Stuff you hate (aka: the new f. you thread)

[Sarah]

This talk of snow days reminds me of how great it was when I lived within easy walking distance of school in a very cold and snowy part of New York (Potsdam).  Whenever school was canceled, I felt like I was getting away with murder. 

[Alex_from_the_woods]

I don't mind the snow so much. I do mind the snow hysteria. The media eats this stuff up. To see it on TV, you'd think we're all living in lean-tos (grammar police- help!), huddled around a few smoldering twigs with our stomachs growling. It's snow, people. It'll melt. You won't be trapped in you're McMansion for weeks, forced to subsist on a diet of everything you could possibly want, while watching 350 channels of TV. I promise. It'll end. Then you can go out again to the mall and scurry back home.

[dave from knoxville]

I don't mind the snow so much. I do mind the snow hysteria. The media eats this stuff up. To see it on TV, you'd think we're all living in lean-tos (grammar police- help!), huddled around a few smoldering twigs with our stomachs growling. It's snow, people. It'll melt. You won't be trapped in you're McMansion for weeks, forced to subsist on a diet of everything you could possibly want, while watching 350 channels of TV. I promise. It'll end. Then you can go out again to the mall and scurry back home.

"I do mind the snow hysteria."

Drop out the word "snow".

"I do mind the _______ hysteria."

Drop in practically any noun in its place.

"I do mind the terrorism hysteria."

"I do mind the Lady Gaga hysteria."

"I do mind the Super Bowl hysteria."

"I do mind the Dave From Knoxville hysteria."

OK, they don't all work, but still.

[Andy]

tea party?

[cavorting with nudists]

I think that becomes a more interesting game if you use both parts of the original statement: "I don't mind _____ so much.  I do mind the _____ hysteria."

"I don't mind terrorism so much.  I do mind the terrorism hysteria."

"I don't mind cell phones so much.  I do mind the cell phone hysteria."

"I don't mind Dave from Knoxville so much.  I do mind the Dave from Knoxville hysteria."

[dave from knoxville]

I think that becomes a more interesting game if you use both parts of the original statement: "I don't mind _____ so much.  I do mind the _____ hysteria."

"I don't mind terrorism so much.  I do mind the terrorism hysteria."

"I don't mind cell phones so much.  I do mind the cell phone hysteria."

"I don't mind Dave from Knoxville so much.  I do mind the Dave from Knoxville hysteria."

I am getting Andy to cross-stitch this for me.

[Alex_from_the_woods]

I think that becomes a more interesting game if you use both parts of the original statement: "I don't mind _____ so much.  I do mind the _____ hysteria."

"I don't mind terrorism so much.  I do mind the terrorism hysteria."

"I don't mind cell phones so much.  I do mind the cell phone hysteria."

"I don't mind Dave from Knoxville so much.  I do mind the Dave from Knoxville hysteria."
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...or mix and match
"I don't mind the terrorism so much. I do mind the Lady Gaga hysteria."

[Paul DeLouisiana]

Is it true that when record store employees are hired they are told that if anyone asks for something they don't have, to say: "We actually get that in a lot but it goes quick."

[Andy]

I think that becomes a more interesting game if you use both parts of the original statement: "I don't mind _____ so much.  I do mind the _____ hysteria."

"I don't mind terrorism so much.  I do mind the terrorism hysteria."

"I don't mind cell phones so much.  I do mind the cell phone hysteria."

"I don't mind Dave from Knoxville so much.  I do mind the Dave from Knoxville hysteria."

I am getting Andy to cross-stitch this for me.

I still have one I need to send you.

[dave from knoxville]

I think that becomes a more interesting game if you use both parts of the original statement: "I don't mind _____ so much.  I do mind the _____ hysteria."

"I don't mind terrorism so much.  I do mind the terrorism hysteria."

"I don't mind cell phones so much.  I do mind the cell phone hysteria."

"I don't mind Dave from Knoxville so much.  I do mind the Dave from Knoxville hysteria."

I am getting Andy to cross-stitch this for me.

I still have one I need to send you.

I ain't complaining. My Secret Santa gift for NJL is turning into a Secret Easter Bunny gift.

[cavorting with nudists]

...or mix and match
"I don't mind the terrorism so much. I do mind the Lady Gaga hysteria."

Alex from the woods FTW!

[JonFromMaplewood]

DISCLAIMER: DEAR YOUNG PEOPLE, PLEASE NOTE THAT I AM SAYING THAT ILLEGAL DRUGS ARE *BAD.* (SUPER MARIO KART IS SO MUCH BETTER)

I admit to having "inhaled" from time to time as a college kid.  It was usually underwhelming. I might get a little quiet and smiley, but that was about it.

Since then, I would say I have touched the stuff once every few years, and every time, it seems like it is becoming more and more weaponized.   What the shit is going on?  Where is the stuff that makes you giggle a little and eat snacks?  I don't need something created in a subterranean lab by Simon Bar Sinister.

Wow. I'm really feeling like I crossed some invisible line here.  Did I?  Or was it just not that interesting a post? I kind of hope it was the latter.

[Sarah]

A lot of times people don't react to what's said in this thread.  I doubt if the lack of response to your post is any more significant than the lack of response to others.

About your weaponization comment, however, I agree.  In my pot-smoking youth, a couple of people could share a joint and get lightly high.  Nowadays it seems the goal is to make the lightest of puffs enough to render one paralytic.  I'm just glad I stopped liking marijuana when I was sixteen, so that I didn't have to fret, rage, and mourn over the changes.  I mean, I'm still upset Swiss 'n' Ham crackers were discontinued (in the sixties, I believe); imagine how upset I'd be about the evolution of the mary jane?

[Bryan]

DISCLAIMER: DEAR YOUNG PEOPLE, PLEASE NOTE THAT I AM SAYING THAT ILLEGAL DRUGS ARE *BAD.* (SUPER MARIO KART IS SO MUCH BETTER)

I admit to having "inhaled" from time to time as a college kid.  It was usually underwhelming. I might get a little quiet and smiley, but that was about it.

Since then, I would say I have touched the stuff once every few years, and every time, it seems like it is becoming more and more weaponized.   What the shit is going on?  Where is the stuff that makes you giggle a little and eat snacks?  I don't need something created in a subterranean lab by Simon Bar Sinister.

Wow. I'm really feeling like I crossed some invisible line here.  Did I?  Or was it just not that interesting a post? I kind of hope it was the latter.

Nah, I don't think you crossed a line, nor were you uninteresting.

I've heard a lot of talk in the media that weed is a lot stronger now than it was in the 60s or 70s, but I've always assumed that was a way for baby boomers to say, in effect, "it was OK for us to do it back in the day, but it's not OK for our kids to do it!" I personally haven't noticed a big difference between the product now and back in the 90s (my earliest point of reference).

In general, it's a good strategy to just have a little teensy bit until you know what you're getting yourself into.

[Chloe inChicago]

Motivation for moderation seems to be fickle, especially while high.

But once you find balance, what works and what doesn't for your body and mind, a hit here and there might actually be good.

I know my dad smokes to ease stress and settle his stomach. Responsibility is key.

I doubt any of what I just typed makes much sense.