05-15-2005, 02:19 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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Why don't you smoke pot? (the poll)
If you recall, I posted a thread here quite a while ago entitled "Why don't you smoke pot?". The purpose of that thread was to gather information for this poll. I didn't use this forum's poll function because it only allowed me 10 options, and you guys here had a total of 24 reasons you don't smoke.
What is the number one reason you do not smoke pot? Consider each option carefully and then answer. Thank you Here is the link to the poll. |
05-15-2005, 03:21 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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I answered, "because it makes me sleepy", but that was like 27 years ago, when I was a kid. Pot did nothing for me, just put me to sleep - out like a light. I never understood that whole "getting high" thing.
Now, I don't smoke pot, because I am beyond all that, so I am not totally sure if I answered correctly. I wouldn't smoke pot because I don't want to. Simple as that. |
05-15-2005, 04:57 PM | #7 (permalink) |
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You really should just post a poll here... I am pretty sure this thread will be closed for that reason alone...
I would talk to a mod and get them to help you post the poll here... because other than that, it seems like a reasonble question.
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05-15-2005, 04:59 PM | #8 (permalink) |
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The discussion has already been had, and people have stated their reasons why they don't smoke pot. What is the purpose of an extra poll where people wil say the same thing?
Give me a reason not to close this...
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05-15-2005, 05:34 PM | #9 (permalink) | |
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this thread I posted here last november. I tried to make the options as unbiased as possible. I think that I was at least somewhat successful in that endeavor. |
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05-15-2005, 05:38 PM | #10 (permalink) | |
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On the vBB format, threads go through a darwinian-type evolution. Threads that are not well suited to the environment will die on their own with no help from the moderators. What's the point of closing it? |
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05-15-2005, 05:52 PM | #11 (permalink) |
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Location: Colorado
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I smoke pot very VERY seldomly. In all honesty, the only reason I smoke it is because it's a social drug and I smoke it when my friends are indulging in it. I never buy it or anything myself, it's just a "oh there's weed, ok" type of thing for me.
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05-15-2005, 06:15 PM | #12 (permalink) |
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That poll could easily be condensed down to 10 responses to fit here.
I got it down to 9, and can see some more potential condensing. 1. It's unhealthy. 2. Don't like the effect it has on me. 3. Potential negative consequences not related to health. (it's illegal, drug screening etc.) 4. Cost. 5. Distaste. 6. Moral, ethical, or religious reasons. 7. Lack of interest. 8. Lack of opportunity 9. Effect it would have on others. But it seems to be a strange question to ask. It would be like me putting up a poll asking people why they don't read comic books, or ride roller coasters. These things are not activities most people regularly engage in. The question is why do the people who do these things do them, what attracts them to these unusual activities. Most people never have to make the conscious choice about whether or not to smoke pot--it's not a choice I've ever had to make--read comics, or ride roller coasters, or any of thousands of other niche activities. It's not a matter of why you choose as you do, it's a matter of not having to make the choice at all, for most of us.
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05-15-2005, 06:49 PM | #14 (permalink) | |
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05-15-2005, 06:54 PM | #15 (permalink) | |
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Biased wording: It is dangerous (pot is bad, mmkay) I have moved on to other, more dangerous illegal drugs |
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05-15-2005, 07:41 PM | #17 (permalink) |
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1. I don't want to get caught and ruin my reputation. I'm trying to become a teacher and the last thing I need is this crap.
2. The thing I value most is my intelligence and I don't want to destroy the thing I value most. 3. I don't want to hang out with 99% of the people that do it. It's not exactly quality human beings most of the time. 4. It depressed the hell out of me the few times I did it. 5. I felt like I was letting everyone that loved me down when I did do it.
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05-15-2005, 07:56 PM | #18 (permalink) | ||
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05-16-2005, 04:43 AM | #19 (permalink) | |
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The only reason I don't do it is because it is illegal. When We de-criminalize it up here, I'll have a big party and everyone is invited. Except for those 99% that I don't want to hang around with. My brother is a pot-head, and you should see some of the people he hangs out with... not pretty. Fucking scary if you ask me. And you did.
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05-16-2005, 04:52 AM | #20 (permalink) |
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Its a drug. It has negative effects on the person (Health, social, state of mind.) Illegal. Waste of money. And so on.
I've seen a large number of people that use it, not all but a good amount turn into complete useless bags of shit in the long run. I dont want to be that.
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05-16-2005, 09:13 AM | #21 (permalink) | |
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05-19-2005, 01:35 AM | #23 (permalink) |
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That has to be the worst set out poll i have ever seen.. its pro pot smoker... i'd seriously click about half of those for valid reasons.. .saying i dont smoke pot because of ONE of those reasons sounds silly and would be easily argued against..
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05-19-2005, 02:10 AM | #24 (permalink) | |
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it's a joke, yes, it also ridicules that point because of that very joke. and the second point has nothing to do with what LPM says. In fact, you reinforce her opinion: it's one of the safest drugs, and she fears going on and into more dangerous ones... I agree, the poll is pro smoking, and should really be a multiple option poll, if that were possible.
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05-19-2005, 02:43 AM | #25 (permalink) |
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hell make it legal.. haha what are they gonna go run from the cops real slow when to break a different law? but then again there will be the fast food tax soon so they will be really broke.
nah i got nothing against a person smokeing the dubes let them thier life thier choice.. just dont try passing it to kids.. thats when the punisher side of me comes into affect. other than that.. lifes life granted most the peps i do know that smoke this never would think of doing this but you do have the stupid people out there in the usa
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05-19-2005, 06:36 AM | #26 (permalink) |
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interesting that most relate weed with loserdom.
all my friends smoke, and i do on occasion, all of them are either in college with a job, workin like crazy. Every single one of my coworkers smokes, everyone makes fairly good money and arent smelly hippies who sit on the corner and just live to get high. |
05-19-2005, 06:17 PM | #27 (permalink) | |
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The reason it is not multiple choice is because the idea of the poll is to identify the one key reason you do not smoke. How on earth could I possibly accomplish that with a multiple choice poll? |
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05-22-2005, 02:27 AM | #29 (permalink) |
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I didn't participate in the last thread and I think to say the poll is pro-pot smoking is akin to cognitive dissonance... or we're all just really on the look-out for any tell-tale signs that anybody who wants to discuss something even slightly controversial like marijuana, because we expect them to have an agenda planned or we want to assert our mental independence...
I voted that it just doesn't fit my current lifestyle because of my goals and such, I don't seek out that kind of pleasure in my life and my friends don't smoke it, so I can't do it and enjoy whatever good things it brings when done socially either. |
05-22-2005, 06:40 AM | #30 (permalink) |
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There is a time in your (my) life when you have to "get your shit together". Smoking pot really didn't allow me to do that. After first making me creative and energenic, it then began to make me dumb aand lazy. I just had to grow up. this was many years ago now.
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05-22-2005, 03:48 PM | #31 (permalink) | |
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05-22-2005, 08:48 PM | #35 (permalink) |
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I have cheaper, more satisfying ways of wasting time. Plus, there are a great many pot smokers who overcompensate for their insecurity about chemical abuse by pretending that pot is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Pot is a scene for a lot of people, and scenes are bullshit.
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