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maddad
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why i love grass
#19198649 - 11/27/13 10:44 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Do you kids still call it the grass these days?
Anyhow, I think I have finally come to the realization of why I love pot so much. I find that it gives me the time to space out my psychedelic journeys appropriately. And it allows me to integrate those experiences before diving into the next prematurely. I have an affinity for altered states of consciousness, and cannabis is to me a mild, yet surprisingly profound in its effects. I also have a great affinity for smoking in general though, its a very relaxing activity for some reason. But there is a reason it is the most widely used illegal drug, and that's because its just too damn great!
Fuck, you know what I change my mind... I love everything about that stuff. The way it looks, smells, tastes, all that other stuff included. Sorry, I'm high right now, and I love it.
If you don't particularly like weed listen to Echoes by Pink Floyd when you are stoned and I think you might enjoy yourself!
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Re: why i love grass [Re: maddad] 1
#19198662 - 11/27/13 10:50 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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someones high!
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Re: why i love grass [Re: bishlap]
#19198689 - 11/27/13 10:57 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I love cannabis so much because it literally regenerates and protects your brain. Period.
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MagicalOrangutan said: I love cannabis so much because it literally regenerates and protects your brain. Period.
Is this supposed to be facetious?
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Re: why i love grass [Re: maddad] 1
#19198754 - 11/27/13 11:18 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I've thought of bud that way aswell, its like a small taste of tripping you can have daily
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Maddad no actually, it really does induce neurogenesis in the hippocampus of one's brain. it also is highly protective of neurons and any other living cell for that matter, against free radicals. Cool sheet
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neurogenesis happens to most brains until late adult hood.
apparently picking your nose creates brain cells too, soo does anything that takes time
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Re: why i love grass [Re: bishlap]
#19198890 - 11/28/13 12:08 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I was unaware that cannabis had that effect actually. Being an enthusiastfor a long time I feel I should have known this. If I learned anything today I'm glad it was that!
Thank you for the knowledge bomb!
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Re: why i love grass [Re: maddad]
#19198904 - 11/28/13 12:14 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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yeah but the actual rate is accelerated by weed and cannaboid receptor agonism in general. Of course having good sleep and high neurogenesis accelerating hormones are the primary things that affect this rate of neuron turnover
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Re: why i love grass [Re: maddad]
#19198979 - 11/28/13 12:41 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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maddad said: Do you kids still call it the grass these days?
Anyhow, I think I have finally come to the realization of why I love pot so much. I find that it gives me the time to space out my psychedelic journeys appropriately. And it allows me to integrate those experiences before diving into the next prematurely. I have an affinity for altered states of consciousness, and cannabis is to me a mild, yet surprisingly profound in its effects. I also have a great affinity for smoking in general though, its a very relaxing activity for some reason. But there is a reason it is the most widely used illegal drug, and that's because its just too damn great!
Fuck, you know what I change my mind... I love everything about that stuff. The way it looks, smells, tastes, all that other stuff included. Sorry, I'm high right now, and I love it.
If you don't particularly like weed listen to Echoes by Pink Floyd when you are stoned and I think you might enjoy yourself!
I literally agree to everything you said. Down to the mother fuckin word.
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Re: why i love grass [Re: maddad]
#19199155 - 11/28/13 02:24 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I love weed cuz it gets me high
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Similar sort of thing to me - I have a desire to be in an altered state, and if I don't blaze i'll end up tripping prematurely just to achieve an altered state
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MagicalOrangutan said: I love cannabis so much because it literally regenerates and protects your brain. Period.
That's weird because i feel myself getting stupider with every bowl
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Im smoking on some Strawberry Cough right now, top shelf and 30 dollars an eighth. There is nothing better than some good bud and something warm to drink while chillin' in bed on a cold morning like this one!
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You need some ibuprofen man Can One Pill Reduce the ‘Haze’ of Medical Marijuana Use? I'm with you OP,I love herb. When everything is going wrong smoking a doob is like hitting the reset button on the day.
