there's a reason they call it doap

[dcbahr]

hello all,

So this is my first thread on the general discussion forum. An to think that just a little awhile I was telling a fellow tmfer that I didn't post here. Yet I wanted an opinion on something. Perhaps it's out of line, but I'm wondering people's opinions on the smoking of pot as a rereational idea. Here is my views on the subject, I don't want to start an argument, I just wonder what people will have to say to this: Here goes *deep breath of clean air*

I've smoked, I'm young (21 just afew weeks back), so I'm in the stage of experimentation with boundaries of course. The feeling I get is good for awhile, a high, then you want it to go the hell away. And, true to the subject of this post, it makes me feel stupid. I had thought, being a musician, that it would allow me to be creative. Instead, the cognitive processes are slowed, glutimate is inhibited, and your neurons are much easier controled than normally. I'm a neuroscience student.

Anyway, I'm wondering, what do people think about the feeling of a high? Do you enjoy it some times, not others? I've stopped smoking (I did it once a week if that for 2 or 3 weeks before the after effects made me realize it wasn't any sort of help, but a hindrance).

If the mods don't dig this discussion topic, well, they can remove it of course, it's their authority. Just being open and honest as always.

Thoughts? Criticisms? For those of you who are anti-drug, I understand the "just say no," idea completely, but a well thought out explanation would be nice. Feel free to PM me if you want if you want to slander.

Later, hope things are well,
Dave

 

[chicago]

I'm a fan of pot. I smoke pretty often. Most of the time it's just after work or if I'm at a party, a little more.

What really pisses me off is kids who drink themselves into oblivion on the weekends saying that pot is bad or lame or what have you when, in my opinion, it's probably a better way to kill your brain cells.

As for feeling stupid or less creative, I think it's all about what kind and how much you smoke. Smoking pot doesn't make me feel any less stupid or creative than I already am. Ha.

 

[Scouse]

I'd much rather sit in a house and smoke, than go out,get drunk, and wonder how many people will try and start a fight on the way home.

As for the high, it depends on the situation. Home alone, with a pen/paper or computer, I'm the most uncreative person ever. But if I'm with friends theres an idea a minute, and I can't wait to get home to write them down - however as soon as one comes into my head, the previous is gone.

I can take it or leave it to an extent. I can go 3 months without a problem, but if there is pot in my house its getting smoked. I'll smoke until I sleep, wake up and smoke until its gone. I'm not silly about it, I won't get stoned before work or anything reasonably important, infact I'd go as far as to say that I'd avoid it if I knew I had to leave the house I was in.

I've experimented with lots,but pot is definitely my drug of choice, even better if I can have a cup of coffee with it.

 

[Bizkit]

I am most definately a fan of pot.A big fan actually.😀 Unfortunately I have a job that I cannot stand and in order to find one that pays close to what I am making I am going to have to be clean.Its been a frustrating few months.In fact I am getting frustrated thinking about it right now.Peace out. 😡

 

[Strider]

I smoke relatively regularly. It really doesn't effect my functioning in any way; unless I'm utterly baked out of my skull.

 

[drew70]

I have a lot of experience with this topic. I took my first toke in the summer of 1972 at the age of 15. For years, pot has been unfairly categorized with more degenerative drugs such as LSD, heroine and cocaine; when in fact, it's much milder and considerably less dangerous than even alcohol. Though I've done it more times than I can count, I don't recommend driving or performing any mentally taxing activities while stoned, although a stoned driver is nowhere near as dangerous as a drunk one.

Pot is not a mind expanding drug like acid or mushrooms, so I wouldn't recommend it for the purposes of creativity. However, I've found that what it does is allow one to focus one's entire attention on one particular thing at the exclusion of all else. This is why listening to music is a big part of the stoner lifestyle. For me it was The Beatles, Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck, Mahavishnu John McLoughlin, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Uriah Heap, Pink Floyd, and countless other bands.

I find that pot is not good for social interaction such as dates, parties, etc. For this, alcohol serves much better. This is because alcohol lessens one's inhibitions, while pot increases them.

These days it's rare for me to light up, but when I do, I find I prefer some mild home grown to the ultra powerful skunky smelling sinsamilla where one hit is enough to send you straight to the couch with the TV remote and a bag of Nacho Cheese Doritos.

