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I knew some top students in college who started smoking weed then and continued. They're still programmers or scientists now, which isn't surprising given their

I knew some top students in college who started smoking weed then and continued. They're still programmers or scientists now, which isn't surprising given their education and talent, but something's wrong every time I talk to them. They seem scatterbrained and unable to remember what either of us said a minute ago. Edit: Forgot to specify, they're in their late 20s now.

amrocha 2y ago
Ok, and I know programmers and scientists that used to smoke in college and are just as sharp as ever.
- onemoresoop 2y ago
  Yep, the effects aren’t permanent. It seems people choose to be scatterbrained for some reason or another. I do smoke ocasionally and that is very little as I don’t like getting the anxiety/paranoia effects and weed is very potent these days. I only do it to zone off creatively, gives me the childhood magic which dampens the day to day stress. All in all it is a very positive experience. I do see kids these days overdoing it but hey, in my day kids were drinking more than today so these habits change over time
  - Gud 2y ago
    Mix with CBD only strains, a 10% THC/90% CBD ratio is vastly different and doesn't give that anxiety/paranoia, in my experience.
jrockway 2y ago
> They seem scatterbrained and unable to remember what either of us said a minute ago. I've never used weed and definitely have moments like this from time to time. I think I'm old. And that having 3000 Slack channels piping content into your brain 8 hours a day isn't real good either. That said, I kind of understand the effect this thread is talking about. My youngest brother was doing a lot of smoking in high school and I definitely wonder about the long term effects.
- its_Caffeine 2y ago
  Some of this is definitely social media use and short-form content consumption. My working memory improved significantly when I limited social media consumption and started reading instead. I personally haven't smoked weed in over 5 years.
ghfhghg 2y ago
Sure but I know plenty of people who are dead sober who exhibit the same behavior. I behave like that occasionally when I have too many unrelated tasks at once and am a little stressed. I hope people don't think it's because I was high.
- chris_wot 2y ago
  We are all like this some of the time. If anyone is like this consistently, then something is wrong.

amrocha 2y ago

Ok, and I know programmers and scientists that used to smoke in college and are just as sharp as ever.

onemoresoop 2y ago
Yep, the effects aren’t permanent. It seems people choose to be scatterbrained for some reason or another. I do smoke ocasionally and that is very little as I don’t like getting the anxiety/paranoia effects and weed is very potent these days. I only do it to zone off creatively, gives me the childhood magic which dampens the day to day stress. All in all it is a very positive experience. I do see kids these days overdoing it but hey, in my day kids were drinking more than today so these habits change over time
- Gud 2y ago
  Mix with CBD only strains, a 10% THC/90% CBD ratio is vastly different and doesn't give that anxiety/paranoia, in my experience.

jrockway 2y ago

> They seem scatterbrained and unable to remember what either of us said a minute ago. I've never used weed and definitely have moments like this from time to time. I think I'm old. And that having 3000 Slack channels piping content into your brain 8 hours a day isn't real good either. That said, I kind of understand the effect this thread is talking about. My youngest brother was doing a lot of smoking in high school and I definitely wonder about the long term effects.

its_Caffeine 2y ago
Some of this is definitely social media use and short-form content consumption. My working memory improved significantly when I limited social media consumption and started reading instead. I personally haven't smoked weed in over 5 years.

ghfhghg 2y ago

Sure but I know plenty of people who are dead sober who exhibit the same behavior. I behave like that occasionally when I have too many unrelated tasks at once and am a little stressed. I hope people don't think it's because I was high.

chris_wot 2y ago
We are all like this some of the time. If anyone is like this consistently, then something is wrong.