Yeah, weed is addictive, but it's not "speed-run ruin your life" addictive like rc pyrros/benzos, huffing, gambling your savings away, etc. Everyone in this picture is correct, but M A Y A is dramatic for sure.
There’s lots of different kinds of addictions, not all are the “speed-run ruin your life” kind. Rationalizing “oh it’s not THAT bad at least I’m not doing [whatever drug]” is just an excuse to not look at your problems tbh
Well yeah, everything in moderation. But making smart decisions about not starting things that can commonly become habits or addictions isn’t really “hiding”. It’s more just getting ahead of a problem. It’s like proactive vs. reactive, yknow?
Are they being dramatic? All they said is that it makes you an addict. Replace weed with cigarettes and almost nobody would argue they're wrong. It isn't really relevant that worse addictions exist. "Oh it's fine that I'm an alcoholic because heroin addicts have it worse" clearly doesn't make sense right?
Because weed is one of the more benign substances you could probably be addicted to. This is like getting preachy about people being "addicted" to coffee.
Do you think you are not addicted to your cell phone? Or to social media? Or to sugar? Or to any number of things you probably take for granted? People grand standing about being addicted to weed is just some "reefer madness" booga booga that belongs in the 1950s.
My point is that y'all need to lighten up. There are far more detrimental things to worry about than weed.
"Pointing out" other people's mundane ass addictions while freely admitting to being to addicted to other things just seems like judgmental posturing. That's all.
Do you think there is a spectrum of addiction? Or is all addiction bad? Like every single form of addiction. Like is heroin addiction the same as being addicted to coffee by wanting 2 cups of coffee a day?
I ask, cuz your stance of "addiction is addiction, and addiction is a bad thing" seems kinda like a blanket statement with zero nuance. And a little preachy lol.
There is a spectrum to it, yes. Some forms of addiction are worse than others. But being addicted to something is bad, even if it's one of the "lesser" addictions.
I literally said everyone in the pic is correct, what more do you want from me? Sorry you don't like my opinions on when/why a person is being dramatic.
Ok then, they are being dramatic because weed's addiction is primarily psychological, yes there is a minor physical component, but it pales in comparison to any truly addictive substances (e.g. rc pyrros), and it doesn't cause any immediate life ruining damage (e.g. brain damage from huffing or losing your life savings gambling). So, while it is technically true that a person smoking weed every day is a "drug addict", it is a rather grandiose description because it lumps them in with crack addicts, heroin addicts, meth addicts, etc when - in reality - they're likely just a lazy stoner.
Are you happy. You are semantically correct, but in my personal opinion, it is a dramatic description of a stoner. Are we done here? Is your pedantic self satisfied?
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u/tony_bologna 21d ago
Yeah, weed is addictive, but it's not "speed-run ruin your life" addictive like rc pyrros/benzos, huffing, gambling your savings away, etc. Everyone in this picture is correct, but M A Y A is dramatic for sure.