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Re: why i love grass [Re: amungus]
#19200322 - 11/28/13 11:22 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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grass is first class! by far one of the best medicine/life enhancers the world has to offer
someone should find a way to reset tolerances quickly, sucks having to ingest way more herb to get the same high, though tolerance breaks arent difficult when thers a novelty to not being high
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Re: why i love grass [Re: Does]
#19200346 - 11/28/13 11:28 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Does said: grass is first class! by far one of the best medicine/life enhancers the world has to offer
someone should find a way to reset tolerances quickly, sucks having to ingest way more herb to get the same high, though tolerance breaks arent difficult when thers a novelty to not being high
I am actually starting a tolerance break today.
I love not smoking for a couple weeks and then just getting extremely baked!
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Re: why i love grass [Re: Does]
#19200358 - 11/28/13 11:32 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Jackson don't worry that is probably your imagination. All it does is aid neurogenesis and protect your neurons from both free radical and mechanical damage..that certainly won't negatively affect your mind lol
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Re: why i love grass [Re: amungus]
#19200387 - 11/28/13 11:39 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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MagicalOrangutan said: Jackson don't worry that is probably your imagination. All it does is aid neurogenesis and protect your neurons from both free radical and mechanical damage..that certainly won't negatively affect your mind lol
No it definitely affects my mind. Not calling it brain damage or anything, but i feel clearly stupider and more detached from my thought processes days after smoking than i do when i don't smoke for a long time.
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amungus said: You need some ibuprofen man Can One Pill Reduce the ‘Haze’ of Medical Marijuana Use? I'm with you OP,I love herb. When everything is going wrong smoking a doob is like hitting the reset button on the day.
Interesting. Whenever i get dumb enough to go down this road again and spark another bowl i'll be sure to try it out.
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Re: why i love grass [Re: maddad]
#19200442 - 11/28/13 11:56 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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PRAISE the weed
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The most profound effect, for me at least, is helping with PTSD. I'm not one to take xanax and all that other shit. But smoking a blunt everyday has helped keep my anxiety and stress down enough to be happy. And not surprisingly I can tell the difference in myself on days that I don't smoke.
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Sorry to hear you don't get the benefits of cannabis, Jackson. Maybe look into strains with higher CBD percentages, that's where most of its healing properties come from. And strains with higher CBD's tend to be less cloudy for me. Not sure if anyone else has noticed that.
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Re: why i love grass [Re: SomeGuyX]
#19200458 - 11/28/13 11:59 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I enjoy the haze
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nicechrisman said: I enjoy the haze
I love the haze.
If you want to get more high while you smoke, do some research on 5-HTP.
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maddad said: I am actually starting a tolerance break today. I love not smoking for a couple weeks and then just getting extremely baked!
nice! even 2 days and youll probably notice a slight but significant difference
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JacksonMetaller said: No it definitely affects my mind. Not calling it brain damage or anything, but i feel clearly stupider and more detached from my thought processes days after smoking than i do when i don't smoke for a long time.
i wouldnt call myself stupider, id call it being differentially prioritized!
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Re: why i love grass [Re: Does]
#19200569 - 11/28/13 12:22 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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maddad said: Sorry to hear you don't get the benefits of cannabis, Jackson. Maybe look into strains with higher CBD percentages, that's where most of its healing properties come from. And strains with higher CBD's tend to be less cloudy for me. Not sure if anyone else has noticed that.
I don't live anywhere near medical states so i never know exactly what i'm getting.. But i have been smoking weed for years from all different sources and never once have i been able to tell the different. Even between sativa and indica. I'm so sensitive to weed that they just fire all my receptors right up to the point where i can't distinguish little itty bitty differences.
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dceodhz said: The most profound effect, for me at least, is helping with PTSD. I'm not one to take xanax and all that other shit. But smoking a blunt everyday has helped keep my anxiety and stress down enough to be happy. And not surprisingly I can tell the difference in myself on days that I don't smoke.
