Thoughts Off The Stem Seshisode Transcript

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Welcome to Thoughts Off The Stem.

I’m holding back a cough when I’m Justin Barone, your friendly neighborhood pot head.

There it is.

There’s some more dude.

I haven’t hit the bong in a while.

I’ve generally been just been smoking joints or hitting the stunden glass.

0:30

I guess the stunden glass is kind of like a bong, but it’s a little easier because it’s concentrate.

So I find it a little smoother, a little more flavor as opposed to just like drier burnt weed flavor.

But yeah, today we’re smoking blue.

It’s actually pronounced blue, but it’s spelled BLEUH.

0:52

We’re smoking French cookies.

It’s their sativa.

It is 28.42% with 4.11% terps.

Does it tell me what the terps are?

No Anyway, as you can tell I’m wearing all blue smoked out of a blue bong hit with a blue a blue lighter.

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1:17

I love weed dude.

I love having fun.

I love weed and having fun.

I love having weed and having fun.

That’s like my whole goal with this sesh or this podcast.

The whole point is to make it a sesh, Make it reflective of what it’s like to sesh so that if you don’t have anybody to sesh with, you could sesh with me always.

1:41

There’s a hundred and well, 80 something episodes of this seshisodes.

That’s right, they’re seshes.

That’s why the topics are so like broad and they vary so much because it’s, I wanted to, I want to sort of like bring the concept of a sesh to a podcast.

2:00

But like a proper sesh, you talk about anything.

There’s no like real one situation for you.

You know what I mean?

There’s no one topic of discussion.

You generally like bounce around to a bunch of different things.

For me and my group, when we used to smoke in circles, we haven’t done that in a while.

2:20

You would start with talking about what you were smoking and then you would talk about, you know, whatever was sort of like going on that day.

And then you would end up talking about whatever’s going on in like the news.

And then you would shoot the shit and just try to, you know, make each other laugh.

2:37

And it would go on different variations of that, but there was no one conversation.

So when I started thinking of like, OK, I want to do this podcast called Thoughts Off the Stem.

The whole point is, is that you’re session, you’re just having a good time.

You’re just here smoking, you know, smoking some weed, getting some new ideas for weed.

2:56

And then I thought what else I would like to do is also because I worked in the cannabis industry is educate people or help to educate people that don’t really understand weed, right?

I started as a smoker and then I worked at a dispensary as a bud tender, then a supervisor and then an assistant store manager.

3:16

So I’ve got a pretty good base of knowledge and experience.

And I thought, you know, because now that weed’s been what weed is, legal, they maybe people need somebody that can help them out, you know, point them in the right direction without having to like, go to the store.

3:34

I want to prepare you for understanding what you’re getting into before you go to the store so that you’re not getting the wrong information.

So, yeah, so that’s basically the whole point of the podcast.

And I love weed.

So like, why not sit down and sex?

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3:50

Like I, you know, I don’t always have somebody to sesh with.

And sometimes it’s boring just sitting there smoking away and doing nothing, you know?

And I thought, hey, I could provide at least a little bit of like a discussion or something, something like that, you know?

4:08

So that was my idea for the podcast.

That’s the reason that the podcast was born.

It was born out of a bong hit, a bong hit and a sense of humor.

But I talk about all kinds of stuff.

I had my I had it evaluated by an SEO website and apparently it’s a mix of wheat cannabis.

4:31

It’s a mix of cannabis culture, personal growth and comedy.

That’s what they told me.

I know some people watch this and they’re like, what’s funny, you know, But if you’re a pothead, you’ll get it.

4:49

You’ll want to be part of it.

Oh, I also have in my mouth a dip.

Where did I put them?

I don’t know.

But yeah, So I, I’ve got a dip.

It’s, it’s a, it’s a THC infused dip.

There’s no tobacco.

5:08

It’s only 10.

It’s 10% per like pouch.

I don’t know if you want to put too many pouches in your mouth at once, but I’ve been, I’ve had this one in for like what time is it?

I don’t know, 20 minutes now and it’s adding to the high of the blue.

5:28

The blue is, this is good.

Actually, I’ve had it for a little while.

I haven’t really tried it ’cause I wanted to try it on the podcast and it’s good.

It’s got a body buzz like a little a nice amount of body high with like a touch of head high, a little bit of zone out.

5:51

Yeah, it’s a pretty solid daytime sativa because like my brain is active, but my body is relaxed.

Mm hmm.

It’s a nice touch.

I don’t know how long you’re supposed to leave these dips in for, though.

6:10

I guess until the flavors gone.

It’s still minty, so it should be still good, right?

I think they’re nice though.

These ones are nice to TV too.

They’re a little bit of an uplift.

You know, one of the things that I like talking about on the podcast too is stuff that happened when I worked at the store.

6:33

Because dude, at a pot shop, there’s so many characters, so many funny people come in.

Like I remember so many, such a wide variety.

When COVID, when COVID was still happening, a guy showed up in a Boba Fett helmet, a Wookie, like a jacket that resembled A Wookie, all furry and had the little sash, you know, And he just sat there talking to us as if like that was life, dude, you got a picture this, you have to picture this a guy.

