Do Americans smoke bud weird or is it just the media portraying it this way?

[oldirtybizza]

I own a select fire AR-15 and piss on things when I feel like it. I do feel bad for you guys. I mean wtf is the individual going to do.

Hey mate don't feel bad , maybe you can make yourself feel better by making some bang bang noises with your guns or maybe drive around in your big truck unnecessarily wasting earth's limited fossil fuels.

Yet another great mind from the cradle of freedom.

 

[Jibult]

With a small, straight-shot half foot bong there is no need.. but when you use a one foot, double-perced beaker style with an ash-catcher, half the hit goes to filling the chamber with smoke. Instead of getting that useless oxygen in my lungs before the smoke, I exhale it in a one second breath - clear it in 3-4 seconds and then inhale oxygen after the hit to push the smoke deeper into my lungs.


You call it "weird".. I call it "efficiency"

That's what I hate about bigger bongs-- there's a whole different method to smoking them. With my li'l bubbler I don't have to worry about catching a second wind to clear it.


I say that now like it's the most obvious thing in the world, but that reasoning for my bubbler preference only came to me as I was reading your post. I've always preferred bubblers to bongs, bowls and pipes, but I could never really explain why... but as I read what you wrote it was definitely a "Eureka!"-moment.



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Hey mate don't feel bad , maybe you can make yourself feel better by making some bang bang noises with your guns or maybe drive around in your big truck unnecessarily wasting earth's limited fossil fuels.

Yet another great mind from the cradle of freedom.

Maybe it was just me, but I thought Dropper's post was making fun of Americans... I also didn't think he was American, so that might be where I'm getting a little fucked up at.

But hey, I don't mind wasti-- err, using-- fossil fuels. Not one bit. I didn't see anybody trying to save the Earth for my generation, so why should my generation try to save anything for the next?

(Don't mind me, I'm just a jaded, bitter old soul trapped in a 24 year old's body.)

But seriously, though, I doubt anybody'll be able to guilt me into actively changing my lifestyle to benefit somebody else who likely hasn't even been born at the time of my decision to make a change. Flaunt America's excesses all you want, but we learned long ago that it's better to have and not need than to need and not have.

 

[oldirtybizza]

(Don't mind me, I'm just a jaded, bitter old soul trapped in a 24 year old's body.)
But seriously, though, I doubt anybody'll be able to guilt me into actively changing my lifestyle to benefit somebody else who likely hasn't even been born at the time of my decision to make a change. Flaunt America's excesses all you want, but we learned long ago that it's better to have and not need than to need and not have.

This is way off topic but, you'd have to posses the mind of an infant trapped in a 24 year old's body if you don't think that the negative effects of our over usage of fossil fuels will impact you in your lifetime.
We are already seeing these effects in the form global warming (hurricane sandy, typhoon haiyan, desertification etc etc etc), higher fuel prices and the 2 oil related wars the US has fought in the last decade.

I'm not putting all the responsibility on the US , this is a global problem.
However the "fuck you! I'ma gone drive a big truck n burn lotsa gas" attitude of many Americans does make them a more conspicuous culprit of over consumption.

It is better to "have and not need" but the problem is how much you need, this need for more is at the root of most of our financial and environmental problems.

"Need less and have more" is a better aphorism to live by.

Back to serious bong rip discussion.

 

[Jibult]

fuck you! I'ma gone drive a big truck n burn lotsa gas





EDIT for relevancy: (Note: I never said I'm not seeing effects of climate change. I'm saying the beneficial effects of my hypothetical decision to change my consumption habits will yield no immediate results to me, other than an immediate lifestyle change. Collectively? Surely we could make a difference, but the same concept applies to voting and we all [us Americans, at least] know how well that goes over with the general population.


While we're throwing around adages, I've got another that applies: If ya can't beat 'em, join 'em.)

 

[Rachels Lion]

Well I'm American and have smoked and been around stoners for a good while... People I smoke with know weed etiquette and get as much smoke as they can unless using a monster bong and exceed lung capacity.... In movies based in the US some of the potheads are portrayed as kinda dumb and irresponsible.... It would be foolish of you to base your opinion of US marijuana smokers based of a movie or two. Everyone develops their own way they smoke or think while high to feel comfortable ya know? Sooo yeah assuming isn't fact

 

[Laid2Rest]

The movies portray douche bag stoners and in no way represent us in the US.

You hit the bong and "clear" it when you exhale the first hit(finishing the stale smoke you may have missed) then pass it. When I smoked in California (I live in Michigan ) u had to finish the whole bowl or "cone" before passing it. Here we just pass it around until it's cashed and pack another!

