The juvenile names of cannabis strains are becoming risable, and reflect badly

[ReadingThisInMyVoice]

I think for terms of public relations and in order to better reflect on the maturity, seriousness, and love that most cannabis growers pour into their art, I think it's about time we stop naming our strains such stupid names.

An American public already easily swayed by buzzwords will never see a plant with strain varieties like "Buddha Cheese" (as a Buddhist, I'm left clueless as to Gautama's relation to "cheese") or "Matanuska Thunderfuck" or "Green Crack" as legitimate. afterall, does that sound like something you'd want to be legal if you had no idea what it was? "Green Crack"? "Thunderfuck"?

Anyone else have an opinion on this?

 

[Nusky]

I agree with the green crack, but not the others. There are some fucked up named alcohols too.

 

[cannabineer]

"Green crack" sounds like a hygiene issue.
But Matanuska Thunderfuck is not only a chuckler imo, but also steeped in muskeg tradition. It's up there with Romulan and Skunk.
A strain name that I rather liked recently was Hippie Crippler.
And my all-time favorite has to be Stonehedge. I wonder if that strain is still current. cn

 

[ReadingThisInMyVoice]

For some reason, the one that really gets me is "Buddha Cheese". I hate saying those two words together, and it doesn't sound appetizing or like roper at all.

 

[jadeey]

Green crack is a type not like the whole concept of weed it's a certain type that's not very good -.- I've heard buddha and yeska but I don't get it so I don't mind it

 

[TrichomeTrent]

Honestly its probably kids/dealers hehe. I know green crack as dream queen for example, although im not really sure which of its names came first but yea. One of those clearly sounds stronger though. Alot of dispensaries refuse to label it as green crack for the exact reasons you mentioned

 

[ReadingThisInMyVoice]

More dumbass names:

Hero-ju-wana

LowRyder

Purple Urkle (what are they thinking?)

Cheyrnobyl (just fucking wrong)

Querkel

 

[cannabineer]

So what then do you think of Cat Piss? ~grin~

Beers also have some dubious names. I snagged a six of Böner at Grossie Outlet a few weeks ago ... unfortunately it tasted like, uuhh.
Dead Cat Ale.
Santa Butt Porter.
Flying Dog in Heat Wheat.

Beer drinkers don't worry much about propriety, and I rather applaud their informal approach to naming a beverage whose association with fun predates the Pyramids. I don't see any real mandate for weed smokers to be somehow more respectable than their grain-swilling compatriots.
If i ever breed a good Indica, I'm calling it Faceplant™. cn

 

[beardo]

I think it should be named Keyword
No one gets offended by Keyword

 

[TrichomeTrent]

Green crack is a type not like the whole concept of weed it's a certain type that's not very good -.- I've heard buddha and yeska but I don't get it so I don't mind it

Well grown dream queen (aka green crack) is actually fantastic. Nothing stellar ill admit but the taste and the nose on it is delicious. And when it tests from 14% up to 19% its not exactly terrible if you enjoy flowers makes an amazing concentrate that's for sure

 

[timeismoney1]

I hate hearing the strain cheese nust makes weed seem nasty

Anyhow the names i think reflect no harm to the community

 

[TrichomeTrent]

When I hear 'cheese' I just think coke but that might be because im from ny and my parents were fiends...

Anyways some others to add to the list : Catpiss, Dogshit, Blockhead, Herojuana, Donkey Dick, Monkey Balls...
Little too medicated and at work also so I can't think about it too much right now hehe

 

[SocataSmoker]

Folks in Palmer, Butte and Wasilla won't take kindly to folks hatin' on their choice of name for their great bud... they've a fine history of representing the Matanuska Valley!

 

[Carne Seca]

I think anyone that can produce their own strain has the right to name it whatever they want. If you don't like or feel you're too mature to smoke it, then don't. The rest of us will smoke the hell out of that shit. We have the added bonus of giggling our asses off over the funny ass names. I want to look someone in the eye when they ask what I'm smoking and proudly proclaim, "I'm smoking Matanuska Thunderfuck, bitches!"

 

[SocataSmoker]

Carne, gonna have to get you up to Alaska... have you try some of the MTF!

 

[beardo]

That G.G. Allin is the shit !!!

 

[TrichomeTrent]

I think anyone that can produce their own strain has the right to name it whatever they want. If you don't like or feel you're too mature to smoke it, then don't. The rest of us will smoke the hell out of that shit. We have the added bonus of giggling our asses off over the funny ass names. I want to look someone in the eye when they ask what I'm smoking and proudly proclaim, "I'm smoking Matanuska Thunderfuck, bitches!"

Of course they do have that right but that isn't what the thread is really about. The fact of the matter is that it does indeed reflect poorly on the recreational community, and makes the medicinal community look like a complete farce when people can buy medicine named green crack.
Just because the option is there doesn't always make it a good choice.

 

[medicalmaryjane]

someof the names r dumb but the place i buy from really doesn't carry much stuff with dumb names. if the name was really dumb, i think i'd feel stupid asking 4 it. luckily, they usually pull out jars and i smell and look and say "i'll have this".

 

[obijohn]

My local dispensary won't call it Green Crack because it sheds a bad light on marijuana and can be taken the wrong way by outsiders and hurt the cause. I forget what they called it, but I agree that stupid names can cause bad PR for medical cannabis

 

[Carne Seca]

With Marijuana prohibition I think the least of our worries is what we name the strains. I don't see crowds of protesters outside of bars demanding that Sex On The Beach, Slippery Bald Beaver, Bend Over Shirley, Butt Sex, The Leg Spreader, Slippery Nipple, etc., etc., ad nauseum, be taken off the menu or have their names changed. Like the old saying goes, "why sweat the small stuff when it's the big shit that kills you." (I'm paraphrasing but you get the idea).