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Mega Comrade posted:But if the goal is to normalise medical and recreational use you want to separate it from 'stoner culture' as much as possible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbjHOBJzhb0
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This made me lol when I was scrolling down my twitter feed https://twitter.com/henrymance/status/1546770401451204608 e: Mega Comrade posted:Getting people to be ok with ripping on a bong in the park is gonna be way way harder than doing the same with a vape pen. I've been literally ripping on my bong in the park for months now, and not a single person has been offended. Far from it, curious people sometimes ask me what I'm doing, and I tell them. A common immediate followup question is "And does it help?" followed by questions about how easy it is to get a prescription. https://twitter.com/stuwyatt/status/1537061032824283137 I live in a rural posh Tory town too, so your assumptions don't seem to hold up to any reality that I'm experiencing. My regular picnic table, where I took the above video, is also right next to the Secondary school. fuctifino fucked around with this message at 11:48 on Jul 12, 2022 |
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Jul 12, 2022 11:34
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the sex ghost posted:Shapps has gone. Rip Michael Green makes a surprise entrance in his place
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Jul 12, 2022 11:36
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Mega Comrade posted:But if the goal is to normalise medical and recreational use you want to separate it from 'stoner culture' as much as possible. Spoken like a true Mega Comrade. Can't normalise hitting a vape pen which is almost completely indistinguishable from a regular vape. (And yes I have a Pax vape for weed and technically you can smell that smelly smell a little if you're real close, but for all intents and purposes you can hit that poo poo anywhere and no one will notice)
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Jul 12, 2022 11:52
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fuctifino posted:I've been literally ripping on my bong in the park for months now, and not a single person has been offended. Far from it, curious people sometimes ask me what I'm doing, and I tell them. A common immediate followup question is "And does it help?" followed by questions about how easy it is to get a prescription. Posh people silently judge, but they do judge. Just look at any village facebook page, its savage. Although they probably think you're just vaping nicotine products.
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Jul 12, 2022 12:12
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fuctifino posted:My regular picnic table, where I took the above video, is also right next to the Secondary school. Matthew McConaughey in Dazed and Confused.
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Jul 12, 2022 12:12
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Mega Comrade posted:Posh people silently judge, but they do judge. Just look at any village facebook page, its savage. Although they probably think you're just vaping nicotine products. I've actually found internet strangers from around the world to be way more judgemental than any local. My medicinal cannabis is just cannabis, but grown with high standards, and it smells just like any other cannabis. I also have two large cannabis leaf stickers on my wheelchair, and often mention medicinal cannabis in those very savage local facebook groups you talk about. The locals know by now that I'm not vaping nicotine products. No local person has shown offence. If someone wants to secretly judge me, then that's fine too. I don't care. I'll be continuing to vape Lemon Skunk, enjoy the sunshine and watch the many good doggos chase balls in the park.
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Jul 12, 2022 12:16
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I thought your video was great, fuct, and you have a very pleasant voice. They should pay you to do more. I guess I am on the fence about the ripping huge bongs in the park thing. When I was a regular smoker, we only used bongs when we wanted to get absolutely off our heads, so I definitely understand the more negative connotations of using one in public. I guess, to use the same analogy as a previous poster, it's like the difference between drinking a pint in a Wetherspoons, and necking half a bottle of Jack Daniels in Wetherspoons. I've only ever smoked recreationally though, so I don't really know if the same use case applies when it's medicinal.
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Jul 12, 2022 13:04
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Lol at the absolute state of the Guardian.quote:Sunak remains the only candidate to have conveyed a steady competence in one of the toughest offices of state. His straight-talking and lack of evasive cliche in public have been a breath of fresh air. His final days at the Treasury saw him adamant in weighing the needs of public spending against the dangers of deficit and indebtedness. He fought Johnson’s plea for tax cuts to aid his personal survival. Sunak’s calm intelligence is desperately needed at this critical juncture in British government. One of his leading rivals, Liz Truss, is in comparison a confection of political vacuity.
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Jul 12, 2022 13:07
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RandomUserString posted:Lol at the absolute state of the Guardian. There isn't a hmmyes big enough.
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He is right in a sense, Sunak is the best candidate they have so I sure as hell hope they don't pick him
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Jul 12, 2022 13:10
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RandomUserString posted:Lol at the absolute state of the Guardian. Jenkins has always been poo poo and constantly wrong about everything. He's probably not actually wrong about Sunak being Keith's least preferred opponent, though.
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Jul 12, 2022 13:13
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Chinese Gordon posted:Jenkins has always been poo poo and constantly wrong about everything. He's probably not actually wrong about Sunak being Keith's least preferred opponent, though. Yeah, he's deeply sus, editor of The Times & Evening Standard, political editor for The Economist, appointed to the board of British Rail by the Thatcher government, absolutely 100% a Thatcher voter.