Glad it's working for you. Careful though. My gf uses it to medicate for PTSD and while i'm glad she's found something that helps, gonna be honest it gets in the way sometimes. She's formed a complete dependence on it. We'll go on vacation sometimes and she be all upset and unpleasant because she can't smoke at her leisure. She's told me several times she wants to cut back and goes straight back to smoking day in day out. I'm not saying it doesn't have its benefits, but just be sure to always be honest with yourself. Many people get in the trap of thinking "weed is harmless" to the point where they don't realize the effects it's actually having on their lives.Quote:
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maddad said: I am actually starting a tolerance break today. I love not smoking for a couple weeks and then just getting extremely baked!
nice! even 2 days and youll probably notice a slight but significant difference
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JacksonMetaller said: No it definitely affects my mind. Not calling it brain damage or anything, but i feel clearly stupider and more detached from my thought processes days after smoking than i do when i don't smoke for a long time.
i wouldnt call myself stupider, id call it being differentially prioritized!
For me it's that i have a harder time collecting my thoughts, not prioritizing responsibilities. Psychedelics made me differentially prioritized for sure... But when i want to do something i have the mental clarity to do so. With weed its a different story
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Re: why i love grass [Re: SomeGuyX]
#19200583 - 11/28/13 12:25 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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the best weed I ever smoked was purple Kush. The most euphoric, the most amazing feeling. The best ofthe best..that I've had.
Jackson that's quite strange, cannabis actually protects the brain and in fact fights the onset of degenerative brain disorders such as alzheimers and dementia. Hmm
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MagicalOrangutan said: the best weed I ever smoked was purple Kush. The most euphoric, the most amazing feeling. The best ofthe best..that I've had.
Jackson that's quite strange, cannabis actually protects the brain and in fact fights the onset of degenerative brain disorders such as alzheimers and dementia. Hmm
im not saying it doesnt or that its damaging my brain physically. But long lasting hangovers aren't exactly mentally healthy in my case either
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Re: why i love grass [Re: SomeGuyX]
#19200598 - 11/28/13 12:28 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Good words, good words. A very nice perspective!
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I smoke everyday and since I have a job that requires detailed knowledge of math and science I really do notice it making me slower, less creative and in general more dumb. Life goes so much more easily when I quit it's unbelievable. People say I look better, have more energy, am more fun to be around. I like it. I like the smell and taste and the not giving a fuck attitude. I like the munchies and sleepiness and body high. But the only people I've ever heard tell me it doesn't make them dumb have jobs that require scrubbing dishes. No one I studied with during my masters ever touched the stuff. And I'm talking about a masters in science, not "liberal arts".
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Re: why i love grass [Re: jellyfish]
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jellyfish said: I smoke everyday and since I have a job that requires detailed knowledge of math and science I really do notice it making me slower, less creative and in general more dumb. Life goes so much more easily when I quit it's unbelievable. People say I look better, have more energy, am more fun to be around. I like it. I like the smell and taste and the not giving a fuck attitude. I like the munchies and sleepiness and body high. But the only people I've ever heard tell me it doesn't make them dumb have jobs that require scrubbing dishes. No one I studied with during my masters ever touched the stuff. And I'm talking about a masters in science, not "liberal arts".
haha i'm so inclined to agree with you on personal experience, but i really do think it varies from person to person. plenty of really smart people smoke regularly and maintain prestigious positions. maybe it's just not for you? i know for sure it's not for me. thank god for this thanksgiving break out of state with my parents. give me a week to detox it and hopefully break the cycle. then it's all will power from there
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I can *only* be all that creative and clear minded on weed. It's magic for me. My favorite plant, actually tied with mescaline cacti.
Jelly, weed ACUTELY/temporarily makes you less functional and lethargic during the stone. CHRONIC effects are very pro-brain in all normally functioning brains..just only smoke at night that way you aren't actually in the middle of a stone during work lol. Honestly weed is really meant to be a highly effective sleep aid/brain protector, in my eyes..not like coffee or stimulants to make you more functional during the day. Using a tool for something when it's purpose is the exact opposite is the situation here I believe, not being critical at all lol just throwing in my Pennies
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Those are my 2 favorite plant friends too!
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Re: why i love grass [Re: jellyfish]
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Jellyfish, the reason people who smoke weed don't go to get their masters is because they realize that's a complete waste of 8 years. Just more conditioning and programming. To everyone out there that thinks college opens peoples minds, fuck you open your own damn mind for Christ sake. Everything that is taught to you in college is knowledge that can be obtained for free somewhere else.
