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This is the transcript titled “Nostalgic Fridays Hit Different” is the transcript for “Nostalgic Fridays Hit Different, VHS, Video Games and Pizza” Thoughts Off The Stem Podcast Episode 183. Available Now on Spotify, Youtube, Apple Podcasts and anywhere you consume podcasts.


0:06

Welcome to Thoughts Off the STEM.

I’m Justin Barone, your friendly neighborhood pothead.

Thank you for joining me on your Friday at 4:20.

Just start your weekend off right.

I’m such a dork.

I’ve been getting high all day because, you know, why not?

Last night I was smoking my Palmetto all in It’s a pink burst and melonberry ice.

0:32 Nostalgic Fridays Hit Different

I thought I’d smoke it on the podcast today because I was sitting in my garage smoking this with a little bit of hash which I have loaded in the nugs apple just in case we decide to smoke some hash in a little bit.

But I was smoking this stuff and hitting the hash in a bong and I was giggling like an idiot for like 2 hours straight while watching those AI Sasquatch videos.

0:57

Dude, I love those things.

You know what drives me nuts though is you know the baby.

Remember that?

Like Chinese rapper, I guess that put out the the song and it was the babies in AI doing the rap.

Dude, that one baby, that first one he did, I think it was the first one.

1:14

That baby was so cute.

I watched that thing like a million times.

Now everybody is adding babies to everything.

Like it’s amazing to me how quickly people jump on a trend.

I wonder if it’s actually working though, Like when is there diminishing returns of that, you know?

1:30

Anyway, I was smoking this Palmetto dual chamber guy and I was laughing my ass off.

So I thought this would be a fun one to talk about because I started to get a little, I’ve been like nostalgic lately and I’ve been, I’ve been watching Toby because I don’t want to pay for shit.

1:45

So I’ve been watching Toby and there’s a lot of old school movies and stuff from like my childhood on there and I’ve been getting super nostalgic while watching it.

And I’ve also been re watching some of the old episodes like sessions of the podcast.

2:04

And I came across the one where I talked about a buddy of mine in our adventure to Blockbuster after smoking a joint.

You should, you should listen to that.

If I remember the name of it, I would tell you right now, but I don’t.

I think it’s like, what was it called?

Something in a trip to Blockbuster.

2:21

Yeah, I don’t remember what episode it was.

Bad prepared, Justin.

No bueno, dude.

But because I was, because I watched, because I listened to that the other day and I’ve been watching all these like old movies, like, you know, what was it, Escape from New York, What else?

2:44

I watched a whole bunch.

Why am I brain farting now?

See a couple hits of this and you brain fart a bit and then if you just keep going like over the cusp of the situation of over the cusp of the cusp.

You know what I did notice too while I was watching some of the episodes back?

2:59

I say situation a lot to describe a scenario or a moment in time, you know, So I’m going to try and stop saying situation so much.

I’m going to try and maybe I should read some more, right?

Like, you know, read a book or two and then hide, like expand my vocabulary because I’ve noticed that number one, I swear a lot #2 I used like the same specific words over and over again.

3:25

When I’m transitioning into talk or if I get like caught up on myself, I say like a lot, I say I’m a lot.

I got to work on that.

But I’ve been listening to the old podcast, that one in particular, which I don’t remember the name of or the episode number.

3:41

Good job, Justin, I’ll put it in the description.

So check it out in the description.

But it’s a good story about a time we smoked weed and the afternoon went to shit and I started getting all nostalgic and thinking about how.

3:57

Well I actually also came across a post I think online talking about how younger generations will never know what it’s like on a Friday night to rent your one movie from Blockbuster, your one video game, order pizza, have a sleepover, and, you know, do your thing.

4:16

But my generation, we’ll totally know that because that’s all the 90s were for anybody between the ages of like 10 and 16 probably.

Also I realized that in that there’s like a structure to that which I’m trying to get back in my own life because I feel like everything has gotten chaotic.

4:39

I’m getting away from it just like this.

It’s chaotic.

It’s just all over the map.

So OK, we’ll get back to that in a minute.

So it got me all nostalgic and then it got me thinking.

There were a lot of movies that I watched back when I was a kid.

And some of the stuff that was in those movies is now becoming like things in real life, you know, situations, if you will, in real life.

5:01

For example, if you look at Tesla and their style of cars, cyber truck and otherwise, you could take a lot of the design from some of the sci-fi movies that I grew up on like Total Recall.

5:19

There’s a couple car designs in there that look similar.

Blade Runner.

That was a little before the 90s, obviously, but my point being the original Blade Runner with Harrison Ford, the Jetsons, what else?

There was another one too.

5:35

Oh, oh, fifth element.

Some of the designs are, you know, there’s a fifth element level to that.

And now all of a sudden we’re see it.

So the question that I have then is, is the is the does the movie predict the future or did people that, or do people that make movies just have more access or better at accessing information that may be contributes to the to the way things look or you or happen or develop in the future, like technology wise.

6:10

Think about that for a second.

Like, I know alien hasn’t happened, OK, but is there the possibility that maybe one day an alien like we’re always this, we’re discovering new stuff all the time, right?

So is there the possibility that some kind of Organism could get lodged in a ship and we’re going to end up having to leave people in outer space on these crazy space missions because there’s like a centipede Ant cross mix alien trying to kill everybody that’s hunting.

6:38

That’s like on this scientific mission or even life.

Life’s a good example.

The movie Life, you know where.

Wait, is it life?

Yeah, it’s life, sorry, where scientists find a new Organism and then the Organism looks like a thing from Alien and then it sort of takes over the ship.

6:59

Like, that’s got to be possible, right?

I know that we haven’t really found too much, if any, like solar system biological entities, but I feel like they’re out there.

I feel like I’ve read a few maybe maybe articles lately that have maybe stated that some stuff has been found that they never thought they could find, you know?

7:22

So it makes me wonder, do movies potentially predict the future or does the future progress because of the depictions of the future in movies?

Meh, there’s a high thought for you.

7:42

I’m just saying you don’t know.

Because think about it.

I know I can’t remember what movies they were, but I know that I’ve seen vaping in a movie.

What else?

Obviously flying and floating cars.

I’m telling you the cyber truck looks just like something I’m pretty sure it was in Blade Runner.

8:02

Looks like it was right out of that.

Also, who built a truck that you can’t wash without putting it in wash mode?

Like here’s an electric, here’s a battery.

Now soak it.

Oh wait, you got to press this button first.

I don’t know man, but having think of thought about that and then, you know, thinking about the nostalgia of what it was like, ’cause I remember, oh dude, I remember so much so well how awesome it was on Friday.

8:31

You get done with school and next thing you know, it’s like 6:00 PM and you know, you’re, you’re out with your buddies or depending on what age you are, you’re at home, you’re going out with your parents to pick up a movie.

Remember Jumbo Video, do you guys?

Is that a Canadian thing?

8:47

Jumbo Video had the whole like sectioned off part, the adult part too.

You’d sneak a look through the beads, be like, what’s up over there?

All right, Movies, movie stores were awesome.

It was like the signaling of a new event.

9:04

Also, time seemed to go a lot slower back then.

So like the day at school was fucking forever.

And then you get home and you wait a couple hours till the whole family’s home.

Then you go out and you pick your two movies and then you pick your video game if you know that’s like what you were doing.

9:21

And then you get pizza on the way home.

And that was sort of thing.

So you spent Friday night from like 8:00 PM till midnight watching movies, playing video games and eating pizza.

Dude, that was the best.

It also made me think though, like now, because everything, I mean, at least in our lives, I’ve got, I’m a single dad, right?

9:40

So I’ve got 3 kids that do all kinds of different stuff.

You’re constantly just like running here and there to pick them up and never really getting a second to sort of like sit down and relax.

So obviously, obviously you need structure in life, right?

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I’ve learned this as I get older because I haven’t had structure in a long time.

So I’m trying to structure things again because when I was a kid, there was so much structure that like that Saturday night movie night, even if it was just at home, was the like super exciting.

There was just something like those are the things that you remember, right?

10:18

And now when you get older or as you get older, I feel like it’s it’s less exciting because you’ve done it so many times, but it’s also less exciting because time just seems to go faster.

Dude.

Time seems to go way faster as an adult.

And then there’s no separation of like your daily tasks to the next thing.

10:38

As a parent, you’re just kind of fluidly moving through all of your responsibilities in a day.

But as a kid, you get home from school, then you have that pause for snack time and then after snack time and you play for like a couple hours outside with your buddies.

Then you have like everybody gets home around six, you have dinner.

10:56

Or if it’s a Friday, like I said, you go out, you pick up a movie or your dad picks up a movie, your mom picks up a movie on the way home with some pizza.

And then you sit down at 6:00, have some pizza, start watching the movie.

Yeah, that was so good, dude.

And going to the video store, there’s a, there’s a, there’s something to be said about being it like having to leave your house to start the process of the next event.

11:23

You know, ’cause like the way my life operates with my kids and stuff, I feel like there’s a lot less appreciation for things.

11:40

And like you have, you have to constantly, you have to, like, you have to, you have to accomplish certain things in a day to really appreciate the rewards of the day, right?

11:56

So like appreciating movie night with pizza and a Friday night and video games and having to make that trip to Blockbuster and how much fun it was to like peruse the shelves.

You know, it’s lost when you just go from one piece of entertainment to the next to the next, to the next.

12:13

We’re so inundated, I say this all the time.

We’re so inundated with technology and information that there’s no real appreciation for it because it’s in our hands all the time, right?

And we’re it’s always accessible and with movie houses or like movie theaters, I guess.

12:28

And and V like movie stores, movie stores.

What did I call them?

What did I call it?

Blockbuster is a crap.

12:44

I can’t remember Jumbo video video store.

Jesus Christ, Justin.

OK, so this does give you the giggles, but you got to keep smoking through it.

You know what I’m saying?

So you go to the movie store, you pick up your movies and stuff.

But there was something to be said about that, like because you had done certain things in the day and you transition and your transition is moving to that.

13:07

It’s more, there’s more appreciation to it because there had to you had to go through more to get it just like anything in life, right?

But now with like, what do you call it streaming services like Netflix and things like that, There’s no appreciation for it.

That’s why, you know, binge watching and you go through stuff like I found myself as I get older now wishing that I could just get regular TV so that I could see the commercials because even the commercials now are like nostalgic for me.

13:37

Isn’t that weird?

Like I can remember being a kid and be like, Oh my God, let’s get through this.

And like channel surfing, channel surfing is not a thing now.

You just like surf Netflix until you find it could take you as long to find a show to watch, but you’re not flipping through live TV or like, you know, T like just different channels that are where you actually see something happening.

13:57

You’re now flipping through titles.

So I’ve decided that because there doesn’t seem to be as much appreciation for it with my kids and I, I’m trying to restructure life like actually put some really nice like solid structure in there, much like I had when I was growing up.

14:18

So that come the weekend, then you actually appreciate the things that you get to do, right?

So even if you have to use a streaming service, because you have to use a streaming service now, if you don’t get Netflix all week, right, and you don’t get the use of your phone until like 7:00 or 8:00 PM for a little bit and limit that.

14:38

Then by Friday on at 8:00 PM and you’re ready to watch a couple movies and have some pizza.

The appreciation for that pizza and that movie time is like tenfold compared to what it was the week before.

You know, So that’s what I’m hoping for.

So I’m trying to structure structure my household where in the day, you know, you do your work, all that stuff when you get home from work or school, then you have to we have to clean certain areas of the house.

15:05

You got to make sure that the preparations for the space are up to par, you know, And then after that, once that’s all done, then you do your homework, get your homework done.

And then once your homework’s done, then you can go on to entertainment for like an hour a day.

15:24

And if you start to limit it, you know, then by Friday when you can have a like a bulk chunk of time to sit and vegetate, right, then you can you, you appreciate that time more.

It’s the same as if you spend an entire week practicing basketball or sports or anything, whatever it is.

15:46

And then you have your, you know, like test exam or your sporting event or whatever it is on the weekend.

Then once that’s all over, there’s a greater appreciation for the relaxed time.

Whereas I feel like now me personally, 90% of my time is relaxed time and the rat and the 10% is work and effort, right?

16:10

I got to flip that because that’s how you become complacent and that’s how you get lazy.

And this is all what I realized while smoking this Palmetto Pink Burst and Melonberry Ice Duel.

So here’s the thing about this though.

The melonberry ice, the ice part has a little bit of a mint to it.

16:31

Now with this thing, you can click it once when it lights up green, hopefully you can see that if you’re watching.

If you’re not watching, watch it and you can see it.

If it lights up green, that’s the melonberry ice, pink, or I mean red.

