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Joseph F

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oh go fuck yourself. so people who play world or warcraft or any other video game, hobby are pathetic? you're what, 17? grow up.

i used to smoke a lot of bud. more than most people but i took care of my shit. my bills were always paid, etc.

some theories people go by around here are fucking retarded.

Well you're not the kind of person I was referring to. I'm talking about the people that don't think about anything but smoking weed all fucking day and don't pay their bills so they can get bud.
 

Nik

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Well you're not the kind of person I was referring to. I'm talking about the people that don't think about anything but smoking weed all fucking day and don't pay their bills so they can get bud.

The same application of logic can be applied to people who avoid bill paying to buy pills or beer or coke or heroin or speed or porn or gambling or food or anything else you can think of that an addictive personality can become addicted to.
 

Joseph F

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And the only point I came to this thread to make was that people who do illegal drugs should not broadcast it, as the OP did. If they do then they should expect to be treated with the stigma society and employers often associate with such activity. Keep it to yourself and you will get by just fine. I wasn't trying to disrespect you, which you seem to think I have based on the insults you keep hurling my way.

I personally think drugs should be legal because the economical and social cost of enforcement it too great. I'm tired of paying to jail people who smoke pot and tired of seeing people unable to work and support themselves because of a drug conviction. That's why I advocate people who do smoke pot keeping it to themselves.

Or change the current laws...whatever's easier for you.

Dude, I only said that I had in the past but I don't anymore.
 

bfdd

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This makes no sense, if he got into dartmouth there should be financial aid, you saying you make $50k working with illegals doesn't either.

Are you getting like $675 a week under the table and equating that to $50k if w2?

huh? are you retarded? you must be... I said I can make MORE than 8 dollars an hour doing the same work as illegals. that conversation had nothing to do with you and nothing to do with what I do for work right now. Jesus christ you are fucking dense.

Also, my brother got into that school because he was an honor roll student and star football player in hs. My parents can pay for it, but it is expensive and I would like to help them so it would be easier on the family.
 

LiuKangBakinPie

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I saw a guy throwing his hands up at a rave and I couldn't help thinking, "Ecstasy really will make you eat anything."
 

Gibson486

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This thread is now about the 4-20mA signal. No Hart.

the 4-20mA signal is great. If there are no digital inputs left, i can just take the raw 4-20mA and tell the PLC to switch on or off based on the signal. No dry contact needed.
 

alkemyst

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I know a pothead that busts his ass to make $6,5xx per month and spends less than 40% of what he makes per month. The rest goes into savings.

You're just full of bullshit, as usual.

You have people sharing some VERY PERSONAL details with you.
 

alkemyst

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huh? are you retarded? you must be... I said I can make MORE than 8 dollars an hour doing the same work as illegals. that conversation had nothing to do with you and nothing to do with what I do for work right now. Jesus christ you are fucking dense.

Also, my brother got into that school because he was an honor roll student and star football player in hs. My parents can pay for it, but it is expensive and I would like to help them so it would be easier on the family.

But don't trip, I wouldn't apply for your $8/hr job anyways. I can make more bumping shoulders with illegals.

That's what you posted...implies you don't need $8/hr since you can make more working with illegals.

Personally, you have no savings...you have a $300 habit you worked on getting medically prescribed and you net $1000 after bills/expenses.

I don't see this as sending someone to Dartmouth nor saving their parent's home.

It sounds exactly like the pot-induced stories I have heard from people living with their parents the last 10 years and either saving for a home or 'their parents are actually living with them'.

My secondary problem is those on welfare doing drugs.

I have no problem with those that are self-sufficient in life doing anything, and they aren't the ones updating their social sites with HAPPY 420 DAY! all day long either.

The funny part is the pothead think no one else 'gets' it. They think that 420BigWillie@gmail.com is over everyone's head that doesn't smoke and that sending the company wide email at 4:20 saying 'sup everyone :)' is also secret.

Meanwhile they bitch at all the straight lacers passing them by and their seniority.
 

Nik

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You have people sharing some VERY PERSONAL details with you.

It's not hard when you are close with those individuals. You'd know if you had people willing to be that close and personal with you. You apparently don't and nobody who's seen you post here needs more than 1 guess to accurately describe why.

Fuck, it's only money. :rolleyes:
 

alkemyst

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I am close with many individuals, but their monthly income, the amount they spend and what their savings plans are not something I know anyone discussing.

I also know a lot that are into the drug scene...I don't get pill popped status updates via SMS to know whether they are on track with their dosing or not.

I am going with this is some alternate reality.
 

bfdd

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my parents home shit was when i was working in the refineries. i have had my current job for two years and i have been smoking "heavily" for less than that. when i was a wrench turner, i could not smoke marijuana it would cost me my job. i did not do it. in fact i didn't start smoking weed again until I was 24. 19 to 24 I did not smoke. like i said to you earlier, i don't want to explain my whole life story to you because it's tldr(like everyones) and you honestly don't give a fuck anyways and neither do i.
 

Nik

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That's what you posted...implies you don't need $8/hr since you can make more working with illegals.

Personally, you have no savings...you have a $300 habit you worked on getting medically prescribed and you net $1000 after bills/expenses.

I don't see this as sending someone to Dartmouth nor saving their parent's home.

It doesn't matter what you see it as. Everybody knows your view of the world is horrifically and psychotically skewed.

I have no problem with those that are self-sufficient in life doing anything, and they aren't the ones updating their social sites with HAPPY 420 DAY! all day long either.

How do you know? How can you make such blanket generalizations? You are not omnipotent.

The funny part is the pothead think no one else 'gets' it. They think that 420BigWillie@gmail.com is over everyone's head that doesn't smoke and that sending the company wide email at 4:20 saying 'sup everyone :)' is also secret.