Never went to college, and ever wanted to, but I have a great desire to learn and I do it on my own. Currently I work in a lab with all sorts of science majors and masters. I am the only one with no college degree, just good experience.
If weed doesn't have positive effects for you, I would suggest you don't smoke. Weed does not make people less motivated or involved in their lives, those are just dumb lazy people.
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Ohhhh nice, double-C is all you need. Cacti..cannabis
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I love my garden
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Man Chris what all is in your garden?
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Mostly cacti. I grew some ganja this summer, but it's done. Some cherry tomatoes still producing, and some tulsi basil. I also have a collection of strange and unusual succulents, and some fuscias a salvias for the hummingbirds.
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Re: why i love grass [Re: maddad]
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maddad said: Jellyfish, the reason people who smoke weed don't go to get their masters is because they realize that's a complete waste of 8 years. Just more conditioning and programming. To everyone out there that thinks college opens peoples minds, fuck you open your own damn mind for Christ sake. Everything that is taught to you in college is knowledge that can be obtained for free somewhere else.
Never went to college, and ever wanted to, but I have a great desire to learn and I do it on my own. Currently I work in a lab with all sorts of science majors and masters. I am the only one with no college degree, just good experience.
If weed doesn't have positive effects for you, I would suggest you don't smoke. Weed does not make people less motivated or involved in their lives, those are just dumb lazy people.
Uh weed definitely makes me less motiveated and i don't consider myself "dumb lazy people". People need to stop making generalizations, for both sides. This is part of why i find cannabis culture highly annoying. "Oh we have studies that say weed is safe, now let's all ignore the personality issues it causes some of us." Your first comment is wrong too. Granted, i don't think a college degree is the right option for everyone, nor do i think it's a measure of success, or even the best method of education available... But that has nothing to do with it as i know plenty of graduate students who smoke weed and use all sorts of drugs. I can say about college what you said about weed in the last paragraph "if college doesn't have positive effects for you, i would suggest you don't go." But i wouldn't make all the other generalizations about weed and college you made. A masters isn't a waste of 8 years if you get what you want out of it.
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I am an aspiring gardener but alas I live in Ohio ( but yeah, three species that'll definitely be necessary in there, when I do get a garden, are weed, bridgesii, and peyote definitely will also add a ton of odd beautiful cacti and some grape vines and blueberries and raspberries and strawberries
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My growing interest and passion for cacti was one of the reasons I moved back to my homeland of Southern California.
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Damn I would love to live there man. Ohio is a beotch..well not economically lol but weather and people wise :/
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I quit pot for two years when I went back to school. When I went to the University, I started smoking again and got almost 100% in calculus, earning me the "outstanding" comment on my "report card." I dropped out of college to blow glass pipes. It seemed like the best thing to do and I had a partner who was down to drop out and we worked together to make a successful business and we had a good time.
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maddad
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maddad said: Jellyfish, the reason people who smoke weed don't go to get their masters is because they realize that's a complete waste of 8 years. Just more conditioning and programming. To everyone out there that thinks college opens peoples minds, fuck you open your own damn mind for Christ sake. Everything that is taught to you in college is knowledge that can be obtained for free somewhere else.
Never went to college, and ever wanted to, but I have a great desire to learn and I do it on my own. Currently I work in a lab with all sorts of science majors and masters. I am the only one with no college degree, just good experience.
If weed doesn't have positive effects for you, I would suggest you don't smoke. Weed does not make people less motivated or involved in their lives, those are just dumb lazy people.
Uh weed definitely makes me less motiveated and i don't consider myself "dumb lazy people". People need to stop making generalizations, for both sides. This is part of why i find cannabis culture highly annoying. "Oh we have studies that say weed is safe, now let's all ignore the personality issues it causes some of us." Your first comment is wrong too. Granted, i don't think a college degree is the right option for everyone, nor do i think it's a measure of success, or even the best method of education available... But that has nothing to do with it as i know plenty of graduate students who smoke weed and use all sorts of drugs. I can say about college what you said about weed in the last paragraph "if college doesn't have positive effects for you, i would suggest you don't go." But i wouldn't make all the other generalizations about weed and college you made. A masters isn't a waste of 8 years if you get what you want out of it.