16:49

See how I flipped it to red?

Press it once.

That’s the pink burst.

It tastes kind of like strawberry.

I don’t know, it’s candy like very like Jolly Rancher esque, I guess you could say.

And then if you tap the button twice, it’ll do both at the same time.

17:09

So you get to double hit.

It’s a hybrid.

It is 90 to 95% THC with 2% CBD.

The one thing though, the dual taste is not that good because the melon ice, like the minty part of the melon ice, does not go well with the pink burst.

17:27

Nope.

It kind of makes it feel like or seem like you’re smoking eucalyptus.

And I know that that’s a good smell, but it’s not a good flavor in my opinion.

But the high is really nice on both of these.

And yeah, the melon Berry ice apparently made me laugh.

Mixed with a little bit of hash.

17:44

It’s unknown hash.

I mean, I know that it’s hash, but I don’t know the name or the strain of it because a friend of mine gave it to me.

But yeah, this thing is delicious and it gives me the giggles and it got me thinking about nostalgia.

18:00

Blockbuster Video, Jumbo Video.

Jumbo Video was the greatest one.

You’d walk in, you get a nice like a tiny little sample bag of popcorn, walk around eating the popcorn, checking out the movies.

And then when you were a young adolescent boy, you’d walk by that back wall and then all of a sudden you’d see that like drawbridge style opening to the to the off limits section.

18:24

And you’d peek your head through the little beaded entryway and look around and see maybe the occasional ass, you know what I’m saying?

And the and then of course, the old 50 year old dude that that has nothing going on in there looking for his weekend porn fix.

18:46

Yeah, Jumbo video was the best.

We only went there a couple times and then Blockbuster came out.

My dad was a big fan of like mom and pop video shops because he ended up getting to know the owner and he liked the owner, right?

So they had like this customer proprietor relationship.

19:03

And yeah, he would put movies aside for my dad.

We would go in there and if I wasn’t with my dad, we’d go up and we’d take like R rated movies that we weren’t supposed to watch.

We’d take him to the front.

He’d be like, I don’t know if your dad would let you see this.

I’m like, yeah, he would.

And then he’d call, you know, the house and then ask, ask my dad, My dad, like, yeah, it’s fine, let him have it.

19:22

Do you remember, do you ever remember getting sent to the store ’cause like I on weekends?

Well, I mean, sometimes during the week, but weekends, we’ve always wanted candy, right?

So my dad would send me to Becker’s.

Remember Becker’s?

I drove by one the other day.

19:38

I thought they were all gone, but so he would send us to Becker’s and he would give me like $5.75.

I’d be enough to get his pack of cigarettes and like a Bigfoot, you know, one of those gummy bigfoots.

Those were my favorite.

And I remember I was like 8 years old, maybe 10-8 to 12:00 somewhere in there.

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And you’d be at the counter and you’d be like, I’ll take these big feet and that pack of players light, please, you know, and the guy be like.

What you’d be like, yeah, my dad sent me.

He’d be like, OK, and then he would just call the house.

He called my dad.

Did you send your son to get cigarettes?

Yep, I did, no problem.

OK, Then he just give you the cigarettes and you’d be walking home.

20:20

Cigarettes, big feet, happy as pig and shit.

You could do that now, dude, not even kinda.

Although my son is get, he’s bigger than I am now.

And he said to me the other day when he was at the gas station, ’cause they sell beer there, right?

20:37

The guy asked him while they were buying chips.

The guy asked him if he was looking if if he needed any lottery, tobacco or beer.

It’s like, Jesus, my son is 13, OK.

And people are like, yeah, they would.

20:54

I had a baby face.

He’s got a baby face.

But because he’s so big, most people don’t think twice about it.

So I’ve been tempted lately to maybe try and send them in to get me beer, see if they’ll do it, and then go back and complain that they sold my 13 year old beer and they didn’t ID them.

21:17

But that’s crazy to me because there were times when I wished I’d had too many drinks and you can’t really go anywhere.

Or I got too high and you just can’t send your kid anymore to go get you tobacco products.

Man, those are the good old days when mom or dad would send you to the store and you’d pick up smokes.

21:33

Will you picked up candy or a slushie.

Those were always the big ones.

Slushie runs.

Then you get caught up because there’s a video game like Street Fighter and the guys put, the guy that owns the stores put a video game, you know, little arcade game at the back of the shop where people sit there eating their chips and drinking their slushies and pumping quarters into this thing for hours on end.

21:54

That’s what ours did.

You’d you’d stay back there for like 2-3 hours watching guys play Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat.

What else did they have?

One point, I think they had wrestling.

Yeah, man, it was crazy.

And then there was like the old kids on the block who wouldn’t let you play.

22:11

They would take it over, you know, and just they, they would do that all day.

Then the shop would get a call because your parents are like, where the fuck are my cigarettes?

Be like, is my son still there?

Yeah, he’s watching.

OK, send him home.

Then you get sent home.

You can’t do that nowadays, man, No way.

22:29

All that’s gone.

But that stuff like that was the that’s the stuff that you really look back.

I don’t know, I look back on it on when I was a kid, those were the memories, man.

And I want to give my kids the same memories, but fucking smartphones.

22:45

And all they do is sit on smartphones and you know, Instagram, Tiktok, Facebook, whatever, it’s all the same.

They’re just watching these 15 second videos all day.

Mind numbing fucking I said to them the other day they wanted to start playing like volleyball and throwing the football around.

23:02

So I take him to the park to play football and like my son was pretty into it.

But then my daughter who had requested this to happen was just like, I don’t care.

I don’t want to, like, what the hell?

Then I had to explain to them that when I was a kid, you’d go over to your friends house on your bike who lived like four blocks away, knock on his door, ask him if he could do anything.

23:23

Then he would get his bike and you guys would ride to the other side of town just to play baseball at a baseball diamond for four hours.

And then you’d get there to do that.

And you get bored of that.

And then you’d be sitting around and get deliriously bored.

And then you come up with some other stupid game that you could play.

23:39

And you’d be pissing yourself laughing, realizing that you only have an hour left to hang out because you had to be home by the time the streetlights went on.

Like, my kids will never experience that.

They’ll never experience that because their generations don’t mess with the outdoors at all.

23:57

Like, they go camping maybe, but everybody’s got their phone and tablet with them anyway, so I’m trying to get them to shut that shit off for a bit.

This summer is going to be the summer of like hanging out with Mother Earth.

I think because as great as technology is for certain things, I think it’s killed attention spans and appreciation levels.

24:19

And I think my kids need to to need to up their appreciation level for life again.

You know, and a big part of that is probably is having adventures like, you know, take a big long walk to fucking Blockbuster to get a movie on a Friday, take your bike out to go play with your buddy and play baseball at a baseball diamond.

24:36

Like I sent them down to the park the other day with because they wanted to play volleyball.

So I sent them to the park where there’s a volleyball net.

They ended up getting kicked off for a volleyball league that was playing.

But, you know, at least they went take them out to play football, play catch, like just playing catch.

24:53

I remember going out to the road near, you know, when I was growing up, and you just be in the middle of the street throwing the ball back and forth.

Car, car, pause, pause, game on, game on when the car goes by.

You know, like, yeah, man, my kids need a little more of that.

25:09

They need a little more appreciation.

They need a nostalgic look at having to engage in activities and then transition from that activity to a different activity.

Because I think in the transition of those moments is where you like build up the foundation for appreciation because you feel accomplished.

25:32

Like you have to feel accomplished to move on to the next thing.

You know, you can spend your whole life sitting around and relaxing, but like, how do you ever feel fully content with yourself?

Like for me, I need to have certain things that I accomplish in a day.

25:50

So like when I do this podcast, it’s not just, oh, I record it and then I leave it for a day.

I record it, I produce it, put it all together, make sure that it’s ready to be, you know, uploaded.

And then I go on to another task in my day and maybe I work out for an hour and then a transition from that.

26:06

So that the, the amount of things that I do in a day fills me with the feeling of an, of accomplishment.

So that when I do decide to sit down and relax at the end of the day or with my kids or go to a movie, it feels special.

26:22

There’s like a specialness to it that is gone as you get older and you become the provider, you know?

So I feel like we got to get back to that.

So I’m doing that, and I’m also going to spend the next little while because you probably forgot thinking about what I was talking about at the beginning of this and whether that is whether movies predict the future or whether the future takes elements from movies during its progress.

26:59

You know what I mean?

Because to progress, like there’s too many similarities.

Is it because we have a visual, like once the movie shows you what somebody’s interpretation of a flying car is, then it’s easier for a person to make a flying car because they have that visual of what the expected item will be.

27:18

You know, I wonder that.

Or is it that people in the movie industry are better at or have more access to information that the regular human doesn’t like?

The regular.

Yeah.

That the regular person doesn’t.

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And so they’re able to sort of give depictions of things because they know what certain entities are working on for the future of mankind.

I’ve wondered that for a long time, dude.

I really have.

27:55

But, yeah, that’s what I’ve been thinking about.

That’s what I’ve been thinking about this week.

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28:14

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Yeah, I hope you have a good week.

I hope life is good to you.

I hope everything goes great for you.

Until next time, keep your lids low baby.


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0:04

Welcome to Thoughts Off the Stem.

I’m Justin Barone, your friendly neighborhood pothead, and today we’re smoking some Rocket Candy Blunt by Wink.

It is 33.4% THC, 33.43% THC, with a total of 0.08% CBD and a 2.29% terpene profile.

0:27

It’s indica dominant, It’s pretty fresh, it’s tasty.

I’ve had it for a little while.

I’ve had all everything I smoke on here.

I’ve had it a little while because I basically, you know, saved up and created a shop in my house.

Not that I sell it, I just have that amount, which is OK because it’s Canada and having weed is illegal.

0:48

It’s nice.

So I wanted to talk about because this week, well this week, these last couple weeks, I’ve been like heavy into like true crime docu series and like true crime everything lately I have like my favorite shows.

1:04

It started with FBI true PD true.

They’re both on prime their TV shows basically about cases.

You probably know about most of them, but like they detail them from the FBI or the police’s side of things.

And from there I got into like true crime, murder cases.

1:21

I call it murder TV.

I’m loving murder TV.

But as I’ve been watching these things and as I’ve been like consuming an abundance of series, like obsessively, I have to ask the question, what the fuck, dude?

1:41

Cause a lot of these like murders and stuff that are on these shows the how do you not, I get like being a psychopath and stuff like that and being like super crazy and, and whatever.

But like how, how are you not terrified of getting caught or like being terrified and nervous when you’re on the stand or in a courtroom knowing that you’re probably going to end up getting caught?

2:08

Because like for me, OK, I look at that.

Maybe that’s because, like, I’m a relatively well integrated, healthy, mentally member of society.

But obviously I never think of like, killing somebody.

I would defend myself if somebody was trying to attack me, but having to kill somebody or killing somebody would be really hard.

2:27

I couldn’t even kill a bird that was injured on a golf course that, like, really needed to be put down.

So let alone trying to kill a human.

Now, I often think to myself, like, if my kids were attacked or if somebody, you know, broke into the house, like, would I defend it?

2:43

Yeah, I would.

I’d probably have a hard time not defending it, like, just standing there, I hope anyway, because you never know until you’re in that scenario, Right?

But I like to think that I can at least defend myself and be able to fight back if somebody were trying to harm me or my family, right, or people I love.

3:05

And then I’m watching these things and I’m thinking to myself, like these killers, for the most part, they jet.

Like, obviously they lie constantly.

Like, do they actually believe what it is that they’re saying?

Like have they repeated it in their head?

Like if you if OK, I’ll give a couple examples.

3:24

So there was one guy that murdered this girl who tried to get a ride home from him from with him from a bar.

I mean, obviously was a stranger is probably a bad move, but she was drunk and alone and she needed a ride.

Well, this guy had like cuts and and stuff all over his hands from like just absolutely demolishing her.

3:42

And after the murder the next day he just goes out fishing with his buddy like it’s nothing.

And you’ve got like all these Marks and stuff all over your hand, your big dude.

And to me, if that were me, I’d be terrified that somebody would would see the Marks and start asking me about them.

4:00

And then in my head and in my body, I would feel like crazy nervous.

I try to deflect.

I would, I would constantly assume that they think that I did something bad, you know, like I wouldn’t be able to just like put it aside and be like, oh, it’s just another day.

4:15

It’s fine.

I would be constantly worried about the consequences that were to come potentially right, Whereas these guys just seem to sort of like go on with daily life as if it doesn’t matter.

I can’t get my my head around that watching these dudes be like, Nope, it was just I didn’t do it and I wasn’t there didn’t No sure, I definitely drove her home, but like I definitely didn’t do anything after that.

