I mean you can get used to anything that smells bad if you wallow in it long enough. Doesn't change that it smells bad. ;p
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How many years before the stigma of weed is gone?
- Thread starter justin haines
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I mean you can get used to anything that smells bad if you wallow in it long enough. Doesn't change that it smells bad. ;p
You can't compare the history of tobacco to weed, people are totally different now and things that flew in the past and in turn became ingrained in society would not fly now.
Even if I smoked I'd never do that shit where my kid could be inhaling my second hand smoke. You say this like weed is exempt from being second hand smoke. It isn't.
https://www.mountsinai.org/about/newsroom/2018/secondhand-pot-smoke-found-in-kids-lungs
Oh yeah, it's great for kids too right all that lovely second hand stank?
Kids just get used to it
never said that and I'm obviously joking
As long as they remember to pass it to the left.
Add me to the list of people who hate the smell. I have a friend who is a top tier pothead, and his house reeks every time I go in it. Just awful smelling. I comment on it now and again and he has no idea, says he doesn't smell anything.
Actually it's that way for all of the pot smokers I know. I've also had several neighbors who smoke and it makes my apartment embarrassing to invite people over to cause you can smell it in my unit. Hate the stuff.
Actually it's that way for all of the pot smokers I know. I've also had several neighbors who smoke and it makes my apartment embarrassing to invite people over to cause you can smell it in my unit. Hate the stuff.
Never, in that I imagine the lazy burnout stereotypes will persist for those who fit the mold.
I'm hoping I live to see the end of smoking as any sort of socially acceptable habit. The smell is awful and secondhand smoke is bad for you.
I'm hoping I live to see the end of smoking as any sort of socially acceptable habit. The smell is awful and secondhand smoke is bad for you.
I was with you for a bit but people do this ALL the time.
Maybe at your job. Every time someone does this they get blatant side-eye. No one wants to smell that shit and people that do it are inconsiderate.
What in the hell are you talking about drive to your local home Depot? I'm sure nobody is blowing smoke in your unit, if they are you have every right to complain but just because you can smell it doesn't mean someone is blowing smoke at you.
I can smell chimneys burning wood across the street in the winter but it doesn't mean their smoke is in my house. Sure it's annoying to you but so is the neighbor using a leaf blower and you needing to turn up your TV while the yardwork is going on. Nobody is saying you should be smelling weed 100% of the time at while you're at home but if it's once in a while I'd recommend not being so uptight about it. Also, just because someone smokes weed every once in a while does not make them a pothead, just like someone who has a glass of wine with dinner on the weekend isn't an alcoholic.
The stigma of it is gone in a lot of parts, but because it's still illegal on a federal level a lot of folks still cling to that. NY and NJ are getting ready to expunge weed related arrests from people's records in the next year.
With that logic alcohol should be stigmatized. Yet it's served at professional functions on the regular.
What stigma exactly do you think will go away? Your list of smoking, drinking and gambling all carry stigmas despite they more legal status. To be honest I don't think weed being legal would change my bias all that much... it being illegal isn't why I have the bias to begin with.
I'm saying smokers can add weather stripping to their doors and close their windows to contain their smoke.
Some all the weed you want. Keep your smoke to yourself. You don't get a pass cause it's not a cigarette. And the problems with alcohol doesn't negate anything.
Private industry drug tests too, not sure why you think they don't.
What private industry tech jobs test for weed? Please enlighten me
My parents generation and my generation need to die off for sure, and maybe one beyond that, so I'm gonna go with at least 50-60 years
It really needs to become legal on a federal level first. Then weed-related commerce will increase exponentially once places can accept credit cards and receive bank loans without issue, which will begin to make weed seem like a normal everyday business. Also, companies will then begin removing policies (including soft policies) that punish for weed use, either voluntarily or by consequence of lawsuits. After that, you'll see it become something that is accepted fairly quickly, I think
Every tech job that is within a company that drug tests as a condition of employment. My last two companies had massive tech departments and drug tested for weed upon hire.
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Almost all cybersecurity jobs for starters, and it's very common for tech jobs in banks and financial institutions.
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I was just pointing out calling everyone who smokes weed a pothead is like calling everyone who drinks an alcoholic. You can make your point without the hyperbole.
There is no "logic" when it comes to stigmas. That should be obvious by now, especially with weed.
Oh, I'm not calling everyone that smokes weed a pothead. I'm calling anyone can't comprehend how other people might not value their weed smoke entering their apartment a pothead. There's a distinct difference you're kinda ignoring.
Smoke weed, cigarettes, cigars. Do you. But don't act shocked others might not wanna smell that shit in their units.
Mental addiction which you can get from doing anything repeatedly. Nothing physical though.
Heh. If Google tested for Weed, they'd loose 75% of their workforce overnight.
I have a feeling that the stigma is going to be around a lot longer than people who smoke a lot of weed think it will.
I'm curious what the 'stigma' is that people worry about here. Like, I don't really care if people smoke, but I sorta consider it juvenile. I assume that's just the old man talk slowly infiltrating my brain though, so I just smile and say "Yeah. The Weed is super cool to me too" so that no one suspects.
I don't think the 420 culture will be accepted. Vancouver is in the middle of some controversy as there is a 420 festival that masks itself as a protest so they don't have any responsibilities with clean up or permits. That culture is never going to get normalized and I hope it never does.
as somebody in his 30s i've noticed a pretty big difference from when i was in high school. in my county you can't get arrested for under 4 ounces which would've been mind blowing to me 20 years ago
but the dirty long haired stoner is pretty ingrained in americana so i don't think the overall stigma will ever really go away
but the dirty long haired stoner is pretty ingrained in americana so i don't think the overall stigma will ever really go away
I'll stop being judgemental about it when it doesn't make people smell like rotting skunk corpses.
Pretty much all tech industries test for marijuana.
If you're looking at the big names, they don't test as long as they're in a state or country that has made it legal (i.e., California).
Amazon locations outside of California (for this example, let's say Charlotte, NC) will do a random test (mouth swag, urine, or hair tests) randomly when employed with them - and a urine test upon accepting an offer (during your orientation).
The same goes for Google locations (data centers or offices) have a similar "maybe/maybe not" scenario when getting hired through their offices. In the London office, you don't necessarily have to agree to take a drug test - but they will give you notice. You can be terminated if tested positive or if you've refused the test.
That's not including all of the startups all across the US that will run drug tests and background checks, especially if the startup has a high profile partner or has government-based customers.
i remember someone here on era doing some first-rate pearl clutching at allll the cars that were gonna fly off the roads everywhere the day it was legalized in Canada
for all the "I hate the smell" folks – you might want to wish for legalization anyways if you don't have it. in Halifax they essentially reacted to the weed legalization by banning ALL public smoking. including cigs and vapes.
edit - US drug testing for so many jobs still amazes me. i've never seen that shit anywhere in Canada unless it was for law enforcement or some other attention-critical thing
It's a pretty rank smell tho.
I smoke all the time but when I walk into an apartment complex and smell it everywhere it still bothers me. At least air that shit out.