Pet Peeves

[Looperpuck]

-when a parent is waking you up for something important and all they do is cone in and turn on the lights and leave.

-People who won't just stfu

-people saying the new generation is to dependant on our cell phones computers etc...

-Really sunny days

-Running in the rain

-Making the same mistake 3-4 times before you get it right.

-typing on iPhones

-iPhones spellchecker

-people constantly telling you to do something the wrong way

-people who lie through their teeth

-Obnoxious children
that's mostly all of them. Well atleast all I can think of.

~Looperpuck

[Jake]

Long-term marijuana abusers trying to quit report irritability, sleeplessness, decreased appetite, anxiety, and drug craving, all of which make it difficult to quit. These withdrawal symptoms begin within about 1 day following abstinence, peak at 2?3 days, and subside within 1 or 2 weeks following drug cessation.

Of course marijuana has withdrawal effects. So does coffee, alcohol, fast food, and cigarettes, all of which are completely legal. In fact, caffeine has been known to cause around 7,000 deaths per year, which is 7,000 more deaths than what's attributed to marijuana. What's important is the severity of the withdrawal, and there are multitudes of studies that show alcohol is a much more addictive substance with a much more severe withdrawal.
http://drugwarfacts.org/cms/?q=node/28

High doses of marijuana can produce an acute psychotic reaction; in addition, use of the drug may trigger the onset or relapse of schizophrenia in vulnerable individuals.

A number of studies have shown an association between chronic marijuana use and increased rates of anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, and schizophrenia. Some of these studies have shown age at first use to be a factor, where early use is a marker of vulnerability to later problems. However, at this time, it is not clear whether marijuana use causes mental problems, exacerbates them, or is used in attempt to self-medicate symptoms already in existence.

Yep, inconclusive results must mean it's not bad for you right?
Albeit with this one, and others, it is hard to gauge effects since many of the rockers of ganj that they studied also consumed various other substances (ie drugs ie cigarettes, alcohol, etc...).

It's funny, with how strongly the government tries to make marijuana out to be an evil, dangerous, and addictive substance, that they would post inconclusive results on their website. The website http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=000228 takes a large amount of studies conducted by different universities, and concludes the following: "The psychological effects of cannabinoids, such as anxiety reduction, sedation, and euphoria, can influence their potential therapeutic value.

Those effects are potentially undesirable in some patients and situations and beneficial in others. In addition, psychological effects can complicate the interpretation of other aspects of the drug's effect."

It's not a black and white issue at all. Some studies on the website suggest that it can trigger mood disorders, while other studies conducted suggest that it can help them. Regardless, this begets the fact that alcohol is also the cause of many mood disorders, with apparently no studies suggesting that it can help any of these disorders.

Effects on the heart:

Marijuana increases heart rate by 20?100 percent shortly after smoking; this effect can last up to 3 hours. In one study, it was estimated that marijuana users have a 4.8-fold increase in the risk of heart attack in the first hour after smoking the drug.

This risk may be greater in aging populations or those with cardiac vulnerabilities.

You know what also increases the heart rate to that extent? Exercise. And just like when exercising, it only has the possibility of triggering heart attacks in people who have problems with their heart. Other culprits of this include alcohol and caffeine. Marijuana is also known to lower blood pressure.

Effects on the lungs:

Numerous studies have shown marijuana smoke to contain carcinogens and to be an irritant to the lungs. In fact, marijuana smoke contains 50?70 percent more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than does tobacco smoke. Marijuana users usually inhale more deeply and hold their breath longer than tobacco smokers do, which further increase the lungs? exposure to carcinogenic smoke. Marijuana smokers show dysregulated growth of epithelial cells in their lung tissue, which could lead to cancer;8 however, a recent case-controlled study found no positive associations between marijuana use and lung, upper respiratory, or upper digestive tract cancers.9 Thus, the link between marijuana smoking and these cancers remains unsubstantiated at this time.

Nonetheless, marijuana smokers can have many of the same respiratory problems as tobacco smokers, such as daily cough and phlegm production, more frequent acute chest illness, and a heightened risk of lung infections. A study of 450 individuals found that people who smoke marijuana frequently but do not smoke tobacco have more health problems and miss more days of work than nonsmokers.10 Many of the extra sick days among the marijuana smokers in the study were for respiratory illnesses.

I guess no one has ever heard of a vaporizer. It filters all of the smoke, and allows you to suck up pure THC. Using one completely negates the bad side effects of letting smoke enter your lungs. Either way, marijuana does not contain arsenic, carbon monoxide, ammonia, butane, nicotine, and it doesn't increase your blood pressure or cause lung cancer, all of which cigarettes do. Marijuana users also generally do not chain smoke, and it's not physically addictive like tobacco.
http://hubpages.com/hub/Cigarettes-vs-Marijuana
http://patients4medicalmarijuana.wordpress.com/marijuana-info/marijuana-vs-cigarettes/

Oh, and throw out that mamsy pamsy argument about how this is off a .gov website.  Go ahead.  Not like they aren't going to reference their own studies when they determine the legality of it.  That would just make sense wouldn't it?