 

[Stevenski]

I used to smoke out of the classic Agung style glass bong for 20 years & upgraded to a couple of gong bongs earlier this year. I still mix my bud with tobacco as well. My primary bowl is a g spot cone style piece & I clear that in 3 hits when full.

I don't know if it's the "correct" way but I light it up, hit til at 3/4 lung capacity & lift the bowl clearing the chamber. Seems to work for me & is like a 3 cone rush for 3 simple hits.

As for thirsty cars I happen to like powerful rwd cars and will be buying a new v8 soon. Until they make small rwd cars with the amount of torque & power I want at the right price I won't be downsizing anytime soon.

 

[Bardeaux]

You hit the bong and "clear" it when you exhale the first hit(finishing the stale smoke you may have missed) then pass it. When I smoked in California (I live in Michigan ) u had to finish the whole bowl or "cone" before passing it. Here we just pass it around until it's cashed and pack another!

I grew up in Michigan as well, and this was also the case. A bowl/cone is to be shared, not ingested by one person in a circle to be reloaded by each person. Some people even get upset if you scorch the whole top of the bowl. Ime, etiquette implies that you burn a corner portion of the bowl for yourself and leave the others some fresh, uncharred green to hit.

 

[Seyer]

I lived in Cali for over 19 years and that was always the case ^

The movies portray douche bag stoners and in no way represent us in the US.

You hit the bong and "clear" it when you exhale the first hit(finishing the stale smoke you may have missed) then pass it. When I smoked in California (I live in Michigan ) u had to finish the whole bowl or "cone" before passing it. Here we just pass it around until it's cashed and pack another!

What the hell kind of alternate reality Cali did you go to?

 

[BlueHues]

^The idea of even trying to suggest that there's an "American" way to smoke pot is just absurd...There's probably some variance or things that are common in one state versus another, but even every social group probably does it a little differently...America is massive, and very different culturally from place to place...The one thing that seems to be everywhere is the presence of hundreds of chain restaurants and stores...Within 10 minutes driving distance of my house, There's 2 walmarts, 2 Targets, K-mart, Costco, 2-3 variations of "dollar stores", 2 large malls...hundreds of corporate chain fast-food places, I haven't even ever been to half of them in my fucking life like "Cinnabon" or "Long John Silvers"...and this is just talking about one section of a medium/largish size city...I could drive east or west on the highway from here(or north or south) and run into cities and towns for over a thousand miles in any direction and hit small towns and cities averaging probably every 25 miles that has a lot of the same fucking chains...In a lot of places, there's hardly any privately own businesses..The whole town is literally Walmart, Mcdonalds, Autozone...Everything that used to be privately owned businesses is now chains...Virtually none of the products are produced here...but it has to come from somewhere! And 99% is cheap disposable garbage that will be used for a little while and thrown away! I'm sure this kind of thing goes on in other parts of the world, but here...you're pretty much encouraged to just drive around and buy cheap paper and plastic products and eat processed, unhealthy food all day long! Oh well...it's actually pretty convenient if you're stoned at 3:30 AM to go to a 24 hour super walmart and buy a 10 pound bag of peach rings for $3.99...

 

[Jibult]

I haven't even ever been to half of them in my fucking life like "Cinnabon" or "Long John Silvers"...

You need to get high and go to Cinnabon, man, you don't know what you're missing. It's a strange specialization for a restaurant but they do it fucking wonderfully.

 

[anniegram]

You never see anyone in line at Cinnabon who is happy to be there.

 

[angeleyes]

Ha, I can see how you may have taken that considering the OP and the overall thread...

Kindly elaborate.

I forgot to say please.

 

[Jibult]

You never see anyone in line at Cinnabon who is happy to be there.

I'm familiar with food court Cinnabons in malls/shopping centers, so pretty much everyone I see in line at Cinnabon wants to be there... if they didn't, they have about 36 other options to choose from in the food court alone, and that's not including autonomous eatery units for mid-mall snacking like cookie stands and stuff.

Granted, the line's never very long so it's always an impulse buy to get some cinnamon sticks or something. Easier for instant cinnamon than it is to wait 20min in line just to get some wings or a burger, but I'll hit up Auntie Anne's for a pretzel over almost anything else. I just can't get enough of that woman's pretzels.

 

[BlueHues]

You never see anyone in line at Cinnabon who is happy to be there.

Haha...

