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Kane Lives said:
So uh. Could you give context to these numbers? Like why is 3.2% significant?
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The number isn’t necessarily the problem, but the rate of change indicates panic selling in the debt markets. The Big One almost happened two months ago but then the fed and ecb freaked and started an unlimited bond buying policy. The debt market melting down is a worse case scenario and will be worse than 2008. We are at best months away from this happening. Its going to happen the only question is when.

They need to up the ante now or its stock market/economy implosion. All the talk of recession and crashes are referring to this slow motion car accident in progress in the debt market. Fed doesn’t give a flying fuck about inflation or jobs numbers, but stabilizing the debt market.
 
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Clockwork_PurBle said:
I keep hearing "not addictive" and "not a gateway drug" but lived experience says so much otherwise. Every single person I graduated HS with that is now in jail or a certified junkie started out with weed in junior high. I don't have many but all of my junkie relatives did. Weed put an otherwise normal classmate into special ed because he stopped caring.
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Weed absolutely is a gateway drug and almost certainly fucks with your brain development if you use it excessively as a teenager, and of course if you smoke it it comes with all the risks of repeatedly inhaling smoke into your lungs, but it’s definitely not addictive in the same way that many hard drugs are. The same way alcohol is, where your body develops a physical dependency on it and you literally cannot stop doing it without undergoing severe withdrawal effects.

At most it’s “addictive” in the same way as porn or gambling or social media. Which, don’t get me wrong, is still bad… but it’s not one of those things where stopping cold turkey literally has the potential to kill you.
 
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Gar For Archer said:
Weed absolutely is a gateway drug and almost certainly fucks with your brain development if you use it excessively as a teenager, and of course if you smoke it it comes with all the risks of repeatedly inhaling smoke into your lungs, but it’s definitely not addictive in the same way that many hard drugs are. The same way alcohol is, where your body develops a physical dependency on it and you literally cannot stop doing it without undergoing severe withdrawal effects.

At most it’s “addictive” in the same way as porn or gambling or social media. Which, don’t get me wrong, is still bad… but it’s not one of those things where stopping cold turkey literally has the potential to kill you.
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Not a popular opinion on this website I understand but I take full spectrum CBD and D9 cannabinoids
Its make a world of difference in my overall quality of life.
Then again it's not for everyone and I agree it can be abused
 
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NyQuilninja said:
Not a popular opinion on this website I understand but I take full spectrum CBD and D9 cannabinoids
Its make a world of difference in my overall quality of life.
Then again it's not for everyone and I agree it can be abused
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tbh I'm jealous of guys like you who can just dip in for the benefits without any of the cons.
Nothing's worse than an addictive personality.
 
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NyQuilninja said:
Not a popular opinion on this website I understand but I take full spectrum CBD and D9 cannabinoids
Its make a world of difference in my overall quality of life.
Then again it's not for everyone and I agree it can be abused
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Using drugs young is certainly bad and overusing drugs is bad, but I don't think you'll get much pushback for moderated, adult use of weed around here.
 
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Absolutego said:
tbh I'm jealous of guys like you who can just dip in for the benefits without any of the cons.
Nothing's worse than an addictive personality.
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Alcoholics are the ones I can't understand, maybe genetically, being drunk is like physical torture and alcohol mostly tastes like the poison that it is. Weed on the other hand actually tastes good and is mildly enjoyable.
 
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Toy Soldier said:
Alcoholics are the ones I can't understand, maybe genetically, being drunk is like physical torture and alcohol mostly tastes like the poison that it is. Weed on the other hand actually tastes good and is mildly enjoyable.
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You grow to love the bitter taste and that initial buzz is something else. It probably is genetic and tbh I view disliking alcohol as a blessing. That's by far the worst monkey to get off your back, because it's so socially reinforced.
 
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Gar For Archer said:
Weed absolutely is a gateway drug and almost certainly fucks with your brain development if you use it excessively as a teenager, and of course if you smoke it it comes with all the risks of repeatedly inhaling smoke into your lungs, but it’s definitely not addictive in the same way that many hard drugs are. The same way alcohol is, where your body develops a physical dependency on it and you literally cannot stop doing it without undergoing severe withdrawal effects.

At most it’s “addictive” in the same way as porn or gambling or social media. Which, don’t get me wrong, is still bad… but it’s not one of those things where stopping cold turkey literally has the potential to kill you.
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To add to that, weed's also a great way to trigger any latent potential for genuine schizophrenia. A friend of a friend started smoking weed and now he's convinced he's Cave Johnson and begging God to turn him into a My Little Pony. I wish I was making this shit up. Shizo shitposting is on a whole other level.
 
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Curly_ said:
To add to that, weed's also a great way to trigger any latent potential for genuine schizophrenia. A friend of a friend started smoking weed and now he's convinced he's Cave Johnson and begging God to turn him into a My Little Pony. I wish I was making this shit up. Shizo shitposting is on a whole other level.
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Ask him when the hell are we getting Portal 3, the community maps are okay but they're no replacement for a new story and mechanics.
 
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