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I've been a heavy, 1 oz. of Indica a week smoker for decades, while being an extremely productive lead and principal software engineer on dozens of highly visib

I've been a heavy, 1 oz. of Indica a week smoker for decades, while being an extremely productive lead and principal software engineer on dozens of highly visible tech products. I am part of a heavy smoking, high tech collective of startup and career research individuals from companies people use everyday. I start my day with a combination of THC and caffeine, which folds into a deep work and research focus lasting the entire day. Over time, fellow high tech heavy smokers have identified one another, forming a moderately secret heavy smokers network that support one another in non-legal places, sometimes meet at big conventions, or we realize a number of us are at an airport at the same time and all meet in the smoker's den.

criticaltinker 5y ago
Wow an ounce per week is such a heavy intake, have you noticed any negative impacts for example to your lungs or teeth? Do you prefer smoking over edibles because of the instant rush versus a slow ramp up?
GordonS 5y ago
Have you considered d switching to vaping? It's so much more efficient that you'd likely only use 1/2 oz, or maybe even 1/3 oz.
- gime_tree_fiddy 5y ago
  The efficiency, the dosage limitation and convenience is amazing, and its been a a few months when I smoked a joint. But I still find the joint to be better experience, not sure why, maybe the trace amounts of CBD.
  - MisterTea 5y ago
    smoking always trumps dry vape, oil, wax, and edibles. I've found joints to be the easiest but least efficient way to smoke (its hard to charge a smoker with paraphernalia for having papers if you also carry a bag of tobacco). bowls are better but have to be cleaned. bongs and bubblers are top dog but they are bulky and even harder to clean than bowls.
pvarangot 5y ago
Do you also smoke tobacco or vape nicotine juice? Maybe you know me, you can check my profile, I've been in the "in" side of like... three? or maybe four? of this super-secret techie psychedelic ultra select clubs even involving VPs of unicorns and directors of tech companies and most of the heavy indica smokers also smoke nicotine like, a lot. Weed and tobacco are a very different thing as just smoking weed, on some cultures that smoke weed heavily like Rastas that's the more common method, like in a spliff or a blunt. If you don't vape nicotine can I out of curiosity ask about your other super-secret habits? Because in my super secret extracurricular experience in this circles multiple time per year LSD trips and occasional cocaine binges are not unusual and both LSD and cocaine probably effect glutamate receptors in ways that I theorize help with the brain fog or fatigue that for some people regular weed use causes.
TrippinTraveler 5y ago
Sounds like a cool group, where do you meet? :-) Need the deets. Also I am a Sativa man myself, but caffeine indeed, gotta stack those chemicals.
chris_hk 5y ago
ok_coo 5y ago
The hippie speedball makes me ultra-productive, but unfortunately employers (well, mine) are probably not cool with me being high on Zoom calls. :/ I just wanted to chime in and say that, for some people, THC+caffeine in the right settings can give you a nice hyper-focus. I wish I could use the combo more often.
- 3a2d29 5y ago
  Just out of curiosity, why THC + caffeine? I am a regular coffee drinker, but never smoked at the same time. Is it the caffeine gives you focus, but the THC removes the jitters and antsy-ness that goes along with it?
  - crate_barre 5y ago
    These people are heavy smokers that probably developed a functional habit (they sort of need the hit to feel normal). You won’t magically get the benefits being espoused, if that’s what you’re thinking.
    - 0xdeadb00f 5y ago
      Very much this. If you're looking at it from a pure productivity standpoint and want to try it out, and aren't a regular toker - don't - because you'll just get really baked. :P
    - w0de0 5y ago
      Of course you're right - but drugs usually do deliver the benefits espoused (if often at a Faustian price). Your two statements are a shade oxymoronic. Addictive habits form suddenly, but not immediately. Every drug requires a period of optional, regular, and increasing use before dependency develops. (Some, like nicotine, can have rapid dependency onset. Others take 6 or more months of intermittent use before withdrawal threatens). This non-dependent yet regular use is usually driven by genuine (subjective) benefit to the user - euphoria or focus, amnesia or nescience, etc. This is the essence of the word "drug": if inactive we say supplement, snake oil, homeopathic, etc. Pharmacology _is_ somewhat magic - absurdly improbable in a way reality, and human endeavor, often is (see: organ transplants, the bioengineered mutant grass known as maize/corn).
stackedinserter 5y ago
Show your LinkedIn profile.
- itronitron 5y ago
  I can't tell whether the parent comment was written as parody or while the author was high.
  - stackedinserter 5y ago
    Whenever I'm drunk or high, I think of myself as an extremely productive lead and principal software engineer, MMA champion and F1 pilot. /s
dave_sid 5y ago
Sounds more like an idea you have for a movie than reality
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intricatedetail 5y ago
These exist.
dekhn 5y ago
Same here in terms of use, except sativa instead of indica, and I've only found one other person like me in my career. Smoking definitely helps me reach a deep state of focus but unfortunately it's fairly brittle (cars idling nearby, other subtle things can be really distracting) and requires a long period of stage-in if I haven't worked on something for a while (I have little long-term memory for code details).

criticaltinker 5y ago

Wow an ounce per week is such a heavy intake, have you noticed any negative impacts for example to your lungs or teeth? Do you prefer smoking over edibles because of the instant rush versus a slow ramp up?