 

[SmarterthanU]

I'm a fan of pot. I smoke pretty often. Most of the time it's just after work or if I'm at a party, a little more.

What really pisses me off is kids who drink themselves into oblivion on the weekends saying that pot is bad or lame or what have you when, in my opinion, it's probably a better way to kill your brain cells.

As for feeling stupid or less creative, I think it's all about what kind and how much you smoke. Smoking pot doesn't make me feel any less stupid or creative than I already am. Ha.

Right there with you. No one has ever overdosed on pot, and there's no such thing as Fetal Marijuana Syndrome.

But ... ummm ... just as an aside -- "own self" is two words. There's no such word as "ownself" ...

 

[Capnmad]

But ... ummm ... just as an aside -- "own self" is two words. There's no such word as "ownself" ...

And yet you and every poster on here (all of whom smoke, interestingly 😉 ) miss "doap"?! 😕 I thought he was talking about soap before I stepped onto the thread... 🙂

But yeah -- you're gonna shed brain cells no matter what, people. Spend that time doing what you like best! I know I do!

 

[Bizkit]

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I find that pot is not good for social interaction such as dates, parties, etc. For this, alcohol serves much better. This is because alcohol lessens one's inhibitions, while pot increases them.

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I do agree with you there.At least for me it is that way.

 

[Leo tickles]

This thread explains a lot.

 

[cloudgazer2k]

This thread explains a lot.

enlighten us, O Wise One.

personally, i miss it. it was something that helped me relax, have a good night's sleep, and focus on one project rather than be scattered about a dozen others. regardless of how it helped me, i made a promise to not touch the stuff anymore, and have kept to it for some time.

 

[chicago]

that was harsh

I disagree.

 

[Leo tickles]

Okay, I will.

Half of the people here are desperate pot heads. A quarter of them are old men pretending to tickle feet in stories, the rest own or moderate the place.

 

[Bugman]

Okay, I will.

Half of the people here are desperate pot heads. A quarter of them are old men pretending to tickle feet in stories, the rest own or moderate the place.

You are taring a lot of people with a broad brush.May i ask how you know this to be true?

 

[cloudgazer2k]

Okay, I will.

Half of the people here are desperate pot heads. A quarter of them are old men pretending to tickle feet in stories, the rest own or moderate the place.

it's funny how you say half, when you have yet to meet them. it's funny how you say old men, when many of us are far younger than you believe.

you seem embittered about something. do us a favor, deal with it, and get a few more years on ya before slinging what you "know" at everyone.

 

[Leo tickles]

it's funny how you say half, when you have yet to meet them. it's funny how you say old men, when many of us are far younger than you believe.

you seem embittered about something. do us a favor, deal with it, and get a few more years on ya before slinging what you "know" at everyone.

I'm not bitter, I'm happy that people are too wrapped up in the fake kind words to see the true nature of people.

Everything I sling comes with a bat, if you don't like it, bat it away and move on. If you can't, who's the embittered one?

 

[cloudgazer2k]

I'm not bitter, I'm happy that people are too wrapped up in the fake kind words to see the true nature of people.

Everything I sling comes with a bat, if you don't like it, bat it away and move on. If you can't, who's the embittered one?

trust me, i ain't bitter about anything you gotta say. personally, it's my belief that if you're gonna generalize people, do the research. many of us are much more than what you think we are, but you refuse to see it because of the general attitude you have. you are above, we are below, etc. etc.

 

[Leo tickles]

trust me, i ain't bitter about anything you gotta say. personally, it's my belief that if you're gonna generalize people, do the research. many of us are much more than what you think we are, but you refuse to see it because of the general attitude you have. you are above, we are below, etc. etc.

I know who are and aren't, and they are anything but many.

Me general attitude is part of my reality. The reality I choose to live in. MY perfect reality. Kind of like the stories about the psycho's off in their own little world? Yeah, but I realize it.

 

[Strider]

Okay, I will.

Half of the people here are desperate pot heads. A quarter of them are old men pretending to tickle feet in stories, the rest own or moderate the place.

Well, I smoke more less every day, and I'm curious what it is I'm so desperate about.