I grew up on the East Coast, and for some reason there's a Dunkin Donuts on every corner, they opened up a Starbucks and it was closed within a year, so Cinnabon would probably fail...Certain chains are only in certain regions, and the West Coast is probably the best about having independently owned restaurants, come to think of it most big cities have a lot of cheap food options that are WAY better than fast food! Even the fast food chains in California are good...Del Taco makes Taco Bell look like a fucking joke! Anyway, I'm getting way off track...but anyway, in most of the rest of the country, the Midwest and the south, it's almost all fucking chains...It's not really the America that you see portrayed in the movies....very dull, bland and repetitive. That's probably why meth is so popular...

 

[Jibult]

Anyway, I'm getting way off track...but anyway, in most of the rest of the country, the Midwest and the south, it's almost all fucking chains...It's not really the America that you see portrayed in the movies....very dull, bland and repetitive. That's probably why meth is so popular...

Topics can evolve, man!


You're right about the independent restaraunts (what I like to call Mom and Pop restaraunts)-- there's usually some amazing ones hidden in most cities. I know when I'm in DC I'm hard-pressed to find things like McDonalds and Burger King, but that's not because of a lack of places to eat. Everything's just independently owned, and almost always the food fuckin' rocks.



Now, I'm not saying anything bad about corporate fast food chains because I love me some McDonalds and Five Guys and Roy Rogers and Chipotle, but inner-city deli's and pizza parlors and all that other stuff just make better food for the most part. Olly's Trolly is my shit when I head into the city, though. The burgers are good at best, but the fries are so... god... damn.... good....



I'm starting to get kind of hungry...

 

[freehugs]

I watch American television/movies such as Ted, where the user will grab a bong, roast the conepiece until the bud inside is burnt, (bowl I think that is what the usual term is there) exhale a tiny bit while their hand is covering where one would put their mouth to prevent the smoke escaping, wait, then suck up the remainder of the smoke then exhale again.

Breakdown:

Roast, but don't pull through
Put hand over breathing hole (lack of better term)
Let all the smoke just fucking sit in the bong
Inhale the remainder then exhale

It happens a lot during conversations etc, but over the years of watching television directly streamed from the great George Bush I have seen this a lot.

Aussies usually roast the bud, pull the cone, inhale all the smoke, then exhale.

I don't know how the fuck anyone can do it any other way without a taste resembling something shriveled/decaying/festering/lingering/dying in my mouth.


I watched a friend of a friend (literally) smoke it the American way, everyone just looked at him weird and all I tried to defend this ungodly/unaustralian action of not smoking a cone properly, hoping this is just an across the pond thing?


Is this just the media that doesn't know how to smoke a cone?

I've only seen 1 person do this, and he is 40. Idk why he does it. Stale smoke sucks.

 

[euphoricc]

smoke weird%) lol we all have our ways im getting into the bho stuff but i personally roll a ciggarilo and puff that !

 

[Tryptamino]

My bowls are not mediocre or shitty tasting lol... but they do give massive hits, and I still kill it in "one" hit considering the first one does nothing but suck up air.



With a small, straight-shot half foot bong there is no need.. but when you use a one foot, double-perced beaker style with an ash-catcher, half the hit goes to filling the chamber with smoke. Instead of getting that useless oxygen in my lungs before the smoke, I exhale it in a one second breath - clear it in 3-4 seconds and then inhale oxygen after the hit to push the smoke deeper into my lungs.


You call it "weird".. I call it "efficiency"

oh that's what the OP was saying...

i do that too, although i just exhale through my nose and immediately pull the hit through after.

 

[oldirtybizza]

the West Coast is probably the best about having independently owned restaurants, come to think of it most big cities have a lot of cheap food options that are WAY better than fast food! Even the fast food chains in California are good...Del Taco makes Taco Bell look like a fucking joke!

but anyway, in most of the rest of the country, the Midwest and the south, it's almost all fucking chains...It's not really the America that you see portrayed in the movies....very dull, bland and repetitive. That's probably why meth is so popular...

There's no need to go to any franchise Mexican joint in Cali. You will find tons of independent hole in the wall taquerias, usually they're pretty cheap and good too. It's ironic one of the things I miss the most about the states is it's food from another country. Interestingly many large American chains have far better quality food overseas than in their US stores.

Even in Cali it's strip mall after strip mall,but yeah it's worse the further you get from the coasts.
The Chain shit is growing worldwide, head to the outer suburbs of a big town in Aus and it's starting to look like the states.
The consumer is responsible for this , they could choose to buy locally made products and to shop at independent retailers , instead they want to save a few $ and line the pockets of the rich who shift production offshore and then have locals sell the products for $8 and hour.

Peeps who have attitudes like Jibult who either don't realize the effects of or refuse to change their consumption habits are sending the states down the tubes.