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AMDZen

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Originally posted by: mobobuff
Originally posted by: RyanSengara
Would you date someone if they drank alcohol? :roll:

I think that's a bit different.

But see its this type of thinking that I think automatically pegs you as a non smoker. Meaning you've probably never tried it, but decide to pass judgement any way.

Alcohol is far worse then MJ, as previously stated in this thread. It impedes your hearing, eyesight, cognitive skills, judgement, everything. You cant drive on it, opporate much of anything, hell I can barely play CS:S after a few beers. MJ on the other hand, can actually highten your senses, cause you to think in a more paranoid manner, and allows you to do pretty much anything you could do normally. Some will argue that it lowers your reflexes, and for a lot of people this is true, in something like CS:S you will probably notice it, where as with driving, you won't. Why? Because you take into account that your high, and drive accordingly. Which means you drive slower, keep a bit more distance when traveling, maybe even detour around highways. The fact is, if you smoke, you shouldn't drive while your still really blitzed, but it wears off within a couple hours, or even an hour before your more then OK to drive. Alcohol can, but usually doesn't. And don't lie and deny that we've all driven when we probably shouldn't have, and also admit to youself that you like to drive faster if you've had a few beers. MJ has the opposite effect.

To be honest, I would date a PotHead, long before I dated some of the TRUE Alcoholics I've known. Its sad because most women I know drink like fish, and those that don't, still pile it on when the weekend comes around. I don't drink hardly at all, and wouldn't date a women who drinks a lot more then me. Weekends are OK, just not every day, or even every weekend day. Meaning if you drink Friday night, do you have to get wasted again on Saturday.

I can't believe so many people take society so seriously, that they honestly believe all the bad things spoken about MJ. Alcohol has many, many more adverse effects on people, the way they act, and the ways those actions will effect a relationship.
 

bandana163

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Originally posted by: Zanix
Originally posted by: Vaerilis
No, I wouldn't date someone who regularly consumes drugs.

Time for a blowup doll.

Drug consumers are not as common here as in America.
Almost none of the girls worth dating do drugs.
 

Zanix

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Originally posted by: werk
Originally posted by: Zanix
Originally posted by: werk
Originally posted by: Zanix
Originally posted by: werk
Originally posted by: Zanix
Originally posted by: Vaerilis
No, I wouldn't date someone who regularly consumes drugs.

Time for a blowup doll.
What if the blowup doll was filled up with weedsmoke? :shocked:

I'd hit it.


Edit: in more ways than one. ;)
LMAO
*funny, yet horribly wrong mental image*

It sounds like a strange scene in Half Baked 2, where they walk into a head shop and find a blowup doll/5' bong.

Humping your bong?! :confused:
Half Baked 2??? :confused:

I just made that up.

I think. Or maybe it came to me in a daydream.
 

Ryan

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Originally posted by: AMDZen
Originally posted by: mobobuff
Originally posted by: RyanSengara
Would you date someone if they drank alcohol? :roll:

I think that's a bit different.

But see its this type of thinking that I think automatically pegs you as a non smoker. Meaning you've probably never tried it, but decide to pass judgement any way.

Alcohol is far worse then MJ, as previously stated in this thread. It impedes your hearing, eyesight, cognitive skills, judgement, everything. You cant drive on it, opporate much of anything, hell I can barely play CS:S after a few beers. MJ on the other hand, can actually highten your senses, cause you to think in a more paranoid manner, and allows you to do pretty much anything you could do normally. Some will argue that it lowers your reflexes, and for a lot of people this is true, in something like CS:S you will probably notice it, where as with driving, you won't. Why? Because you take into account that your high, and drive accordingly. Which means you drive slower, keep a bit more distance when traveling, maybe even detour around highways. The fact is, if you smoke, you shouldn't drive while your still really blitzed, but it wears off within a couple hours, or even an hour before your more then OK to drive. Alcohol can, but usually doesn't. And don't lie and deny that we've all driven when we probably shouldn't have, and also admit to youself that you like to drive faster if you've had a few beers. MJ has the opposite effect.

To be honest, I would date a PotHead, long before I dated some of the TRUE Alcoholics I've known. Its sad because most women I know drink like fish, and those that don't, still pile it on when the weekend comes around. I don't drink hardly at all, and wouldn't date a women who drinks a lot more then me. Weekends are OK, just not every day, or even every weekend day. Meaning if you drink Friday night, do you have to get wasted again on Saturday.

I can't believe so many people take society so seriously, that they honestly believe all the bad things spoken about MJ. Alcohol has many, many more adverse effects on people, the way they act, and the ways those actions will effect a relationship.