4:39

It was just whatever.

Like you in your mind have this memory of complete and utter violence and chaos.

And you can sit there with a straight face and potentially no outward showing of nervousness, a complete lie.

4:56

Like you could just let that out of there.

You can just let that out of you and tell the cops.

Like, dude, I don’t know, to me, I’d be terrified.

Like you watch these guys on the stand because they show you like trial footage and stuff.

And you see them sitting with their lawyers and you see them on the stand and you, you notice like the first thing you notice is they’re always just kind of like, unless they’re a real psychopath.

5:18

But like, for the most part, these guys just sit there like complete poker face, you know?

And to me, I feel like if I was like, you could see it all over, it’d be written all over me, man.

You know, I don’t know how these guys do it.

5:39

I really don’t because I would be terrified.

When I was a kid, my buddy and I prank call.

My buddy and I prank.

We’re doing prank calls one Saturday afternoon and we ended up calling the cop.

And at the time it was right when we still had landlines, right?

5:55

Almost everybody had an answer.

Well, you had digital answering machines.

So like the phone company was providing the service for, you know, a, an answering machine within your phone plan.

And it was around the time, probably like early on where call display had just come up.

6:12

If you’re older, you’ll know this.

If you’re, if you’re a kid, you, you won’t know what I’m talking about.

You had a phone that’s hung on the wall and had a little digital display and it would tell you the number of the person that called and if the person to put there was if there, if the person had published their name in the phone book, it would show up above the number.

6:32

So you knew who was calling just like on your smartphone, but like on the wall and not in your pocket, you know, And I remember we were calling around just doing stupid prank calls like, you know, the whole, is your refrigerator running or is it refrigerator running?

6:47

Oh, yeah, you better catch it.

Ha, ha, ha.

And then hanging up.

Well, at one point I go to the washroom and my buddy and I, my buddy who’s doing this with me makes just, and we’re just dialing random numbers like, you know, whatever the area code was.

And then 7 digits after that.

And while I was in, while I was in the bathroom, OK, he made a phone call.

7:11

Now he started we obviously it starts off as innocent and then like it amps up and amps up and amps up until you’re finally just like losing it because you’re way too into doing it and you’re overexcited, overstimulated and you’re a kid.

You don’t know what you’re doing.

And I think we’re like 13 or 14.

7:30

And so he calls and he leaves this, like, really fucked up message, ’cause it was a woman’s phone.

And he started talking about some outlandish stuff, like how he was gonna like how he wanted to fuck her and all this stuff.

Like it was just not, it was crazy.

7:46

OK.

Well, it ends up that like a day or two later, my dad comes home from work.

Eddie corners be just outside of the kitchen and he goes, hey, just so you got anything you want to tell me about when you and so and so we’re hanging out together alone.

8:08

I was like, now why we play baseball when I play football rode our bikes.

What do you want to know?

He goes, well, I got a phone call from a person that told me that maybe you guys made some questionable phone calls to them and left messages go, Oh yeah, that happened, not thinking anything of it.

8:28

And then he goes, yeah, so here’s a problem.

She’s a cop.

Fuck, you gotta be kidding me.

So the just the like the 10th random phone number that we called ends up being a cop.

And that’s like the worst, stupidest, most like sexually obsessed foot like message that we left.

8:50

Now, granted, I did not leave the message.

It was my buddy that did it.

And I’m not like I did some other ones, but I didn’t do that one because that one was like, I don’t know, it’s way offside.

It was, you know, when you’re a kid and you just keep like egging each other on and you amp up and you amp up and you’re trying to say the most outlandishly crazy thing that you can say just to get a reaction from people.

9:13

Well, that’s what happened.

And it got to the point where we left a message on this cop’s phone and she calls my parents and calls his parents and explains what happened.

I’m sure she played the message which she was going to save, save and record it.

She was going to save and record it as harassment and keep it on file unless we went to her house and apologized to her.

9:36

So our parents, our dads, load us up into the car and take us over to her house and we have to stand on her porch and profusely apologize for being idiots.

So we do that.

But I can remember, OK, how like intense the feeling of guilt and shame and terrification of the situation and being terrified.

10:07

I felt like the entire time after, like even when we did, we left it, I knew it was like, you know, it’s kind of it’s like it’s risky.

It’s like, oh, no, what we get caught, what we get caught.

But for some reason, I was pretty sure that we were going to get caught.

So the whole time after that, I’m like in this constant state of like anxiety or paranoia that someone’s going to, you know, come tell me.

10:31

So when my dad came and told me what happened and like how he, you know, what she had told him, I felt a little bit relieved because at least with that then I like, I didn’t have to hang on to it.

I’m not good at holding on to like, lies or, you know, untruth.

10:48

I’m really bad at it.

It eats away at me.

It’s like the, what is it?

The the beating heart under the floorboard and that story.

I forget what it’s called right now, but that’s how I felt.

So when I’m watching these like true crime documentaries, these guys just seem like calm, cool, nonchalant, like they don’t really give a shit.

11:08

And I think to myself, like, how do you, how does that happen?

Like, you have to be severely emotionally detached from society to be the guy that’s like, yeah, whatever.

Like a couple of them, a lot of the times the guys would just deny that they did anything until the cops were like, so we have this as proof and we have that as proof and we have the.

11:31

And even in those cases, they’d almost all of them would still be like, well, you didn’t get the right guy.

But like, how do you convince yourself of that?

What, what in your brain gives you that capability?

Because I don’t get it, dude.

I can’t do that.

11:47

I’m terrified if I do something wrong.

Like I got into a fight at school in high school once.

And I remember I knocked this kid out in the middle of the playground or like, you know, the quad.

And as soon as I did, I just turned around and I walked into the school building and I sat down in the principal’s office because like, I did something wrong.

12:07

And I know that I did something wrong.

And I know that like, eventually, like in that case, everybody’s going to see it.

But I feel like no matter what I do, if it’s wrong, if somebody’s going to know, it’s like getting high.

Like they look at you and even if they don’t know you, they’re like, oh, he’s high.

And you get that constant paranoid thought of like, they know I’m high, they know I’m high.

12:26

It’s like that, but for, you know, crimes.

And that’s one of the things that I can’t, I can’t, I don’t understand about these dudes.

Like, obviously they have something going on in their brain where most humans would be like, oh, fuck, I fucked up.

12:43

They’re just like, Nah, I didn’t do that.

Like the guys got chopped up knuckles from, you know, getting like, like beating this person.

And he’s just like, Nah, they’re not there.

No, those aren’t cuts.

12:59

That’s my skin.

It’s always been like that.

Like they’ll come up with the most outlandish shit.

And then they get to trial and the next thing you know, they’re denying the whole thing and coming up with a cockamamie story.

13:15

Like I saw too where the guy ended up, the guy that killed the person was, I don’t think he ever admitted it, but it was like pretty clear and and like pretty cut and dry that he did it, you know, and he never said anything until all of a sudden trial comes up and against all his other statements, he starts blaming the person’s husband, you know, and just like out of nowhere.

13:41

And it makes no sense.

Like, how can you how can you concoct this kind of like this story like that and believe it?

Because like in his case, the time that he was murdering her and and him trying to blame the husband, the husband was wearing a Fitbit and the Fitbit like she perfectly showed that he wasn’t moving because it had showed him get up earlier in the night to go to the bathroom and then back to bed.

14:07

And then no movement after that till like the next day.

And this guy was trying to say that he he dropped her off at home and the husband came out in a jealous rage and like and killed her.

But that wasn’t what happened.

You know, like I don’t this this.

14:24

I would love to learn why someone’s brain is like that, Like it tell it like, you know how hard you have to try to believe that lie because you would have the events actually running in your head.

14:41

I guess at some point you create different, you know, created in a different way.

But like, I can’t fathom that because my thought process, if I do something wrong is like, someone’s going to find out.

Someone’s going to find out.

So I’m just honest, you know, I knocked that guy out.

14:57

I went to the principal’s office.

Principal’s like, why are you here?

I’m like, knock that guy out.

Probably going to have a talk with you now.

And yeah, I couldn’t, I couldn’t do it.

I would spill my guts.

But then again, I would never be in a situation where I would be murdering somebody.

That’s fucking crazy, dude.

15:19

Such as?

Fascinating to me, man. 84% of the US watches true crime.

I’d like to know how much of the world, how much of the world watches true crime?

Probably everybody.

It’s fascinating trying to understand why somebody would stoop to those lengths.

15:36

Like, I get that, you know, mental illness or something plays a part in it, but I could never think of, like, in a lot of the scenarios, it’s, you know, a husband kills a wife or the wife kills or a friend kills people or it’s somebody.

15:54

It’s always somebody close to you.

But I could never picture myself murdering somebody because they basically did something I didn’t like.

Like, yeah, it’s people just right to the end.

And then I’m always bitching about technology, though, right?

16:10

Like I’m always saying how, you know, it’s kind of a bad influence on society.

Well, in this case, it’s a good spot because when these people make up these fucking lies about shit and the events that happened and like trying to trying to create these elaborate stories to try and explain to somebody, hey, this is where I was and this is what I did.

16:33

I had nothing to do with this technology.

Your car, your cell phone, any electronic thing that you have, video cameras like home, you know, monitoring systems, you can’t go anywhere without ending up on camera.

16:53

So I guess it that way, but you would think that that would deter murders.

It doesn’t seem to if if somebody’s like ticked off enough and they’re in a rage, that’s what they’re doing for sure.

OK, I got to talk about this blunt.

17:10

I’m just saying I’ve been watching a lot of murder TV.

So, you know, that’s my take on it.

I don’t I, it’s baffling to me how somebody could just be like, Nope, didn’t do it and admit that.

Or I mean keep to that, even though all of the evidence ever in the in the in the circumstance points directly to you with no doubt like like these guys will have like the other person’s blood on them or on a part of their clothing or something like that.

17:43

And they’re still like, Nah, wasn’t there.

You know, like, I guess in life sometimes that’s good to have, but I can’t, I freak out at the thought of trying to have to like, you know, keep like a Christmas present a secret.

18:06

Yeah.

Anyway, I was going to talk about the blunt.

Sorry.

So that’s the first thing about the blunt.

This is what was it again?

Hope you’re joining the sesh.

It’s Wink Rocket candy.

And it’s a blunt.

It’s 33.43% THTHC, 0.08% CBD and 2.29% terps.

18:27

Karyophyline Humaline salinity and I’m too high to say this properly.

Selen, Selenidian, Selenidi.

18:44

I don’t know, it’s an S1 that’s the S terp one I can’t pronounce, but it’s a nice blunt taste.

Good.

It’s a nice relaxing high.

It’s a turn off your brain high, although I’m a little like, I guess a little bit head wobbly.

19:03

That would be bad for murders.

I would not be getting if you caught.

If I’m not going to tell you how to kill me, what was I doing there?

I was just about to say if you do a certain thing, you can.

Whatever, man.

I’m morbid.

Well, yeah, it’s a good point.

19:22

It’s not too overwhelming.

I’m trying to figure out what it tastes like.

I can’t really tell.

It’s smooth though, but it’s because the blunt paper is so strong.

So I taste blunt paper.

What is the blunt like?

19:37

Does it say?

Is it a flavor?

Nope, Nope, doesn’t say.

I don’t know.

I guess I would equate it to like a mid range cigar.

Like, not quite a cult, you know, cigarillo, but like, not quite a cigar either.

20:02

It’s got a nice feel to it, though.

It’s nice and relaxing.

Like I said before.

Yeah, I would smoke this.

This is a good blunt.

This is a nighttime blunt, though, not daytime because, like, I could have a nap.

It’s just all of a sudden running over my body.

20:24

Yeah, that’s good way to go, wink.

That’s a good one.

I recommend it.

20:37

Yeah, it’s flavorful.

You know what it is?

It’s a good You’ve been out fishing and you just got home.

20:54

You got your fish hanging over the sink and you sit outside, have a beer, relax for a couple minutes before you start cooking the fish.

It’s that kind of blunt so that when you’re doing up the fish, you’re focused.

21:13

You get quite a bit of focus off this.

It’ll definitely slow you down, though.

All right, that’s enough of that.

But yeah, I got to say I’m.

I’m now, you know, sucked into murder TV and true crime stories, docu series, documentaries.

21:34

I’m like 84.

What was it?

84% of the US podcasts are right up there.

People have a fascination with the darker side of life.

I guess people have a fascination with anything that’s controversial.

21:53

So any kind of like murder or going against the law or anything that has a potential for high risk of danger, that gets a lot of attention.