Hahaha, are you talking about the same government that used monkeys to see if weed killed brain cells by putting a gas mask on their face and pumping in massive amounts of marijuana smoke for 30 days? The determined cause of death was... Wait for it... lack of oxygen. Then, as proof that marijuana killed brain cells, they tested the monkeys after they were dead. That government, right?
http://www.electricemperor.com/eecdrom/HTML/EMP/15/ECH15_03.HTM

[DarkTrinity]

You're right, Jake!  I didn't even realize alcohol caused delusions and hallucinations!

If you're suggesting that weed causes hallucinations, you might want to do a little more research. At max, it causes slight visual disturbances.

Why do I say alcohol is more destructive?
-85,000 people die from alcohol each yeah. Close to 0 die from smoking marijuana. http://drugwarfacts.org/cms/?q=node/30
-Alcohol can cause feelings of anger and aggressiveness, while weed tends to make people more relaxed and calm. http://www.mjlegal.org/violence.html
-Alcohol is horribly bad for your liver, weed isn't
-Alcohol can cause permanent brain damage from binge drinking, while weed does not cause any permanent damage, despite how much you smoke http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20030701/heavy-marijuana-use-doesnt-damage-brain

The facts speak for themselves. Also, watch The Union

I think he was just referring to the fact that Scotty is being delusional.... but I'm not gonna put words in his mouth.

Also, I have watched The Union. Yes, it partially changed my view of weed as a whole, but has not changed my wanting to try it, because I still think it's a waste of money. I'm still waiting for someone to argue on that point.

We have also gone heavily off topic here. Could probably start a separate topic for that discussion xD


To be more on topic:
-My photography teacher giving us 2 days to shoot at least one roll of film(36 pictures) of specific landscapes.
-when my sister constantly borrows things so often that they end up staying in her room and I have to dig through her room to get them back

[Jake]

I think he was just referring to the fact that Scotty is being delusional.... but I'm not gonna put words in his mouth.

Also, I have watched The Union. Yes, it partially changed my view of weed as a whole, but has not changed my wanting to try it, because I still think it's a waste of money. I'm still waiting for someone to argue on that point.

Yeah I misunderstood Chris :/

No one can convince you to like something you don't want to like. Also realize though that smoking weed and spending money does not go hand in hand. I've smoked weed well over 30 times and never spent a penny on it.

[ARTgames]

-When a teacher punishes the whole class because a small percentage was acting up.

[Yankyal]

Less marijuana talk, more pet peeves:
-When people don't move their legs on a crowded bus if I am walking past, then get mad if I bump into their knees
-People arguing with bus drivers(this idiot tried to start a fight on the bus and I wanted to clothesline him into a volcano, he was kicked off though)
-People bothering me to look cool/entertain their friends
-People getting mad over sports when I style on them
-People droning on about how much they'll pray for something/someone, but don't do anything more than that
-Pascal's wager
-'"You only use 10% of your brain" and other incredibly stupid myths
-Stoners not shutting up about how high they got
-Women saying they date nerds, when by nerds they mean attractive hipsters with glasses and a hitler youth cut
-People who hurt themselves for attention, I have a friend with trichotillomania(he is dealing with that shit yo) and I don't see how he can handle it when people go on and on about their cuts
-Star A students going "I so failed this test!"
-People bragging about how little sleep they got last night
-When (usual) cockbags stop acting like a cockbag for 5 minutes so they can try and convince me to let them copy my work
-Napoleon Complex's
-Those tit curtian dresses women wear. It is fine when you're pregnant, but other than that what the hell are you thinking?
-Extremely skinny jeans, and I mean so skinny I can see the outline of your kneecap
Half of these happen to often to be simply pet peeves.

[Scotty]

Less marijuana talk, more pet peeves:

Here's an interesting question...  What benefits come from legalizing pot?  There's no conclusive studies (... legitimate... so far as I know) where it is scientifically proven to help, so why introduce a new narcotic to the states?  You can even throw in references to prop 19 if you need to scrape.

[Yankyal]

Less marijuana talk, more pet peeves:

Here's an interesting question...  What benefits come from legalizing pot?  There's no conclusive studies (... legitimate... so far as I know) where it is scientifically proven to help, so why introduce a new narcotic to the states?  You can even throw in references to prop 19 if you need to scrape.

[Jake]

-People who care more about animals than people

[Yankyal]

-People who care more about animals than people

Why is this? Animals are cute and innocent.

[Scotty]

-People who care more about animals than people

Why is this? Animals are cute and innocent.

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/84023/march-20-2007/threatdown---polar-bear-cub

[DarkTrinity]

-People who care more about animals than people

Why is this? Animals are cute and innocent.

As much as I love animals and I am all for not abusing them or not making fur coats out of them, it's difficult for me to care more about animals that people. Of course I love my dog to death and I'll be heartbroken when she dies, but the life span is much shorter than a human beings, and they cannot speak to you(although have some forms of communication). Where as you can share deeps thoughts and feelings with another human and get to know them over most of your lifespan. That, and I still eat animals. So yes, I love animals and we should definitely not take them for granted, but at the same time I would love to tell PETA to just STFU already. Obama swats at a fly and you want him to apologize? Go hang yourselves, you're useless.


more pet peeves :)
-When driving through the parking lot, people don't look when they cross the road, and they walk slower than molasses in January.
-people who can't comprehend the use of a blinker
-When fast food places don't give you all the food you ordered/give the wrong food