Why get stoned?

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Johnny1120

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Okay, I understand why people want to get high, it is pleasant. But just like I do not understand why people drink to get drunk, I can't get my head around why anyone would want to get stoned. My girlfriend and I went to a party, and all she wanted to do was sit in the back and do dabs. It was the most boring party I have ever went to, but she thinks it was a great time (and apparently did not notice that I was bored out of my mind).

What exactly is the mentality that makes a person want to smoke weed to the point that they are basically incapacitated?
 
sno capz

sno capz

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Weed doesn't incapacitate you... If this were true one couldn't function. Ask anyone on this site.. We all function and some function better after burning. It's kinda like smokers wondering why people in your situation don't burn.... Maybe you should stop being subjective and take a few of those dabs with your gf.... If you won't I'm sure some other guy will. Good luck
 
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My girlfriend has smoked dabs to the point that she has passed out. That is pretty incapacitated. I've seen quite a few people smoke to the point that they basically cannot function on any higher level. The first time I smoked from a bong, I went to far and I couldn't focus to read (also pretty incapacitated). That's pretty much the only time I've been stoned. Typically I smoke to the point that I feel good and nice and relaxed, but I never feel the need to go further than that. With Blue Dream, I smoke till I feel charged up, but again I don't need to go further than that (I'm dying to try other sativas though, much better in the morning than coffee).

From what I've gathered, you shouldn't do dabs unless you have a pretty hefty tolerance. I only started smoking weed again about a month or so ago (at least on a daily basis) and about four hits from a bowl gets me where I want to go, so I'm honestly a little afraid to do dabs. Let me know if that fear has no basis.
 
sno capz

sno capz

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Dabs are cleaner than smoking straight weed.... If you are passing out or unfocused after a few dab hits or even smoking weed then maybe it's not for you but even after taking "a few tokes til you feel good" then you are still stoned. Maybe you should get a new girlfriend but if my girlfriend smoked dabs like I do I'd be happy!
 
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Johnny1120

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sno capz said:
Dabs are cleaner than smoking straight weed.... If you are passing out or unfocused after a few dab hits or even smoking weed then maybe it's not for you but even after taking "a few tokes til you feel good" then you are still stoned. Maybe you should get a new girlfriend but if my girlfriend smoked dabs like I do I'd be happy!
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I'm pretty sure you can over consume just about anything. She doesn't pass out after a few dab hits, she passes out after several dabs (depending on the strength). I personally get unfocused after hitting a bong a few times because I underestimated just how much bigger a hit you get off a bong than a bowl. As I understand it, what I smoke is about 21% THC, whereas dabs are typically greater than 80%. Isn't the whole point of doing dabs to get stoned faster? Smoking with my vaporizer is cleaner than smoking from a bowl, but it doesn't get me any higher than I want to be.

There is a difference between being high and being stoned, just like there is a difference between being buzzed and getting shit faced drunk. Just because I get high doesn't mean I'm stoned.

I've never passed out from smoking weed, but then again I've never passed out from drinking alcohol either. I don't get unfocused unless I over do it. As a rule, I stop before I go that far. What I don't understand is why a person would keep smoking after they have gotten high. Like I said, I don't understand why a person would keep drinking after they are buzzed either.

I don't want a new girlfriend, I want to better understand this one.
 
sno capz

sno capz

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If you want to better understand her then do it with her. It's only weed it's not crack geez
 
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Oh, and yes I absolutely function better after smoking certain strains.
sno capz said:
If you want to better understand her then do it with her. It's only weed it's not crack geez
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So you're saying I don't need to worry about not having the tolerance for it? I had read on High Times that it could be an issue if you aren't used to it.
 
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Johnny1120 said:
Okay, I understand why people want to get high, it is pleasant. But just like I do not understand why people drink to get drunk, I can't get my head around why anyone would want to get stoned. My girlfriend and I went to a party, and all she wanted to do was sit in the back and do dabs. It was the most boring party I have ever went to, but she thinks it was a great time (and apparently did not notice that I was bored out of my mind).

What exactly is the mentality that makes a person want to smoke weed to the point that they are basically incapacitated?
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Life
 
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Johnny1120

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sno capz said:
It's a cleaner high... No carcinogens pure thc
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I could say that about my vaporizer although a bowl gets me. Doesn't it also have two to three times the THC level? Isn't that comparable (somewhat) to drinking wine vs whiskey?

