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Euphoria14 said:
I have always been on the side that never understood the hatred against marijuana. Everyone knows the reason why it is so shunned is because the government hasn't figured out how to properly generate revenue from it. What makes alchohol alright but marijuana oh so bad?

I love smoking pot, I won't lie to you. One of the things I enjoy it most for is when I need to do work around the house or in the yard. We all know that nobody really enjoys having to do it, but if you smoke a nice bowl before you do it you will be surprised at how much you get done.

As long as someone does it in their own home, at a party, or anywhere that people would otherwise drink, seriously, what is the issue? Ever seen pot heads go at it? I don't, but I sure see drunks lose their cool.

Ever have an awesomely strange conversation about, well, wierd shit? You'll have plenty if you smoke socially.




For the person who brought up the fact that he saw someone laying face down and talking about no air being up top. Marijuana isn't for everyone, just like everything else in existance. It can cause paranoia and for those who already suffer from paranoia it can cause situations like what you saw.

Wait, weed motivates you to do chores and work?! Why am I just learning this?!

I could have accomplished so much by now :(



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hatmoza said:
Euphoria14 said:
I have always been on the side that never understood the hatred against marijuana. Everyone knows the reason why it is so shunned is because the government hasn't figured out how to properly generate revenue from it. What makes alchohol alright but marijuana oh so bad?

I love smoking pot, I won't lie to you. One of the things I enjoy it most for is when I need to do work around the house or in the yard. We all know that nobody really enjoys having to do it, but if you smoke a nice bowl before you do it you will be surprised at how much you get done.

As long as someone does it in their own home, at a party, or anywhere that people would otherwise drink, seriously, what is the issue? Ever seen pot heads go at it? I don't, but I sure see drunks lose their cool.

Ever have an awesomely strange conversation about, well, wierd shit? You'll have plenty if you smoke socially.




For the person who brought up the fact that he saw someone laying face down and talking about no air being up top. Marijuana isn't for everyone, just like everything else in existance. It can cause paranoia and for those who already suffer from paranoia it can cause situations like what you saw.

Wait, weed motivates you to do chores and work?! Why am I just learning this?!

I could have accomplished so much by now :(


Of course I would rather lie around and play some games instead, but when I know I have to do work it makes it much easier when I am stoned because thanks to being stoned the idea of having to work doesn't bother me. I just get left alone to be stoned and do shit at my own pace.

Try it.

 

You'll also be surprised at how well you can focus. Of course you can only focus on one thing at a time, but whatever you are focusing on gets done double time, like eating! I focus on that shit when stoned. If not eating then I kick ass in frustrating games since I am too stoned to get frustrated.

Stoned gaming FTW!



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The problem with the whole bullet cliche is sadly that it is a reality. You really cannot fault Hollywood for using it in movies, because it has happened often enough in real life. Yes people often do walk through a hail of bullets totally unscathed, and yes there are people deliberate enough that a single shot is all it takes. There is a term for this, and it is called spray and pray. Which most people will tend to do. Even seasoned professionals will devolve to a point where they couldn't hit the broad side of a barn.

A famous example would be Wyatt Earp not getting so much as a scratch in that Tombstone gun battle, and he was not even ten feet away from the guys shooting at him, and as for poor marksmanship. Bomber crews back in World War 2 even with extensive training would rarely use the sights on their guns, or even lead their targets. Even when the governments would pour huge amounts of effort into training them not to do that.

The point I am making is that in this case Hollywood is actually reflecting the reality of gun battles. It is far more common for people to not get hit at all, and it is actually quite common for one deliberate person to beat many people with more firepower. It really does happen more often then you would think.



I've got a buddy that grows in the Emerald Triangle and he was telling me something about big pharmaceutical companies buying land out there in anticipation of legalization, or something like that.

Anyway the most epic exaggeration I can think of off the top is The Breakfast Club with the high those dudes experienced. I'm thinking of your boy Emilio Estevez with his rage stomping dance and glass breaking scream, WFT.



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-Worst thing about action movies that I've been noticing since I was 7 is that if an important character gets shot, it takes him for ever to die. He even gets to say goobye and the other main actor has the time to run close to him to be all emotional, while the fight is not over. If an extra gets shot even in the foot, he dies or faints instantly

-Second worst thing, if you punch an extra in the face, he faints.

- Don't know much about weed. I had some a few times this year and didn't affect me at all. At some point friends suggested I inhale more and after a while I got so dizzy that i couldn't stand still (friends said it was because of the nicotine). But I always thought it's stupid that almost everyone who smokes pot in a movie starts laughing his heart out. There should be some exceptions even in comedies.