Really, everyone I've been around while high always seemed to have the reflexes and personality of a freakin' vegetable.
 

royaldank

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Originally posted by: Vaerilis
Originally posted by: Zanix
Originally posted by: Vaerilis
No, I wouldn't date someone who regularly consumes drugs.

Time for a blowup doll.

Drug consumers are not as common here as in America.
Almost none of the girls worth dating do drugs.

No beer, caffine, or nicotine use among the date-able girls?
 

BigToque

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Would I nail a chick that smoked pot? Sure why not.

Date long term? Hell no.

Pot stinks and so do the people who smoke it. Anyone who denies it just can't smell themselves. Same goes for cigarettes.
 

Jzero

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Originally posted by: AMDZen
To be honest, I would date a PotHead, long before I dated some of the TRUE Alcoholics I've known.

I think this thread is supposed to be more about hobby/recreational usage as opposed to true addicts. I'd run screaming from a true addict no matter what drug they were addicted to.
 

QuitBanningMe

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Originally posted by: rbloedow
Originally posted by: AMDZen
Originally posted by: mobobuff
Originally posted by: RyanSengara
Would you date someone if they drank alcohol? :roll:

I think that's a bit different.

But see its this type of thinking that I think automatically pegs you as a non smoker. Meaning you've probably never tried it, but decide to pass judgement any way.

Alcohol is far worse then MJ, as previously stated in this thread. It impedes your hearing, eyesight, cognitive skills, judgement, everything. You cant drive on it, opporate much of anything, hell I can barely play CS:S after a few beers. MJ on the other hand, can actually highten your senses, cause you to think in a more paranoid manner, and allows you to do pretty much anything you could do normally. Some will argue that it lowers your reflexes, and for a lot of people this is true, in something like CS:S you will probably notice it, where as with driving, you won't. Why? Because you take into account that your high, and drive accordingly. Which means you drive slower, keep a bit more distance when traveling, maybe even detour around highways. The fact is, if you smoke, you shouldn't drive while your still really blitzed, but it wears off within a couple hours, or even an hour before your more then OK to drive. Alcohol can, but usually doesn't. And don't lie and deny that we've all driven when we probably shouldn't have, and also admit to youself that you like to drive faster if you've had a few beers. MJ has the opposite effect.

To be honest, I would date a PotHead, long before I dated some of the TRUE Alcoholics I've known. Its sad because most women I know drink like fish, and those that don't, still pile it on when the weekend comes around. I don't drink hardly at all, and wouldn't date a women who drinks a lot more then me. Weekends are OK, just not every day, or even every weekend day. Meaning if you drink Friday night, do you have to get wasted again on Saturday.

I can't believe so many people take society so seriously, that they honestly believe all the bad things spoken about MJ. Alcohol has many, many more adverse effects on people, the way they act, and the ways those actions will effect a relationship.


Really, everyone I've been around while high always seemed to have the reflexes and personality of a freakin' vegetable.

Ah the stereotypical smoker. Everyone I've been around except for the high school crowd that wanted to emulate the stereotype because it was cool is the exact opposite.
 

AMDZen

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Originally posted by: yoda291
I would treat it much like I'd treat someone who got ass-crazy drunk every week. I'd encourage them to stop, but I think if they didn't, it would eventually bother me to the point where I'd have to break it off. I know many people who get smoked up regularly, some of them are normally very intelligent and well-spoken people, but without exception, after a bowl or two, become jabbering idiots who don't realize they've become ranting morons.

Are you sure your talking about MJ and not Alcohol? When you consume alcohol, you become stupid. You say stupid crap, and you become a jabbering idiot. Now bare in mind that this is the NORM I speak of, not the exception. With MJ, what you describe here is most definetely the exception. Most people become almost silent, and when they do speak, they may say something annoying or lose their train of thought and forget what their talking about, but thats not what you described here. Another thing that could be annoying is when you address someone after they've smoked, they may ignore you, or it takes more to get their attention off whatever their attention was on.

Out of all the people I've ever known, only a couple act like they do when their on alcohol, which is what you described, and those people only acted like that the first few times they smoked it. Perhaps you know more then a few like this? If so, your friends most definetely defy the odds. I think its more likely that these "friends" of yours are drinking and getting high, and you can't differentiate the effects. I just have a hard time believing what your saying, when this is BY FAR the exception. People respond differently though, so you should bare it in mind that these few people you know doesn't classify you as an expert.
 

mobobuff

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Originally posted by: AMDZen
Originally posted by: mobobuff
Originally posted by: RyanSengara
Would you date someone if they drank alcohol? :roll:

I think that's a bit different.