Meanwhile they bitch at all the straight lacers passing them by and their seniority.

It's not the seniority they're bitching at. It's probably the "better than you" look that people like you fling at everyone else that they're sick of. Many of them are better than you.
 

Nik

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I am close with many individuals, but their monthly income, the amount they spend and what their savings plans are not something I know anyone discussing.

I also know a lot that are into the drug scene...I don't get pill popped status updates via SMS to know whether they are on track with their dosing or not.

I am going with this is some alternate reality.

If you're not close enough with someone for them to be open enough to share something as petty and irrelevant as personal finance, you don't have real friends. It doesn't matter how many times they come over to your house and sit there secretly waiting impatiently to leave. It doesn't matter how many ugly sweaters they give you for Christmas hoping that you'll feel obliged to wear it while they secretly laugh at you or something. You have acquaintances.
 

bfdd

Lifer
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who the fuck do you know that SMS's everyone that they're high? i have never met a single person who does that, nor would i be friends with such people.
 

Rifter

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Wow this thread went sideways pretty fast, mostly due to alky.

One thing i think is the major issue in this thread is not everyone is in the US. I realize that in the US drug enforement for small things like pot is out of control and can land you some serious jail time but its not like that worldwide. In vancouver today there were hundreds if not thalsands of people smoking up for 420 downtown at the art gallery like there is every year, I talked to a few freinds that were there and if i didnt work tonight i would probably have went too. There are tons of cops around there but just to keep the peace they were not arresting anyone. Around here you could walk past a cop on the street smoking a joint and unless he was really really bored he wouldnt even say anything to you other than maybe put that out in public.

I dont see why anyone in this thread even cares what people do in there spare time, at work obviously it matters but to base hiring someone on what they do in there spare time is lame. Some people drink, some people smoke cigs, some people do other drugs in there spare time, some people go to starbucks 4 times a day for there caffine fix as long as they dont bring it to work and they arnt living on the street because of it i dont see how it matters to an employer.
 

bigpimpatl

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drugs are bad, mmmmkkaaaay

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DrPizza

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Do any of you unashamed stoners know how many times I've Googled/Facebooked/MySpaced a prospective job applicant and shit-canned their resume because of some stupid pot reference in an online posting or photo?

Idiots don't realize how easy it is to link their online persona with their real name. (It's against the rules here, but has been done numerous times to people posting in these forums.) Idiots don't realize that more and more employers are doing that regularly to screen applicants. I do the same thing - think it's cool to post on facebook a picture of you drunk at a party doing a keg stand? I question your judgment. As Paladin said - guess who is going to get the interview - the person who coaches little league on the side and has family pictures on facebook, pictures of traveling, etc? Or the person with pictures of beer pong as one of their great achievements? "But, but, that's not fair! Boo hoo!" Life isn't fair, get over it. Your resume, etc., are going to the bottom of the pile if I find stuff like that online.

Paladin, why should someone be ashamed of smoking weed? I can understand the morons that have album and album of pictures of them partying on their facebook, but to me that doesn't really mean shit anyways. That's their PERSONAL LIFE. WORK IS DIFFERENT. WORK IS WORK.
The majority really don't give a shit what you do on your personal time. But, when you flaunt the fact that you break the law as your recreational hobby, that calls your judgment and character into question.
 

alkemyst

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who the fuck do you know that SMS's everyone that they're high? i have never met a single person who does that, nor would i be friends with such people.

I don't, Nik does. He says it's because he is close friends with so many people. He literally knows when someone drinks in the morning, at lunch and in the evening through these great relationships he builds.

Then they discuss their net pay and how they are going to spend it over the next two weeks.
 

alkemyst

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I dont see why anyone in this thread even cares what people do in there spare time, at work obviously it matters but to base hiring someone on what they do in there spare time is lame. Some people drink, some people smoke cigs, some people do other drugs in there spare time, some people go to starbucks 4 times a day for there caffine fix as long as they dont bring it to work and they arnt living on the street because of it i dont see how it matters to an employer.

I don't care about anyone, it's those specific that are usually the most vocal about their drug use are also the ones that can't afford that drug use.

So the question becomes where is that money coming from.
 

gorcorps

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I don't, Nik does. He says it's because he is close friends with so many people. He literally knows when someone drinks in the morning, at lunch and in the evening through these great relationships he builds.

Then they discuss their net pay and how they are going to spend it over the next two weeks.

:hmm: I don't think I've seen you make a post that didn't somehow slip money into the conversation... especially when it makes no sense to bring it up.
 

Rifter

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I don't care about anyone, it's those specific that are usually the most vocal about their drug use are also the ones that can't afford that drug use.

So the question becomes where is that money coming from.

This is very true, that why i mentioned as long as they arnt living on the street, because that will effect there work performance/attitude and hygiene in a big way.

But assuming you make decent money and its only a few hundred bucks a month(which is a high amount, i spend less than $200 a month, usually around 100-120) i dont see it being any different than any other hobby, or drinking for that matter.

Obviously teenagers that spend evey last dime on pot and brag about it to everyone and wear 420 hats/shits etc, which i know a few of, need to get there priorites straight and i can see having a bias against hiring them for low paying jobs. For adults that make decent money and arnt full blown high every min of every day potheads i cant see any reason to not hire them as long as they meet the job requirements.
 

alkemyst

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:hmm: I don't think I've seen you make a post that didn't somehow slip money into the conversation... especially when it makes no sense to bring it up.

I don't know what to say...you must have a mental defect if you see money in every post of mine.

If you cannot understand how it makes sense in a pothead thread then you are simply trolling now.