I do not care if you smoke pot.

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Originally Posted by ukaking [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Aside from the use of sports enhancement injections, I am straightedge. I don't drink or smoke and never have. I don't care if people smoke pot as long as its not around me personally and in game they dont get us killed. But yes it can get overdone with people having to tell everyone in the group their habits or having their name reflect said habit. Then again, A LOT of gamers are burnouts.

So you actually use drugs and aren't straightedge?

Then again, A LOT of sportsmen are burnouts.

[ukaking]

Im not going to get into a scientific debate on the effects of "sports enhancement" substances. There are far too many variations out there to determine what will happen to me later in life for doing it only at a minimal pace to keep up with my profession. As far as going outside, I play pretty much every sport available to adults at my age in my community and enjoy the physical activities involved with them all. I have done my homework on the decisions I make for my health. Speak to doctors more than listening to the media and government, you might be surprised at what you discover. You do know if you take too much aspirin its bad for you too? Wow, better just handle those headaches another way I guess!
My wife and I only play EQ at night after the kids are in bed and for only a few hours three to four times a week or as life permits. As much as I would like to, we don't really veg-out on here.
I apologize for seeming like a troll, that I am not. I'm not agreeing with or disagreeing with the posts here, just like all of you, adding my two cents worth of nothing. Sorry if you feel the need to police my posts.

[Alawen Everywhere]

Originally Posted by ukaking [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Im not going to get into a scientific debate on the effects of "sports enhancement" substances. There are far too many variations out there to determine what will happen to me later in life for doing it only at a minimal pace to keep up with my profession. As far as going outside, I play pretty much every sport available to adults at my age in my community and enjoy the physical activities involved with them all. I have done my homework on the decisions I make for my health. Speak to doctors more than listening to the media and government, you might be surprised at what you discover. You do know if you take too much aspirin its bad for you too? Wow, better just handle those headaches another way I guess!
My wife and I only play EQ at night after the kids are in bed and for only a few hours three to four times a week or as life permits. As much as I would like to, we don't really veg-out on here.
I apologize for seeming like a troll, that I am not. I'm not agreeing with or disagreeing with the posts here, just like all of you, adding my two cents worth of nothing. Sorry if you feel the need to police my posts.

You seem really unclear on this straight edge thing. Yes, aspirin is a drug. Yes, caffeine is a drug. Yes, sugar is a drug. You don't get to pick and choose and call yourself straight edge.

The headaches will stop if you clean yourself up. Most of the effects of smoking pot disappear within a month or two and any sign of lung damage is gone in a few years. Your injections, however, might have already caused considerable and irreversible damage.

[Ripcord]

Who cares what people say in group get over it or don't read it. You're like an old lady bitching that that they say "ass" on tv. Also weed is not a drug kthxbye.

[BeelzeBob]

I'm drunk as a skunk and twice as smelly!

[Akame]

Originally Posted by Ripcord [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Also weed is not a drug kthxbye.

/eyeroll

[Lazortag]

The quandary here is that if anyone tries to have a discussion about this, they're told that they "care too much", or, failing that, they're bombarded with strawman after strawman about how they think pot should be criminalized because they choose to criticize annoying mouth-breathers who act like something so magical happens every time they smoke a joint that it has to be broadcasted to everyone. Our statement is pretty clear: we don't think there is anything special about pot, and so we're irritated with how people are constantly talking about how high they are, which misrepresents how ordinary and un-special the activity is. Most non-pot smokers actually have nothing against marijuana or most marijuana-smokers, but rather have a neutral attitude towards both. However, pot smokers tend to think that being a pot smoker is like being part of a movement - that's why they make up their own holidays (420), write songs about it, and spend nearly every waking moment of their pathetic lives prowling google for conspiracy theory websites that reaffirm their mistaken belief that marijuana has no adverse health effects*. This pisses non-pot smokers off, hence why this thread exists.

*Note: I'm aware that pot's side effects aren't that bad, probably comparable to alcohol or other legal drugs, and am only ridiculing the people who think that marijuana has *NO* adverse effects.

[Alawen Everywhere]

Originally Posted by Ripcord [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Who cares what people say in group get over it or don't read it. You're like an old lady bitching that that they say "ass" on tv. Also weed is not a drug kthxbye.

Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol is the main psychoactive component in weed. Without going into an extremely detailed discussion, one significant side effect is that it binds to a receptor in your immune system as well as the primary receptor in your central nervous system. Toxicity is low and it's virtually impossible to overdose, but anything you smoke floods your lungs with carcinogens. As I'm sure you're already aware, smoking pot causes problems with short-term memory (cannabinoids inhibit the release of several neurotransmitters in the hippocampus).

Don't fool yourself. It's a drug.

[Uaellaen]

problems with short-term memory

that is what i appreciate most! otherwise i could not read the BS on this forum every day [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[frefaln]

You said it a lot better than I did Lazortag, and admittedly with a far less confrontational tone. Kudos.