But see its this type of thinking that I think automatically pegs you as a non smoker. Meaning you've probably never tried it, but decide to pass judgement any way.

Alcohol is far worse then MJ, as previously stated in this thread. It impedes your hearing, eyesight, cognitive skills, judgement, everything. You cant drive on it, opporate much of anything, hell I can barely play CS:S after a few beers. MJ on the other hand, can actually highten your senses, cause you to think in a more paranoid manner, and allows you to do pretty much anything you could do normally. Some will argue that it lowers your reflexes, and for a lot of people this is true, in something like CS:S you will probably notice it, where as with driving, you won't. Why? Because you take into account that your high, and drive accordingly. Which means you drive slower, keep a bit more distance when traveling, maybe even detour around highways. The fact is, if you smoke, you shouldn't drive while your still really blitzed, but it wears off within a couple hours, or even an hour before your more then OK to drive. Alcohol can, but usually doesn't. And don't lie and deny that we've all driven when we probably shouldn't have, and also admit to youself that you like to drive faster if you've had a few beers. MJ has the opposite effect.

To be honest, I would date a PotHead, long before I dated some of the TRUE Alcoholics I've known. Its sad because most women I know drink like fish, and those that don't, still pile it on when the weekend comes around. I don't drink hardly at all, and wouldn't date a women who drinks a lot more then me. Weekends are OK, just not every day, or even every weekend day. Meaning if you drink Friday night, do you have to get wasted again on Saturday.

I can't believe so many people take society so seriously, that they honestly believe all the bad things spoken about MJ. Alcohol has many, many more adverse effects on people, the way they act, and the ways those actions will effect a relationship.

Sorry, I didn't interpret Ryan's post correctly. I thought he was anti-alcky and anti-weed and was comparing to two to be equally bad, when alcohol is much worse. I never wanted to imply weed was worse than alcohol because it isn't, drunks are much worse than stoners.

I know a few guys who smoke weed daily, and they're always peaceful and relaxed, except for one guy but he's generally an asshole 24/7. I still wouldn't date a girl who needed to smoke weed.
 

meltdown75

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Originally posted by: meltdown75
So let me get this straight. This is a question for guys that answered 'no'. Some cool member of the opposite sex befriends you and it gets progressively serious. You're close, maybe even dating per se. Months after the fact, you're getting ready to watch Wizard of Oz in high def and she slides out to the patio only to return minutes later smelling faintly of da chronic. She looks at you with glazed eyes and says, "I only do it once in a while b/c it makes me super super horny - I hope you don't mind."

Do you ask her to leave?

can't get anyone to bite on this one yet... 37 ppl voted No to the OP's question. Would you ask her to leave and why / why not?
 

bandana163

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Originally posted by: royaldank
Originally posted by: Vaerilis
Originally posted by: Zanix
Originally posted by: Vaerilis
No, I wouldn't date someone who regularly consumes drugs.

Time for a blowup doll.

Drug consumers are not as common here as in America.
Almost none of the girls worth dating do drugs.

No beer, caffine, or nicotine use among the date-able girls?

Weed/meth/heroine =/= alcohol/nicotine/caffeine
 

AMDZen

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Originally posted by: rbloedow
Originally posted by: AMDZen
Originally posted by: mobobuff
Originally posted by: RyanSengara
Would you date someone if they drank alcohol? :roll:

I think that's a bit different.

But see its this type of thinking that I think automatically pegs you as a non smoker. Meaning you've probably never tried it, but decide to pass judgement any way.

Alcohol is far worse then MJ, as previously stated in this thread. It impedes your hearing, eyesight, cognitive skills, judgement, everything. You cant drive on it, opporate much of anything, hell I can barely play CS:S after a few beers. MJ on the other hand, can actually highten your senses, cause you to think in a more paranoid manner, and allows you to do pretty much anything you could do normally. Some will argue that it lowers your reflexes, and for a lot of people this is true, in something like CS:S you will probably notice it, where as with driving, you won't. Why? Because you take into account that your high, and drive accordingly. Which means you drive slower, keep a bit more distance when traveling, maybe even detour around highways. The fact is, if you smoke, you shouldn't drive while your still really blitzed, but it wears off within a couple hours, or even an hour before your more then OK to drive. Alcohol can, but usually doesn't. And don't lie and deny that we've all driven when we probably shouldn't have, and also admit to youself that you like to drive faster if you've had a few beers. MJ has the opposite effect.

