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Amazon’s answer to delivery driver shortage: Pot smokers

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Re: Amazon’s answer to delivery driver shortage: Pot smokers

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Post by eurasiantiger »

hughrr wrote: post #90
eurasiantiger wrote: post #87

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Hmm. This is a tough one. Do you think those people come off unreliable because they use cannabis, or would it be more likely that they, for example, suffer from a(n undiagnosed) medical condition such as PTSD or ADHD, which tend to make them a bit unreliable at times, but which cannabis treats so that the person is in fact more reliable when constantly high?

I knew some of them before they started using it. It’s almost entirely the cannabis. Including the dude now in psychiatric care after it kicked his schizophrenia hard. Everyone was promoted it as harmless. It’s not. I’m seeing lives wrecked. And yes I know alcohol is bad. But I see less long term damage from that as most people seem to grow out of alcoholism I have know. Cannabis not so much - it becomes the primary…

I think your viewpoint might be biased — do you know any people who haven’t had their lives wrecked because of cannabis?

Is cannabis legal where you live? Criminality causes stress and paranoia.

Are you living in a heavily Christian environment? Asking because in heavily religious environments, schizophrenia with religious illusions often occurs as a result of internal conflict between sin-programming and self-perception.

Is cannabis socially accepted or are people forced to choose between cannabis and other people? Social exclusion has in some studies been ranked more stressful than getting raped, so some sort of social PTSD can be expected to develop in these kind of environments to those who get excluded.

Re: Amazon’s answer to delivery driver shortage: Pot smokers

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Post by eurasiantiger »

nuclearnice1 wrote: post #22
eurasiantiger wrote: post #15

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Why don’t you want to think of the most realistic risks to children, but choose to perpetrate stereotypes and myths based on 19th century racist propaganda?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_of_the_children

I was continuing the facetiousness :/

Re: Amazon’s answer to delivery driver shortage: Pot smokers

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Post by threatofrain »

ralfn wrote: post #65
silicon2401 wrote: post #64

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Hopefully somebody introduces this. Weed stinks and people who smoke it outdoors are as much a nuisance as people who smoke cigarettes. Both should be legal but banned from any public places.

To be consistent we would have to ban cars for the same reason too. At least near where people live or work.

No, cars and cigarettes are known to cause far more substantial health effects to those around. By what instinct does one find oneself tempted to compare bad smell to cancer and asthma?

Re: Amazon’s answer to delivery driver shortage: Pot smokers

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Post by hughrr »

eurasiantiger wrote: post #91
hughrr wrote: post #90

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I knew some of them before they started using it. It’s almost entirely the cannabis. Including the dude now in psychiatric care after it kicked his schizophrenia hard. Everyone was promoted it as harmless. It’s not. I’m seeing lives wrecked. And yes I know alcohol is bad. But I see less long term damage from that as most people seem to grow out of alcoholism I have know. Cannabis not so much - it becomes the primary…

I think your viewpoint might be biased — do you know any people who haven’t had their lives wrecked because of cannabis? Is cannabis legal where you live? Criminality causes stress and paranoia. Are you living in a heavily Christian environment? Asking because in heavily religious environments, schizophrenia with religious illusions often occurs as a result of internal conflict between sin-programming and self-percep…

I am in my late 40s. Most of the proponents are a lot younger. They haven’t seen the impact it has on them until they get older. That’s not bias.

As for other points I’m an atheist with zero religious values at all. I have used it myself as well. And I’m in a country in a city where no one gives a crap. I’m about as unbiased as you can get.

As for sins, I’m a pretty big fan of them as whole.

The issue here is with the perception that it is harmless which it is definitely not.

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Post by Shadonototro »

Shadonototro wrote: post #69
the_only_law wrote: post #61

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> a drug is a drug, my dear friend Surely then, there’s no difference between ibuprofen and fentanyl. After all, a drug is a drug.

yeap, that is why they specifically say: > Ibuprofen can cause blurred vision, drowsiness, and dizziness. Do not drive or operate heavy machinery until you know how ibuprofen affects you

i got downvoted for specifying a fact, i now understand why certain things gets to the frontpage ;)

Re: Amazon’s answer to delivery driver shortage: Pot smokers

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Post by wordsarelies »

koheripbal wrote: post #54
pitched wrote: post #44

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Just out of curiosity and this isn’t meant to be mean, but, what kind of harsh consequence do you think would be appropriate for imposing that smell?

Not gp, but I think a fine is pretty reasonable. Jogging in the park and inhaling pot constantly is getting really annoying. I know a number of families that moved to the burbs, and one of the reasons they voiced is the sharp increase is pot smell/smoke in the kids' playgrounds.

This is no doubt an unintended consequence of city ordinances/state laws that require you be X feet away from others. Where the fuck-else can you go other than a public place if you live in the city and have no yard?

Re: Amazon’s answer to delivery driver shortage: Pot smokers

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Post by wordsarelies »

JshWright wrote: post #19
oxymoran wrote: post #10

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And also clearly have never been high enough to realize that they are more likely to be super paranoid and going 10 miles under the speed limit than driving through a fence or running over children. It’s not at all comparable to being drunk.

Driving high is still driving impaired. The failure modes may be different, but that doesn't mean someone who is high is safe to drive. I'm not sure what the point of your comment is though, as I don't think anyone is suggesting that these drivers will actually be high while driving. Rather, they are people that use marijuana recreationally and would test positive for THC, disqualifying them from many jobs (despite t…

Driving high is like driving as a grandma.

You're hyper vigilant, looking everywhere, your reactions are delayed a little such as that of an 60 year old person, and you're definitely listening to speed "limit" as the maximum, and not as the average.

Re: Amazon’s answer to delivery driver shortage: Pot smokers

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Post by wordsarelies »

hughrr wrote: post #94
eurasiantiger wrote: post #91

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I think your viewpoint might be biased — do you know any people who haven’t had their lives wrecked because of cannabis? Is cannabis legal where you live? Criminality causes stress and paranoia. Are you living in a heavily Christian environment? Asking because in heavily religious environments, schizophrenia with religious illusions often occurs as a result of internal conflict between sin-programming and self-percep…

I am in my late 40s. Most of the proponents are a lot younger. They haven’t seen the impact it has on them until they get older. That’s not bias. As for other points I’m an atheist with zero religious values at all. I have used it myself as well. And I’m in a country in a city where no one gives a crap. I’m about as unbiased as you can get. As for sins, I’m a pretty big fan of them as whole. The issue here is with th…

Do something that alters your baseline consciousness long enough and it becomes your baseline. Doing anything over a long period of time with regularity will change you.

You have definitely met pot smokers who have, and do live perfectly normal lives because their baseline is better. You probably have no idea who they are.

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