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WiiBox3 said:
spurgeonryan said:
That is another thing. The billions of bullets missing the hero thing has gotten old. Then the heroes turn around in a movie rocket and hit the bad guys with one shot. Makes not sense. I can live with a little fluff, but too much and it gets out of control. Like D21 in a strip club.


Agreed. More movies need to be like Die Hard, where the hero gets ripped to shreds. Just watched Killer Elite over the weekend. With all of the smashing into broken glass it's amazing how no one is bleeding.


DIe hard is one of the greats.



naruball said:

-Worst thing about action movies that I've been noticing since I was 7 is that if an important character gets shot, it takes him for ever to die. He even gets to say goobye and the other main actor has the time to run close to him to be all emotional, while the fight is not over. If an extra gets shot even in the foot, he dies or faints instantly

-Second worst thing, if you punch an extra in the face, he faints.

- Don't know much about weed. I had some a few times this year and didn't affect me at all. At some point friends suggested I inhale more and after a while I got so dizzy that i couldn't stand still (friends said it was because of the nicotine). But I always thought it's stupid that almost everyone who smokes pot in a movie starts laughing his heart out. There should be some exceptions even in comedies.

If you did get light headed and you had tobacco in it, it was the tobacco. Dude put the weed in a pipe without tobacco. Did not check where you are from but that is taboo in the U.S. Second, get some good weed. third I agree with your post about the movies. It does seem to take forever for the main actor to die. I understand some things add to the drama but lets keep it with in reason.  Good luck with the weed thing. I can't smoke but used to get dank,one hitter stink up your whole house if you don't have it in a air sealed jar and once you open it. Your house well smell up instantly. Dammit I wish I could still smoke but the damn insurance companies are ass's They would rather me ruin my liver and drunk my life away. Funny you can die if you drink non-stop and then stop. the only other drug that can do that is herion but weed, OMG you are going to chill out and eat all my cheetos. THis must be illigal. Funny this all started because of the paper industry didn't want to compete with hemp. What a mess.



Another thing I will mention about movies that I hate is the Alien Movies. I think war of the worlds did a pretty good job. However Aliens would already know about bacteria and most likely would have such good defense's that it would not effect them.

However, you got some yo ho out there shooting a 45 caliber weapon at the aliens and the Aliens have fucking lasers. Not only that, if aliens could make it here from light years away, that means. There tech is so far advanced that they either, learned how to travel long distance's with way of self preservation and tech or they learned how to bend timespace in half and use worm holes to travel.

So in conclusion of this. The aliens are 100's if not 1000's of years ahead of us in technology and could stand next to you if they wanted and you wouldn't even know it. This type of tech would bring along other Technology that would way surpass our imagination. They maybe even hide in other dimensions. Take over our minds with a flick of there wrist. Maybe this is the test, We are the test of aliens, to see if you we can move beyond our animal instincts.

This is also why I think people are really fucking stupid and gullible. As much as I want to believe in aliens, I know that almost all of the sh-t out there is nonsense or trickery. I watch ancient aliens and a lot of times they are really grabbing for there proof. The only one I really enjoyed was the letters at puma punku. The work could not even be done today. Also I do think if people back then seen aliens they would have automatically think it was god. Look what they thought of the sun when they couldn't explain it.

However back on point, alien movies need to be more intelligent. Now I know this will make it hard to make movies but f'ing think. Transformers is actually kinda of a good way of doing it because they got other aliens helping. However this is why I have given up on most alien movies because aliens would just wipe us out, done. They could just abduct one of us, find out about our genetics and release a super virus or imprison us or f it help us. Lets hope thats the case but they would know that we are too stupid to be trusted with to much power. We would have to evolve a hell lot more for them even to think about trusting us. Now that I have went on forever, atleast I hope someone reads this.



spaceguy said:
WiiBox3 said:
spurgeonryan said:
That is another thing. The billions of bullets missing the hero thing has gotten old. Then the heroes turn around in a movie rocket and hit the bad guys with one shot. Makes not sense. I can live with a little fluff, but too much and it gets out of control. Like D21 in a strip club.


Agreed. More movies need to be like Die Hard, where the hero gets ripped to shreds. Just watched Killer Elite over the weekend. With all of the smashing into broken glass it's amazing how no one is bleeding.


DIe hard is one of the greats.


It's also one of the movies I watch for Christmas every year.



I love the Die Hard movies, I just recently introduced my kids to them, and it's true that McClane gets beat up pretty bad but they do have their share of ridiculously over the top impossible shit going on. Thing is, that crazy stuff doesn't really bother me in movies because that's what I sign up for in a crazy action movie. The stuff that actually bothers me in movies is the small details. Like when extras in the background are out of place or when car chase scenes have a car with a dent in it in one scene and then the dent is gone later in the chase. I don't know if they do that shit on purpose or if it's just laziness or what but it bothers me when I notice it.



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