I Thought I Was Done With Dumb — Now It’s Back — Thoughts Off The StemI thought I was done with dumb. I swore I was done with dumb. Then dumb reinvaded my life — full force.This week Justin is back on Station 1, where the line runs on 43-second hash marks and an ordering system like McDonald’s, with bumper guards like five-pin bowling between Station 1 and Station 2. Station 2 is supposed to take his unit and put it on the next hash mark. Instead, Station 2 takes two units for every one he makes — and his supervisor tells him HE’S behind.Also in this one: the week of hand pain when dumb left him alone, the line leader who blamed him for broken clips nobody else could have touched, the Homer Simpson in the bush exit, the company survey asking “do you have a work best friend?” (answer: no), the Friday-midnight “no talking” rule, and why the whole place feels like kindergarten — the grade fives bowling people over and taking their snacks.Ever been blamed for someone else’s bottleneck? That’s what he actually wants to know.This week’s sponsor: HabitsBeGone.com — Choose to Lose. This is not a diet, it’s designed to change your relationship with food, combining weight management, hypnosis, and your determination to change. Try it free for 14 days, no credit card needed: HabitsBeGone.com — “Today’s Choices Create Your Tomorrow.”Listen at tots420.comNew episodes Fridays at 4:20pm
They Talk to Me Like I’m Five — Thoughts Off The Stem
I thought I was a pretty smart person. Then lately, everybody at work started talking to me like I’m five years old.
This week Justin asks the question out loud: am I one of the idiots I’ve been complaining about? From the ordering system where “the cart is a trigger,” to the Blue’s Clues rule of saying everything three times, to being lectured on a job he describes as “Lego for adults — simpler than putting your pants on in the morning.”
Also in this one: the resting angry face vs. the mouth-breather blank stare, velcro shoes (he does not wear them — his shoes are slip-ons he tied a long time ago), overthinking vs. underthinking on tired days, the fake argument you replay in your head for two hours after a shift, and why weed at night makes him second-guess himself and sober him the next morning says “fuck that, I didn’t do anything wrong.”
Do you ever feel like this? Does anybody else get talked to like this and start wondering if it’s you? That’s what he actually wants to know.
This week’s sponsor: HabitsBeGone.com — Choose to Lose. This is not a diet, it’s designed to change your relationship with food, combining weight management, hypnosis, and your determination to change. Try it free for 14 days, no credit card needed: HabitsBeGone.com — “Today’s Choices Create Your Tomorrow.”
What do men actually think women want?Justin goes down another Thoughts Off The Stem rabbit hole about the differences between men and women — how we process problems, why women ask a million questions, why men want to fix the problem and move on, and how two people can experience the exact same situation completely differently.From meeting his girlfriend’s kids and trying not to be too much, to Swedish Fish, Arnold Schwarzenegger impressions, compartmentalizing uncomfortable feelings and the male instinct to just keep moving forward, this turns into a very unqualified investigation into the way men think.Are men actually better at moving on, or are we just really good at putting shit in a drawer and pretending it doesn’t exist?It’s another unfiltered, stream-of-consciousness conversation about relationships, parenting, personality, and the ridiculous ways we navigate everyday life.Join the sesh.
What if God was a pothead?Justin goes down another Thoughts Off The Stem rabbit hole and imagines what a heavenly sesh would actually look like. Every Friday at 4:20, God, Buddha and Ganesh get together to smoke, hang out and play Risk with the entire universe.God thinks he can’t lose because he created everything. Ganesh is the strategic mastermind trying to outplay him. Buddha just wants everyone to get along — until a satchel full of ridiculously strong gummies changes the entire game.From an old-school arcade coffee table containing the universe to planetary warfare, suspicious edibles, Harold the mouse and Buddha finally losing his peace, this is what Justin imagines would happen if God, Buddha and Ganesh had a weekly sesh.It’s completely absurd, completely hypothetical and completely Thoughts Off The Stem.Join the sesh.Check out Holy Roller Apparel here: https://holyrollerapparel.caGet more TOTS at https://tots420.comWe made it to round 3. Thank you for all your votes. Keep the votes coming here: https://tophost.org/2026/justin-barone
Why does it feel like everything is fake now?We put on different masks for work, friends, family and social media. Instagram turned everyday life into a highlight reel, influencers started pretending they’re living lifestyles they can’t afford, and now AI is making it harder to tell what’s actually real.Justin goes down another Thoughts Off The Stem rabbit hole about fake lifestyles, rented Lamborghinis, AI slop, fake podcast clips, social media, misinformation and the weird stuff we’re willing to believe online.But underneath all of that is a simpler question: where’s the honesty?Justin talks about a lesson his dad taught him as a kid after he broke a window and tried to lie about it, why failure is part of actually succeeding, and why he tries to keep Thoughts Off The Stem as one place where you get an honest thought instead of another polished version of reality.Maybe we don’t need everything to look perfect. Maybe we just need people to be honest about what is actually going on.Join the sesh.
