Just because other things are worse doesn’t mean cannabis is good

Sorry I gave you that impression but that’s not my point. My comparison is not necessarily meant to paint cannabis as good. (And so what if it did, anyway, what’s wrong with that as a fine drug of choice?) I’m saying its side effects are more manageable compared to the side effects of other recreational drugs to the point of them feeling like a minor inconvenience. When I feel bad, I quit cold turkey and it all goes away in a couple of days. That has never failed me (or many people I know who take breaks) in ten-plus years of mixed use. But ask them about cigarettes and they straight-up complain they can’t stop.

That’s all I’m saying. I would never say that it’s for everyone or that it’ll be necessarily good for you to consume it in whatever form. I don’t actively recommend cannabis. Fine if you do and fine if you don’t. But let’s not exaggerate the effects.

Edited for clarity.

Atheist/materialism, if you can consider that a religion.

It’s a strength because we finally get to interact amongst the left without having to explain how society works to every ignorant conservatwat who thinks they can conservasplain some bullshit. It’s what makes it great.

StreisandGPT

there are many people […] who act as if there are no negative side effects to consuming cannabis

Nah, I’ve had those negative side effects and I know them well, including depression from withdrawal, short term memory lapses and Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome. They sound bad but they don’t compare to other drugs in the slightest and in my case are incredibly manageable. None of these are permanent or life-changing and go away within a week after quitting cold turkey, which I’ve done many many times. Are you sure you’re not exaggerating the danger bit?

I don’t know if I suffer from dyscalculia but, man, is mental arithmetic so hard for some reason. I did well in all my other math classes up to college, wtaf, brain.

It’s meh, I’ll take it.

You don’t need to wait. You can just scroll down to the other comments right now! :D

Shh. Just smile and wave.

Whoa, that’s one unexpected silver lining.

I get what you’re saying. Sorry people are misinterpreting and misconstruing your comment and making you out to be some sort of evil antivaxxer. You’re right in the way that pathogens exploit these quirks to their full extent and would be an invisible threat if they managed to mimic our molecules and become undetectable and indestructible to our immune system by their very nature.

Although you’re right about how autoimmunity generally works, the molecular mimicry causing autoimmunity that you mentioned is the exact opposite of the experts’ concerns. For example, left-handed pathogens’ topology (the molecular surface that the immune system “feels” for and detects) would be a mirror image, so there’s probably no risk of autoimmunity since it’s entirely different to your own proteins from your immune system’s point of view.

But the main concern is how our immune systems are simply not be equipped to handle the mirror molecules once detected. It’d be unable to break them down via precise enzymatic degradation, which in turn would limit recognition via antigen presentation from one cell to another down the line, rendering our body unable to coordinate. We’d need to evolve an entirely new set of enzymes and strategies to handle this.

Here’s a better article that makes a better job at explaining the experts’ concerns:
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-mirror-bacteria-pose-global-health.html

It’s ok to just not like the idea of the covid immunizations. Making stuff up to try to justify your belief, however…

Reading their comment carefully, I don’t think that’s what they’re saying at all. They’re not advocating against immunization, arguing that it’s bad to inject synthetic substances, nor justifying their belief but rather guessing how the biology stuff works under the hood.

Unless they are able to make use of both enantiomers in their biology

I wouldn’t expect that sentence from someone without a background in biology for many, many reasons.

(Rebranded to “Nito” a while back)

Her expression says I can’t believe this shit. I can’t, either.

I’m just not helping you from imminent harm

Doesn’t the law protect that in some way? I thought medical professionals were compelled to save lives first and then “worry” about costs later with the Hippocratic Oath and all. Or maybe it’s limited to some instances? Idk, I’m not from the US and our system works way differently.

I can confirm, I’m also Latino and received various compliments on my skin color. And my friend would refuse to go to the mall in the affluent part of town complaining that she felt discriminated against because of her darker complexion even though she’s beautiful. It trips me out because people here swear up and down that racism doesn’t exist saying there’s only classism.

Edit to clarify that she felt discriminated against because of her skin color.

HAHahaha You can’t make this shit up.

A pair of fucking stooges.

Keeping a low profile while on the run, allegedly. :x