101 points

wow I could have just smoked weed.

Weed smoke smells like BO and cat piss yet anon still smokes it. They should know exactly why people drink.

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Have you ever smelled an alcoholic? I’ll gladly take the smell of weed over the smell of booze and piss.

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Yes but generally you only smell that when you’re near that person. The smell of pot smoke will permeate an entire building. Also most functional alcoholics don’t smell like booze and piss; it needs to get pretty bad before it starts becoming noticable. But anyone who recently smoked any pot is going to absolutely reek of it.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying people shouldn’t be alowed to smoke pot. But if were going to be trappped in same enclesed space for the next 10 hours could you at least do edibles instead? Some of the people I work around literally make my eyes water some days.

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Only if we also stop people from using cologne and perfume, because that stuff makes my eyes water literally every single time I smell it.

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26 points

The smell of weed has always been abhorrent to me. A true blooded alcoholic reeks like shit too, but most casual drinkers, or even alcoholics that care enough to still have good hygiene, don’t smell nearly as bad to me.

But to each their own and whatnot.

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6 points

Weed IS known for smelling like skunks, and skunk spray isn’t meant to smell nice

Makes me wonder who was the crazy fucker in the past who first tried weed and what the fuck was wrong with their nose?

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4 points

What’s really fun is the smell of multi-organ failure when you’re helping with hospice for an alcoholic.

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14 points

If only there was some way to consume weed that didn’t involve smoking it.

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12 points

I make edibles, and I’m always looking for recipes with strong flavor because I hate the taste of marijuana. Mint is a good one.

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6 points

You can buy gummies to smoke, it’s a way different smell. 🧠

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11 points

Wait wait wait, police here here, this guys smokes the EVIL HERB.

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11 points

Nah. I’m not a fan of weed. I just do shrooms. Or at least I did before I wound up on a med that also happens to be basically shroom narcan.

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7 points

Ssri’s/ssnri’s huh? Fucking sucks…

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4 points

Bro, just eat it.

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4 points

They said smoke in the post. That’s why I said smoke. I’m well aware edibles are a thing. That’s the only way it’s currently legal in my state.

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Yeah that’s fine. Just wanted to offer some advice to someone who might want to enjoy THC but hates the smell of weed smoke :) but apparently you gud. The ONLY way? Wow that’s crazy. To be fair it’s the best way so wtev lol. But if that’s the only way, are you allowed to grow it? Can’t you have like 3 plants or something? How are you supposed to make your own edibles if you can’t grow it?

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72 points

If you don’t like alcohol, that’s a good thing. Keep not liking alcohol. There’s nothing wrong with that.

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I find it really odd the number of posts saying “You know this thing humans have been doing for thousands of years across many independent cultures? You’re all just faking it it actually tastes bad.”

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Because it feels good to be intoxicated. Next.

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Right, and it can be fun to do in a social setting, hence pubs. Also, there is a huge world of mixed drinks, ranging from “I can’t tell this is alcohol” to “that is a unique flavor otherwise unobtainable.” Ginger beer and vodka, Fanta and Sazerac rye, appletinis, rum and coke, Rusty nails, margaritas, etc. A person might not choose to drink for one reason or another but there are a million ways to make it taste good to you.

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I recently had Apple Cider which was basically juice in taste with the buzz of alcohol, I would love to have it every time if it was not a locally brewed thing for the pub I was at

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Alcohol has different effects on people based on their genetics. It makes some people feel amazing, and if they keep drinking they continue to feel amazing for hours. It makes some people immediately feel awful. It makes some people feel good but also very sleepy. The first group is much more likely to experience alcoholism.

The taste is a separate thing. I am part of the third group but I’ll have a single drink on occasion, and I enjoy the way that beer, wine, spirits, and cocktails taste. I think that the alcohol does make them taste a little better, but they also tend to taste good without it.

I often drink non-alcoholic beers or mocktails for the taste, because alcohol is after all a poison and it is a good idea to limit consumption.

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As someone in the third group, the trick is to fight the sleepiness long enough that you end up in the first group, usually with a heavy dose of caffeine. I think that may be why “and Coke” drinks are so popular. And then you can karaoke endlessly and go find pizza and gyros at 4AM.

And then feel like shit the next three days because now that you’re over 30 your body takes umbridge to such abuse.

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Alcohol has been a fellow traveller for millennia, so it only makes sense that evolution would give us the tools to survive it

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I don’t know if I agree with your alcoholism theory, I would put myself in the first group but you can count on one hand the number of times I drink in a year.

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I think that’s normal as well. What I meant to convey is: if someone is an alcoholic, then they are likely to be in the first group. I didn’t mean to imply the opposite: if someone is in the first group, then they are likely to be an alcoholic.

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I used to be in the first group, but now I’m in the last group. Actually, it mostly just makes me tired now, not really that enjoyable anymore. I tend to avoid it in social situations now because of this.

I’ve never tried non alcoholic beer. I’m assuming it doesn’t make you sleepy?

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I was surprised to find that non-alcoholic beers specifically do still make me sleepy. I looked into it and there is some research that says that other compounds in beer could be responsible, or it could just be the placebo effect since I’m used to feeling sleepy after drinking beer.

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