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As weed gets more potent, teens are getting sick

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Re: As weed gets more potent, teens are getting sick

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Post by a9h74j »

autoexec wrote: post #677
thrixton wrote: post #670

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This is such a dystopian and paranoid view of the system. And unfortunately, I think if it's not totally a reality now, it's one we're heading for as it is the unchecked natural end of our current path.

Everything I mentioned has already been happening, it's just a matter of scale. It's becoming more common as time goes on. If it hasn't impacted you personally already, it will although you may not be aware of it. If your insurance rates go up next year, you won't be told that it was because people in your area spent more on fast food over the last 6 months than last year. you just get the highe4r bill. What I fear i…

I could be badly misinformed, but I have the sense that the Chinese social credit score system might be relatively open in its criteria, and prosocial, compared to whatever emerges in some other places.

In general, with a more open system, you might also have more hope to redeem yourself, or at least evaluate effective options.

Re: As weed gets more potent, teens are getting sick

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Post by autoexec »

a9h74j wrote: post #681
autoexec wrote: post #677

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Everything I mentioned has already been happening, it's just a matter of scale. It's becoming more common as time goes on. If it hasn't impacted you personally already, it will although you may not be aware of it. If your insurance rates go up next year, you won't be told that it was because people in your area spent more on fast food over the last 6 months than last year. you just get the highe4r bill. What I fear i…

I could be badly misinformed, but I have the sense that the Chinese social credit score system might be relatively open in its criteria, and prosocial, compared to whatever emerges in some other places. In general, with a more open system, you might also have more hope to redeem yourself, or at least evaluate effective options.

I have heard that China's social credit system isn't all that much different from what we've been developing here in the US, it's just more transparent. At least the person in China who can't board a train to travel knows why. We can have all the same oppression right here at home while our oppressors can boast about how free we all are, how they are empowering us with choices, and how grateful we should be for their benevolence.

Re: As weed gets more potent, teens are getting sick

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Post by nobody9999 »

xbar wrote: post #532
nobody9999 wrote: post #370

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> This is an old 4% strength THC I-used-to-be-a-stoner argument that is completely irrelevant to the "real" dangers (multiple) to teenagers, which include: concentrated THC in teenagers causes psychosis; moderate THC in teenagers makes them permanently less intelligent. >THC users like to downplay them. What would you have us do then? There are minimum legal ages for using legal cannabis as well as alcohol and tobacc…

I heard you say "we need to regulate cannabis more effectively." I think that makes sense. I also think we better get used to the consequences of an increasingly psychotic teen population.

>I heard you say "we need to regulate cannabis more effectively." I think that makes sense.

I heard you say absolutely nothing of any semantic value, and certainly nothing that added to the conversation.

Re: As weed gets more potent, teens are getting sick

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Post by txsoftwaredev »

2-718-281-828 wrote: post #620
txsoftwaredev wrote: post #525

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But taco bell is the pinnacle of your kid's career ambition? I know as a parent I'd be very disappointed.

if "career ambitions" are a major part of how you value your children then you are the one with a problem.

We homeschool our three children and put in a lot of time and effort to prepare them to provide for themselves. Do I care of they become the CEO of a company? Of course not but I do want them to achieve what they are capable of. I know my kids and their abilities. Taco bell is not their pinnacle.

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Post by bobkazamakis »

blobbers wrote: post #539
palmetieri2000 wrote: post #518

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Yes, It is the workers fault that they do not get enough funds to properly take care of themselves while working full time. Really dumb take.

It is possible that some jobs are meant to be stepping stones, not permanent positions (ie: you outgrow them, and someone lower on the learning totem pole steps into the role for a time).

>It is possible that some jobs are meant to be stepping stones, not permanent positions

Those same jobs definitely only operate outside of school hours, to help promote their employees growth, right?

Re: As weed gets more potent, teens are getting sick

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worker_person wrote: post #649
soared wrote: post #555

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You are definitely not talking about weed

Yes. I actually am. They both smoked it. She said it seemed fine. He went insane. They tested him. Weed was only thing in system. Full blown psychosis. He had God talking to him. He was God. He was going to have hurt my daughter in divine punishment. He crapped in the tub. His computer was all powerful and was controlling the world. He showed up at his work to hurt them. That's when we found out about it. He got haul…

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