Currently there are about 2000 drug smoking, music making, dancing folks lining the public areas outside my office celebrating 4:20. They have been there since this morning and we are now beginning to smell the effects of all that smoke as it wafts its way in this direction.
anything like that happening in your corners of the world.
US posters need not point out that this would not happen in their country.
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 20, 2009, 05:15:14 PM
US posters need not point out that this would not happen in their country.
Thank god. Or Allah, Yahweh, Sol Invictus or whatever.
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 20, 2009, 05:15:14 PM
Currently there are about 2000 drug smoking, music making, dancing folks lining the public areas outside my office celebrating 4:20. They have been there since this morning and we are now beginning to smell the effects of all that smoke as it wafts its way in this direction.
anything like that happening in your corners of the world.
No, because nothing this fucking stupid would happen in the US.
What time zone are you in? It's like 6:20 here.
;)
Quote from: dps on April 20, 2009, 05:21:16 PM
What time zone are you in? It's like 6:20 here.
;)
It should be 3:20 in Vancouver atm
The surreal thing is there are lot of cops around but they are there directing traffic and simply observing all the pot smoking.
The only thing that really gets me upset about the whole thing is I can see that some thoughtful parents brought their small kids to sit in the crowd so that they inhale all the smoke. But I guess this isnt so different from the air quality in their homes.
It's not time, it's a date.
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 20, 2009, 05:30:16 PM
It's not time, it's a date.
Shows what you know about drug culture.
Its a time and date.
At 4:20 on April 20 all these folks are going to spark up at the same time.
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 20, 2009, 05:33:26 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 20, 2009, 05:30:16 PM
It's not time, it's a date.
Shows what you know about drug culture.
Its a time and date.
At 4:20 on April 20 all these folks are going to spark up at the same time.
:yes:
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 20, 2009, 05:15:14 PM
US posters need not point out that this would not happen in their country.
:blink:
I live in SF; I'd be surprised if this didn't happen.
Quote from: garbon on April 20, 2009, 05:35:08 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 20, 2009, 05:15:14 PM
US posters need not point out that this would not happen in their country.
:blink:
I live in SF; I'd be surprised if this didn't happen.
I'd think same could be said of Portland and some other cities.
Quote from: katmai on April 20, 2009, 05:36:28 PM
Quote from: garbon on April 20, 2009, 05:35:08 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 20, 2009, 05:15:14 PM
US posters need not point out that this would not happen in their country.
:blink:
I live in SF; I'd be surprised if this didn't happen.
I'd think same could be said of Portland and some other cities.
True.
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 20, 2009, 05:33:26 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 20, 2009, 05:30:16 PM
It's not time, it's a date.
Shows what you know about drug culture.
Its a time and date.
At 4:20 on April 20 all these folks are going to spark up at the same time.
Around here it has mixed with the other meanings of 3:16
No idea. Poor people aren't allowed in my part of town.
Quote from: Neil on April 20, 2009, 05:42:01 PM
No idea. Poor people aren't allowed in my part of town.
This isnt the poor part of town.
And in Calgary the rich folks are too dosed with anti-depressives that they wouldn't know this was happening in any event.
press conference for may 2nd's marjiuana march and party. hard cold rain today, so I doubt much of a turnout.
Quote from: saskganesh on April 20, 2009, 05:48:39 PM
press conference for may 2nd's marjiuana march and party. hard cold rain today, so I doubt much of a turnout.
I dont think most of the folks out there (at this celebration) would ever actually ever vote.
Quote from: garbon on April 20, 2009, 05:35:08 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 20, 2009, 05:15:14 PM
US posters need not point out that this would not happen in their country.
:blink:
I live in SF; I'd be surprised if this didn't happen.
Like the potheads in Cali are actually going to wait for a specified time to have a toke. :)
I don't know if it would happen in my area or not. I looked out my window but didn't see anything like that.
Quote from: dps on April 20, 2009, 05:52:46 PM
Like the potheads in Cali are actually going to wait for a specified time to have a toke. :)
True, the good weather this weekend was totally sufficient for most people in the park. :blush:
I also noticed that on the review site (yelp), there is now an entry for the marijuana truffle man (he walks around one of the parks selling marijuana baked into truffles). Oh SF!
http://www.yelp.com/biz/truffle-guy-san-francisco
Although, having never had one, I don't know if he's actually legit.
