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Ex-Bluelighter
I was thinking...
Why do certain people think it's cool to identify yourself with a certain social subgroup merely because of a common substance you put in your body?
I can understand at the time of use of the drug...but the people who actually conform to the stereotype on a regular day to day basis and adapt their lifestyle to it , merely because it's cool. I say this mainly in reference to potheads , the "420 culture" surrounding the drug is amazing- you can't go anywhere without seeing a kid that's wearing a potleaf on their beanie, which by the way, makes you look about as cool as used VTECH.
It all goes back to glorifying the "420" pseudo-culture which many people find to be in style. Newsflash: it's not 'cool' to purposely go against the grain of normal society just to appear to be different. People who do this are compensating for the lack of ability to gratify oneself in other ways than becoming part of a seemingly "cool crowd" because they smoke a plant. It's not in style to have red eyes that are half shut-- I hate silly kids walking around parading the fact they are stoned by shutting their eyes to slits on purpose. Last time I checked, it's not in fashion this season, and you look like an attention seeker. It screams , "look at me!". I've got a nice plan if you want to attract some REAL positive attention:
*Wash your hair
*Get a haircut (we aren't in the 70s anymore, and you're not Jesus)
*Stop drawing potleafs on your backpack, merely so people will recognize you're a stoner and supposedly are automatically cool. (hint: you're more cool without the backpack in that case.)
Why do you think marijuana has the stereotypes associated with it? You think "they" pulled them out of a hat? Yeah. Right. The "Man" will do anything within it's reach of the "system" to stop you from becoming enlightened smoking Jah's beautiful herb. Keep thinking pot's harmless. Keep thinking the famous phrase..."legalize it".
Oh, another point- the majority of people in America who have dreadlocks have no idea about the culture behind the style-- and do it merely because of guess who? Conformist, overly zealous and meaningless-ly rebellious hippies. They're conforming to them! Weren't hippies originally supposed to stand out because of their righteous beliefs (in eyes of society, not saying that was their purpose)? Look what you're doing, silly pothead, you're conforming to an already conformed pseudo-culture.
It might of been cool if you were one of the first hippies in America, really preaching that lovey dovey bullshit that essentially got everyone nowhere, and marked the beginning of a bad view (of normal, behaving society) on drug users.
It's thanks to assholes like you that make drug users have negative stereotypes. If you really want to stand out, do it by actually having some real beliefs. Don't try to stand out, just because it's cool to be some neo-hippy of the millenium, smoking your weed and listening to Sublime in a basement while quoting Timothy Leary and lines from Fear and Loathing. You know, I can guarantee that half of the people IN THE WORLD wouldn't know a dime about Dr. Timothy Leary if LSD was never discovered/synthesized. (To address that issue-- you're not enlightened after/while/because of tripping, you're simply thinking illogically and thus your mind is "playing tricks on you". This whole concept with LSD enlightening the average user is a bunch of bullshit, and the risks are deemed to outweigh the positives. Latent psychosis is generally without symptom until it's rampant. Thousands of doctors who went to school to learn about this material would disagree that the risk of triggering mental illness at a earlier date than "nature intended" (that is-- if the dormant disorder EVER FULLY DEVELOPS). Oh yeah, and just because you read a few paragraphs on Erowid doesn't qualify you to have any merit if you're disagreeing with a professional in the field. Knowing a little about a lot is more valuable than knowing a lot about a little. Especially when you're not educated with tools to interpret the raw data. (IE-- ask yourself if you can even define a mood disorder before talking about LSD and psychosis, otherwise you sound like a sandbag!)
Summary:
Flaunting that you use drugs and talk the talk simply to 'fit in':
A. Pathetic.
I'm cool. I think using drugs is uncool. Shoot me because I'm right.
Why do certain people think it's cool to identify yourself with a certain social subgroup merely because of a common substance you put in your body?
I can understand at the time of use of the drug...but the people who actually conform to the stereotype on a regular day to day basis and adapt their lifestyle to it , merely because it's cool. I say this mainly in reference to potheads , the "420 culture" surrounding the drug is amazing- you can't go anywhere without seeing a kid that's wearing a potleaf on their beanie, which by the way, makes you look about as cool as used VTECH.
It all goes back to glorifying the "420" pseudo-culture which many people find to be in style. Newsflash: it's not 'cool' to purposely go against the grain of normal society just to appear to be different. People who do this are compensating for the lack of ability to gratify oneself in other ways than becoming part of a seemingly "cool crowd" because they smoke a plant. It's not in style to have red eyes that are half shut-- I hate silly kids walking around parading the fact they are stoned by shutting their eyes to slits on purpose. Last time I checked, it's not in fashion this season, and you look like an attention seeker. It screams , "look at me!". I've got a nice plan if you want to attract some REAL positive attention:
*Wash your hair
*Get a haircut (we aren't in the 70s anymore, and you're not Jesus)
*Stop drawing potleafs on your backpack, merely so people will recognize you're a stoner and supposedly are automatically cool. (hint: you're more cool without the backpack in that case.)
Why do you think marijuana has the stereotypes associated with it? You think "they" pulled them out of a hat? Yeah. Right. The "Man" will do anything within it's reach of the "system" to stop you from becoming enlightened smoking Jah's beautiful herb. Keep thinking pot's harmless. Keep thinking the famous phrase..."legalize it".
Oh, another point- the majority of people in America who have dreadlocks have no idea about the culture behind the style-- and do it merely because of guess who? Conformist, overly zealous and meaningless-ly rebellious hippies. They're conforming to them! Weren't hippies originally supposed to stand out because of their righteous beliefs (in eyes of society, not saying that was their purpose)? Look what you're doing, silly pothead, you're conforming to an already conformed pseudo-culture.
It might of been cool if you were one of the first hippies in America, really preaching that lovey dovey bullshit that essentially got everyone nowhere, and marked the beginning of a bad view (of normal, behaving society) on drug users.
It's thanks to assholes like you that make drug users have negative stereotypes. If you really want to stand out, do it by actually having some real beliefs. Don't try to stand out, just because it's cool to be some neo-hippy of the millenium, smoking your weed and listening to Sublime in a basement while quoting Timothy Leary and lines from Fear and Loathing. You know, I can guarantee that half of the people IN THE WORLD wouldn't know a dime about Dr. Timothy Leary if LSD was never discovered/synthesized. (To address that issue-- you're not enlightened after/while/because of tripping, you're simply thinking illogically and thus your mind is "playing tricks on you". This whole concept with LSD enlightening the average user is a bunch of bullshit, and the risks are deemed to outweigh the positives. Latent psychosis is generally without symptom until it's rampant. Thousands of doctors who went to school to learn about this material would disagree that the risk of triggering mental illness at a earlier date than "nature intended" (that is-- if the dormant disorder EVER FULLY DEVELOPS). Oh yeah, and just because you read a few paragraphs on Erowid doesn't qualify you to have any merit if you're disagreeing with a professional in the field. Knowing a little about a lot is more valuable than knowing a lot about a little. Especially when you're not educated with tools to interpret the raw data. (IE-- ask yourself if you can even define a mood disorder before talking about LSD and psychosis, otherwise you sound like a sandbag!)
Summary:
Flaunting that you use drugs and talk the talk simply to 'fit in':
A. Pathetic.
I'm cool. I think using drugs is uncool. Shoot me because I'm right.
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