do was pass one to get hired.
Speaking of work, I finally convinced my co-workers that it would be completely ok for us to have a bluetooth speaker in the lab where we work, and for the past week we have been blasting tunes all day. Over the past couple of years ive grown a new appreciation for hip-hop, so im fine with the type of music my co-workers are playing. But this modern hip-hop with the autotune abuse, I really cant abide with, and that was all we played for the last half of the day. Some inoffensive limp-wristed hip-hop beat accompanied by autotune-abused vocals. It's like modern-day elevator music. I don't understand the appeal of this style, but it's better than listening to the machine noise of our lab. At the very least, my co-workers are all pretty open minded though. I was playing Carcass when they came back from break, and continued to play it for a good half hour without any objections.
TechnicalBarbarity
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sorry dude but that's some scared straight bullshit, i dont know any potheads who are paranoid or loopy. That's some tweaker/crackhead shit. It clearly fucks with your psychical health(i already told you i know of some dude who has a fucking gas tank because he smoked so much weed and i know plenty of other dudes who have breathing issues because of it, myself included) and slows a lot of dudes down mentally. A bunch of my friends are basically ADD'd out now beacuse of that shit. Paranoia would be the last thing i'd use to describe them
Sophii
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Weed helps my paranoia, tbh. Cools me down from fears and stuff. Makes me super moody sometimes tho.
CiG
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All the paranoid/loopy potheads I've ever known were either already not all there to begin with, or were on other shit besides the weed. What I've experienced much more is my friends who started heavily using weed became more and more boring. They became mumbling zombified dipshits, they used to have great conversations and then they just turned into potatoes.
Most of them used to skateboard too but gradually that took a back seat to "chill sesh's" and shit. Only a tiny minority of my weedhead mates are still fun to be around.
Most of them used to skateboard too but gradually that took a back seat to "chill sesh's" and shit. Only a tiny minority of my weedhead mates are still fun to be around.
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Oh, so smoking fucks up the lungs? No kidding. Ive seen more psychological issues among long term potheads though, and there have been recent studies that can corroborate my personal experiences. In my experience, long term potheads are slow of mind and casually paranoid. ADD'd out sounds about right, but if you question them, they are always extra worried about either law enforcement or extreme politics, or other things that are a bit on the fringe. It could be a coincidence, but im inclined to doubt it. ADD and paranoia are friends when you can't focus on reality.
It's kind of hard to say, but psych studies have shown that daily pot use can lead to symptoms such as delusional or paranoid thoughts. Maybe your wierdo teenage friends would have been a little less weird if they had not smoked so much pot? As for the boring aspect, yea, ive seen that a bit, and lack of motivation is another observed effect of daily pot abuse. Are those friends still 'zombified dipshits' when sober, or are they just constantly high?
There are so many broken wrists and ankles and concussions that can be tolerated before one realizes sitting back and watching a tv show might also be enjoyable. idk, skateboarding? That's kind of a kids sport. Im the last person in my friend circle to usually say this, but in my 30s (like I know you also are), im too old for such a dangerous hobby. Though perhaps your friends are still deadbeats with no career or trade of real purpose and just drift? idk, I still think skateboarding is one of those fun hobbies you enjoy when young. Or do you realistically expect your non-sponsored 16 year old friend from childhood to want to kickflip a 10 set in his 30s?
TechnicalBarbarity
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Well yea, i told you it fucks up your lungs and breathing system just last year and you seemed to heave a hard time believing it.
And i dont see how not being able to hold on to a train of thought and paranoia relate. Like i said, the people i now are usually so stoned most of the time that paranoia is literally the last thing that can be attached to them. And trust me, i have grown up surrounded by stoners for my whole life.
And maybe you need to not pay attention to that Reefer Madness/"long time studies" nonsense since there literally are no long time studies on weed as most health physicians have already admitted ... the same dudes that say today they're not sure what the long time health effects of weed are since there never have been any true "long time studies" of pot. I think you're better off asking the dudes who have been surrounded with marijuana smoke for most of their lives. Paranoia has absolutely nothing to do with weed, and anyone who has been around weed for most of their lives will tell you the same thing.
Sophii
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Skateboarding a kids sport? That shit is an art and a culture of in itself.
I'd rather people smoke pot than doped up on meth, which is incredibly common where I'm from.
I'd rather people smoke pot than doped up on meth, which is incredibly common where I'm from.
CiG
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Every now and then I'll bump into them or spontaneously catch up with them and they're not so bad, it's usually because local dealers are dry. When that happens they tend to hit the beers and they're way more interesting to be around. It's really hard to know when they are or aren't using and I don't say anything or ask because I'm not a killjoy cunt.
My closest buddy is addicted to booze and for a long time he had weed abuse issues too, but unlike most of my mates he is the opposite, booze makes him depressed, boring, not talkative, lazy etc and weed makes him imaginative, creative, amusing, talkative, and funnily enough he goes on long movie binges. He stopped watching movies altogether when boozing (he's been sober like 3 months now) and that was sad because he got me into movies, he got me into metal too, he introduced me to so much stuff, but then alcoholism killed his drive to do anything and I swear we didn't discuss movies and music like usual for easily over a year.
I get really fucking angry when people's drive and passion is destroyed by substance abuses, fucking sucks.
I'd be a hypocrite if I disagreed because I stopped skating myself in my mid-20's.
But for me it wasn't the injuries or being around deadbeats that killed my interest, it was being a legit grown-up and having to run from security or police for skateboarding a spot. Nothing puts life into perspective quite like skating a spot with people between the ages of 14 and 30 and being chased by security guards who are younger than you. A lot of my skateboarding mates are deadbeats, or damn near close to it. Most do manual labour dead end jobs and skated on the weekend, some had legit careers and used skating on the weekend to blow off steam, others were unemployed or "free spirit" types. Without being too cliche, it really is a culture that attracts all types.
Most of it is just fun though, nobody was really trying to kickflip 10 sets lmao. Though I do have friends that are amateur sponsored etc, also weedheads.
TechnicalBarbarity
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as a near lifelong pot smoker myself, i can say without a doubt that CIGs initial statement is 100% correct and Eternals outdated ReeferMadess "paranoia" nonsense is about as far from the truth as it gets. Crackheads and tweakers are paranoid, potheads are the exact opposite .. unless maybe its their first time taking a drag or something.
for sure. Tweakers/crackheads are the worst.
CiG
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...hate to be a poor sport but it seems like you're saying potheads being worried about getting in trouble with the law is the same as digging a bunker after smoking some weed because you want to prepare for aliens nuking the planet from orbit. <---that's paranoia, being worried about Officer Jim-Bob smelling weed on your clothes and searching your car is quite a different thing, no?
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