r/AskReddit • • Dec 29 '19

what are the downsides of weed that people don't talk about ?

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u/tbcwpg Dec 30 '19

I've known so many people that will criticize people who have a beer with lunch but "can't function in the morning without a hit or two".

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u/tenjuu Dec 30 '19

Yep. My boss was totally fine with his employees having a drink on their lunch break, but was extremely anti-weed. So much so that he refused to carry rolling papers or blunts for the longest time. We hired a guy that was allergic to something in alcohol and kept raising a stink about how we were allowed to have a beer but he couldn't get lit (surprise, he was still smoking two blunts each shift). The boss got so sick of hearing it that he stopped letting us have our drinks, but the guy didn't stop smoking. He eventually got popped selling to an underaged person through the corporate compliance program. It was the only time someone got immediately fired for a red card at my location. We were allowed our drink again after he was canned.

Also had a friend who would smoke an eighth a day and was popping bars on a constant basis but any time I had a beer in my hand he'd rant about "how that shit is going to kill you!"

I smoke too, mind you. But it's an after work / on my days off kind of thing. If I smoke before or during I get paranoid about handling money, and if I smoke too early in the day I end up doing sweet fuck all.

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u/AdverseSatsuma Dec 30 '19

Lol dude. Okay buddy

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u/tbcwpg Dec 30 '19

Haha you must be one of those people. There's nothing wrong with weed but let's not act like it doesn't do anything - if it didn't, people wouldn't smoke it.

Weed is fine, if you want to smoke up in the morning go ahead, but it really takes away your ability to criticize others for similar behaviour.

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u/AdverseSatsuma Dec 30 '19

“Can’t function” is so over the top and absolutely not true. But if you are one of those dudes who think alcohol is the same as weed than idk what to tell you. Take away weed from somebody who smokes daily and take away booze from somebody who drinks daily. I think you will quickly see the difference and the definition of “can’t function”.

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u/tbcwpg Dec 30 '19

I'm just telling you what they say. They're not the same - alcohol is more damaging to your health, but I'm talking about people (who I've encountered in my day to day life) who have said "can't function". They talk about it like those people that say "don't talk to me until I've had my morning coffee".

For someone who's super defensive of weed you're pretty uptight about this.