But that’s one position where or one area of life where technology to me is great because the technology from all this, from the technology that we have is the reason that a lot of these guys get caught.

22:21

Like I remember watching, I remember watching, I think it was a Joe Rogan podcast where he had a cop on that was that used to be dirty and spent time I guess in jail.

But he was explaining that before cell phones and all that stuff, if you had no attachment to a person and murdered them or, you know, whatever, then you would have had a easier time to get away because you know, there is no like find that guy on this camera on the corner.

22:53

But now or never get caught, I guess.

Yeah, back then it was easier because if you went to like a different town, nobody knew you.

You just grab some random person that you had no relation with, it’d be very difficult to be able to find you.

But now people still operate like that.

23:10

But like there’s a camera on every corner.

Like it doesn’t matter what you’re doing, you’re getting caught, bro.

That’s that’s how that’s about to go, you know?

But that’s how they always find them as technology is some some form of technique because you can’t get away from it.

23:28

Dude, it’s so tough.

It’s also terrifying that there’s that much surveillance and like we cannot get away from it.

That’s how society is now.

But it seems like it’s fair that, you know, most people want it.

23:46

They just want it to stop at a certain point where it’s not invasion, I guess, of privacy or whatever.

I’m so high right now.

Hope you’re high.

I hope you, I hope, I hope you enjoyed the sesh.

24:02

That’s where I cut myself off.

But those are my thoughts off the stem for this week.

Hope you enjoyed the sesh.

Thank you for sticking around.

We’ll see you next week, hopefully on thoughts off the stem.

Don’t forget to visit thoughts420.com.

I got the giggles.

24:18

I hope you have the giggles.

Subscribe to whatever you’re listening to.

If you’re still listening, share with your friends that think that they that you think would like it.

Whoa, I’m stoned.

Yep, Yep, definitely stoned.

24:40

Hope you’re stoned.

Anyway, that’s all I have to say.

So until next time, keep your lids low baby.

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0:05

Welcome to thoughts office stand.

I’m Justin Baroni, a friendly neighborhood pothead and today we’re smoking mystery weed.

I can’t remember what I rolled in here, but I’m really hoping that it’s the last bit of my liquid imagination.

I’m hoping anyway a little fired up today.

So this ones like a little bit of a wake and bake for me.

0:21

I know you won’t see it till the afternoon on a Friday, but dude, I was driving home from dropping my kids off at school.

OK, I have to go across this very narrow 2 lane while it’s a four lane Rd. but two in your direction lane Rd.

And there’s a certain point where I get like it’s it’s just over the halfway mark where there’s one kid that gets picked up on a short bus for school.

0:45

OK.

And today as I’m driving by, I’m actually at the light right before this kids house and I’m behind the school bus.

So as the school bus crosses the intersection, I have room to go around now the lights aren’t flashing, there’s no stop sign out.

1:02

She’s the bus isn’t even near the house yet.

It’s still like two or three doors down, so I’m behind the bus.

The bus doesn’t go that fast.

I’m not speeding, I’m not trying.

I’m not flying by traffic or anything.

But I figure I’m going to pass this bus because I want to get stuck behind this kid because generally when he get when I when that bus stops, okay, the parents take like fucking 1015 minutes.

1:23

I shouldn’t swear 1015 minutes, the parents take 1015 minutes to get the kid on the bus, giving them hugs, making sure he’s settled in his seat.

Like come on man, get your kid on the bus, get going.

I don’t care like to be honest, if even if it’s special needs, if you’re not in like a wheelchair or something like that, like on and off, other people have other shit to do.

1:44

They’re not waiting for you.

Like you holding up that amount of traffic for one kid is ridiculous because literally it takes maybe not 15 minutes, but like 5 or 10 minutes for these parents to get this kid on the goddamn bus and then it takes them another like 2 or 3 minutes to get off the bus.

Like what are you doing?

2:01

So anyway, as the and it holds up like a lot of traffic, it’s a very busy Rd.

There’s a Tim horton’s across the street.

So like that causes enough of a funnel and like there’s no, it’s unnecessary to sit for as long as they do trying to get their kid on the bus.

The kid is standing with them like, anyway, so today as I’m going, I’m behind the bus.

2:21

Bus starts to slow down.

I have space on my left.

So I go out around the bus and I go to pass it.

As I pass it, the dad, who’s dressed like Ronald McDonald, by the way, in yellow pants and a red shirt, is standing in front of the bus filming all the traffic.

Now I get, I get it.

2:38

You know, it’s a, it’s a, it’s a road where people get impatient and fly down that road.

I was not flying.

This guy starts recording traffic.

And as I go by, because I’m the first car, he’s shaking his head like I did something wrong.

First of all, again, there were no lights on on the bus, OK?

2:56

The bus was just slowing down.

There’s nothing wrong with me passing it before it stops.

I look behind the line of traffic around me or behind me now, which is only like is right behind me.

It has gone around the bus as well as it’s slowing down.

The lights come on and start flashing.

3:11

Then it starts flashing.

This dude is out in the middle of the road, OK, filming all the traffic as it goes by, shaking his head as if like everybody did something super wrong.

This is a problem that I fucking have with society, dude, because everybody has a smartphone and the ability to video anything they want.

3:32

Like there’s this, there’s this warrior mentality or this protector mentality.

I don’t know if it’s warrior, but it’s definitely protector.

Like, oh, I’m justice, you know what I mean?

You’re wrong, dude.

I don’t care what you say.

You are wrong.

3:48

You have impeded traffic for years by taking your sweet ass time because you’re so absorbed in your own crap that you impede traffic every morning, piss people off, or trying to get to work because you want to give your kid an extra couple hugs.

4:06

Great.

I am all for showing your kids the love, but also be respectful of your surroundings.

Now I know that this guy’s probably sitting on the side of the road.

Oh, these people are driving and they’re doing something wrong.

Nobody did anything wrong.

The bus hadn’t even put its flashers on yet.

4:23

Nobody.

NOBODY impeded anything that was happening with this bus.

I can understand if you’re getting fed up that the traffic is doing.

You know people are speeding through when the bus is stopped.

I get that.

But for you to stand in the middle of the road and start recording people as they go by just because you think that they did something wrong or you think that they should stop for your situation because you’re there?

4:50

Fuck you dude.

That’s what I have to say.

Too many people, because they have a cell phone and a way to like record people and put them on blast, have this attitude of like, I’m right.

5:06

You’re not always right.

A lot of the times you’re fucking wrong.

Acting like a Karen standing in the middle of the road.

Nobody did anything wrong.

We passed it, we passed it.

We passed a slow car before it put like before it put any of its indicators on.

That’s all that happened.

I don’t care that you got ticked off at it.

5:23

Think about all the people that get ticked off every day for the last however many years, OK, that you have been spending five to 10 minutes putting your kid on a bus when it only takes about 60 to 90 seconds.

Get over yourself.

Move on with it.

5:39

I’ve had on that road, I’ve had so many people like Karen’s videotape my car or try to record my car.

I don’t know why, because you’re driving 40 and I want to go 50.

The the speed limit on that road is 50 kilometers an hour.

I’m not doing anything wrong.

5:55

There’s a 40 past that and then you slow down for the 40 because there’s a school right over there in a church.

But there’s nothing wrong with passing a school bus in A50 at 50 when the school bus is slowing down and there’s no signals on.

I had a guy once when I was driving home, he was driving so slow.

6:12

He’s doing 30 OK, and as I pass him, he’s again.

When I pass him, I’m only doing 50, maybe 55 if I’m being honest.

OK, He’s got his phone up recording me as I drive by.

You’re doing the illegal thing, dude.

6:28

You’re using your phone while you’re driving, you dummy.

I’m so done with people, dude.

I like people individually.

I do not like people that are in groups that get their mind all messed up over what they think is right or acceptable.

6:48

People need to learn that nobody cares about you.

We just don’t.

Everybody has their own life.

I don’t know you.

You’re standing in the middle of the the road recording me for whatever purpose.

You send that to a cop, a cop’s gonna be like, well, I don’t see what he’s doing wrong.

7:05

Like if I was flying by at 150 miles an hour, I get it.

But I’m doing the speed limit.

I’m not.

I’m not causing a problem, I’m not driving dangerously.

I had room to turn.

I signalled.

Same thing with the old guy that was recording me as I was driving.

I was coming up behind him, but apparently a little too fast for him, which doesn’t make sense because he was doing well.

7:25

I mean, it makes sense because he was doing 30 in A50 and I was doing 50.

So I passed the guy like you should.

Why are you in the left lane?

If you’re going that slow, move the fuck over and get out of the way.

The other thing that made me wonder is if this kids on the short bus and this dad is out.

7:45

Literally this guy’s out in the middle of the road recording people like a dumbass in yellow pants and a red shirt like Ronald McDonald.

I think he took the short bus too.

He doesn’t quite understand.

This isn’t how you life, man.

This is how you get run over.

Like great, you have it on video, but now you have broken legs and a messed up spine.

8:04

Like what are you doing dude?

The fact that people have sort have the fact that people find it really easy like have such access to to recording and putting people on blast is bullshit because you can just put it online and then you can have like like you could, he could put my license out there for anybody.

8:22

Do you understand the do you understand the consequences that could happen?

Like people that are nuts will take that, get enraged, and then potentially do harm to somebody else because you’re too stupid to recognize that what you’re recording is not illegal.

8:39

You may not like it, but that’s not my fucking problem, dude.

I don’t like your face.

I don’t like you in the middle of the road trying to film me as I do regular driving things.

It’s not my part, It’s not my fault you’re stupid.

It’s not my fault that you think that the world revolves around you and everything should happen because you want it to.

8:59

That’s all you’re telling me.

That’s not the first instance I’ve had.

Like I said, I’ve had a few people on that road record me, and I get it.

Like, I know that people get frustrated when they drive.

I get all that stuff.

But the problem is, is that no, when you get stuck in that mindset, you don’t think about what you’re doing, you don’t think about the consequences.

9:20

You don’t think what could go wrong for you?

You know what, what happened if I wasn’t paying attention as well as I should have and this guy walked out from behind the bus to the middle of the road and I fucking clipped them.

That’s my fault, but it’s his fault.

Really.

That’s fucked up.

Like you’re just being an asshole at this point, right?

9:38

It’s definitely got more prevalent because I can remember the first time it happened.

It actually OK, so it happened to me once, like people recording you.

I was at my I think it was my son’s first birthday and my daughter’s like third birthday.

9:53

We had a, they’re two days apart but like 3 years.

So we went to a splash pad and we had like a double birthday party and I remember I was walking around the splash pad.

This would have been in 2010.

So like smartphones and stuff were just relatively new.

I guess they weren’t as abundant as they are now.

10:10

People still had other phones and I was following my daughter around through the, the splash pad recording.

And as I’m recording, I’m, I’m watching the, the phone ’cause I’m not trying to get other, like, I mean, people get in the frame, but I’m not trying to get other people’s kids ’cause I figure, you know, people see a guy in his like late, I think it was my late 20s at that early 30s and taking pictures, you know, videoing in a splash pad.

10:35

But there’s no real kid right around me.

So I can understand how this guy got a little agitated, but it was so stupid.

I’m following my daughter, not trying to record anybody else but her, OK.

And I’m standing there because she goes under the little like mushroom fountain thing.

10:51

And she’s standing there playing and doing her thing.

And I’m just standing off to the side sort of recording.

And then I see this guy in the back of the frame stares at me and he just starts charging at me, like not running, but like, you know, he’s like doing a very aggressive, like saunter over to me.

11:07

And so like, to avoid the incident because I knew there was an incident coming, I started walking towards my daughter.

As I got closer to my daughter, the guy sort of like steps in front of me.

He’s like, yo, what are you doing?

11:23

I go, I’m recording my daughter on her birthday.

Can you move?

So yeah, show me your kid.

Listen, when you do something like that as a person, why do you think that you’re the authority on life?

Like, show me your kid.

No, fuck you.

I don’t know who you are.

11:39

Why would I show you my kid?

I have to be a protective adult too.

You have to respect the fact that I’m there with my daughter on her fucking birthday, you prick.

Like fuck you man.

I hate people like that.

Don’t get me wrong.

Like I think that people should step in if something bad is happening, but I don’t think you should invent a bad scenario just so you could cause some issues or because you can, like, you know, oh, I have to fix this.

12:05

No, you don’t.

You don’t have to fix shit.

You’re not put on this planet to fix anything.

You’re put on this planet to get along with people and do whatever it is you do.

If you’re a cop, you’re, you’re an army man, You’re a firefighter.

I understand.

Sure you want to be involved.

You, you have some training in the ability to identify a bad situation as a regular human being in a splash pad.

