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I wish they outlawed all advertisement for pot stores and any visual indications of the business. Should be a blank building with shut doors and windows blacked

by jmpman 4y ago

I wish they outlawed all advertisement for pot stores and any visual indications of the business. Should be a blank building with shut doors and windows blacked out. I don’t want kids to even be aware the places exist. And yes, I strongly supported legalization, and would like it legalized at the federal level.

pmoriarty 4y ago
First let's do the same for alcohol, cigarettes, and guns... all things far more dangerous than pot.
- Test0129 4y ago
  Can you name the last time you saw an ad for a gun store, cigarettes, or alcohol? Outside of a ball game I can't.
  - p0pcult 4y ago
    Huge variance dependent on geography here. I suspect you don't live in the midwest.
  - SauciestGNU 4y ago
    Gun stores and firing ranges have billboards all over the place here in Michigan. Alcohol advertises on television (prominently during sports) but alcohol advertisements are subject to strict regulation, and tobacco even stricter.
- jeltz 4y ago
  Alcohol and tobacco ads are banned in my country, so sure.
- candiodari 4y ago
  Well they all also cause extra load on the health system. Of course, so does marijuana ...
bee_rider 4y ago
Lots of things are more damaging to society than weed, though -- as a non-smoker, I can't really find much to object to, in the behavior of people high on weed, they usually just act chill and a little goofy. If we're going to hide the existence of weed shops, we definitely should do the same to liquor stores. And I'd also rather hide the existence of some financial services I find objectionable -- payday loans, pawn shops... we might want to talk about investing in general, really, just let me invest in paint companies first though, those Wallstreet buildings have a ton of windows.
- Test0129 4y ago
  > Lots of things are more damaging to society than weed, though That's not an argument. I live in a metro. I rarely see ads for booze EVERYWHERE. TV, sure. Sometimes even the radio. But billboards? No, not really. I see ads for weed EVERYWHERE. I can't recall the last time I saw an ad for a liquor store. They aren't treated the same by society. Weed seems to be able to have complete freedom, while booze is still forced to be hidden. I'm for hiding both in the best possible way. If you want it, seek it out.
  - bee_rider 4y ago
    Obviously I can't tell you what you see, but around here all the liquor stores have "LIQUOR" in their name, which is generally placed in big letters on the front of their buildings. Not sure about things like billboards, I tend to tune them out, but I guess that's based on local bylaws anyway.
- Ebree 4y ago
  Nothing with any ability to create addiction should be legally promoted. Maybe except sport, but in case of extreme sports as marathons too. Or you can add requirement of being all addictions free for gaining legal voting rights. If you can't be impartial in limiting oneself to natural human needs than you won't make impartial decision on behalf of whole nation, community, family. It's crazy only army recruiting cares about such basic truths. Humans are already born with incomplete free will, shaped by genes they didn't choose, origin they didn't choose and primed by their environment (starting with their first unique cell creation) constantly. You never become yourself not exercising being alone to discover & purify own identity. Restricting it & priming body and mind to more subconscious, automatic reactions is corrupting people even more. You want to help people grow and lift them up to control themselves (in body and mind) & self understanding not make them a drugged zombies. Every bad stimuli is a step to accept higher dose of bad stimuli. Every addiction is breaking limits to other addictions. While every good decision & stimuli opens door to more positive opportunities building positive habit. Self restraint helps you learn filtering urges surrounding you (and knowledging need to wipe them clean from around you) promoting clear thinking & conscious, priorities-driven decision making. Nothing unnatural to human is natural to human ergo humane. To know what inhumane you can tolerate without big harm you need to know the humane first to compare. This basic intuition never betrayed me. And is infinitely profound. USA is nation of living zombies. Majority is metabolically ill & drugged - in state of strong addiction to number of things. Weed is less damaging than excess sugar in diet, non spieces proper diet in general or alcohol. Still any evil is evil. And so happens that most of it is promoted in shops through commerce & marketing without clear education about results of using it. 99% of what you are daily exposed to is priming you negatively & hijacking your "free" will.

by jmpman 4y ago

pmoriarty 4y ago

First let's do the same for alcohol, cigarettes, and guns... all things far more dangerous than pot.

Test0129 4y ago
Can you name the last time you saw an ad for a gun store, cigarettes, or alcohol? Outside of a ball game I can't.
- p0pcult 4y ago
  Huge variance dependent on geography here. I suspect you don't live in the midwest.
- SauciestGNU 4y ago
  Gun stores and firing ranges have billboards all over the place here in Michigan. Alcohol advertises on television (prominently during sports) but alcohol advertisements are subject to strict regulation, and tobacco even stricter.
jeltz 4y ago
Alcohol and tobacco ads are banned in my country, so sure.
candiodari 4y ago
Well they all also cause extra load on the health system. Of course, so does marijuana ...

bee_rider 4y ago

Lots of things are more damaging to society than weed, though -- as a non-smoker, I can't really find much to object to, in the behavior of people high on weed, they usually just act chill and a little goofy. If we're going to hide the existence of weed shops, we definitely should do the same to liquor stores. And I'd also rather hide the existence of some financial services I find objectionable -- payday loans, pawn shops... we might want to talk about investing in general, really, just let me invest in paint companies first though, those Wallstreet buildings have a ton of windows.

Test0129 4y ago
> Lots of things are more damaging to society than weed, though That's not an argument. I live in a metro. I rarely see ads for booze EVERYWHERE. TV, sure. Sometimes even the radio. But billboards? No, not really. I see ads for weed EVERYWHERE. I can't recall the last time I saw an ad for a liquor store. They aren't treated the same by society. Weed seems to be able to have complete freedom, while booze is still forced to be hidden. I'm for hiding both in the best possible way. If you want it, seek it out.
- bee_rider 4y ago
  Obviously I can't tell you what you see, but around here all the liquor stores have "LIQUOR" in their name, which is generally placed in big letters on the front of their buildings. Not sure about things like billboards, I tend to tune them out, but I guess that's based on local bylaws anyway.
Ebree 4y ago
Nothing with any ability to create addiction should be legally promoted. Maybe except sport, but in case of extreme sports as marathons too. Or you can add requirement of being all addictions free for gaining legal voting rights. If you can't be impartial in limiting oneself to natural human needs than you won't make impartial decision on behalf of whole nation, community, family. It's crazy only army recruiting cares about such basic truths. Humans are already born with incomplete free will, shaped by genes they didn't choose, origin they didn't choose and primed by their environment (starting with their first unique cell creation) constantly. You never become yourself not exercising being alone to discover & purify own identity. Restricting it & priming body and mind to more subconscious, automatic reactions is corrupting people even more. You want to help people grow and lift them up to control themselves (in body and mind) & self understanding not make them a drugged zombies. Every bad stimuli is a step to accept higher dose of bad stimuli. Every addiction is breaking limits to other addictions. While every good decision & stimuli opens door to more positive opportunities building positive habit. Self restraint helps you learn filtering urges surrounding you (and knowledging need to wipe them clean from around you) promoting clear thinking & conscious, priorities-driven decision making. Nothing unnatural to human is natural to human ergo humane. To know what inhumane you can tolerate without big harm you need to know the humane first to compare. This basic intuition never betrayed me. And is infinitely profound. USA is nation of living zombies. Majority is metabolically ill & drugged - in state of strong addiction to number of things. Weed is less damaging than excess sugar in diet, non spieces proper diet in general or alcohol. Still any evil is evil. And so happens that most of it is promoted in shops through commerce & marketing without clear education about results of using it. 99% of what you are daily exposed to is priming you negatively & hijacking your "free" will.