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Jul 12, 2022 13:29
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:Exactly! The fact it's a bong doesn't matter, it's the appearances. I know that when I think of a good time - a really good, rip-roaring time with friends - I think of having it in the most colourless, antiseptic healthcare setting possible. No character or ambience please, I'm a pearl clutcher
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Jul 12, 2022 13:40
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I trust the richest man in government who has meetings with US healthcare companies.
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Jul 12, 2022 13:40
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If Sunak wins and there is head to head televised debate, unless Rishi is bringing his box to stand on it'll be a red tory landslide.
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Jul 12, 2022 13:43
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Starmer vs sunak, sunak wins.sinky posted:I trust the richest man in government who has meetings with US healthcare companies. Basically who gets to play Mr Competent, richest man > blandest man
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Jul 12, 2022 13:50
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Jul 12, 2022 13:51
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20% of gdp allocated to making rishi taller in time for the next election. He will emerge from downing street 30 feet tall and made entirely of gold, he will stride upon the poors like a colossus into trafalgar square, kick nelson off his column, and rule from atop it like a vengeful god. CON+300
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Jul 12, 2022 13:52
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The absolute worst case scenario isn't happening at least https://twitter.com/paulwaugh/status/1546839531588042752
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The Perfect Element posted:I thought your video was great, fuct, and you have a very pleasant voice. They should pay you to do more. Thanks. I'd never take money from them, as that would then mean I'd then have to reign in my opinions in line with the corporation's goals. I have agreed to be part of a pool of patients who are willing to do TV or radio interviews though. quote:I guess I am on the fence about the ripping huge bongs in the park thing. When I was a regular smoker, we only used bongs when we wanted to get absolutely off our heads, so I definitely understand the more negative connotations of using one in public. I guess, to use the same analogy as a previous poster, it's like the difference between drinking a pint in a Wetherspoons, and necking half a bottle of Jack Daniels in Wetherspoons. I only used the huge bong once, and that was akin to diving off the highest diving board. I needed to do it to shake my own PTSD/anxiety about vaping in public (bullshit crown court trials leave their marks). I just use the mini globe bong now if I need watercooling in public. The size of the bong doesn't matter, as I just insert the vape I'd normally use into the water cooling, so I'm not vaping any more cannabis than if I wasn't using any cooling. It just makes the vapour much more soothing on my lungs. I get good days and bad days. On bad days, I need water cooling. On good days, I can just use a special cooling stem (Revolve, from Mad Heaters) for the dynavap. I never vape indoors in public, nor anywhere where smoking isn't openly accepted, so only in beer gardens, or by the bench near the fire escape to the supermarket, or the park etc). If there are kids about, I also don't vape, so I do have my own conscious levels of acceptability. I'm a natural recluse, so tend to avoid people at the best of times. But I'm going to vape openly, and from a visual perspective, quite loudly, and I'm going to do it for many reasons: 1. As a big gently caress you to the system that criminalised me for so many years. I'm not going to deny that this is a major motivating factor, but it's not the only one. 2. As a big signpost saying "Ask me about legal medicinal cannabis.". I've lost count how many people's lives I've immeasurably changed by switching them onto legal weed. Those people then do the same with people they know and bump into etc., and that's a really good thing. 3. To give courage to those with a legal prescription to also openly vape in public, because why the gently caress shouldn't they? Why should they feel stigma, or be forced to take their medicine in secret, or out of sight? I've managed to persuade quite a few people to take bongs to the park, pub beer gardens, or the canal, and I hope more and more people do it, because why shouldn't they? Taking legally prescribed medicine should never be equated to drinking alcohol in any way, or to recreational drug taking, and people should feel free to legally medicate how, as and when they need to. If people are offended by such actions, then they could simply look at something else. 4. To make it harder and harder for the police to enforce bullshit laws. It's very hard for the police to confirm the legality of someone, as there's no central database or accepted ID card. The only things that show herbal cannabis is legal are the printed labels on the pots, and any printouts of the emailed prescription letters. All of that is easy to fake... not that I'd ever suggest anyone to do such a thing of course.... I've also not had a single person demand proof of my own legality in over 14 months. There are other reasons, but those are the main ones, and I think they are valid. The clinic, which is part of a licensed global chain, also seems to think they are valid too, as I discussed them at length with the head of media in a Zoom call the other day when I agreed to join the pool .  The Volcano did arrive, and it allowed me to complete an experiment I started the other week https://twitter.com/stuwyatt/status/1546833292531482624
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Congratulations, fuctifino, inspirational stuff!peanut- posted:The absolute worst case scenario isn't happening at least She strikes me as the kind of person who wouldn't really want the job of managing the people throwing orphans into the meat grinder, because it takes away from the hands-on joy of actually doing it herself
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To any of the tory leadership candidates want to legalise weed? Stupid question, but maybe one of them has some genuine libertarian ideals.
