In honor of 420 day, I have a question about an effect of pot

[Duer 157099]

My experience is that a major effect of pot is that it immediately brings the bullshit-detector online.

It's like the sunglasses in that movie, They Live.

If you smoke pot, and can recall, is this your experience too?

Could this be one reason that it has been demonized for so long?

[JuniperLea]

1. I always thought it was an antidote to the compliance gases...

[deaniac21]

2. It absolutely makes you smarter.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

3. I have to say that watching certain movies under the effect. Allows helps me to

notice really bad acting where otherwise I would not have noticed. Same for the duologue in movies I thought were fine when watching them sober.

[Duer 157099]

4. That's what I'm talking about

Get stoned and watch some cable news and just watch your bullshit detector go off the charts.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

12. My ex was terrified after watching Idiocracy high.... and that was a comedy. The parallels

with our present situation were too much for her.

[frylock]

19. idiocracy was a documentary..

your ex had every reason to be terrified. i describe idiocracy as the stupidest/funniest/scariest movie that i've ever seen!

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

20. Perfect description. The right wing receptionist in my office thought it was so dumb. She

said she didn't get it. I told her that it was ironic.... then I had to explain the word irony.

[frylock]

21. she probably drinks brawndo..

it's what plants crave!

[Oregone]

10. On pot, Im glued to the screen

It doesn't matter how bad a movie is. I see only what is there. Nothing else. And Im entertained by it....even if Oprah is on

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

11. Funny how 2 people can have such different reactions. It depends on the weed as well

as the mood for me. There are certain bad/great movies to watch high. Roadhouse is funny as shit it's one of those that you can't turn away from :). But in other instances movies I thought were good. Were totally ruined for me.

[Oregone]

13. Sativa vs Indica could make a big impact

My short term memory gets slaughtered so when Im watching a movie/program I haven't seen, its really exciting to see what happens next, and funny too (since a lot of its totally out of the context I can't remember).

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

15. What were we talking about......? Nah I wish I'm at work unfortunately. nt

[librechik]

5. yes indeed--the first puff that "took" was like having a dark veil pulled off my head

that first hour of thought and revelation changed everything for me. And I've never laughed so hard or sincerely in my life before or since.

[walldude]

6. It's true. And pot was just the first step.

When I started taking psychedelics like peyote and mushrooms, not only did the bullshit detector go off, but the curtain was pulled back and reality was revealed. Eventually I had to stop taking psychedelics because too much truth in a world built on lies can drive a person insane.

[geardaddy]

7. Man, that picture alone makes me wanna smoke a bone.

:smoke:

[Oregone]

8. No. It just makes a lot of shit funny.

I giggle with pot.

But anyway, no two strains do the exact same thing. There are head highs, body highs, couch lock, etc....

[Fumesucker]

9. When the band plays hail to the chief..

You find yourself nearly asphyxiated with laughter..

Particularly if you've ever seen My Fellow Americans.

Come to think of it many things become hilarious that you never would have thought even amusing before.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

14. I think that's an effect...

of pot's tendency to cause paranoia, and pot's tendency to make you look at things from a different perspective.

[Oregone]

16. Ive never been paranoid

Only self conscious because I lose track of time in small blocks and wonder how long Ive been talking (or silent).

Beyond seeing things from different perspective, it makes...well, hard to describe, but makes my thinking more fluid. Thoughts seems to come and go and not be quite so ridgid. Like water or gel falling off a ball thats moving.

[ShortnFiery]

17. Paranoia? No, that's a side effect of the amphetamines, specifically Meth not psychedelics ...

such as marijuana. ;) :smoke:

[alfredo]

18. Judge Colombo said that pot was dangerous because it

makes people think instead of act.

He said that when he was sentencing John Sinclair to 10 years in prison for pot possession.