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Ask HN: I know this isn't reddit, but please review my cannabis-related startup
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Re: Ask HN: I know this isn't reddit, but please review my cannabis-related startup
#82When you say the site is "work friendly", I would imagine the site will still be added to many employers' list of restricted sites. I'm not sure that the actual content of the site would be the issue, rather the general category (i.e. drug related). Medical marijuana is still not legal in most states. Viewing the site at work in a state where medical marijuana is not legal would probably raise a few eyebrows if notic…
It is a good thing we have smartphones.
Re: Ask HN: I know this isn't reddit, but please review my cannabis-related startup
#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
I could be wildly mistaken, but I would think that marijuana is actually less controversial in California than gay marriage. In particular, the state's 1 million Mormons will raise a huge ruckus over anything marriage-related and bring a bunch of other Christian groups into the ring spreading FUD. Weed, on the other hand, doesn't really have any loud opponents and it's hard to spread FUD around it because it's a pret…
I think you're wildly mistaken. I live in sf and know plenty of people in this community. Think of all the old people, the parents of 18-22 year old kids, the precedent it sets, etc. I'd be pleasantly surprised if that goes through, but it's not the first time it's been tried and I'd put $100 right now that it won't happen this year.
I’m 21 and my parents are in their 60s; we’re Judeo-Christian, we typically vote Republican, and we live in LA County. We briefly talked about this a number of months ago and I was surprised to hear them express that they might vote for legalization (mainly due to the additional revenue, less stress on our law enforcement system, etc.).
I don’t think legalization this year is as far-fetched as you make it out to be.
Re: Ask HN: I know this isn't reddit, but please review my cannabis-related startup
#84I have some design comments.
How about mouseover states for everything that does something, buttons, links, the three top of page links etc
Couldn't understand the -0+ rating system quickly enough. Actually going back to it I can't understand it at all and don't want to give it any more time figuring it out.
All type rendered in Museo via typekit is very ragged for me. I think most of it would look better via cufon.
Overall very impressed, both with the concept which I think has a lot of value and the design.
Re: Ask HN: I know this isn't reddit, but please review my cannabis-related startup
#85Excellent font. I was slightly disoriented after hitting the [Blog] link, and expected to still be at your site, but ended up at postereous - no biggy, just threw me for sec. I started adjusting the size of my browser to see why the background image wasn't aligned properly.
Re: Ask HN: I know this isn't reddit, but please review my cannabis-related startup
#86Earlier quoted context omitted.
I suppose if I'm to spend my karma it would be following up with comments such as this one: "WHO DO YOU THINK??! points THE LIBYANS!!" <3 BTTF
This whole submission and all of the comments belong on Reddit. Just because the title says "I know this isn't Reddit but...", doesn't make it OK. Flagged. (BTTF does rock though)
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Re: Ask HN: I know this isn't reddit, but please review my cannabis-related startup
#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
I could be wildly mistaken, but I would think that marijuana is actually less controversial in California than gay marriage. In particular, the state's 1 million Mormons will raise a huge ruckus over anything marriage-related and bring a bunch of other Christian groups into the ring spreading FUD. Weed, on the other hand, doesn't really have any loud opponents and it's hard to spread FUD around it because it's a pret…
I think you're wildly mistaken. I live in sf and know plenty of people in this community. Think of all the old people, the parents of 18-22 year old kids, the precedent it sets, etc. I'd be pleasantly surprised if that goes through, but it's not the first time it's been tried and I'd put $100 right now that it won't happen this year.
Yes, those people probably don't support it, but there isn't the loud controversy that you see over gay marriage. Most people are on one side or the other, but pretty close to the "meh" line, with probably more fervor on the pro-marijuana side.