The Stoned HackerApr 15, 2024

What's a common occurrence in your hobby that you think shouldn't be?

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What's a common occurrence in your hobby that you think shouldn't be? - Lemmy.World

For me it’s driving while under the influence. If you couldn’t tell, I like me some ganja. However I have long since held the belief that it is utterly insane to drive while under the influence of most substances, with maybe nicotine and caffeine being the exception. All too often I see other stoners smoking and driving, which I simply can’t fathom. I’ve only operated a vehicle once under the influence and it was just to move a U-Haul around the block to a different parking spot, which was such a scary experience while high that I refuse to even consider getting behind the wheel again while high.

Show threadAgent641Apr 16, 2024
Smoking weed is a hobby?
Show threadThe Stoned HackerApr 16, 2024
It can be
Show threadLeekerApr 16, 2024

A hobby is considered to be a regular activity that is done for enjoyment … Participation in hobbies encourages acquiring substantial skills and knowledge in that area.

Source: Wikipedia

Now can you explain to me how smoking weed gives you substantial skills or knowledge?

Hobby - Wikipedia

Show threadBangelaQuirkel
Just try some of my brownies and tell me about substantial skill
Apr 16, 2024 at 3:25pmWeb
Show threadLeekerApr 16, 2024
Now are you smoking your brownies or did you not read how we were specifically talking about smoking weed?
Show threadBangelaQuirkelApr 16, 2024

I offer you brownies and ask you to tell me what a substantial skill is and you insult me? Why? Reads like you might be bad company.

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I thought ‘smoking weed’ to be an obvious pars pro toto for ‘consuming marihuana’ so if we want to return to the original topic: smoking weed for a long time gives you substantial knowledge about smoking weed. When to do it, what to mix, how to roll a blunt, operate a bong or vaporiser, just how to roll a spliff in your hand on a windy beach or how to decarboxylate your shot properly. Now are these ubiquitously useful skill? Not really. Are the very useful in terms of getting very high? Absolutely.

I find the original question to be kind of silly. Of course smoking weed can be a hobby. If whisky is a hobby, weed is, too.