what's the consensus on weed tonight robots? is it good or does it turn you into a retard?
I used to smoke every night (not a lot just like 3 or 4 hits off a pen) but then quit a couple months ago because it started freaking me out every time I did it. Smoked recently for the first time and all was good, considering picking the habit back up but worried it'll turn me braindead.

dont be a annoy dude weed faggot and cut back on smoking, or once a week for me at least

>>81765701 (OP)
>is it good or does it turn you into a retard?
Look up weed related videos on youtube. That will be you if you make it a habit.

>>81765701 (OP)
I smoke everyday but it's nothing to really brag about.

>>81765701 (OP)
nah it's bad
t. daily user

>>81766274
fpbp. Out of all the drugs you can abuse, weed is the best one. However, all drug abuse is bad because it fries your dopamine and makes you dependent. One lesser known negative effect of weed is that it lowers your sleep quality by prohibiting rem sleep; this is almost as bad as not sleeping at all because rem sleep is where learning is solidified.

Marijuana is helpful if you're making art. Ive made some interesting stuff on FL Studio while high.

I smoked every day for a while. Its not gonna fuck your life up or anything, but being high all the time is just annoying. There's no real reason to be high every day. If you're gonna get high, have a reason for doing so.

>>81765701 (OP)
Weed is a drug for retards niggers and nornies

>>81765701 (OP)
It makes me feel like complete shit which sucks because I have unlimited access to free weed and have to watch my friends and family grinning all of the time.

>>81765701 (OP)
I've been smoking every day for a year now and I'm really hooked. It's about 5 joints a day on average, sometimes more. Even when I can't smoke for whatever reason, I still manage to get at least one in.
I'm always stocked and I've spent a shitload of money, but I honestly don't want to stop, weed makes me feel SO good.
I definitely overdo it.
But I wouldn't recommend it, because your tolerance shoots up fast if you do the same. Just go at your own pace and smoke only as much as it takes to get you high. i can say you're doing well.

>>81765701 (OP)
Helps me a ton. Makes loneliness more manageable, things are more entertaining, I can actually relax, sensory issues don't bother me as much. Can't smoke right now though cause I'm broke.

>>81765701 (OP)
It makes me paranoid and depressed but music on headphones sound great.

>>81765701 (OP)
I've smoked weed nearly every day for the last 16 years and I haven't noticed any significant or noteworthy decline in my mental faculties. Your skills, mental or otherwise atrophy when you don't use them, weed isn't stopping you from maintaining them. It's more about how you spend your time while stoned, not the weed itself.

>>81766569
Dopamine is an actual thing. There's a real neurotransmitter called dopamine, and it really exists. Why do you faggots use the word dopamine when there's already something else that has been called by that name for way longer than your imaginary crystal energy bullshit pop-sci?
If you want to claim
>skibidi like nah bro I fr be meaning the same dopamine as the neurotransmitters blud
OK fine. Explain to me how exactly weed fries dopamine. Do you imagine little pockets of liquid weed collecting in the body, getting really hot, and then your id and ego toss dopamine in there to enjoy like tendies? Does weed fry seretonin too? Gotta have some french fries with them dopamine tendies. Do they dip them in cortisol and aldosterone? What do they have in place of diet coke? Aspartate aminotransferase?

>>81766659
If you're smoking that much, get a pipe or vape. Joints are very inefficient because it keeps burning even while you're holding the toke in.

>>81766569
Marijuana doesn't cause a flood of dopamine like something like meth or heroin. I've done all 3 and can confirm that marijuana does not in fact feel like you just had sex, like heroin does. Do you feel like you just blew a massive ropey string of jizz after you smoke a bowl? Because you gotta get me your guys number if you do.

>>81765701 (OP)
It has to be used right I think.
Vaping a bit of flower before a morning bike ride is comfy and fine. Doing dabs all day wile gooning in your room isn't.

Smoked it socially off and on for years. Twice it gave me panic attacks leading into lasting and severe, semi-psychotic, depressive episodes. Decided it wasn't for me.

>>81766732
>weed head getting this triggered over a comment
You should detox and take a nap. It's not that serious lmao. And you know what I mean; it makes your neurotransmitters more insensitive, leading to higher potency needs. I've been a weedhead and it mostly kills your ambition if you smoke everyday. Not answering the rest of your irrelevant, time-wasting questions.

>>81765701 (OP)
Alcohol is way more fun but I don't really like the flavor.

