[terriblecanyons]

man, anhedonia is a bitch

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Go home How The Universe Works, you're drunk.

[EVOLghost]

Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

Also, God bless you math nerds.. i can put together a hundred page historical research paper in short order but if you push me past stats math like trig and cal are quite literally a bewildering foreign language. That highschool kids can do it always blows my mind, though in truth extensive research projects tend to blow other people's mind so i guess it really is what you know

it reall is another language though...fucking amazing!

[evollove]

Good news: Pot legalization is on the November ballot in Ohio

Bad news: It'll go down in flames

[Drjohnrock]

Good news: the flawed, oligopoly-establishing Ohio pot issue will go down in flames

Better news: a better proposal will be on a future ballot in the state.

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by Drjohnrock

Good news: the flawed, oligopoly-establishing Ohio pot issue will go down in flames

Better news: a better proposal will be on a future ballot in the state.

i like this version better

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

I like the most practical approach employed in California. Deprioritization over decriminalization or legalization. Since "conservatives" keep resisting legalization and its already about as decriminalized as its going to get, local and regional courts and law enforcement agencies as official policy issue declarations of "Deprioritizing" enforcement of current cannabis laws. Its essentially a shoulder shrug approach but it has effectively legalized cannabis possession here in Cali, the cops just give it back and say, "go get a weedcard dumbass."

However in principle i don't support people who aren't actually using cannabis medically to abuse the prop 215 cards, i find it in poor taste.

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

I like the most practical approach employed in California. Deprioritization over decriminalization or legalization. Since "conservatives" keep resisting legalization and its already about as decriminalized as its going to get, local and regional courts and law enforcement agencies as official policy issue declarations of "Deprioritizing" enforcement of current cannabis laws. Its essentially a shoulder shrug approach but it has effectively legalized cannabis possession here in Cali, the cops just give it back and say, "go get a weedcard dumbass."

However in principle i don't support people who aren't actually using cannabis medically to abuse the prop 215 cards, i find it in poor taste.

[dead_battery]

dream: in a valley there is a giant rocket/spaceship that's about the height of me x10,000. commentators are explaining how it uses thermal cooling like computers do now. i cycle to the right of it but there are so many gravestones on the grass i cant cycle straight and hit one and fall off.

i end up in the corner of an asphalt pitch near were i grew up, and there are wire fences protecting the trees around it, but i peek through and see a hidden square of caravans and graffiti covered abandoned buildings with no doors or windows. also on the ground of the pitch which was always 100% clean when i grew up is litter and heroin needles. i find a gap and climb through, leaving my bike, and there are massive caravans, 4 times as big as regular caravans, but noone appears to be in them. i sneak around them and think this must be were the nasa people who worked on the rocket live. its early morning and noone is around.

then i am looking at a garage which is just a garage door with a square box inside with nothing but cream painted walls on the inside, no window or doors. and about 15 immigrants are packed into it, and one of them says he has learnt to live off his own bodily fluids.

[evollove]

Originally Posted by Drjohnrock

Good news: the flawed, oligopoly-establishing Ohio pot issue will go down in flames

Better news: a better proposal will be on a future ballot in the state.

When? In my experience, it takes at least a decade before an issue is reintroduced after failing. You're really going to vote NO in hopes that something better will come along?

But yeah. I've heard whispers that organized crime is behind the ballot initiative. Still, I won't cry if it passes. I'll be able to grow a little and smoke a lot. Just won't be able to set up a massive farm. I'll take it.

[Drjohnrock]

Originally Posted by evollove

When? In my experience, it takes at least a decade before an issue is reintroduced after failing. You're really going to vote NO in hopes that something better will come along?

But yeah. I've heard whispers that organized crime is behind the ballot initiative. Still, I won't cry if it passes. I'll be able to grow a little and smoke a lot. Just won't be able to set up a massive farm. I'll take it.

I'm going to vote no because the ends don't justify the means in this instance. Funny, one of my co-workers, a person I'm sure you don't know (or maybe you do--know anyone who lives in Milford, Ohio?) also gave me the "at least 10 years" argument. There's nothing I know of to prevent an issue from making the ballot long before then. I therefore can only conclude that this a myth spread by the ResponsibleOhio--"Weed fans! Vote yes or it'll be another decade!"

As for organized crime, it wouldn't surprise me. Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters--who was pretty much run out of Columbus for reasons I'm sure you're aware of--is very much in favor of the issue, and the private law firm he works part time at represents ResponsibleOhio. There's no bigger crook in the state than Deters.

[evollove]

It's funny: I don't actually like Kasich. It's just that among the GOP contenders, I find him the most palatable.

And I don't actually like the way ResponsibleOhio formed the issue. It's just that compared to the drug laws we now have, I find it slightly more palatable.

I think we disagree a lot because you want the "good" while I'm okay with the "acceptable." Not saying one of us is more right than the other. Just the way we look at things, I think.

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Originally Posted by evollove

When? In my experience, it takes at least a decade before an issue is reintroduced after failing. You're really going to vote NO in hopes that something better will come along?

But yeah. I've heard whispers that organized crime is behind the ballot initiative. Still, I won't cry if it passes. I'll be able to grow a little and smoke a lot. Just won't be able to set up a massive farm. I'll take it.

Haven't you noticed the legalization measures are reintroduced to the ballots seemingly every election? However heed my advice, Deprioritization is better than legalization indeed it will even survive the federal courts.

[Drjohnrock]

Originally Posted by evollove

It's funny: I don't actually like Kasich. It's just that among the GOP contenders, I find him the most palatable.

And I don't actually like the way ResponsibleOhio formed the issue. It's just that compared to the drug laws we now have, I find it slightly more palatable.

I think we disagree a lot because you want the "good" while I'm okay with the "acceptable." Not saying one of us is more right than the other. Just the way we look at things, I think.

Depends on how you define "acceptable", which I don't find the ballot issue to be at all. But we seems to have a lot of the same general beliefs and outlook on things--just disagree at times on how to proceed.

[pony]

got my grade for my BA thesis yesterday and the acceptance letter for my further studies the day before. so happy!

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by pony

got my grade for my BA thesis yesterday and the acceptance letter for my further studies the day before. so happy!

oh, great-- congrats!

a life of suffering awaits you, ha ha ha

[evollove]

Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

Haven't you noticed the legalization measures are reintroduced to the ballots seemingly every election?

First time in Ohio. We don't even have medical.

Originally Posted by Drjohnrock

Depends on how you define "acceptable", which I don't find the ballot issue to be at all.

Shady characters will control the grow farms. Is that really enough of a con to outweigh all the pros?

Originally Posted by pony

got my grade for my BA thesis yesterday and the acceptance letter for my further studies the day before. so happy!

Will further studies include proper capitalization?

[schizophrenicroom]

i can deal with rude, stupid is fine, but rude and stupid makes a cranky schizo

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by schizophrenicroom

i can deal with rude, stupid is fine, but rude and stupid makes a cranky schizo

you're in florida! plus, bureaucracies.

just keep punching yo. maybe you'll have to charm the fools but it's the same thing.

one secret my old shrink told me to get things out of bureucracies is to make them snap out of program with the following jedi mind-trick:

"i need help"

or

"could you please help me?"

which gives them a mighty power to do what you need them to do for you and feel great about it.

best leg breaks.

[schizophrenicroom]

oh, i meant customers at work, haha, but still. i've been overly nice to the insurance folks on the phone and it's gotten me alright, just wish i could talk them into better coverage.