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You, along with probably most of hacker news, probably just won't understand - unless you connect with the culture. To help explain it... I find what I need

by lc3sim 5y ago

You, along with probably most of hacker news, probably just won't understand - unless you connect with the culture. To help explain it... I find what I need from friends and neighbors. I have built a system of trust that operates outside of the typical capitalistic reality that the rest of society runs on. Sometimes it means knowing where stuff was grown and who grew it. Sometimes the trust is more blind - it depends on the situation. Since cannabis is an organic compound (I only consume flower, not oil or edibles) I find it easy to "verify" that I am getting a legitimate product. I don't mean to brag, but I have a situation where I mostly get it for free. It is all love, and to have people share the love makes it all the more special. Another way to think of it like a CSA - would you want organic produce directly from the farm, or from Whole Foods? I hope this helps, at the very least, humanizes the other side a little bit.

soared 5y ago
This comment feels like art. Either it’s a troll that’s not that good, or it’s a genuine comment so far off in lala land that it’s a privilege to read.
- Talanes 5y ago
  Nothing about that comment seems THAT unusual. Honestly, I'm spending more time sitting here trying to understand where you're coming from than I am with them. What elements of their comment struck you as trolling?
  - lc3sim 5y ago
    It is a very foreign concept to many people, I understand where they are coming from. For example, my mom loves Whole Foods and would not prefer a CSA. There is comfort in the standard quality that McDonalds has to offer. Marketing labels and branding have become commonplace and widely celebrated amongst consumers. To ask for these luxuries to be stripped away is preposterous to most people. “Your weed isn’t lab tested - but you could be killed!”
  - ahartmetz 5y ago
    I guess some new Californians don't know much about what happened there about 45 years ago.
  - zdragnar 5y ago
    The bits about "you dont understand unless you connect with the culture" and "its all love" read to me like stereotypes straight from the 60's. That kind of thing is an extreme minority in most places- weed culture is no less mercantile than any other. The la la stuff exists, to be sure, but so does my neighbor offering to share veggies from their garden. Either way, I don't think it's got much bearing on the illegal drug trade, or the crippled legal trade as the volume is just two completely different scales.
    - nicoburns 5y ago
      > The la la stuff exists, to be sure, but so does my neighbour offering to share veggies from their garden. In my experience there's quite a bit of overlap between the kind of people who like to smoke weed and the kind of people who like to grow their own vegetables and sell them from their garden. Perhaps less so in cities. I think this is one of those stereotypes that has quite a bit of truth to it.
      - zdragnar 5y ago
        There certainly is, but they aren't doing volume. Farmers and grocery stores (to stick with the analogy) are doing the volume work here, so as matters of policy, it just doesn't add much.

by lc3sim 5y ago

soared 5y ago

This comment feels like art. Either it’s a troll that’s not that good, or it’s a genuine comment so far off in lala land that it’s a privilege to read.

Talanes 5y ago
Nothing about that comment seems THAT unusual. Honestly, I'm spending more time sitting here trying to understand where you're coming from than I am with them. What elements of their comment struck you as trolling?
- lc3sim 5y ago
  It is a very foreign concept to many people, I understand where they are coming from. For example, my mom loves Whole Foods and would not prefer a CSA. There is comfort in the standard quality that McDonalds has to offer. Marketing labels and branding have become commonplace and widely celebrated amongst consumers. To ask for these luxuries to be stripped away is preposterous to most people. “Your weed isn’t lab tested - but you could be killed!”
- ahartmetz 5y ago
  I guess some new Californians don't know much about what happened there about 45 years ago.
- zdragnar 5y ago
  The bits about "you dont understand unless you connect with the culture" and "its all love" read to me like stereotypes straight from the 60's. That kind of thing is an extreme minority in most places- weed culture is no less mercantile than any other. The la la stuff exists, to be sure, but so does my neighbor offering to share veggies from their garden. Either way, I don't think it's got much bearing on the illegal drug trade, or the crippled legal trade as the volume is just two completely different scales.
  - nicoburns 5y ago
    > The la la stuff exists, to be sure, but so does my neighbour offering to share veggies from their garden. In my experience there's quite a bit of overlap between the kind of people who like to smoke weed and the kind of people who like to grow their own vegetables and sell them from their garden. Perhaps less so in cities. I think this is one of those stereotypes that has quite a bit of truth to it.
    - zdragnar 5y ago
      There certainly is, but they aren't doing volume. Farmers and grocery stores (to stick with the analogy) are doing the volume work here, so as matters of policy, it just doesn't add much.