I'm sorry for asking so many annoying questions, but like I said dabs seem pretty intimidating.
 
sno capz

sno capz

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First... You keep comparing weed to alcohol... There is no comparison there... You're comparing apples to oranges... Weed or dabs are a controllable feeling.... Alcohol presents effects that cannot be controlled but rather runs it's own course till the toxins exit your body. Dabs are definitely stronger than just vaping weed.... Try vaping dabs out of a g pen.... I bet you'll enjoy it... Key is start small when taking a dab... The idea is smoke less with a good high... And if she's smoking dabs that make her pass out then it may be the type of strain used to create the dabs. A strong indica plant used to make dabs could be the situation seeing as she passed out. If the strain promoted a narcotic couch lock effect then that could determine why she passed out
 
a mongo frog

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Let her go bro. Don't hold her back in what she wants to do in life. I hope you've never told her any of this. Let this nice women go and you might be able to find another woman. And she most deffinetly will be able to find another man.
 
bluntmassa1

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Johnny1120 said:
I could say that about my vaporizer although a bowl gets me. Doesn't it also have two to three times the THC level? Isn't that comparable (somewhat) to drinking wine vs whiskey?

I'm sorry for asking so many annoying questions, but like I said dabs seem pretty intimidating.
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No!! weed you can only get so high alcohol you can kill yourself even with wine.
 
CenkTripper

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Smoke sativas, and you'll have a good party :-)

Smoking cannabis is related with the energy dimension where are sould reside, it effects the alpha waves of our brain so we experience a different reality. I strongly believe that it helps our brains to deal with ElectroSmog that's around us...
 
sno capz

sno capz

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CenkTripper said:
Smoke sativas, and you'll have a good party :-)

Smoking cannabis is related with the energy dimension where are sould reside, it effects the alpha waves of our brain so we experience a different reality. I strongly believe that it helps our brains to deal with ElectroSmog that's around us...
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That's weird... But I like it lol
 
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Johnny1120

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sno capz said:
First... You keep comparing weed to alcohol... There is no comparison there... You're comparing apples to oranges... Weed or dabs are a controllable feeling.... Alcohol presents effects that cannot be controlled but rather runs it's own course till the toxins exit your body. Dabs are definitely stronger than just vaping weed.... Try vaping dabs out of a g pen.... I bet you'll enjoy it... Key is start small when taking a dab... The idea is smoke less with a good high... And if she's smoking dabs that make her pass out then it may be the type of strain used to create the dabs. A strong indica plant used to make dabs could be the situation seeing as she passed out. If the strain promoted a narcotic couch lock effect then that could determine why she passed out
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I was comparing weed to alcohol as an analogy of the strength (alcohol proof vs THC level in weed). I'm not sure what you mean by weed being a controllable feeling though. The only control I've found is the same I have with alcohol, by cutting myself off once I've had enough. Once I've gone overboard I have just had to ride it out (which has only happened twice).

My girlfriend typically uses a dab rig, but I do know someone with a pen. She tends to think that a dab rig is the only way to go when doing dabs though. The next time the opportunity presents itself I'll try it. I had thought that even one hit would put me farther than I wanted to go. My girlfriend has been smoking daily for years, and typically smokes two bowls for my four hits so I know her tolerance is much higher than mine. I had assumed that this was why should could handle dabs.
 
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Johnny1120

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CenkTripper said:
Smoke sativas, and you'll have a good party :-)

Smoking cannabis is related with the energy dimension where are sould reside, it effects the alpha waves of our brain so we experience a different reality. I strongly believe that it helps our brains to deal with ElectroSmog that's around us...
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Blue Dream was the first weed I actually liked and I believe it is a sativa dominant hybrid. Prior to smoking it I didn't like weed at all, as all it ever did was make me feel numb. I smoked Blue Dream on 4/20 to help with a headache (at my girlfriends advice) and liked it so much I smoked it four to five times a day for the next eight days until I had to fly home. I basically replaced coffee with it. I loved and miss the charge I got from smoking it, and meditation just has not been the same without it. It was the first and only sativa strain I've smoked, and I think that is why I liked it. Of course, I've liked EVERY strain I've smoked since, including at least one that used to make me numb, so there may have been something else going on.

Typically I try to keep at least one foot firmly planted in this reality except for when meditating, but then again I've always thought reality was overrated.
 
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