tetris11

Again, it's not binary for me, despite these increasingly polarized times we live in. No one should undergo the same prison sentencing as rapists just for carrying a potentially addictive and life-altering substance, but we shouldn't also (in my opinion) just open the gates and let this substance into foray of our daily lives.

Hell, alcohol shouldn't be so freely dispensed as it (see: russia's entire history), but we do it anyway. Adding another substance just seems like a step backwards for me.

The thing is, they already are. Excessive drinking at a friends house is so normalized here, it's become background. The police might pull you over if you're swerving all over the road on the way back home, but usually they wont. Adding weed to that mix of "normal" background behaviours is going to improve that? I don't think so.

And I'm not saying prohibit all vices. People need their release - of course they do - but rather than encourage new addictions behind closed doors, can't we just make it easier for people to hang out in public at night?

I hope you're right.

He sounds like a right vile cunt. But me not being head over heels for more vices doesn't mean I'm a strawman for ostracizing others. It's not binary. I will always vote left and progressive to protect the freedoms of others. But I just don't see the social advantage in adding yet more bread and circuses to keep people down, and nor do I see the benefit of throwing more avenues of abuse to people who already struggle with impulse control. I genuinely believe this will end badly, but I'm happy to be proven wrong.

constructive

So legalize it and put money into treating addictions and mental illnesses. This isn’t very hard.

Of course. But look around you. Our governments won't do that, and no political party that could make it to power is pushing a platform like that. I'm more than happy to make kids playgrounds out of concrete if I knew that bandages were free.

Most if not all cases. Cannabis is objectively less dangerous in practically every way.

I agree. But it's not like Alcohol usage will go down once Cannabis is legalized. If anything, people will use them together in a vicious cycle. Throwing baseball bats into a dangerous hockey arena is never a good idea, even if the bats are made of foam.

And alcohol’s effects aren’t?

Alcohol's effects are immediately visible. It's hard to be an alcoholic and still look at yourself in the mirror happily the next morning. Weed has no such negative phenotype, if anything you will look happier the next morning for abusing it.

If you ignore the kid, it's a story about a guy who's really impressed with his lamp, notices the ikea logo, and then dies a little inside.

I detest the node ecosystem, but I do love watching NPM build packages

You joke, but you should look up Guix

If you have underlying issues with anxiety and paranoia, adding marijuana to the mix exacerbates these issues greatly and becomes a poor crutch for dealing with them. I've seen friends and family who smoked 2-3x weekly for a few years develop eyebrow-raising mental problems. So I tend to agree.

Personal anecdote, N=4.

(Yeah of course, alcohol is just as bad, or worse in extreme cases, but people can usually sense the damage being done to them by it afterwards. Pot's effects are internal. It's hard to reflect until it's too late.)

"Deswegen fahre ich nach Österreich oder Frankreich, um die Besser Regierung zu genießen" said no one ever

well that's the sad thing - I don't use nor have I really ever. The most social I ever did was 15 years of reddit.

But I watch friends and colleagues, go out on dates with like-minded people, or find great deals on furniture, and I can't help but think "huh."

My main point is, it's a horrible app/platform, but it has incredible utility by way of reach.