12:25

You don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about.

So don’t start approaching people because you #1 don’t know who or how those people are mentally.

Like what if I’m a crazy person?

What if I’m just like, I’m going to fuck somebody up because they’re in my space?

That guy got so close to me that if I wanted to, I could have just knocked him right out.

12:45

I’m not saying that I was going to, but like he chart like a Karen charged right into my space.

What are you doing?

Don’t.

You can’t be filming here.

Yes, I can.

I’m at my daughter’s birthday and I’m not filming anybody else.

Not trying to.

I’m trying to take pictures of her dude, for memories, you fucking asshole.

13:02

If I have a camera and I’m taking pictures, like back in the day, do you know who would walk up to people with cameras being like, what are you doing?

No one because people understood that you’re taking family photos.

Like some people just have such a Burr in their ass that they want to be the person that protects everything, you know?

13:19

And then again, like I said, with the, with the, with smartphones and the ability to capture any image at any time, wherever you want, all of a sudden you have this new sense of like, I don’t know if it’s authority or just personal, like justice.

13:39

You know, it’s, it’s obviously a, a social, just a personal social justice warrior or something like that.

But like, what are you thinking?

Like, oh, I have a phone.

So people aren’t going to do anything because I’m recording you.

Some people don’t give a shit and they’re going to, they’re going to deal with you whether you have a phone going or not, you know what I’m saying?

13:58

Especially if you get like the wrong person.

Like if you’re the dude that’s going to, that’s sort of like if you’re the dude that’s pressing it and getting in someone’s face, like the guy at the splash pad, there’s a high probability that somebody’s going to knock you out or mess with you or try to fight you or physically harm you.

14:17

Like don’t get in people’s space.

If you’re that concerned about it, you call the cops.

That’s what the police are for.

I’m Canadian.

I can say that.

But yeah, I don’t understand why people think that it’s their job to take on.

14:33

And then when people do take on the responsibility of trying to set things right or hold people accountable, like they’re not actually thinking of the scenario, they’re thinking or or live in the scenario.

They’re thinking about the possibility of the end result of if this scenario goes bad.

14:51

You know, like that guy’s filming everybody even though not one car did anything wrong passing that bus.

He’s filming that thing, probably thinking why aren’t you stopping for the bus for my son?

My son can’t get on safely.

Keep your son on the fucking sidewalk like a grown up, OK?

And a proper father.

Put your phone the fuck away and pay some attention to your child before they go to school so that you’re not holding up the rest of society because you want to give an extra 22nd hug. 30 SEC whatever.

15:20

Be responsible.

You’re asking other people to be responsible.

You need to also be responsible.

And being responsible is not fucking recording people that aren’t doing anything wrong just because you have a Burr up your ass about the flow of traffic that you impede every day.

15:38

There’s no other person on that road that’s getting picked up, it’s that one kid and you’re going to take 5 to 10 minutes out of everybody else’s morning commute because you want to give an extra hug.

That’s selfish bullshit, dude.

It’s as selfish as the people that if they have drove past this thing because they got impatient, the world doesn’t stop for you.

16:02

Nor should you be the social justice warrior Karen that tries to take on how society operates.

If you have a problem and laws are being broken, you call the God damn police.

That’s what happens.

You don’t take it on yourself.

You’re not Rambo, OK?

16:19

You’re not any movie character.

You’re not.

You’re not even Tim Kennedy, a real life human who could take out a lot of people because he’s an Army Ranger.

You’re not those guys.

Don’t start those problems.

You don’t want that smoke.

You hide behind a camera talking, talking all kinds of nonsense.

16:37

Just you’re beating people and threatening people with certain things that you’re going to do.

Like you’re recording nobody doing anything wrong and threatening them with, you know, probably some like calling law or something like that.

16:53

Like it’s such a bullshit.

If you’re going to be, if you’re going to be that guy, at least be right.

At least do it when it’s the right time.

17:10

You know, I know there was another instance with my dad and my son when my son was like, I think it was 5 or 6.

My dad used to live on this like, well, my parents, they lived on this like quiet little, you know, what do you call?

17:27

I don’t know what it’s called drive.

Like the street that like had a dead end.

He had to come out so people would walk because there was a ravine in the forest, the area behind them, lots of paths.

So people would walk along there all the time.

And my son, when I was going through my separation, had a bit of like an anger issue.

And sometimes my parents would watch her for the weekend to give me a break so that, you know, I could because it was a lot, man.

17:48

Anyway, the point being was that one night my dad and my son are out on the porch and my son is acting up and he’s like kicking like full on sitting in the chair, apparently just wailing on my dad.

I wasn’t there.

He called me, he goes, what do I do?

18:03

How do I get him to stop?

And well, I mean, he knew, but he eventually just left him in the chair till he cooled down and then he came inside.

But as this kids kicking him and my dad’s getting frustrated who’s like at the time, I think he was in his 60s, right, late 60s maybe could have been even early 70s.

18:20

No, I think 60s in his late 60s, and he’s having some health problems and stuff.

And so then, you know, my son’s kicking him and this guy walking by, my dad’s just trying to control his feet.

And this dude walking by on a walk puts his phone up.

He’s like, don’t touch that kid.

18:36

Like, who the fuck are you, man?

You don’t even know what’s happening, you uninformed idiot.

Like people like that piss me off.

That’s the type of Karen that drives me the fuck nuts.

Sorry.

I know I’m trying.

I know that overall I’m trying not to swear it’s tough it’s a tough Rd. because I’m also fired up today.

18:56

That guy really pissed me off in his Ronald McDonald pants and T-shirt.

But yeah, so this dude was walking by my dad’s house sees the my kid kicking my dad and my dad just holding his feet trying not to get wailed on and this guy starts some kind of I’m recording you and it’ll end up on thing if you do anything wrong like why are you threatening people you asshole?

19:15

Maybe think about like that to me says that this guy doesn’t have kids because clearly you don’t know what it’s like to have children that are out of control.

Like he had real bad anger issues.

It was a, it was a problem.

He him, he, he tried to hit me a couple times back then, you know, So like, I’m not trying to, I’m not trying to say that you shouldn’t hold people accountable to their actions, but you really should be thinking before you do, you know, because just running up into somebody’s business is not the move, man.

19:47

You might get the wrong guy on the wrong day.

Sure, there might be consequences for that guy’s actions, but at the same time you don’t want to, you know, it’s like one time I got into a fight, well like a road rage incident where I was pulling out of my house and I was driving.

This guy kept cutting us off till finally he followed us into a parking lot and he stopped behind my van.

20:07

And at the time my kids mom was pregnant with our son and we had my 2 year old daughter in the back.

OK.

And.

This guy pulls in behind us, behind us, gets out of his car and starts approaching the car.

20:22

I tell my girl to stay in the car.

I get out.

I go to the back of the van and meet the guy at the back.

And this guy’s irate in my face.

Now I didn’t because my I had my youngest kid and my pregnant wife in the car at the time.

I didn’t think like, oh, I might get hurt.

I thought this guy can’t get to the front of the car because he’s so like gonzo on this situation that I can’t let him get to the front of the car.

20:43

Who knows what will happen then.

So I remember he came walking up to me, arms out, screaming and yelling.

I just grabbed him by his collar.

Dude, I threw my jacket off.

I grabbed him by his collar.

I picked him up and I slammed him down on the hood of his car just to hold him in place because I was like, you’re not doing stupid shit.

20:59

And eventually the cops were called.

Cops show up.

I get sort of like, I get told like, you know, you shouldn’t have started this fight.

I was like, I didn’t start the fight.

So once they got all the information, they found out that this guy was actually in the wrong and the guy admitted to being in the wrong.

And the cop who I was talking to, he looks at me, he goes, you know, just for like future reference, like I wouldn’t get involved with people like that are this crazy because, you know, you never know what they have on them, like if they have a weapon or something like that.

21:27

And I looked up at the cop just being me.

I go, you don’t know what I have on me.

So like, it goes both ways.

And the cop goes, do you have a weapon on you?

I go no.

But I’m just saying like, you know, neither of us know.

But I also didn’t think because I was in like protection mode.

21:43

But I also have never been in a position where I got so irate with somebody over a potential scenario that had that plays out that I’ve like gone after them to the fact to the point where like I’m more cautious about that.

I’ve been, I used to work concert security.

I used to like I think about before I get into anything physical, I think about the consequences and I weigh the scenario.

22:05

It’s always better to walk away, dude.

So like, you walking up to somebody and shoving a phone in their face while you’re filming them and telling them they’re not doing something or doing something you don’t like, it’s bananas to me because like, what are you doing?

You know, you’re just provoking somebody.

22:23

Nobody likes being put off like that or caught off like that.

And again, if you’re going to be that person, be right, make sure that there is an infraction, a crime, real issue that happens before you decide to start, you know, trying to call people out because 1, you start doing that and everybody on the road in the scenario, this dude from the side of the road will look at you like a moron, OK?

22:52

You put yourself in danger by walking into the road because who knows if everybody’s paying attention or not, right?

And there’s nothing wrong with what you’re doing.

What what they’re doing.

There is something wrong with what you’re doing.

You’re walking into traffic like you can’t just do that.

It’s called jaywalking at the very least.

23:09

So like, you know, and then you’re going to go and look like a fool because now you’re recording that you’re going to put it online or you’re going to send it to the cops.

Be like, look what’s happening on my kids bus stop and the cops are going to go, well, there’s they’re passing.

The bus doesn’t have flashers on or anything.

23:24

Like they’re not on your, they’re not going to be on your side.

If the flashers are out and the stop sign’s out, I get it.

And the cops, I’m sure I’ll be like, OK, well, there we go.

We got this guy, this guy and this guy.

But it’s not like, and again, if somebody’s speeding, I kind of I kind of understand that, but don’t walk into it.

23:41

Like take it, you have a camera, it zooms like take it from the side of the road.

Don’t get involved.

You know, if you see somebody at a splash pad that doesn’t look right, maybe don’t just have your first reaction to be just to like walk right up to their face and try to, you know, put them in their place.

Maybe watch what’s going on, get a sense of how it’s of what’s happening and then proceed correctly, like calling the cops, not approaching people.

24:06

You know, if you see somebody, if you see a kid fighting with an adult at the front of the house on a property, you know, maybe don’t interject yourself in that because you don’t know what’s going on in the day.

24:23

I don’t care if you’re a parent or not.

If you notice that there is some severe violence going on and the kid is getting pummeled, maybe call the cops, you know?

But if the kid is kicking and there’s a 68 year old man trying to just hold the feet so that they that this, you know, 8 year old doesn’t kick him too hard, maybe just chalk it up for what it is, an upset kid and a grandparent trying to manage the anger of an 8 year old.

24:52

You know, I’m just saying, before you become a Karen, before you start recording everything, before you start putting a camera in someone’s face, maybe pay attention to what is happening at the moment.

Live in the moment.

25:08

Don’t be clouded by what your interpretation of the end, what the end result might be in terms of how you deal with that situation.

Maybe, maybe calculate your reaction and then match it to, you know, having an acceptable equivalence to what the actual scenario is.

25:39

Don’t walk in the middle.

Don’t walk out in the middle of the road trying to record people, you know, speeding or doing something illegal when they’re not stand on the sidewalk.

Use the Zoom feature on your phone.

Then catch the person you see somebody don’t I wouldn’t approach them.

That’s a good way to somebody, you know, some for somebody to hurt you.

25:57

Like I feel like in this world, anxiety is at an all time high and people are stressed out like crazy.

The world is falling apart, you know, and I feel like most people are not actually acting accordingly.

They’re really just pressing the agenda of negativity with their actions.

26:22

Yeah, I think that’s the best way to put it.

So keep your shit together, think, be smart, act accordingly, and don’t react on emotion.

That’s what I’m saying.

Don’t be a Karen, don’t be a Ken.

26:38

Don’t try to create a problem where there isn’t a problem.

I don’t know what this joint is.

I wish I could tell you.

It seems to be a sativa, so it might have been liquid imagination.

But yeah, those are my thoughts off the stem for this week.

26:58

I hope you enjoyed the sesh.

I hope you come back next week with me.

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27:16

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27:37

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27:57

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Breaking the Fart Barrier in Relationships

0:11

Welcome to Fox Office Down.

I’m Justin Baroni, your friend, the neighborhood pothead.

And today, because I’m wearing all my Nugs gear, I figured what we do is we would try some Cuban link shatter in the student glass.

0:33

I really like that man.

It’s like my favorite thing.

It’s gotten rid of all my bongs.

So the Cuban links by Nugs is a sativa.

0:50

It is 78% THC.