This is Thoughts Off The Stem — cannabis comedy and conversation, packed with unfiltered observations, personal stories and whatever the hell Justin happens to be thinking about.New episodes every Friday at 4:20 PM.Follow, subscribe and join the sesh.Vote for me on Top HostVisit Tots420.com
Everyone wants your time. Your job, your kids, your partner, your family, your friends, your phone… everybody needs something from you. And when you finally get a couple hours to yourself, somehow you feel guilty for not using them productively.Justin Barone gets into the frustrating reality of trying to find time for yourself when you’re working, raising kids, taking care of a house, answering messages and dealing with everything else life throws at you.Because apparently the solution is always “just make time.”Cool. Where the F am I supposed to get it?From waking up at 4:30 in the morning to a disastrous boxing class, disappearing into his bedroom for some peace and getting bombarded with texts the second he finally sits down, Justin takes a very TOTS look at time, responsibility, guilt, productivity and why sometimes doing absolutely nothing is exactly what you needed.Those are this week’s Thoughts Off The Stem.Join the sesh.
People can’t communicate anymore. At work, nobody wants to point fingers, so everyone talks in circles. Nobody wants to hurt anyone’s feelings, so somehow everyone ends up more confused. And now we’ve got phones, texts, notifications, FaceTime and a million ways to reach each other — yet we’re somehow worse at actually talking to one another.After a long, exhausting week, Justin decides he needs a proper smoke day. No bullshit. Get high, clean the house, rearrange the living room and let the world roll off his back.This week on Thoughts Off The Stem, it’s a stoned stream-of-consciousness about fucked-up communication, phones, work, getting older, finding a little peace and why sometimes you just need to get high and rearrange your living room.Join the sesh.
This is Thoughts Off The Stem — cannabis comedy and conversation, packed with unfiltered observations, personal stories and whatever the hell Justin happens to be thinking about.
What happens when you become so famous and powerful that nobody around you is willing to tell you no?
Justin Barone goes down a rabbit hole about celebrity culture, fame, money, power, yes-men and what happens when people become insulated from criticism.
Starting with Michael Jackson and The Verdict, the conversation gets into celebrity scandals, extreme wealth, questionable decisions, conspiracy theories and the strange reality of being surrounded by people who might never tell you you’re wrong.
Maybe that’s the problem with fame.
Maybe when nobody can tell you no, eventually you stop knowing when you should hear it.
Thoughts Off The Stem is cannabis comedy packed with hilarious observations, personal stories and unfiltered takes on everyday life.
What happens when you actually let yourself get bored?You start thinking. You get creative. Your brain wanders.And sometimes that wandering takes you somewhere completely ridiculous.Justin Barone goes down the rabbit hole on boredom, attention spans, doom scrolling, technology, AI and conspiracy theories—and why maybe we need a little more silence and stillness in our lives.Thoughts Off The Stem is cannabis comedy packed with hilarious observations, personal stories, and unfiltered takes on everyday life.New episodes every Friday at 4:20 PM. Join the sesh.Visit Tots420.comVote for me on Top Host:https://tophost.org/2026/justin-barone
As kids, adulthood sounded amazing. Freedom. Your own money. Nobody telling you what to do. You’d finally get to make the rules.Then you actually become an adult and realize it’s basically Groundhog Day with bills.This week on Thoughts Off The Stem, I’m talking about the scam that is adulting—from doing the same stuff at work every day to coming home and repeating the same instructions to your kids until you sound exactly like your parents.Clean your room. Do your homework. Take out the garbage. Wash your ass.Eventually you realize the people you thought were miserable, strict adults when you were a kid weren’t necessarily miserable at all.They were completely exhausted.Somewhere between responsibilities, work, parenting and trying to keep an entire household functioning, you also have the horrifying realization that your parents’ words are now coming out of your mouth.Maybe growing up isn’t becoming the adult you always wanted to be.Maybe it’s finally understanding why your parents were so tired.Adulting Is a Scam.New episodes of Thoughts Off The Stem every Friday at 4:20 PM.Follow, subscribe and join the sesh.
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