I would say that's a "you" problem then, man... If it causes you personality issues then stay away from it. Not everyone gets the negative side effects and if you do that's a good sign you probably shouldn't use it.
Sure a masters is a waste, you pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for a piece of paper with your name on it, for learning things that are free knowledge. Get yourself a library card and give yourself 8 years of learning on your own and I gaurantee you would be wiser then all those paying for the exact same education as the guy next to him. It's all just regurgitated garbage that is approved by the government as to what should and should not be common knowledge. It's also a great way to keep people in debt their whole lives...
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Re: why i love grass [Re: maddad]
#19201008 - 11/28/13 02:09 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I would say that's a "you" problem then, man... If it causes you personality issues then stay away from it. Not everyone gets the negative side effects and if you do that's a good sign you probably shouldn't use it.
Sure a masters is a waste, you pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for a piece of paper with your name on it, for learning things that are free knowledge. Get yourself a library card and give yourself 8 years of learning on your own and I gaurantee you would be wiser then all those paying for the exact same education as the guy next to him. It's all just regurgitated garbage that is approved by the government as to what should and should not be common knowledge. It's also a great way to keep people in debt their whole lives...
Yeah no shit it's a "me" problem. As well as a jellyfish problem. As well as a problem a lot of people have. Hence why i said your generalization that weed doesn't make people lazy is bogus. Because it does for a lot of us.
And like i said... Not a waste if you get something out of it. In my case, not a fucking chance of learning biochemistry and then pursuing a career for it by simply going to the library. Not a fucking chance. And money aint an issue. So once again, that's a generalization.
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Re: why i love grass [Re: maddad]
#19201041 - 11/28/13 02:21 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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College isn't necessarily a waste. Now that I'm back on my feet financially and otherwise I'm going back in a few months. Then again I think there may be more better ways of educating people than those institutions
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Yes if youre high more often then sober you'll notice it destroying your motivation, energy, and short term memory gets pretty bad.
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Honestly it doesn't destroy motivation in me it just makes me relaxed and tired when I'm on it. Thing is as soon as I wake up from a good stoned sleep I feel great. You're not supposed to actually go to class and work WHILE YOU'RE STONED for these reasons, lol. If you're trying to go to work or class WHILE you're stoned then you deserve your impaired productivity, lol. Just wait till you're home and relaxing, like you're supposed to. That way it regenerates your hippocampus like it should
-------------------- On the ground you lay, with your dogs you pray, at a neon hieroglyph sky you gaze Hugging your mind, praying to survive, feeling the love of the hieroglyphs in the sky We all need more love, and mainly less hate Hate is the blind that covers the heart's eye That makes the heart's eye cry Locked deep away in the skies of our minds It's all in the mind
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I find high THC weed gives me energy and motivation. THC is a phychoactive chemical, it should perk you up.
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I have so many friends that i made in college that i would never have made if it was not for the mutual love of the herb.
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Re: why i love grass [Re: Mushuma]
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99% of the time I'm smoking indo but I usually go for blue dream when I'm lookin for sativa dominant, although it feels like an energetic indica high which is great.
It's not good when youre only friends cuz you both love weed and can't hangout without getting high.
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Of coarse. But weed has been the spark in numerous friendships
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I can agree to that
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I love smoking weed. Fuck, it is my hobby. I'm 110% no fuck that. 420% on board with you. Smoking in general is fun - I find it super relaxing personally. Just sitting there with my Gandalf and some tobacco even. I better have that pipe until the day I die. Kept me high after my bong broke till I got my current one. Had to replace the down-stem today, broke the one it came with so I picked up a new one. Got a little bowl piece too. Just finished up with it in my shed, works like a charm.
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LittleBill said: Of coarse. But weed has been the spark in numerous friendships
That reminded me of a time I got high a number of years ago. I was like 18 or so at the time and I'd been reading this book my father had on infinity.