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 20, 2009, 05:47:57 PM
Quote from: Neil on April 20, 2009, 05:42:01 PM
No idea. Poor people aren't allowed in my part of town.
This isnt the poor part of town.
Then why are they allowing drug addicts to wander the streets?
There used to be something like this in Ann Arbor called Hash Bash. Marijuana was more or less legal for the day and there was a protest and a street fair. Unfortunately the state police cracked down on the marijuana being legal part; but you can still go to the protest and listen to Libertarians complain about the guv'mint keepin' dem down if that sort of thing is your bag.
Heh, Wikipedia really does have everything:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_Bash (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_Bash)
Quote from: dps on April 20, 2009, 05:52:46 PM
Quote from: garbon on April 20, 2009, 05:35:08 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 20, 2009, 05:15:14 PM
US posters need not point out that this would not happen in their country.
:blink:
I live in SF; I'd be surprised if this didn't happen.
Like the potheads in Cali are actually going to wait for a specified time to have a toke. :)
It's 4:20 somewhere man!
Quote from: garbon on April 20, 2009, 05:56:46 PM
Although, having never had one, I don't know if he's actually legit.
There were guys like that in Berkeley too. I never tried one, buying drug laced pastries from a semi homeless dude in the park seemed like a bad idea.
What day is April 20?
Quote from: Monoriu on April 20, 2009, 08:09:47 PM
What day is April 20?
The Day Potheads light up.
Also, Hitler's Birthday.
A colleague of mine went flyer-ing in the crowd for an event at his other job (Cheech & Chong Movie at the Rio) Did not have a toke. He didn't need to as being there long enough to get rid of his flyers, it was like he'd been hotboxing.
The cops have always largely left these things (there's also Cannabis Day on July1) alone. The only crime usually happened before they get to the place (the buying selling of the weed) plus it's a hella mellow crowd. :cool:
However I don't think people should be bringing their kids. that kind of attitude just idiotic.
Quote from: Neil on April 20, 2009, 05:42:01 PM
No idea. Poor people aren't allowed in my part of town.
But you live in NDP town! :cool:
Quote from: Josephus on April 20, 2009, 09:05:40 PM
Quote from: Neil on April 20, 2009, 05:42:01 PM
No idea. Poor people aren't allowed in my part of town.
But you live in NDP town! :cool:
One NDP MP does not an NDP town make. Besides, that will be corrected in the next election.
Besides, it's a big enough riding that I don't have to tolerate the illegally registered university students that love pot and the NDP.
Quote from: Neil on April 20, 2009, 05:42:01 PM
No idea. Poor people aren't allowed in my part of town.
Must suck having to drive to the post office every day to pick up your mail.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 20, 2009, 09:57:12 PM
Quote from: Neil on April 20, 2009, 05:42:01 PM
No idea. Poor people aren't allowed in my part of town.
Must suck having to drive to the post office every day to pick up your mail.
It does, :(
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 20, 2009, 09:57:12 PM
Quote from: Neil on April 20, 2009, 05:42:01 PM
No idea. Poor people aren't allowed in my part of town.
Must suck having to drive to the post office every day to pick up your mail.
:huh:
Quote from: Neil on April 20, 2009, 10:02:18 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 20, 2009, 09:57:12 PM
Quote from: Neil on April 20, 2009, 05:42:01 PM
No idea. Poor people aren't allowed in my part of town.
Must suck having to drive to the post office every day to pick up your mail.
:huh:
No mail, no pizza delivery, no gardening, no maid service, no exterminators, etc. implied by your post. ;)
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 20, 2009, 10:05:47 PM
Quote from: Neil on April 20, 2009, 10:02:18 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 20, 2009, 09:57:12 PM
Quote from: Neil on April 20, 2009, 05:42:01 PM
No idea. Poor people aren't allowed in my part of town.
Must suck having to drive to the post office every day to pick up your mail.