It’s terpenoline, carophylline, humaline, and yeah, it’s a sativa.

1:05

It’s nice.

It tastes very lemony.

So if you like lemons, you might not like it, but the high is really sweet.

The high is pretty much like it’s a very clean high.

It’s intense, especially in the shatter and the flower I don’t find it quite as tense, but in the in the shatter I find it pretty intense.

1:22

So the question I had today was how long did it take you for your girlfriend to fart in front of you?

Because I’ve been trying to get my girlfriend to fart in front of me.

We’ve for like almost a year.

On June 15th, it’ll be our one year anniversary of knowing each other as she says.

So I’ve been trying lately just to get, I fart all the time.

1:42

Like not I don’t try to fart in front of her, but I definitely fart because like there’s been a couple times where at night, you know, you can’t control your shit.

And I’ve woken up to farting on her leg.

I did it the other day.

1:58

Generally it wakes me up and I’m like, oh shit, did I do that?

Did she notice that?

And then I’m sitting there in the bed like, I hope she didn’t know this.

She notices every time.

And then I think if I go to like a separate bathroom and I’m taking a shit in that bathroom, you can’t hear me fart.

But I could Apparently my farts like are trans ruminantal because yeah, that was like, doesn’t matter what I do, I can’t get away from it.

2:24

I fart.

It echoes.

It’s I’m a hard farted apparently.

But I I’m curious to know how long it took your girlfriend to fart in front of you or how long did it take you to fart in front of in front of your girlfriend?

Like was it immediate?

Because my favorite fart stories, at least for couples are like like when I was dating this one girl, the 1st girl I slept with, OK I was it was university.

2:49

I remember one night I snuck up on her and she was looking out her dorm room window.

But at this dorm, the windows were like 1/2 wall, so the whole room on the one side was basically a window.

And I remember one time I snuck up on her and scared the shit out of her.

She freaked out, I left and then I came back later on and then I started tickling her and she farted.

3:09

And like, those are my favorite farts.

My favorite farts are tickle farts, man, ’cause they come up, they’re, they’re like surprise farts.

You know, you don’t, neither of you really expect it.

And then boom, fart.

I don’t care if they stink.

Women have a different fart stink, you know, like dudes have a fart stink.

3:25

Our fart stinks anywhere from like very, it could be like very sharp or like just overall encompassing, like you could taste it, like you can eat it.

You know what I’m saying?

So it doesn’t surprise me that a lot of times as dudes, we do, we play the fart game.

3:43

Like guess what?

You guess what you have for lunch and you can, you can like smell it and then be like, oh, there’s some beans, there’s some rice.

There’s a little bit of, I don’t know what that is.

Would you eat shit like women have a different fart.

Women have more of like a compost, the earthy kind of fart.

Their poops always smell like that.

4:00

I don’t know, it’s fucking weird to me, but I’ve basically tried everything I can to get her to fart.

I’ve tickled her.

She’s pretty good at avoiding the tickle though.

So I’ve tried to tickle her.

Sometimes when we’re lying in bed, what I’ll do is I’ll like, I’ll take her legs and I’ll start pumping them.

4:18

You know, like a like an old time trainer, like an old time well, where you got to pump it like a lever.

I use her legs as a lever to push on her tummy so that she pops out a fart.

No farts, dude.

What else have I done?

I’ve tried to squeeze her like ketchup and then I’ve tried that.

4:37

I’ve tried it a lot.

I don’t know why, but like I’ve I just feel like you you.

I want to see I I need farts, man.

Farts are hilarious, especially to me.

I don’t know if dudes, other dudes feel like this, but like when a girl farts, I find it hilarious because their reaction isn’t like a dude.

4:56

Like a dude’s reaction to a fart is you fart and you’re like, yeah, get a load of my beef, you know what I’m saying?

Whereas a girl, if she farts, it’s always like A and then like a cover your butt and run away ’cause like you’re embarrassed.

There’s no, there’s no shame with dudes and farting, but with women there seems to be a little bit of shame.

5:16

Don’t be ashamed of your farts.

Let the farts out.

Farts are fun.

Farts are hilarious.

Be farty, It’s fine.

So I’m hoping that before the one year mark I can actually get her to fart in front of me.

I’m not even allowed.

5:31

So like I have a bathroom off my bedroom.

She has a bathroom off her bedroom.

When she goes to the bathroom, I have to like close my ears.

I have to close my ears and not hear anything.

Sometimes depending like if she’s if if it’s peas, then I have to go to a different room.

5:48

I have to, or I mean I have to just close my ears, but if I if it’s a poop situation I have to leave the floor.

I have to go downstairs to the living room because I’m not allowed to hear it.

Not that I want to hear her take a shit, but I really want to know what it sounds like when she farts.

6:06

Dude.

I don’t know what my obsession is with this fart situation, but I like, I really need to know fart.

I just like farts.

Farts are hilarious.

My kids and I, we play the fart game.

Like my, my daughters are the worst too.

And I don’t understand it.

6:21

Like my son, he’s got sneaky farts, you know, like they’re silent but deadly.

SPDS I have depends on what I ate and it depends on what time of day it is, but I have all kinds.

I’m always worried about a silent fart because I’m never, I’m never sure if the silent fart is a shit, you know what I’m saying?

6:40

So like, especially if it’s warm, if it’s a warm silent fart, are you not worried that you just shit yourself?

Because I am.

I have to go check all the time.

My youngest, she pushes out farts and like every single time I have to tell her to go to the bathroom and check her pants because I’m convinced that she shit herself.

7:05

You know, my oldest, she just has nasty farts, dude.

And she farts like she’ll hold her farts in all day long because she doesn’t want to fart at school, which I kind of get.

7:21

But as soon as she gets in the car, it’s fucking it’s it’s it’s fart central like nothing.

But she’s like, she’s like Captain fart.

She comes into the house or into the car and it’s I think the car’s starting.

No, it’s her farting.

7:38

My son is quiet and sneaky.

He won’t admit to it.

Like he’ll admit to it if you call him out on it, but he won’t be like fart, I farted.

You know where is like, I’ll announce my fart when I’m about to fart.

I go fart and then fart.

You know, my youngest, she farts and then looks around to see if anybody else laughs because she thinks it’s hilarious.

7:59

So then what she’ll do is she’ll if even in public, dude, if she goes to the mall, she told me a story about crop dusting a bunch of people and the dollar store one day.

Like what kid does that?

What girl does that?

I don’t know any girls that are are ready to just like let farts RIP.

8:17

Most of the time you have to catch them by surprise, you know?

Not my kids, man.

My kids think farting is the funniest thing.

She kept farting.

So when we went to Alberta a while back, she, my oldest daughter, farted on the plane on the way back and I thought it was the guy in front of me.

8:35

Dude, it’s dunk so bad.

We got off the plane and I was like, did you smell that fart?

She’s like, yeah, that was me.

That was her dude.

She stunk up the whole plane.

No plane etiquette these kids have.

My youngest doesn’t really care.

Like she’ll let her fart RIP anywhere she’s going.

8:51

She’ll walk and fart.

My mom, it’s like sometimes depending, like after dinner, if she’s walking around the house, it’s like the farts are propelling her around the house.

You know what I’m saying?

They’re just, it’s just every step she takes now she’s a little older, so like the farts just come out.

9:08

But yeah, my youngest will fart on anybody.

I’m I remember when we got off the plane, when we went to Alberta, she couldn’t, I couldn’t stop farting in the car for whatever reason.

So I was like stinking everybody out.

And then she always used to like fart when she walked by me.

9:26

So like when I was in the airport she would walk by and she would crop dust me all the time.

So on our way to my parents house in Alberta from the airport, we stopped at one point to let the dog out to go to the bathroom and she decided she wanted to get out and walk around as well.

9:44

So as she’s walking around, I’m talking to my dad, The dog’s walking in a circle doing her business.

My daughter comes out, she’s right behind me.

I go, hey, your shoes on tied.

She bends down to tie in her shoe, her tie tie up her shoe.

And I walk over and I hold her head down and I just let one RIP right on the back of her head.

10:02

I call that the assassination fart, the hitman fart because I got her right in the back of the head when she was doing something else.

It was as if she didn’t even know and then she stood up into the fart.

I hate it.

Don’t you hate it when like so this has happened a couple times where I’d be at a store and you’re walking around looking at something and somebody else farts and then you walk through the fart and then somebody else comes into the aisle like use and it looks like you did the fart to.

10:31

That’s the worst.

The worst is taking heat for someone else’s fart bro.

You’d ever want to take heat for someone else’s fart That’s not cool, but it’s also fun being the ninja farter.

10:52

So that like, you’re the guy that drops the fart and then leaves.

It’s like you’re leaving C4 in war, You know, you just, you leave it, you have a detonator, it goes off, you walk through, boom, done.

Like killed, killed a soldier.

You know what I’m saying?

Yeah.

11:08

I really want, I really want to get my girlfriend to fart.

I really hope she farts because, like, that’s the next level of a relationship, isn’t it?

Where, you know, you do all the fun things, You, you you get along.

You’ve kind of figured each other out a little bit.

You’re starting to understand each other more.

11:25

And then all of a sudden fart right out of nowhere.

That’s like there’s a bond to farting, dude.

When you fart in front of somebody else, you’re like linked for life.

11:42

You know what I’m saying, ’cause you can always go back to that moment of like, hey, remember that time I farted?

Tickle farts are the best though.

I don’t tickle fart.

I don’t get, I mean when I get tickled, I don’t fart most people mostly because you have to tickle my feet and like don’t tickle my feet dude.

12:05

I remember my mom used to wake me up because I I would sleep on my stomach with my feet hanging over the bed and my mom would wake me up because it was the easiest way like you could jump on me.

I wouldn’t wake up.

You could push me.

I wouldn’t wake up.

Alarms don’t wake me up.

She would go by and tickle my feet.

That wakes me up.

12:21

Problem is you tickle my feet.

My legs are just going wherever, you know.

So I remember a couple times when I was in high school, she woke me up and I almost kicked her in the head.

And I finally said to her, I was like, look, you got to watch out because like one day you’re going to actually get kicked in the fucking head.

12:37

And I don’t want to kick you in the head.

You’re my mom.

I love you.

You know, sure enough, I don’t remember when it was, but she tickled me and boom, kicked right in the head.

Now, luckily I’m already lying down, so like, you don’t have a lot of leverage.

It wasn’t like I’m doing a swooping Roundhouse kick or something like that.

12:53

It’s just a quick little pop right in the face.

But dude, yeah, she was pissed.

She called my dad.

She said get in here, Gary.

He’ll tell this boy.

He’s like, why?

What do you do?

She’s like, he hit me.

He’s like, you hit your mother.

I was like, well, I was sleeping.

She tickled my foot and she got kicked by my foot.

13:10

I was asleep my foot and you have a problem.

Like you do whatever you want to my foot.

Needless to say, nothing happened.

I remember this is a good one.

13:26

So excuse me.

When we were growing up, I had a dog.

We named this dog Barkley.

He was a Cocker spaniel.

And when we would watch movies, my mom would sit at the edge of the couch, like on the side of the couch where there’s an arm and she would sit almost like in the fetal position.

13:43

So her her arm and head, her head would rest on her arm, which would rest on the arm of the chair.

And then she would, you know, be laying sideways across the couch with her feet kind of with her knees kind of like crooked in a little like V Well, the dog would go into the spot between her legs and the couch.

14:02

And inevitably, anytime we’re watching a movie, she’d let a fart go right on this dog’s head.

The dog would look up you like God damn it and then walk to a different spot.

Well, one time I remember this very clearly.

14:18

My mom is lying on the couch OK.

And I don’t remember how the dog got near her face, but the dog got near her face and the dog just looks at her like he knew, like he had been planning it and he just now obviously we didn’t hear it, but like all of a sudden my mom looks up.

14:40

She’s like, I thought she was going to choke.

It was, it was bad man.

But I feel like that dog ate all day and didn’t shit.

Specifically holding on to that so that he could let it go right in her face to get her back for all the time she’d farted on him.

15:03

Yeah, I got to get my girlfriend to the point where she farts in front of me.

You have to know how someone farts, right?

Like, if you’re going to be with them for a long period of time, hopefully I you got to know how they fart.

You know how they laugh, you know how they cry, You know how they see the world.

15:21

You know their feelings on everything.

You know, you know their their views on like on everything.

And if you don’t know how they fart, I feel like that’s a red flag.

Like you got to know how someone farts if you’re going to spend all your time with them, Mostly because you got to know if every time they fart, you’re going to laugh or you’re going to run because like, you got to know what you’re getting into.