Long story short, it was a nice day and I decided to go downtown and kill some time. I hopped on the streetcar and eventually started chatting with some random dude. We decided to split on an eighth and go smoke it. We bought this super sticky bud from a random native dude who was walking around with a bottle of vodka half empty. Now, I'd gotten pretty high before but this shit shot me over the moon. And the mind fuck from reading that book? Oh god it felt like shrooms.
But yeah, he was my friend for the day. I've forgotten their name, but they know who they are...
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I like it, it's great. Gives me hellish anxiety in the wrong setting though.
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Re: why i love grass [Re: GreySatyr]
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The truth lies between. I cannot say it enough so I will say it again: The truth lies in the middle.
When I started smoking marijuana I discovered new aspects of the world, relaxation and everything related. The music I liked to listen to changed and expanded, my art went from stick figures to decent, and my whole attitude changed. When my mom started smoking weed medicinally, she went from being on 8 anti depressant, anxiety, and anti dementia medicines to three, and those three are at much lower doses to the benefit of her liver and kidneys. Studies show it can help prevent and cure cancer, protect the brain, and dramatically improve wellbeing in sick and healthy alike. When I smoke weed in anger, I nearly instantly am able to let go of my anger and problems and am more capable of empathy. I love weed and will always come back to it. I will always praise it wherever I go.
Studies have also shown it can cause some cancers, reduce brain function and brain activity in brain scans. When smoked at young ages this is most profound. I didn't smoke weed until I was 18 and still, after daily use I found myself with profound memory loss even days and weeks after quitting. Someone else already said it and I'd like to agree: people tell me I look like I'm doing better when I quit smoking. I feel better once I get a few weeks out. I do not smoke weed anymore despite my love for it.
Anyone who tells you it's all good is nearly as misguided as the person who tells you it's all bad. ONE MORE TIME EVERYONE: in any rational debate the truth lies in the middle. People don't need to get offended when other people point out the middle ground that everyone willfully ignores. Those mentioning weed's downfalls are not typically anti weed, they are just being realistic. And I say that as a huge weed lover.
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LittleBill said: Of coarse. But weed has been the spark in numerous friendships
That reminded me of a time I got high a number of years ago. I was like 18 or so at the time and I'd been reading this book my father had on infinity.
Long story short, it was a nice day and I decided to go downtown and kill some time. I hopped on the streetcar and eventually started chatting with some random dude. We decided to split on an eighth and go smoke it. We bought this super sticky bud from a random native dude who was walking around with a bottle of vodka half empty. Now, I'd gotten pretty high before but this shit shot me over the moon. And the mind fuck from reading that book? Oh god it felt like shrooms.
But yeah, he was my friend for the day. I've forgotten their name, but they know who they are...
Hell yeah duude
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Re: why i love grass [Re: maddad]
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maddad said: Jellyfish, the reason people who smoke weed don't go to get their masters is because they realize that's a complete waste of 8 years. Just more conditioning and programming. To everyone out there that thinks college opens peoples minds, fuck you open your own damn mind for Christ sake. Everything that is taught to you in college is knowledge that can be obtained for free somewhere else.
Never went to college, and ever wanted to, but I have a great desire to learn and I do it on my own. Currently I work in a lab with all sorts of science majors and masters. I am the only one with no college degree, just good experience.
If weed doesn't have positive effects for you, I would suggest you don't smoke. Weed does not make people less motivated or involved in their lives, those are just dumb lazy people.
Nonsense, my university experience involved hours and hours of hands on lab work. Nothing I was told to do, I was experimenting on something new. You can't get that experience somewhere else. And I haven't been conditioned. In science, we treat everything as possibly not true. We just work to the best of our knowledge. We question everything, we try to disprove current theories. We challenge what we think are the laws of nature and space. You know nothing about it, clearly. Like I said, I didn't take liberal arts. And a drug that makes you lazy probably would make you come up with excuses not to work very hard. Personally, I'd like to just leave it for the weekend. But I like it too much. I know a ton of people who are very sharp and weed makes them (temporarily dumb and lazy).
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