To be honest, I would date a PotHead, long before I dated some of the TRUE Alcoholics I've known. Its sad because most women I know drink like fish, and those that don't, still pile it on when the weekend comes around. I don't drink hardly at all, and wouldn't date a women who drinks a lot more then me. Weekends are OK, just not every day, or even every weekend day. Meaning if you drink Friday night, do you have to get wasted again on Saturday.

I can't believe so many people take society so seriously, that they honestly believe all the bad things spoken about MJ. Alcohol has many, many more adverse effects on people, the way they act, and the ways those actions will effect a relationship.


Really, everyone I've been around while high always seemed to have the reflexes and personality of a freakin' vegetable.

Yea I'm sure you've known so many people who smoke it, that you too think your an expert. How about this, I'll get really stoned some night and meet you on a server and we'll play some CS:S.

Granted, I am also an exception, because I don't have any memory problems to speak of. MJ just doesn't effect my short term like it does for most people. It also doesn't effect my reflexes very much, and definetely not enough that I can't pummel the majority of people I play at this game. Just an offer to prove my point.
 

AMDZen

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Originally posted by: Vaerilis
Originally posted by: royaldank
Originally posted by: Vaerilis
Originally posted by: Zanix
Originally posted by: Vaerilis
No, I wouldn't date someone who regularly consumes drugs.

Time for a blowup doll.

Drug consumers are not as common here as in America.
Almost none of the girls worth dating do drugs.

No beer, caffine, or nicotine use among the date-able girls?

Weed/meth/heroine =/= alcohol/nicotine/caffeine

So your going to compare Weed with meth and heroine?? Hahaha, so typical. And so very naive.

Originally posted by: mobobuff
Originally posted by: AMDZen
Originally posted by: mobobuff
Originally posted by: RyanSengara
Would you date someone if they drank alcohol? :roll:

I think that's a bit different.

But see its this type of thinking that I think automatically pegs you as a non smoker. Meaning you've probably never tried it, but decide to pass judgement any way.

Alcohol is far worse then MJ, as previously stated in this thread. It impedes your hearing, eyesight, cognitive skills, judgement, everything. You cant drive on it, opporate much of anything, hell I can barely play CS:S after a few beers. MJ on the other hand, can actually highten your senses, cause you to think in a more paranoid manner, and allows you to do pretty much anything you could do normally. Some will argue that it lowers your reflexes, and for a lot of people this is true, in something like CS:S you will probably notice it, where as with driving, you won't. Why? Because you take into account that your high, and drive accordingly. Which means you drive slower, keep a bit more distance when traveling, maybe even detour around highways. The fact is, if you smoke, you shouldn't drive while your still really blitzed, but it wears off within a couple hours, or even an hour before your more then OK to drive. Alcohol can, but usually doesn't. And don't lie and deny that we've all driven when we probably shouldn't have, and also admit to youself that you like to drive faster if you've had a few beers. MJ has the opposite effect.

To be honest, I would date a PotHead, long before I dated some of the TRUE Alcoholics I've known. Its sad because most women I know drink like fish, and those that don't, still pile it on when the weekend comes around. I don't drink hardly at all, and wouldn't date a women who drinks a lot more then me. Weekends are OK, just not every day, or even every weekend day. Meaning if you drink Friday night, do you have to get wasted again on Saturday.

I can't believe so many people take society so seriously, that they honestly believe all the bad things spoken about MJ. Alcohol has many, many more adverse effects on people, the way they act, and the ways those actions will effect a relationship.

Sorry, I didn't interpret Ryan's post correctly. I thought he was anti-alcky and anti-weed and was comparing to two to be equally bad, when alcohol is much worse. I never wanted to imply weed was worse than alcohol because it isn't, drunks are much worse than stoners.

I know a few guys who smoke weed daily, and they're always peaceful and relaxed, except for one guy but he's generally an asshole 24/7. I still wouldn't date a girl who needed to smoke weed.

But see, thats just it. MJ doesn't have physical addictive properties. The only way you would NEED MJ is if you were mentally addicted to it for some reason. Her body wouldn't have a fit or even notice a difference if she just stopped smoking it. Thats why any one who knows MJ, and knows what their talking about, has also probably gone weeks or even months at a time without smoking it. Whether its for a drug test for a job, or just a week spen on vacation with the parents. Its a proven, MEDICAL FACT, that MJ doesn't make you physically addicted in any way.

Where as Alcohol, Meth, Heroine, and crack all do.

