Things your dumb friends post on facebook



musicguy said:

I'm not sure I believe that study. There's been many studies that prove many odd things.
I have some friends who smoke daily. They're marsupialed. Not because they smoke, but their personalities are definitely affected by smoking. I smoke very rarely, but was a nearly daily smoker for a year. Marijuana does affect people mentally. I definitely had much longer hangovers from smoking pot in moderation than from drinking alcohol in moderation.
I'm not saying it's wrong. I do it rarely and I don't that there should be penalties for rare uses. But don't tell me that marijuana doesn't cause problems or affect people negatively. I definitely feel more stupid after using it and it takes a few days for me to get back the mental clarity I had before doing it. I do get insight from smoking, which can be nice.

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OK, I don't even know what to say.

The largest study ever done on the topic shows that there is no link (it even showed that there may be a small protective effect), and you don't "believe" it. It's a major study from a well-respected university; it's pretty audacious of you to simply dismiss it out of hand.

With regard to the "stupid" question. Anecdotal evidence doesn't prove anything. If I find someone who says they feel stupid after drinking water, have I just shown the powerful psychological impact of water?

tagutcow said:

Actually, I've seen someone run to hug the porcelain throne immediately after hitting a vaporizer, but yeah, I agree with you that there's not much to recommend that article.

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I don't doubt that one could cough until they hit a gag reflex, but that's not the same as passing out and asphyxiating on vomit.

on the understanding why it's nonsense.

The pot hangover where you feel stupid the day after is real. I have friends whom I've smoked with that I've had this conversation with and they agree also. It was my understanding that most people agree on this aspect, minus daily smokers who are adults. My personal experience has definitely proven these effects exist.

I know you won't agree with me. Cheers, enjoy smoking pot.

Pot smokers who smoke regularly are worse than crazy fanatic Apple users.



musicguy said:

Pot smokers who smoke regularly are worse than crazy fanatic Apple users.

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What I like best about these people is that they cry out "four twenty!" when it is 4:20. It is funny when they do that. It is funny every time, even when you have heard it twenty days in a row at 4:20. (Also they do this when it is April 20. This might be even funnier because it requires some wit to catch the reference. [April is not pronounced "four," but it is the fourth month.])



L'Incandescent said:

What I like best about these people is that they cry out "four twenty!" when it is 4:20. It is funny when they do that. It is funny every time, even when you have heard it twenty days in a row at 4:20. (Also they do this when it is April 20. This might be even funnier because it requires some wit to catch the reference. [April is not pronounced "four," but it is the fourth month.])

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pot smokers celebrate Hitler's birthday? odd

/troll



oneeightyseven said:

pot smokers celebrate Hitler's birthday? odd

/troll

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I thought Nazi Low Riders were into meth..



oneeightyseven said:

pot smokers celebrate Hitler's birthday? odd

/troll

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Odd indeed. I firmly believe that if marijuana smokers celebrated the birthday of a man of love, such as Captain Stubing for example, instead of Hitler's birthday, marijuana would long since have been legalized throughout the United States.



musicguy said:

The pot hangover where you feel stupid the day after is real. I have friends whom I've smoked with that I've had this conversation with and they agree also. It was my understanding that most people agree on this aspect, minus daily smokers who are adults. My personal experience has definitely proven these effects exist.
I know you won't agree with me. Cheers, enjoy smoking pot.
Pot smokers who smoke regularly are worse than crazy fanatic Apple users.

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I don't buy the Reefer Madness depiction of pot use, so I MUST be a pothead.

I'm not a "regular pot smoker," and I'm not a "fanatic." I simply prefer support for my positions that is more rigorous than "it seems like it should be this way, so I'm going to believe it, even in the face of powerful quantitative evidence to the contrary."



MrG said:

It's ridiculous because it claims that asphyxiation on vomit can kill someone who smokes, passes out, and vomits. That's pretty interesting, given vomiting isn't induced by weed. Quite the opposite, marijuana alleviates nausea/vomiting, hence its usefulness for cancer patients on chemotherapy.
So, yeah, the bottom line it that the artice is, well, ridiculous.

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Smoking, passing out, and vomiting seems like a bit of a reach, but smoking can absolutely induce nausea if you hit it after you've been drinking heavily (though it can also prevent hangover and keep you from puking... go figure). It can also happen if you rip too hard (yellow walling, etc.). It's not the coughing that does it- nausea just happens sometimes. If we're talking puffing at an easy pace, then sure, it will keep the stomach settled.

Bud hangovers are also real. They vary individually, however. Generally speaking, if you can study while you smoke, you can focus the next day. I can't study on bud and barely function the morning after. Being too impaired to drive is another problem that can be encountered with weed. Granted, I'm the poster child for the anti-marijuana crowd, but I function much better on alcohol than bud. We've actually tested this with a gokart course.

Edit: the whole point of me coming to this thread:



A while back, at the entrance of a gym, there was a picture of a very thin and beautiful woman. The caption was "This summer, do you want to be a mermaid or a whale?"

The story goes, a woman (of clothing size unknown) answered the following way:

"Dear people, whales are always surrounded by friends (dolphins, seals, curious humans), they are *************** and raise their children with great tenderness.
They entertain like crazy with dolphins and eat lots of prawns. They swim all day and travel to fantastic places like Patagonia, the Barents Sea or the coral reefs of Polynesia.
They sing incredibly well and sometimes even are on cds. They are impressive and dearly loved animals, which everyone defend and admires.

Mermaids do not exist.

But if they existed, they would line up to see a psychologist because of a problem of split personality: woman or fish?
They would have no sex life and could not bear children.
Yes, they would be lovely, but lonely and sad.
And, who wants a girl that smells like fish by his side?

Without a doubt, I'd rather be a whale.

At a time when the media tells us that only thin is beautiful, I prefer to eat ice cream with my kids, to have dinner with my husband, to eat and drink and have fun with my friends.

We women, we gain weight because we accumulate so much wisdom and knowledge that there isn't enough space in our heads, and it spreads all over our bodies.
We are not fat, we are greatly cultivated.
Every time I see my curves in the mirror, I tell myself: "How amazing am I ?! "

One of my wife's friends posted that same stupid thing today. Ugh.

That last paragraph is so ridiculous. I'm not down with bashing people for being fat, but this "fat pride" **** is awful.

I don't care about the chick who posted it, so I'm considering commenting "That's so sad. She'd be beautiful if she just lost 40lbs, but instead she's just fat."

ugh... stupid obese vegetarian d-list local celebrity gf of my friend posted that, that pretentious *****.

We women, we gain weight because we accumulate so much wisdom and knowledge that there isn't enough space in our heads, and it spreads all over our bodies.

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seriously, what the fuckity **** ****!!! you like to believe that don't you, you ******* flabby blubber



HgaleK said:

I don't care about the chick who posted it, so I'm considering commenting "That's so sad. She'd be beautiful if she just lost 40lbs, but instead she's just fat."

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Please do. I want to see the feminists **** themselves that you would dare affront them in such a way.

There needs to be a male version of that. See how many "likes" it gets.

BEWARE! There are trends emerging in the STUDENT LOANS market, that were very similar to that of THE MORTGAGE CRISIS in the United States

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are you ******* kidding me?