>>81766570
> made some interesting stuff on FL Studio
Oh yeah I bet

i used to smoke small amounts of it for maybe a couple of years every night, like you.
then, also like you, i stopped completely because i stopped being able to enjoy it.
every now and then it's fine. "considering picking the habit back up" is fucking retarded.

>>81767114
So you admit to being a liar. Marijuana causes permanent brain damage and you are a shining example of this.

Waste of time and money. Looking at my dispensary orders, I've spent 18k on pot since 2018. I'm sober as focused now, with a fat bank account. Fuck booze too. I spent my 20s crossfaded, in my comfort zone, not growing at all. No more

>>81766569
Weed doesn't utilize doamine at all. Dopamine is utilized when your expectations are overturned. For example when you get a prize for something for the first time and didn't expect to win. If the system between specific input and output is already established, there is no dopamine rush even if it's pleasurable.
In essence dopamine is mostly a learning encouragement mechanism. It's excess causes you to have too many presumptions about the world which basically translates into paranoidal schizophrenia.
I do not know specifics that much on the weed, but give how it works it is most likely endorphin based.

I think it is miles better than alcoholism and it is preferable that majority of population are addicted to weed rather than alcohol.
It is obviously bad for teens and ya but when you are like 30+ and have a job already it doesn't matter at all that it makes you retarded. Most "adults" are slow and retarded anyways; and also angedonic since people mentioned fried receptors. There is nothing left fry there bruh.

>>81766738
but joints are fun have you considered that

>>81765701 (OP)
It's good because it turns you into an easily amused retard. Or it does for me anyways.
Music and games feel better, some TV does. Other TV shows like I'm watching the actors on set say and do the most retarded things while trying to keep the most earnest faces.
As others say, just do it in moderation. Don't smoke it if you can avoid it, use edibles. No more than 4 times per month to keep it as a treat in your mind and your physical tolerance low. Better if only once a month or two.
Same with alcohol. Yeah it's poison but it can feel nice as long as you know your limits.

It is neither good nor bad it just kind of is. I only think it ever is really any fun is if with other people also partaking. Doing alone is kind of boring.

>>81765701 (OP)
no weed won't do anything to you, it's a huge psyop that it burns brain cells

smoke as much as you want and whenever you want

I hate my job and I have arthritis. Edibles provide me relief from both.

>>81767328
My theory is that cannabinoids are somehow involved.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabinoid_receptor

>>81765701 (OP)
Lots of trash-boxers blaze but I didnt start until ni-decades later. Fun distraction with some medical benfits in our FUBAR world.

The only people against weed are corpos for one or another reason, either way the result looks like
>them not on edge constantly and even one single iota less responsible for their actions might possibly not make green line go up so lobby to ban it!

>>81767298
>I've spent 18k on bullshit taxes, fees, inspections, registrations, bribes... since 2018
Ftfy. A small patch in your back yard could produce more weeds than you and 4 clones of yourself could ever hope to smoke through. 99% of that $18k went to something besides the actual cost + profit for the farmer. For this reason, it is disingenuous to suggest that not smoking weed saves money. By default weed is basically free, they call it weed for a reason after all. Same with tobacco and alcohol. The government is evil and everyone has there hands out to steal money or molest children. That is all government does, steal and molest. Even normal stuff like apples and zucchinis. The farmer sells for very low price, because food is abundant and easy to grow. Then government steps in and suddenly that $1 costs $100. And even after that they have the nerve to steal a sales tax from you just to let you walk out with your food that you bought with your money. I am angry about this.

>>81767328
Whatever neurotransmitters are used, it still causes mental dependence and lethargy. I don't understand why people are getting so hung up on "dopamine" while missing the big picture.

>>81765701 (OP)
over a long period there is zero ambiguity that weed is harmful for your brain
you're basically bombing your hippocampus and, at minimum, it deteriorates your short term memory

to some extent, your brain is deteriorating anyway but it's your decision whether or not you want to accelerate that
i think that provided you treat it as a rare indulgence it is probably ok but even weekly is excessive

>>81765701 (OP)
It's a fun drug but there are funnier drugs out there when you don't care about laughing too much

>>81769276
Hard to take someone with an astrology tier understanding of the world seriously. Especially when they try to speak with authority on something