To confront the above poster again (the one who compared meth and heroine to the likes of MJ) I'd just like to reittereate how naive you are. Nicotine and Alcohol are much closer to the Meth realm then MJ is. But in all actually, can't really be compared either. Its just a fact that alcohol and nicotine, as well as caffeine, are all Physically addictive. So your body thinks it NEEDS it. MJ doesn't cause such phenomenon. They're just closer in the addiction department. Heroine is also in a league by it self, but you would actually have to know what your talking about to understand this.
 

AMDZen

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Originally posted by: meltdown75
Originally posted by: meltdown75
So let me get this straight. This is a question for guys that answered 'no'. Some cool member of the opposite sex befriends you and it gets progressively serious. You're close, maybe even dating per se. Months after the fact, you're getting ready to watch Wizard of Oz in high def and she slides out to the patio only to return minutes later smelling faintly of da chronic. She looks at you with glazed eyes and says, "I only do it once in a while b/c it makes me super super horny - I hope you don't mind."

Do you ask her to leave?

can't get anyone to bite on this one yet... 37 ppl voted No to the OP's question. Would you ask her to leave and why / why not?

I'm interested in the answer to this too. Because any girl I've ever known, got horny when smoking it. Its one of the effects most people are prone too.
 

Jzero

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Originally posted by: meltdown75
Originally posted by: meltdown75
So let me get this straight. This is a question for guys that answered 'no'. Some cool member of the opposite sex befriends you and it gets progressively serious. You're close, maybe even dating per se. Months after the fact, you're getting ready to watch Wizard of Oz in high def and she slides out to the patio only to return minutes later smelling faintly of da chronic. She looks at you with glazed eyes and says, "I only do it once in a while b/c it makes me super super horny - I hope you don't mind."

Do you ask her to leave?

can't get anyone to bite on this one yet... 37 ppl voted No to the OP's question. Would you ask her to leave and why / why not?

I'll bite - I would give her her walking papers, although not strictly because she smokes.
For one thing, if you like to smoke once in awhile and you've been serious with someone for a few months and they don't know about it, you probably deliberately hid it.
Second, why sneak outside for a toke unless you are trying to hide it?

Too much shadyness.
 

meltdown75

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Originally posted by: Jzero
Originally posted by: meltdown75
Originally posted by: meltdown75
So let me get this straight. This is a question for guys that answered 'no'. Some cool member of the opposite sex befriends you and it gets progressively serious. You're close, maybe even dating per se. Months after the fact, you're getting ready to watch Wizard of Oz in high def and she slides out to the patio only to return minutes later smelling faintly of da chronic. She looks at you with glazed eyes and says, "I only do it once in a while b/c it makes me super super horny - I hope you don't mind."

Do you ask her to leave?

can't get anyone to bite on this one yet... 37 ppl voted No to the OP's question. Would you ask her to leave and why / why not?

I'll bite - I would give her her walking papers, although not strictly because she smokes.
For one thing, if you like to smoke once in awhile and you've been serious with someone for a few months and they don't know about it, you probably deliberately hid it.
Second, why sneak outside for a toke unless you are trying to hide it?

Too much shadyness.

Thanks for the reply. I appreciate your insight into this matter. :beer:
 

Armitage

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Originally posted by: Nebor
Would I date someone who smokes weed? No, it reflects poor lifestyle choices.

Yep - that sums it up. My ex used to do drugs (and some worse the weed), and some other stuff. I overlooked as past indescretions, rather then character character flaws. Never again.

Plus, my career depends pretty heavily on remaining squeaky clean in that respect, so it's doubly not worth the risk.

 

nakedfrog

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Originally posted by: Jzero
Originally posted by: meltdown75
Originally posted by: meltdown75
So let me get this straight. This is a question for guys that answered 'no'. Some cool member of the opposite sex befriends you and it gets progressively serious. You're close, maybe even dating per se. Months after the fact, you're getting ready to watch Wizard of Oz in high def and she slides out to the patio only to return minutes later smelling faintly of da chronic. She looks at you with glazed eyes and says, "I only do it once in a while b/c it makes me super super horny - I hope you don't mind."

Do you ask her to leave?

can't get anyone to bite on this one yet... 37 ppl voted No to the OP's question. Would you ask her to leave and why / why not?

I'll bite - I would give her her walking papers, although not strictly because she smokes.
For one thing, if you like to smoke once in awhile and you've been serious with someone for a few months and they don't know about it, you probably deliberately hid it.
Second, why sneak outside for a toke unless you are trying to hide it?

Too much shadyness.

Could go outside for the same reason that some people who smoke cigarettes go outside to do it, keep from getting the smoky smell in the drapes/furniture/carpet.