 

[SmarterthanU]

I know who are and aren't, and they are anything but many.

Me general attitude is part of my reality. The reality I choose to live in. MY perfect reality. Kind of like the stories about the psycho's off in their own little world? Yeah, but I realize it.

And you're saying you don't smoke?? Dude, like, no idea what you just said.

 

[chicago]

Okay, I will.

Half of the people here are desperate pot heads. A quarter of them are old men pretending to tickle feet in stories, the rest own or moderate the place.

Question number one: Which category do you belong to?

I'd say that more than half of your posts are negative in some way, alluding to the fact that you aren't happy here, so

Question number two: Why post at all?

 

[Leo tickles]

I don't belong to a category that I mentioned. I'm either above it, or below it, that's your call. I don't judge me, just everybody else. I have my own thoughts about me, but those don't help me when others don't agree. So, I let others slap a label on me and smile at them.

I'm negative because I see reason to be. When everything in life is guaranteed, I'll be positive. With something positive, it's never guaranteed. It could always go bad. I assess the situation and prepare for things going bad, and how they can go bad, that way, IF they do, I won't be wondering what the heck just happened.


Strider, quit smoking, you'll figure out what your desperate about.


Other poster, quit smoking, you'll figure out what I said.


If I was unhappy here I'd leave. I was unhappy with chat so I left that. I tend to ignore some of the threads on here, but when I see something like this, I call it out. All I said was this thread explains a lot. And it does. If nothing else, how I think.

 

[SmarterthanU]

I don't belong to a category that I mentioned. I'm either above it, or below it, that's your call. I don't judge me, just everybody else. I have my own thoughts about me, but those don't help me when others don't agree. So, I let others slap a label on me and smile at them.

I'm negative because I see reason to be. When everything in life is guaranteed, I'll be positive. With something positive, it's never guaranteed. It could always go bad. I assess the situation and prepare for things going bad, and how they can go bad, that way, IF they do, I won't be wondering what the heck just happened.


Strider, quit smoking, you'll figure out what your desperate about.


Other poster, quit smoking, you'll figure out what I said.


If I was unhappy here I'd leave. I was unhappy with chat so I left that. I tend to ignore some of the threads on here, but when I see something like this, I call it out. All I said was this thread explains a lot. And it does. If nothing else, how I think.

You're making absolutely no sense. It's like you're high or something.

 

[Bizkit]

I don't belong to a category that I mentioned. I'm either above it, or below it, that's your call. I don't judge me, just everybody else. I have my own thoughts about me, but those don't help me when others don't agree. So, I let others slap a label on me and smile at them.

I'm negative because I see reason to be. When everything in life is guaranteed, I'll be positive. With something positive, it's never guaranteed. It could always go bad. I assess the situation and prepare for things going bad, and how they can go bad, that way, IF they do, I won't be wondering what the heck just happened.


Strider, quit smoking, you'll figure out what your desperate about.


Other poster, quit smoking, you'll figure out what I said.


If I was unhappy here I'd leave. I was unhappy with chat so I left that. I tend to ignore some of the threads on here, but when I see something like this, I call it out. All I said was this thread explains a lot. And it does. If nothing else, how I think.

You have your own opinion and thats cool.Everyone is entitiled to their own.Its seems like you are getting pretty wound up over this.Maybe if you smoked a little bud it would calm you down. 🙂

 

[jonsmith]

I don't belong to a category that I mentioned. I'm either above it, or below it, that's your call. I don't judge me, just everybody else. I have my own thoughts about me, but those don't help me when others don't agree. So, I let others slap a label on me and smile at them.

I'm negative because I see reason to be. When everything in life is guaranteed, I'll be positive. With something positive, it's never guaranteed. It could always go bad. I assess the situation and prepare for things going bad, and how they can go bad, that way, IF they do, I won't be wondering what the heck just happened.


Strider, quit smoking, you'll figure out what your desperate about.


Other poster, quit smoking, you'll figure out what I said.


If I was unhappy here I'd leave. I was unhappy with chat so I left that. I tend to ignore some of the threads on here, but when I see something like this, I call it out. All I said was this thread explains a lot. And it does. If nothing else, how I think.

My friend, you are condemning yourself by condemning others.