GordonS 5y ago

Have you considered d switching to vaping? It's so much more efficient that you'd likely only use 1/2 oz, or maybe even 1/3 oz.

gime_tree_fiddy 5y ago
The efficiency, the dosage limitation and convenience is amazing, and its been a a few months when I smoked a joint. But I still find the joint to be better experience, not sure why, maybe the trace amounts of CBD.
- MisterTea 5y ago
  smoking always trumps dry vape, oil, wax, and edibles. I've found joints to be the easiest but least efficient way to smoke (its hard to charge a smoker with paraphernalia for having papers if you also carry a bag of tobacco). bowls are better but have to be cleaned. bongs and bubblers are top dog but they are bulky and even harder to clean than bowls.

pvarangot 5y ago

Do you also smoke tobacco or vape nicotine juice? Maybe you know me, you can check my profile, I've been in the "in" side of like... three? or maybe four? of this super-secret techie psychedelic ultra select clubs even involving VPs of unicorns and directors of tech companies and most of the heavy indica smokers also smoke nicotine like, a lot. Weed and tobacco are a very different thing as just smoking weed, on some cultures that smoke weed heavily like Rastas that's the more common method, like in a spliff or a blunt. If you don't vape nicotine can I out of curiosity ask about your other super-secret habits? Because in my super secret extracurricular experience in this circles multiple time per year LSD trips and occasional cocaine binges are not unusual and both LSD and cocaine probably effect glutamate receptors in ways that I theorize help with the brain fog or fatigue that for some people regular weed use causes.

TrippinTraveler 5y ago

Sounds like a cool group, where do you meet? :-) Need the deets. Also I am a Sativa man myself, but caffeine indeed, gotta stack those chemicals.

chris_hk 5y ago

ok_coo 5y ago

The hippie speedball makes me ultra-productive, but unfortunately employers (well, mine) are probably not cool with me being high on Zoom calls. :/ I just wanted to chime in and say that, for some people, THC+caffeine in the right settings can give you a nice hyper-focus. I wish I could use the combo more often.

3a2d29 5y ago
Just out of curiosity, why THC + caffeine? I am a regular coffee drinker, but never smoked at the same time. Is it the caffeine gives you focus, but the THC removes the jitters and antsy-ness that goes along with it?
- crate_barre 5y ago
  These people are heavy smokers that probably developed a functional habit (they sort of need the hit to feel normal). You won’t magically get the benefits being espoused, if that’s what you’re thinking.
  - 0xdeadb00f 5y ago
    Very much this. If you're looking at it from a pure productivity standpoint and want to try it out, and aren't a regular toker - don't - because you'll just get really baked. :P
  - w0de0 5y ago
    Of course you're right - but drugs usually do deliver the benefits espoused (if often at a Faustian price). Your two statements are a shade oxymoronic. Addictive habits form suddenly, but not immediately. Every drug requires a period of optional, regular, and increasing use before dependency develops. (Some, like nicotine, can have rapid dependency onset. Others take 6 or more months of intermittent use before withdrawal threatens). This non-dependent yet regular use is usually driven by genuine (subjective) benefit to the user - euphoria or focus, amnesia or nescience, etc. This is the essence of the word "drug": if inactive we say supplement, snake oil, homeopathic, etc. Pharmacology _is_ somewhat magic - absurdly improbable in a way reality, and human endeavor, often is (see: organ transplants, the bioengineered mutant grass known as maize/corn).

stackedinserter 5y ago

Show your LinkedIn profile.

itronitron 5y ago
I can't tell whether the parent comment was written as parody or while the author was high.
- stackedinserter 5y ago
  Whenever I'm drunk or high, I think of myself as an extremely productive lead and principal software engineer, MMA champion and F1 pilot. /s

dave_sid 5y ago

Sounds more like an idea you have for a movie than reality

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intricatedetail 5y ago

These exist.

dekhn 5y ago

Same here in terms of use, except sativa instead of indica, and I've only found one other person like me in my career. Smoking definitely helps me reach a deep state of focus but unfortunately it's fairly brittle (cars idling nearby, other subtle things can be really distracting) and requires a long period of stage-in if I haven't worked on something for a while (I have little long-term memory for code details).