15:51

It’s worse getting farted on, too, like when you’re pressed up against somebody or like, or like, you know, right beside them because like, my daughter, my youngest daughter, what she’ll do is when we’re watching movies, she’ll sit beside me, snug right up.

And then when she has to, when she has to fart, she’ll lift her cheek and, like, press herself up against me so you can feel it on your leg, that warm air and that, like, push, dude.

16:17

That’s something else, man.

You know?

Yeah.

It’s.

Yeah.

No, thank you.

That’s the worst.

Getting farted on or somebody farts right in your face.

You ever had you ever been farted, like caught a fart in the mouth?

16:36

Dude, mouth farts.

Come on.

You got to taste that shit.

You’re not just, you’re not just you’re actually like chewing a chunk of fart, you know?

Yeah, farts could save relationships.

16:55

I think like let’s say you’re going through like if my if my ex-wife and I had had farted on each other more, I think that we wouldn’t have gone down well, I don’t know, maybe there’d be less likely a chance that we went down the divorce Rd. because like again, that’s the out hole, right?

17:15

So like, whatever comes out of there is not going to be pretty, you know?

So I feel like if you’re more invested in your partner’s farts and you’re comfortable and like, that’s a level of a level of comfort that like, I don’t know, it brings you to.

17:35

It’s a bond if you don’t know.

Again, if you don’t know, like imagine.

OK, what about in space?

That’s a good question.

No, what are farts like in space?

Like if you could dribble a drop of water and it’s just a ball floating in the space, like in the air, right?

17:52

If you fart, how long does that fart stay there?

Does it just float in a cloud or does it cause like, I’d imagine that if you’re farting right, then realistically, if you’re going to depict a fart, it’s not a cloud.

It’s like a stream, right?

18:09

So you’d see like kind of like a a cloudy stream floating around, floating around the floating around the room, you know, And how long does it stay there?

Like if you’re in space for six months, is is that going to be there for, I mean, I’m obviously you have, you know, a way to let out air, I would imagine, or a recycle of air.

18:29

But like, well, I guess not because this space just has no atmosphere, right?

Is there air?

There’s no air in space either.

It’s a vacuum of void.

So yeah, I don’t know.

How long does that fart last?

Is there AI?

Don’t know.

There’s so many questions now that would turn me off of being an astronaut alone.

18:49

If you had to live with the like, if I wanted to live like that, I live in the Bush.

You just smell all the shit all the time, you know?

Yeah.

You got to know what it’s like when your partner farts.

19:11

You have to know what you’re getting into.

You have to know if it’s going to be a sense robbery, a robbery of the census or or sorry, an assault on the census, or if it’s going to be get out of here quick situation.

19:28

Because sometimes you can fart and it’s a big, loud, funny fart, but there’s no real after effect, you know, not very often, but it does happen.

Or it’s quick.

Like the stink is quick, you know, I like a nice full fart.

It’s got to have some base to it.

19:47

The squeakers worry me, man.

The squeakers are the ones that make me go.

Did I just shit, you know, yeah.

I hope that in my relationship she accidentally farts in front of me.

20:18

Because I feel like at this point, if it’s on purpose, it takes a little something away from it because I’ve been trying to get it for so long.

I’m different, dude.

20:34

I don’t just try to get in your pants, I try to find out what.

Your farts smell like that’s all part of me dude.

I don’t think she knew she signed up for that one.

You all know what your partner fought like, OK, I like big, loud farts.

20:51

My youngest.

She laughs at the like, if, if she OK, she’s a Ripper.

That’s what I call it.

I call them rippers.

She rips farts like it’s not just a it’s like a, you know what I’m saying?

It’s it’s massive.

21:06

So like, and then she looks to see if you heard it and laugh like everybody heard it.

Dude, you got to fart in front of your girlfriend and you got to get your girlfriend has to fart in front in front of you.

That’s why I feel like the easiest way to do it is like I told you, I squeezed her like ketchup.

21:26

Nothing She can hold on to a fart man.

But see, I’m the type of person where if you are a tougher individual to crack, it becomes my goal to try and get you to either smile or involve yourself in the silly, you know what I’m saying?

21:49

Like this isn’t a fart story, but I once worked for this one guy who was very like, Yep, Nope, OK, now go do this, Now go do that.

Like he was, I don’t know how to describe it, but he was very like dry, I guess you could say.

22:08

And my goal was to get him to laugh because like, I never saw him laugh.

I barely even saw him smile.

Sorry.

That was my goal, to get him to smile.

I never saw him laugh and I never saw him smile.

He was never smiling.

He was always, this is how we do things, you know.

22:25

And then one night we were leaving work and we got we have to go.

I worked at the dump.

So you had you were in a gated area.

So we got to the gate in our cars and we met there at the same time and we got out of the car and we both get to the gate at the same time.

22:41

And then he reaches for the lock.

So I reach for the lock and I’m like, I’ll get it.

And he goes, no, no, I get it.

And he grabs the lock.

And then I grabbed his hand and I go, now we’re boyfriends.

He cracked a smile and he goes, he goes, get the fuck in your car.

23:01

And so all Clint Eastwood asking is like his in a Latin, like a crooked smile.

And then I get in the car and I’m like, I got him.

And then I told the story the next day and found out that he had actually called my boss to tell him what I did.

And they both laughed at me.

But that’s what I try to do.

23:18

So like, I need to know, dude.

I need to know if you’re trying to, if you’re trying to keep your farts from me, I need to know what that fart is going to be like.

I need to get the fart, man.

For the sake of the relationship.

There needs to be an expulsion of gas from from her rear end.

23:41

So let me know.

Let me know what you think you know.

Tell me if I’m off base or like, tell me if I’m I totally see a drop of water on my glasses.

Sorry, I got sidetracked.

Let me know if you think that.

24:00

Let me know when you think it’s appropriate to fart in front of your significant other.

How long does it take?

Is it like, is it, should it only be 8 weeks?

You know?

Yeah, you got to get the farts.

24:17

Anyway, those are my thoughts off the stamp for this week.

I hope you enjoyed the sesh.

I hope you come back next week.

Don’t forget to visit tots420.com.

You can check out the whole catalog of sicious zoos.

You can also check out some blogs on CBD and any other and other cannabis concepts and products and ideas.

24:37

Yeah, I guess that’s really all I had to say today.

I just wanted to discuss farts, but I hope you enjoyed the sesh.

I hope that the I hope that life is good to you.

You know, until next time, keep your lids low baby.

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Unlocking the Wellness Potential: Exploring the Benefits of CBD

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In recent years, the wellness world has been abuzz with excitement over a natural compound called CBD, or cannabidiol. Derived from the cannabis plant, CBD has been touted for its potential to promote health and well-being in a variety of ways. Let’s delve into why CBD is gaining popularity and explore some ways of unlocking its potential benefits.

What is CBD?

CBD, short for cannabidiol, is one of over 100 cannabinoids found in the cannabis plant. Unlike its counterpart THC, CBD is non-psychoactive, meaning it doesn’t induce a “high” sensation. Instead, CBD interacts with the body’s endocannabinoid system, a complex network of receptors that helps regulate various physiological functions, including mood, sleep, appetite, and pain sensation. Lets see what potential benefits we can start unlocking from cbd.

Benefits of CBD:

1. unlocking the benefits of cbd FOR Pain Management:

One of the most well-known uses of CBD is for pain relief. Research suggests that CBD may help alleviate chronic pain by reducing inflammation and interacting with neurotransmitters involved in pain signaling. Whether it’s arthritis, migraines, or neuropathic pain, many individuals report finding relief through CBD products.

2. unlocking the benefits of cbd TO REDUCE Anxiety and Stress Reduction:

In our fast-paced world, anxiety and stress have become increasingly prevalent. CBD shows promise as a natural remedy for anxiety disorders, including generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), social anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). By modulating serotonin receptors in the brain, CBD may help promote feelings of calmness and relaxation.

3. unlocking the potential of CBD to Improve Sleep:

Quality sleep is essential for overall health and well-being, yet many struggle with insomnia and sleep disturbances. CBD may offer a solution, as studies suggest it could help regulate sleep patterns and promote deeper, more restful sleep. By reducing anxiety and promoting relaxation, CBD may help individuals achieve a better night’s rest.

4. unlocking The benefits of cbd as A Neuroprotection:

CBD has garnered interest for its potential neuroprotective properties, particularly in the treatment of neurological disorders such as epilepsy and multiple sclerosis (MS). Some studies suggest that CBD may help reduce seizure frequency in individuals with epilepsy and alleviate symptoms associated with MS, such as muscle spasms and pain.

5. cbd Anti-inflammatory Effects:

Chronic inflammation is linked to a host of health problems, including cardiovascular disease, autoimmune disorders, and chronic pain conditions. CBD’s anti-inflammatory properties make it a promising candidate for managing inflammation and associated symptoms. Whether applied topically or ingested orally, CBD may help reduce inflammation and promote healing.

6. Potential Cancer Treatment Support:

While more research is needed, preliminary studies suggest that CBD may have anti-cancer properties. CBD has been shown to inhibit the growth of cancer cells and induce apoptosis (cell death) in certain types of cancer. Additionally, CBD may help alleviate cancer-related symptoms such as pain, nausea, and loss of appetite in cancer patients undergoing treatment.

Conclusion:

CBD holds tremendous promise as a natural remedy for a wide range of health concerns. From pain management and anxiety relief to improved sleep and neuroprotection, the potential benefits of CBD are vast. However, it’s essential to note that CBD is not a one-size-fits-all solution, and individual responses may vary. As with any supplement or wellness product, it’s crucial to consult with a healthcare professional before incorporating CBD into your routine, especially if you have underlying medical conditions or are taking medications.

As research into CBD continues to evolve, we’re only beginning to scratch the surface of its therapeutic potential. Whether you’re seeking relief from chronic pain, looking to reduce stress and anxiety, or simply striving to enhance your overall well-being, CBD offers a natural and holistic approach to wellness that’s worth exploring.

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Unveiling the Potential of Cannabigerol (CBG): The Rising Star in the World of Cannabinoids

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In recent years, the spotlight on cannabinoids has intensified. Illuminating CBG and a vast array of potential benefits and applications beyond their recreational use. While THC and CBD have long been the center of attention. A lesser-known cannabinoid is emerging as a promising player in the field: Cannabigerol, or CBG. Often referred to as the “mother cannabinoid,” CBG is garnering attention for its unique properties and potential therapeutic effects. Let’s delve into the world of CBG and explore its burgeoning significance.

Understanding CBG the mother cannabinoid:

One of over a hundred cannabinoids found in the cannabis plant is CBG. Considered a precursor to other cannabinoids such as THC and CBD. It’s the first cannabinoid produced by the plant’s genetics. As the cannabis plant matures, CBG converts into other cannabinoids through natural processes. CBG is typically found in low concentrations due to this. Making it relatively rare and more challenging to extract compared to THC and CBD.

The Therapeutic Potential of CBG:

While research on CBG is still in its infancy. Preliminary studies and anecdotal evidence suggest that this cannabinoid may offer a range of potential therapeutic benefits. Areas of exploration include:

  1. Neuroprotective Effects: CBG has shown promise in protecting neurons in the brain, which could have implications for neurodegenerative conditions. Such as Parkinson’s and Huntington’s disease.
  2. Anti-Inflammatory Properties: Like other cannabinoids, CBG exhibits anti-inflammatory properties. Which could make it a valuable tool in managing conditions characterized by inflammation. Such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and arthritis.
  3. Antibacterial Activity: CBG has demonstrated antibacterial properties against common pathogens. Suggesting potential applications in fighting bacterial infections, including those resistant to traditional antibiotics.
  4. Pain Relief: Early research suggests that CBG may help alleviate pain by interacting with the body’s endocannabinoid system. Which regulates various physiological processes, including pain sensation.
  5. Potential Cancer-Fighting Properties: Some studies indicate that CBG may inhibit the growth of cancer cells. Particularly in forms of cancer such as colon cancer, making it a subject of interest in oncology research.

Overcoming Challenges:

Despite its promising potential, CBG faces several challenges that hinder its widespread adoption and research progress. These challenges include:

  1. Limited Availability of the Cannabinoid: Due to its low concentrations in mature cannabis plants. Obtaining significant quantities of CBG for research or commercial purposes can be challenging and costly.
  2. Regulatory Hurdles: The legal status of cannabinoids varies from one jurisdiction to another. Thus creating regulatory obstacles that impede research and development efforts.
  3. Lack of Research on CBG: While interest in CBG is growing. There’s still a significant gap in our understanding of its mechanisms of action, potential side effects, and long-term safety profile.