>>81767408
you know what's more fun? getting more out of your drugs you paid for

Edibles and vapes > joints

im 37 ive always liked weed since i was 17
i have weed everyday now

I love weed and I smoke it daily. I think it's a good thing. I seriously intend to never, ever stop. I smoke weed INSISTENTLY. Love it. ACTUALLY God's gift as in I legit think it's from Him on-purpose.
I find myself at odds with weed culture. Playing rasta while smoking weed feels like the wrong vibe to me. I'm not into the DUDEWEEDLMAO "I'm a retard and that's the joke" crap. I don't feel slower or dumber.
I really don't have a problem just smelling pot in the open air while going about my day. It's weird to me that you have to go "AYO THAT SHIT IS DANK SOMEBODY IN HERE IS HIGH HUHUHUHUH" like it's a big deal. It's like if you smelled coffee in the air and started freaking out trying fo figure out who just got themselves all amped-up. Who cares? I don't care if your fucking eyes are red and I feel like *that* shouldn't be a big deal. Like, no, seriously, who gives a shit? Bro's eyes are red. He smoked pot. Can we just continue what we were doing?
I've mentioned rolling joints *and* brewing coffee in anticipation of an all-night study sesh and had people look at me like that didn't make sense. Like weed is for sitting there with your dick in your hand. Like that isn't wasting the weed.
I feel like weed is so cerebral and people treat it like it's "dope," and like it's got all this weird shit attached to it that just isn't experientially part of it for me. It's like if people treated espresso like meth. I'm still gonna drink my coffee, but what the fuck?

>>81771596
*playing reggae
Fuck. But yeah, I don't like everything being insistently rasta-colored, either.

>>81767470
based edible anon, I do it maybe twice a week at most but usually with month long gaps between a week or two

I get pretty productive and have much better experiences drawing and writing, managed to learn some guitar riffs just messing around on guitar high with no tutorials or info

>>81771596
Using weed for "smart shit" is honestly the best way to use it. I've written visual novel concepts, scripts and music while using it.

It's the shame people only view it as a "party drug".

>>81771783
It's its primary function for me. I fucking love how it makes my mind race, and despite decades of publicity to the contrary, I don't feel dopey at all. That is *as* crisp as I am going to be all fucking day. That's when it's time to put the stylus to the tablet or start typing.

>>81770025
So what are your thoughts on my comments about sleep quality? Ironically, it sounds really petty and childish to hang on a minor mistake while missing the big picture. Are you saying it's a good idea to get high everyday before bed time?

>>81765701 (OP)
Currently about 3 weeks off of weed from 8 years daily. Dealing with insomnia sucks, but I don't miss it unless im drunk and want to get fucked up.

Marijuana has plenty of benefits, but it is called 'weed' for a reason. It can and does ruin lives. The amount of damage its caused my life is incredible, but it could be worse

>>81767328
the entire activity of smoking weed (grinding, rolling, smoking, and doing some activity stoned) becomes a ritual which works off the dopamine system to create a habit.

First time trying weed edibles and I can't feel a thing it's been like 45 minutes. This sucks.

>>81773592
That's normal, it can take just over an hour before it hits lol

>>81765701 (OP)
Don't do dabs or vapes, flower only. It does not make you into a retard, unless you start when you're like 12 in which case it might. If you are actively high all the time, you will be functionally retarded because weed makes you retarded while under the influence. Couple hits a night for a grown man will not be a problem. If it's giving you anxiety, smoke less.

>>81765701 (OP)
>is it good or does it turn you into a retard?
Both.

95% of pot smokers would be much better off if they quit. It's fine if you only do it a few times a month but it's difficult for most people to moderate their use.

>>81766539
How has being a daily user changed your life?
Are you still working?

>>81767470
The fact you don't mention food at all tells me you are a skinny stoner and not a fat stoner

The artificially-inflated costs can be extremely destructive. It's a financial burden, an employment liability, and a criminal risk. The weed itself is kinda nice, but people can and do still find a way to lose their minds on it. I dunno OP. As far as the intelligence argument, 99% of people you can just cherry pick how they're retarded. If it's not weed you can get them for other things, but you can't get them fired so there's that.

>>81775495
i pay 8$ for 100mg thc in oregon. i take 30mg to be high for the day. that comes out to about 2$, or the price of 1 beer for a good high. its pretty dang affordable

>>81765701 (OP)
I cant smoke anymore because weed pens scarred my lung so I just take edibles to get high. Its not the same as feeling that warm nice feeling of cancer acid smoke from ur vape. Other than that weed barely hits for me anymore. Its middy

>>81773592
How much did you take?
Oregano

It's good when you use it on occassion to sit back and relax, or when you use it for self-medication like a PTSD episode. Stoners though can fuck off and die.

I'm a weed NEET and I demand a button I can press that delivers slop to me at 4 am.

>>81775285
yes
but i feel like life is more difficult