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peanut- posted:The absolute worst case scenario isn't happening at least I'm learning a lot about kemi badenoch today and I loving hate her She wants to get rid of hate crimes and the policing of right wing terror groups and thinks disability support staff are a massive waste of money. The best thing in the world is small government, which is based on her experiences as a child growing up with the "socialist" (IMF backed) military dictatorship of Nigeria. Fun fact, her parents left Nigeria due to the instability and chaos that culminated in the return of democracy. Also, she was born in London and her mum was attached to some us universities so it's incredibly vague how much time they actually spent in Nigeria supporting a neoliberal junta.
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fuctifino posted:Thanks. I'd never take money from them, as that would then mean I'd then have to reign in my opinions in line with the corporation's goals. I have agreed to be part of a pool of patients who are willing to do TV or radio interviews though. Could I talk to you about this stuff sometime? Like, off thread so it's not all clogged up. I don't have PMs though so I dunno if you're somewhere else that I could reach you. I have EDS and rely on weed for pain management, but am fed up of the shady ways I have to acquire and consume it, so could do with some advice on what I can do. I think you're doing great things BTW and your fancy new volcano looks like serious business.
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Spangly A posted:I'm learning a lot about kemi badenoch today and I loving hate her It seems being a WoC in the modern Tory party you have to be neo-Nazi adjacent to stand a hope of being taken seriously.
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Itzena posted:The Beeb will provide Sunak with a pair of stilts and make Sir Keith stand in a hole as well. keir is like 5ft6 and sunak is supposedly 5ft5 so it would be evenly matched
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Deketh posted:Could I talk to you about this stuff sometime? Like, off thread so it's not all clogged up. I don't have PMs though so I dunno if you're somewhere else that I could reach you. I have EDS and rely on weed for pain management, but am fed up of the shady ways I have to acquire and consume it, so could do with some advice on what I can do. I think you're doing great things BTW and your fancy new volcano looks like serious business. You (and anyone reading this) can reach me via facebook or twitter .com/stuwyatt or stuwyatt#2448 on discord if you don't have PMs. But please check out the community's official subreddit as well as check out https://medbud.wiki/ and https://thecannabispages.co.uk/. I have CFS/ME, and it was easiest for me to go down the chronic pain route with Sapphire Medical. To qualify, you have to have an official diagnosis of a condition where cannabis can help, and you have tried at least two conventional treatments. There are other clinics and many other routes which might apply. You pay for the zoom consultations (mine is £50 a shot), and you get prescribed cannabis that can start at £5/g, DPD'd to your door. You have to have a followup zoom consultation every three months. fuctifino fucked around with this message at 14:24 on Jul 12, 2022 |
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Spangly A posted:I'm learning a lot about kemi badenoch today and I loving hate her Yeah, that and she's massively into Culture Wars as the Tories only way to power (The previous tweet had her sellotape genders to the unisex bathrooms) - she's a real example of Republican style politics. I'd not heard of her until today, and I already hate her with a passion. Which probably means she's going to win.
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fuctifino posted:Just for the record, I don't smoke. I always vape. That's cool by me  Tesseraction posted:It seems being a WoC in the modern Tory party you have to be neo-Nazi adjacent to stand a hope of being taken seriously. It's like being an evangelical convert, you have to double down to make sure you fit in with the rest of the assholes.
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Collateral posted:irc supremacy. 
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fuctifino posted:You (and anyone reading this) can reach me via facebook or twitter .com/stuwyatt or stuwyatt#2448 on discord if you don't have PMs. Cheers, sent you a friend request over discord
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fuctifino posted:Just over a week ago, I noticed a promotional email from my cannabis clinic, and at the end it mentioned a competition where they were asking patients to upload videos of their experiences with the clinic to help break the stigma of cannabis use. My public vaping stunts, including the recently adopted open vaping in the pub beer garden, have been all about breaking the stigma, so it seemed right up my alley. I quickly pieced together a rambling video and managed to submit it before the deadline. It didn't really fit the competition brief, but brushed upon it. i could listen to you talk all day  you should do relaxation tapes!!!!!!
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Does anyone have good up to date benefit fraud vs tax avoidance charts/visuals etc?
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Jippa posted:Does anyone have good up to date benefit fraud vs tax avoidance charts/visuals etc? Just to note that tax avoidance is not illegal. You'd need to be looking for tax evasion (which is) and/or tax fraud. I don't have a decent visual sorry! Also you need pretty recent figures as things have changed quite a bit in the last 2 years so using, say, 2019 figures would probably not be useful.
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