7:10

You can’t, you don’t know who it is, right?

But he’s got a Boba Fett helmet on and a a Wookiee body and he’s talking to you about weed as if like whatever is happening there is normal.

I get it.

7:25

I’m weird too, dude.

But yeah, so there was that guy.

There was a guy that came in once and he rapped.

We were, I did a podcast about it, about some of these guys.

He came in and as he was doing his, as he was doing his like transaction and finalizing it, dude, I’m getting high.

7:48

That’s good weed.

It’s starting to hit me in the forehead a little bit.

But as this guy was doing his transaction, he he looks at me and he goes, hey, man, can I rap for you?

And I was like, OK, so as I’m giving him his change, he raps a verse.

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8:08

Don’t get me wrong, the rap wasn’t bad.

It was just that’s maybe not his thing.

Maybe like, write, maybe write it for other people.

You know, there was always guys that would come in and be like, like, they hated everything.

Like one guy would just come in.

It seemed like every week just to go down the, like row of cabinets and just be like, hey, I don’t like this.

8:31

This is bullshit.

This is bullshit, this is bullshit.

Like everything had a story.

Everything was bad.

All the Purdue, the people that like made it were contributors to the the the the horribleness of it, as he put it, you know, people.

8:50

I wither OK, one time, dude, this is crazy.

So one time I, I did, I talk about, I don’t know, I might be repeating myself, but I was, I was working at the counter and the door dinner goes off.

9:10

So I go up to let people in and it’s like a group of, you know, 5 or 6 university students and this one girl walks in and she’s wearing like a white pajama top, but it’s like fully see through and just comes in as if it’s not a big deal.

9:32

Like your titties are hanging out, you know, like what, what are we doing here?

Why would you leave the house with your titties hanging out?

Like you obviously need attention or want attention because you can’t not know.

You can’t not know that your titties are hanging out.

Like, are you kidding me, dude?

No, I had to go to the back on that one.

9:53

I was like, I can’t do this, I’m too old.

I’ll give, I’ll fucking catch a case.

Fucking tits, just out for the world to see.

That happened a few times.

There was a couple of those.

And then there’s always the people that feel like bug tenders don’t know what they’re doing, which I get it, a lot of them don’t, or a lot of them overdo it.

10:17

Like they’re just too into describing the weed to you.

Like, just tell me what’s good and let me go.

I was really good at taking those strains that would like mix and match together really nicely and extending your enjoyment for the evening or however long you wanted to have them.

10:38

Like I knew what what you should have at different times a day to get the result that you wanted.

So people would come to me.

That was one of my favorite parts.

People come in bringing their friends in to be like, hey, talk to this guy if you want to like have a really good night.

And then elderly or older people that come in, they they started coming in looking for like CBD and started to get interested in the planet.

11:03

A lot of them obviously very adamant about not getting high.

So you had to like, I don’t know, it was fun discussing all that stuff.

So that’s why this whole podcast has basically been me trying to explain why thoughts off the stem is thoughts off the stem.

11:20

You know, you get it.

Do you get it?

I’m sure you get it.

Yeah, yeah.

The whole point was just to enjoy weed and and have a sesh, man.

Yeah, so many characters.

11:42

But I also wanted to like.

I found that one of the best ways, the best sales, like the best sales tactics or best ways to interact with a lot of the questions that you get and the different types of the different personalities you get.

12:02

You had to transition pretty easily.

Like you had to go from one minute being like, oh bro, this stuff it like, oh, you don’t even you’re going to be a goat.

Like that’s gonna, you know, those like fainting goats, that’s you after this.

OK, You have to go from that to explaining how a CBD oil can benefit a 75 year old person that knows nothing about it.

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12:24

You know, that was fun.

You got to have all sides of my personality.

But that’s what I figured, you know, that was that’s what I figured would be a good point to doing this podcast was just to have a sesh.

12:42

Eventually I’ll get to the point where hopefully I can get some like good interviews going on.

I’ve already had a couple.

They were good, but I want to try and you know, up it.

13:06

I feel like this dip poach is pretty well done.

It’s a little minty but it gets soggy.

It’s nice though.

I also have a what is it a mango one I think that I haven’t tried.

13:22

That one might be good.

Yeah.

So I thought that in in the next few episodes, I think are going to be a series on helping understand why or what different cannabinoids are, what they do and how they can enhance your high.

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13:41

You know, take my knowledge, pass it on in terms of the feeling and the, you know, the experience.

That’s what I’m good at.

I think understanding the experience, knowing where it came from.

You.

I can’t grow.

Like I’ve tried growing a couple times.

13:58

Nope, doesn’t work for me.

I have like a black thumb.

You know what it is?

I’m impatient.

I’m super impatient.

So like, yeah, I can’t, I can’t.

I one or two times.

I tried it.

14:14

I checked on these plants all the time, dude, all the time.

It was a bad idea because I just killed them.

I tried twice.

And then I was like, you know what?

You’re not made for this.

So I thought, OK, how could I?

How could I be involved in weed other than that once it became legal?