The Future of CBG:

Despite these challenges, the future looks promising for CBG. As research continues to expand and technologies for cannabinoid extraction and synthesis advance, we can expect to unlock more of CBG’s therapeutic potential. Moreover, as public perception of cannabis evolves and regulatory frameworks adapt, the landscape for cannabinoid-based therapies, including CBG, is likely to become more conducive to innovation and exploration.

In conclusion, Cannabigerol (CBG) represents a fascinating frontier in the realm of cannabinoids. Offering a wealth of potential therapeutic benefits yet to be fully realized. The growing body of research and anecdotal evidence underscores the importance of exploring CBG’s properties further. As we navigate this exciting journey of discovery. CBG stands poised to make significant contributions to the fields of medicine, health, and wellness.

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Cannabis and Community Cultivating Connection: How Cannabis Strengthens Community Bonds

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Cannabis has long been celebrated for its ability to foster a sense of community and camaraderie among enthusiasts. From ancient rituals to modern social gatherings. The shared experience of cannabis consumption has played a central role in bringing people together and strengthening bonds. In this blog post, we’ll explore how cannabis positively impacts community dynamics and fosters connections among individuals.

1. Breaking Down Barriers

One of the most remarkable aspects of cannabis is its ability to dissolve social barriers and facilitate open communication. From passing a joint among friends or sharing a bowl at a community event. The act of smoking together creates an atmosphere of inclusivity and acceptance. Cannabis has a way of bringing people from all walks of life together, transcending differences in age, background, and culture. In a world that often feels divided, cannabis serves as a unifying force that reminds us of our shared humanity.

2. Fostering Creativity and Collaboration

Cannabis has long been associated with creativity and innovation, and its effects on community dynamics are no exception. People coming together to smoke and share ideas, often find themselves inspired to collaborate on creative projects or pursue shared interests. Whether it’s brainstorming ideas for a new business venture or jamming with fellow musicians. Cannabis has a way of fueling creativity and fostering collaboration. In this way, cannabis serves as a catalyst for collective growth and self-expression within communities.

3. Cultivating Compassion and Empathy

The experience of sharing cannabis with others often leads to deeper connections and a heightened sense of empathy. As individuals come together to smoke and share stories. They inevitably develop a greater understanding and appreciation for one another’s perspectives. Cannabis has a way of fostering compassion and empathy. It encourages individuals to listen with an open heart and offer support to those in need. In this way, cannabis helps build stronger, more resilient communities where individuals feel valued and supported.

4. Creating Spaces for Connection

Cannabis consumption has inspired the creation of unique social spaces where individuals can come together to connect, relax, and unwind. From cannabis-friendly cafes and lounges to outdoor festivals and events. These spaces provide a welcoming environment for enthusiasts to gather and share their love of the plant. By providing opportunities for meaningful interaction and engagement. Cannabis-friendly spaces play a vital role in strengthening community bonds and fostering a sense of belonging.

5. Sparking Conversations and Building Bridges

Cannabis has a way of sparking meaningful conversations and breaking down barriers to communication. Whether it’s discussing the latest strain or sharing personal experiences. The act of smoking together often leads to deep and meaningful exchanges. These conversations have the power to build bridges between individuals, fostering understanding and connection in the process. By creating opportunities for dialogue and reflection, cannabis helps bridge divides and promote unity within communities.

Cannabis and Community

In summary, cannabis has a profound impact on community dynamics. Fostering connections, and strengthening bonds among individuals. It breaks down social barriers, promotes creativity and collaboration and cultivates compassion and empathy. Cannabis serves as a powerful force for positive change within communities. As we continue to explore the potential of this remarkable plant. Let us embrace its ability to bring people together and celebrate the rich tapestry of human connection it inspires.

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Rolling Through Red Tape: Exploring the Irony of Canadian Cannabis Regulations

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Canadian Cannabis Regulations

Ah, Canada – land of maple syrup, hockey, and now, legal weed. Since the legalization of recreational cannabis in 2018, the Great White North has become a beacon of hope for stoners everywhere. But behind the haze of smoke and celebration lies a tale of irony, because the cannabis regulations in Canada seem to be more tangled than a bowl of spaghetti.

Let’s start with the basics. In Canada, cannabis is legal for both medical and recreational use. Sounds simple, right? Wrong. The regulations governing the production, distribution, and consumption of cannabis would make even the most seasoned bureaucrat’s head spin.

First off, let’s talk about the licensing process for cannabis producers. In order to legally grow and sell cannabis in Canada, companies must jump through more hoops than a circus poodle. From rigorous background checks to strict security measures, obtaining a cannabis license is no small feat. And don’t even get me started on the mountain of paperwork involved. It’s enough to make even the most dedicated entrepreneur question their life choices.

But wait, it gets better. Once a company has managed to navigate the treacherous waters of licensing, they’re faced with another challenge: marketing regulations. In an effort to curb underage consumption and promote responsible use, Health Canada has imposed strict rules on how cannabis products can be advertised. Forget about flashy commercials or catchy jingles – cannabis advertising in Canada is about as exciting as watching paint dry. And don’t even think about using celebrity endorsements to boost sales. Unless your spokesperson is a talking beaver, you’re out of luck.

Then there’s the issue of product packaging. In an attempt to make cannabis products less appealing to children, Health Canada has mandated that all packaging be plain, standardized, and devoid of any flashy graphics or colours. Because nothing says “fun” like a plain white box with the word “CANNABIS” stamped on it in bold letters.

But perhaps the greatest irony of all lies in the price of legal cannabis. Despite the government’s best efforts to stamp out the black market, legal weed in Canada remains prohibitively expensive for many consumers. Between hefty taxes and production costs, buying legal cannabis is enough to make even the most die-hard supporter of legalization question whether it was all worth it.

So, what’s the solution to this regulatory quagmire? Well, that’s a question for the ages. In the meantime, Canadian cannabis enthusiasts will continue to roll with the punches, navigating the murky waters of regulation with a joint in one hand and a copy of the Cannabis Act in the other. After all, where there’s a will, there’s a way – even if that way involves jumping through more hoops than a circus poodle.

Canadian cannabis regulations are the equivalent of an over bearing “helicopter” parent. The government needs to back off, give us space, let us run and most importantly let us live damn it!

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Cannabis History: A Journey Through Key Milestones That Shaped a Culture

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Cannabis History is rich and diverse. Spanning thousands of years and reaching every corner of the globe. The story is fascinating and complex. From ancient rituals to modern legalization movements, the story of cannabis is as fascinating as it is complex. Let’s embark on a journey through time and explore some of the key moments that have shaped the history of cannabis.

1. Cannabis History: Ancient Origins

The use of cannabis dates back thousands of years, with evidence suggesting that it was first cultivated in Asia around 10,000 BCE. Ancient civilizations in China, India, and the Middle East embraced cannabis for its medicinal, spiritual, and industrial purposes. In China, the Emperor Shen Nung is said to have prescribed cannabis for various ailments as early as 2737 BCE.

2. Cannabis History: Medicinal and Spiritual Use

Throughout history, cannabis has been revered for its therapeutic properties. In ancient India, it was celebrated as a sacred plant and featured prominently in religious rituals and Ayurvedic medicine. Similarly, ancient civilizations in Egypt, Greece, and Rome used cannabis to treat a variety of ailments, ranging from pain and inflammation to epilepsy and childbirth complications.

3. Cannabis History: Hemp’s Industrial Revolution

In the 17th and 18th centuries, cannabis played a crucial role in the development of global trade and industry. Hemp, a variety of cannabis with low THC content, was prized for its strong fibers and versatile applications. It was used to make textiles, ropes, paper, and even sails for ships. Hemp cultivation flourished in colonial America, with farmers legally required to grow it in some regions.

4. Cannabis History: Reefer Madness and Prohibition

The early 20th century saw a shift in attitudes towards cannabis, fueled by political and racial tensions. In the United States, the propaganda film “Reefer Madness” depicted cannabis as a dangerous drug that led to insanity and moral decay. This fear-mongering campaign culminated in the passage of the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, effectively criminalizing cannabis at the federal level.

5. Counterculture and Activism

The 1960s and 70s marked a period of cultural revolution and social change, with cannabis playing a central role in the counterculture movement. Cannabis became synonymous with peace, love, and rebellion, as millions of young people embraced its use as a form of protest against the establishment. Activists like Timothy Leary and Jack Herer championed the benefits of cannabis and advocated for its legalization.

6. The War on Drugs

Despite growing public support for cannabis reform, the late 20th century saw the escalation of the “War on Drugs,” with cannabis remaining a primary target of prohibitionist policies. Harsh penalties for cannabis possession and distribution disproportionately affected communities of color, leading to widespread incarceration and social injustice.

7. The Rise of Medical Cannabis

In the face of ongoing prohibition, the medical cannabis movement gained momentum in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Patients and advocates fought tirelessly for access to cannabis as a legitimate form of medicine, citing its effectiveness in treating conditions such as chronic pain, nausea, and epilepsy. This grassroots activism paved the way for the legalization of medical cannabis in many states and countries.

8. Legalization and Regulation

In recent years, attitudes towards cannabis have undergone a dramatic shift, leading to widespread legalization and regulation. Uruguay became the first country to legalize cannabis for recreational use in 2013, followed by several US states and Canada. These landmark decisions have sparked a global conversation about cannabis policy, public health, and social equity.

9. The Future of Cannabis

As we look to the future, the story of cannabis continues to unfold. With new discoveries, innovations, and challenges on the horizon. From advancements in cultivation and extraction techniques to emerging research on the therapeutic potential of cannabinoids. The cannabis industry is evolving at a rapid pace. However, questions remain about how best to regulate and integrate cannabis into society while addressing concerns about safety, equity, and access.

In conclusion, the history of cannabis is a testament to its enduring significance. As a plant with profound cultural, medical, and economic implications. From ancient rituals to modern legalization movements. Cannabis has left an indelible mark on human history and continues to shape the world we live in today. As we navigate the complexities of cannabis policy and regulation, it’s essential to honor the diverse traditions and experiences that have shaped our understanding of this remarkable plant.

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4/20: A Hilarious High in History

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Welcome, dear readers, to a journey through the whimsical world of 4/20, where laughter is the best medicine, and sometimes, so is cannabis. Buckle up your giggles and prepare for a ride through the haze of history, the cloud of culture, and the munchie madness that is April 20th.

The Origins: A Quest for the Green Holy Grail

Picture this: a group of high schoolers in the early ’70s, roaming the halls of San Rafael High School with the determination of treasure hunters. But instead of searching for gold doubloons, they were on the hunt for something far more elusive – a stash of abandoned cannabis. Thus, the legendary Waldos were born, meeting at the sacred hour of 4:20 to embark on their quest. And thus, a holiday was unwittingly born, a day where potheads and pranksters alike would unite in celebration.

The Rise of 4/20: From Basement Bongs to Global Giggles

As the years rolled on, so did the legend of 4/20, spreading like wildfire through the smoke-filled rooms of dormitories and basements across the land. Soon, it wasn’t just about finding that mythical stash; it was about coming together, sharing a toke, and reveling in the joy of community – or, let’s be real, just giggling uncontrollably at the word “fritos.”

Popular Culture: Where Snoop Dogg Meets Martha Stewart

Fast forward to today, and 4/20 has transcended its origins, becoming a cultural touchstone that spans generations and genres. From Cheech and Chong’s classic comedy to Seth Rogen’s stoner sagas, cannabis culture has infiltrated every corner of entertainment. And let’s not forget the unlikely duo of Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart, who have turned baking brownies into a high-class affair. Who knew that a joint venture between a rapper and a homemaking maven could be so… uplifting?

Celebrating 4/20: A Day of High Spirits and Higher Snacks

Now, dear readers, let us turn our attention to the festivities themselves. On April 20th, the world transforms into a kaleidoscope of colors, flavors, and aromas. From cannabis-themed concerts to munchie-filled food festivals, there’s something for everyone on this hazy holiday. And let’s not forget the countless memes, gifs, and puns that flood the internet, providing endless entertainment for those who prefer to celebrate from the comfort of their couch.

The Future of 4/20: Blazing Trails and Breaking Stereotypes

As we look ahead to the future, one thing is clear: 4/20 isn’t just about getting high; it’s about breaking down barriers and sparking conversations. With cannabis legalization sweeping the globe, the stigma surrounding the plant is slowly but surely fading away. So, whether you’re a seasoned stoner or a curious newbie, let’s come together on April 20th to celebrate the joy of laughter, friendship, and, of course, a good old-fashioned smoke sesh.

And with that, dear readers, I bid you adieu. May your bowls be packed, your snacks be plentiful, and your laughter be contagious. Happy 4/20, everyone!

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