:huh:
No mail, no pizza delivery, no gardening, no maid service, no exterminators, etc. implied by your post. ;)
:lol:
The help doesn't count.
Actually, I was just talking with a friend about this last week. He was dating a girl who thought that he was a little too distant from his maids. She just didn't get that you don't buddy up with the help.
Hmmm I thought this would be about current loops ...
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 20, 2009, 09:57:12 PMMust suck having to drive to the post office every day to pick up your mail.
Thanks to having a cushy Strix-like government job, mailmen ain't poor.
This thread made me Wiki 4:20 :angry:
Quote from: Brazen on April 21, 2009, 07:23:57 AM
This thread made me Wiki 4:20 :angry:
:blink: They don't have this term in Britain? You don't strike me as particularly sheltered...
Quote from: Neil on April 20, 2009, 10:22:11 PM
:lol:
The help doesn't count.
Actually, I was just talking with a friend about this last week. He was dating a girl who thought that he was a little too distant from his maids. She just didn't get that you don't buddy up with the help.
When she sees his maid is wearing one of those little French Maid outfits from Erotic Boutique, she'll change her mind on that. :P
Quote from: garbon on April 20, 2009, 05:56:46 PM
I also noticed that on the review site (yelp), there is now an entry for the marijuana truffle man (he walks around one of the parks selling marijuana baked into truffles).
How mechanically is that done?
(BTW- criminal waste of a truffle).
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on April 21, 2009, 09:14:52 AMHow mechanically is that done?
(BTW- criminal waste of a truffle).
More than likely it's made with pot that was simmered in butter... the cannabinoids leach into the butter. The butter is then used 'normally' to make the candy.
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on April 21, 2009, 09:14:52 AM
Quote from: garbon on April 20, 2009, 05:56:46 PM
I also noticed that on the review site (yelp), there is now an entry for the marijuana truffle man (he walks around one of the parks selling marijuana baked into truffles).
How mechanically is that done?
(BTW- criminal waste of a truffle).
Probably in the same way you do it with Muffins and Brownies.
Also, probably chocolate truffles & not the mushroom 5000$ an once kind.
Eating pot in brownies or candies isn't the preferred way to take the drug - particularly from an unknown source: even if it is the real deal, you have no dosage control, and dosage control is critical. You do *not* want to take too much - trust me on this, it isn't pleasant. :lol:
I seem to recall people eating about half of one. Here's to hoping he doesn't often mix up his dosage. :D
Quote from: Caliga on April 21, 2009, 07:24:53 AM
Quote from: Brazen on April 21, 2009, 07:23:57 AM
This thread made me Wiki 4:20 :angry:
:blink: They don't have this term in Britain? You don't strike me as particularly sheltered...
The concept is fundamentally un-British. What on earth is the point of being a pot-smoking layabout if you have to do it to someone else's timetable :huh:?
Quote from: katmai on April 20, 2009, 05:36:28 PM
I'd think same could be said of Portland and some other cities.
You'd be right!
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on April 21, 2009, 12:02:42 PM
The concept is fundamentally un-British. What on earth is the point of being a pot-smoking layabout if you have to do it to someone else's timetable :huh:?
Most wouldn't smoke only at 4,20; it's just that, that time(and/or day depending) is a sort of celebration of it. Sort of like how the glory of mass consumption is celebrated on December 25th, but that doesn't stop one from consuming all year long.
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on April 21, 2009, 12:02:42 PM
The concept is fundamentally un-British. What on earth is the point of being a pot-smoking layabout if you have to do it to someone else's timetable :huh:?
It would clash with tea-time too :mad:
Never heard of this crap.
pfft re: cookie dosage. all the reputable local makers of such treats know how to do it right. Never had a bad time with it (that wasn't my own fault)
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on April 21, 2009, 12:36:51 PM
pfft re: cookie dosage. all the reputable local makers of such treats know how to do it right. Never had a bad time with it (that wasn't my own fault)
Well, unless you actually know the guy who makes them, you may not have a good handle on how "reputable" they really are - but that being said, everyone's tollerance to the drug is different, and with the eaten form the difference between the dose needed to get you high and the dose which will make you uncomfortable is reasonably narrow. When eating the stuff you are dealing with several unknowns - how potent the pot that went in it is, how much went in it, how the processing has altered that potency, your tollerance relative to the guy making it, etc.