14:32

And then, yeah, you can sell it.

Sell the experience.

That’s what most potheads want.

That’s what most stoners want.

Even if you’re not a Stoner, really, if you’re somebody that’s just interested in weed, a good way to sell it is, you know, providing the, I guess, truth about the experience.

14:55

Yeah, I love weed, dude.

I love weed.

I love the different levels that it works on.

Like it’s different than booze, you know, ’cause like booze, I feel like booze, you’re just like when you’re drunk, you’re just one way, you know?

15:17

Like if you’re happy drunk, you’re always happy when you’re drunk.

If you’re an angry drunk, you’re always angry when you’re drunk, right?

So like with weed, it’s not like that, you know, with weed you have like a multi faceted high.

15:37

You could be introspective one day.

You could be giggly and laughing and joking around Y you know, yeah highs different you can be at like more empathetic, more reflective.

15:53

Like if you’re drinking, I feel like if you’re reflecting, you’re reflecting only in like 1 avenue, you know, one way of thought.

Whereas if you, if you’re smoking weed, then you start reflecting the weed makes you sort of like try to take on a different thought, pat, like thought process or like a different, yeah, yeah, basically just a different thought process.

16:21

That’s what I’m saying.

Hi is kicking in, dude.

16:35

You know how weird it is to have a guy rap at you while you’re giving him his change?

Again, Don’t get me wrong, I feel like the writing was good, but his presentation of it.

16:57

You know, just there’s things you do and things you don’t, but I guess I get it.

You want to it’s yours.

You want to do it.

Wow, I dude, I am.

I hope you’re high because like I’m the high is really settling in right now.

17:17

I was going to smoke AI was going to smoke another unknown joint but Nope, I don’t think so.

I think I’m good.

That one little bong hit was solid 28%.

Yep, I get that.

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17:37

I smoked that in a in my dab rig because I only have a you know those straight bongs, I don’t like them get water in your mouth and shit.

I like beaker bongs, but like I don’t need such a big bong anymore.

When I need a like a bong head, it’s like I just need something little.

17:57

So I use my dab rig and dude, it works pretty well.

I’ve never done a bong head in a dab rig.

I just figured the makeup of it would like, I don’t know, dilute the high too much, but it doesn’t gives it nice clean hootie hoot.

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And it’s like a nice little package, like one shot is pretty good.

You know, you’re pretty satisfied.

Yeah, man, I’m so high.

But yeah, that’s what I’m going to do.

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18:34

That’s what’s coming up.

I’m going to do a series on different cannabinoids.

I’ll start with CBD and then do CBN and then CBG and we’ll talk about how how that works and what kind of effects it has potentially, you know, because not everybody’s the same.

18:55

So it might be a little bit different, but there’s basics.

There’s basics that that are like this will a standard that’ll happen, you know?

Yeah, right.

Would that be good?

Like I’m sitting here pontificating.

19:11

I think that’d be good and helpful.

My aunt was telling me because her and some people she knows they need, they find that they need a little little help and they get they get a lot of misinformation when they go to the dispensary to try and get like CBD or whatever will fix or help or, you know, give them relief because they’re not necessarily looking to get high.

19:42

They’re looking to like, you know, just deal with some joint pain or this or that.

Dude, this weed, I’m, I’m not even, I don’t know why I’m laughing.

That’s what I’m saying.

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19:58

This weed is pretty good.

I didn’t expect that much from it.

I’m gonna try the indica one next.

But what was I saying?

Oh yeah.

I was saying that my aunt was telling me that, you know, older people need a little bit of direction and help with the with, with what they’re looking for and they, and to prepare, help them prepare.

20:21

Before they go to the dispensary so they know what they understand it a little more.

And I was like, yeah, I should do that.

I should, I should pass on my dispensary knowledge and my, my years of testing experience and help these help people that are new to it understand it better.

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20:41

So that’s what I’m going to do.

I’m going to give back.

Dude, I’m so high.

Oh, I hope you’re high.

I hope you’re enjoying the sesh.

I know it was kind of just like a explanation of what this is after 180 some odd episodes, but you know, it is what it is.

20:59

I hope you enjoy it.

I’m going to try and make it better, like all the time.

You wouldn’t believe how many people?

21:18

No, you probably would, but no, you wouldn’t.

No, I don’t know.

I don’t know what I’m talking about.

I don’t know what I’m talking about now.

All right, that’s it.

Jesus Christ.

Those are my thoughts off the stem for this week.

I hope you enjoyed the sesh.

I hope you come back next week with me.

Justin Barone, your friendly neighborhood pothead.

21:37

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I’m starting to post them as blogs and you can read it out, reenact it.

Yeah.

You get all the links to the episodes.

21:54

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If you get a laugh out of it, give it to a buddy that you think will get a laugh out of it.

You know, that’s all I’m saying.

But yeah, I hope the weeks I don’t know what I’m talking about anymore.

22:16

Dude, I just got to end this.

Fuck really high off that one more hit because you know that’s how it goes.

So check out dots420.com.

Come back next week and until next time, keep your lids low baby.

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