In contrast, with smoking the stuff you have a much better handle on dosage control, since the high is relatively quick, and taken in incremental manner - one takes one toke and then another and another, effectively "forward titrating" the dose. When you eat, you eat all at once. So when smoking, you don't need as much information or trust (plus you can see and smell the actual pot).
Quote from: Malthus on April 21, 2009, 01:28:25 PM
In contrast, with smoking the stuff you have a much better handle on dosage control, since the high is relatively quick, and taken in incremental manner - one takes one toke and then another and another, effectively "forward titrating" the dose. When you eat, you eat all at once. So when smoking, you don't need as much information or trust (plus you can see and smell the actual pot).
One of the nice things about smoking dope is that when you're too stoned you're usually too stoned to roll another joint.
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on April 21, 2009, 12:02:42 PM
Quote from: Caliga on April 21, 2009, 07:24:53 AM
Quote from: Brazen on April 21, 2009, 07:23:57 AM
This thread made me Wiki 4:20 :angry:
:blink: They don't have this term in Britain? You don't strike me as particularly sheltered...
The concept is fundamentally un-British. What on earth is the point of being a pot-smoking layabout if you have to do it to someone else's timetable :huh:?
Isn't it like the 5 o-clock tea?
Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 21, 2009, 02:10:25 PM
One of the nice things about smoking dope is that when you're too stoned you're usually too stoned to roll another joint.
Yup, exactly.
If you are eating and you ate too much, it is too late when you start feeling the effects. Plus, the effects are typically delayed by half an hour or more.
I wanna see somebody totally flip out on pot. :(
Quote from: Malthus on April 21, 2009, 01:28:25 PM
In contrast, with smoking the stuff you have a much better handle on dosage control, since the high is relatively quick, and taken in incremental manner - one takes one toke and then another and another, effectively "forward titrating" the dose. When you eat, you eat all at once. So when smoking, you don't need as much information or trust (plus you can see and smell the actual pot).
This is also the reason it is very hard to get cancer from smoking dope...you just cannot chain smoke it like cigarettes.
I am pretty tolerant when it comes to this sort of thing. I don't care if people smoke pot anymore then I care whether they smoke cigarettes. I just care if they invade my space while doing it.
However, these kinds of events are not exactly the best PR for the decriminalization movement. Whenever I see the folks that turn out to them I can't help but think that pot had some causal effect on their lives and I begin to rethink my stance.
Its kind of like when I question my views on gay rights after reading too many of Marti's posts.
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 21, 2009, 03:52:54 PM
I am pretty tolerant when it comes to this sort of thing. I don't care if people smoke pot anymore then I care whether they smoke cigarettes. I just care if they invade my space while doing it.
However, these kinds of events are not exactly the best PR for the decriminalization movement. Whenever I see the folks that turn out to them I can't help but think that pot had some causal effect on their lives and I begin to rethink my stance.
Its kind of like when I question my views on gay rights after reading too many of Marti's posts.
Heh, there is a certain ... self-selection going on. The freakshows are more likely to make a great to-do over their pot-smoking and thus are over-represented at such events. :D
That being said, I'm of the view that regular, heavy pot smoking isn't good for anyone. Pretty well everyone I know who smokes the stuff regularly and heavily has, I think, some bad effects from it (though not nearly as bad in this respect as regular heavy drinking).
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 21, 2009, 03:52:54 PMIts kind of like when I question my views on gay rights after reading too many of Marti's posts.
:lol: I kinda doubt Marti is this way "in real life", and nearly all of the gays I've known offline have been delightful.
Quote from: Caliga on April 21, 2009, 05:25:13 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 21, 2009, 03:52:54 PMIts kind of like when I question my views on gay rights after reading too many of Marti's posts.
:lol: I kinda doubt Marti is this way "in real life", and nearly all of the gays I've known offline have been delightful.
We're seeing the real Martinus, the evil that lurks in the heart of every gay.
By not supporting my 'Freedom For Homos' Bill, you're siding with the forces whose mission is to destroy humanity.