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Comment on Have your political views changed as you've grown older? in ~talk
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Comment on Would you consider it unhealthy to smoke pot twice a day recreationally? in ~health
DarenTx (edited )Link ParentI was going to say the same thing. I can relate to this. I smoked for 5 or 6 years. Started out slow but ended up at least once a day or sometimes twice. I work in technology and while I was doing...I was going to say the same thing. I can relate to this.
I smoked for 5 or 6 years. Started out slow but ended up at least once a day or sometimes twice.
I work in technology and while I was doing great at my job I was in a group that was stagnate supporting an older product. As it was retired I suddenly needed to know the latest technology. In my younger days, pre-weed, I would have kept up on my own. But the weed and, to be fair, being comfortable with my position and life, caused me to get behind.
Suddenly, my job was at risk and I had very little time to catch up. The weed caused me to get behind and was preventing me from catching up. I quit smoking and am doing much better at work now.
Quitting wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. I had a hard time filling the time I used to spend smoking. I'd get bored and want to smoke because that what I did every day at this time. Playing video games helped me fill the time until the habit was broken.
I enjoyed smoking because it was relaxing and it made sex so great. But eventually it caused my erections hard to achieve and short lived. Sex isn't as great since I quit but my erections are better.
I think it also effected my desire to travel. I used to have a huge desire to travel but while smoking I was always concerned about whether or not I would be able to smoke wherever we were traveling. Traveling seemed like a lot of effort. Since quitting my desire to travel has improved but it's still not what it used to be.
I quit 15 months ago. Since then I've smoked 3 or 4 times. The last time was about 6 months ago. I don't see an issue with smoking on rare occasions but daily no longer seems like a good idea.
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Comment on Would you consider it unhealthy to smoke pot twice a day recreationally? in ~health
DarenTx Link ParentSpeaking from personal experience, I don't think it is addictive. It's habitual. Sometimes it's hard to quit a bad habit but I just don't think it's fair to call it addictive.Speaking from personal experience, I don't think it is addictive. It's habitual. Sometimes it's hard to quit a bad habit but I just don't think it's fair to call it addictive.
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Comment on Y Combinator plans to start doling out $60 million next year to study universal basic income in ~finance
DarenTx LinkI have no idea how a universal basic income would be funded. The math doesn't seem to work out. Where is the money coming from?I have no idea how a universal basic income would be funded. The math doesn't seem to work out. Where is the money coming from?
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Comment on Trump accuses Google of rigging search results to show mostly negative stories about him in ~tech
DarenTx Link ParentIt's definitely different inputs IMO. I don't talk politics with anyone I know anymore because it's just ruins friendships. The distance between the two sides is too vast. However, I did get...It's definitely different inputs IMO. I don't talk politics with anyone I know anymore because it's just ruins friendships. The distance between the two sides is too vast.
However, I did get sucked into a 3 hour conversation with a co-worker last week. We were at work so we were very cordial while making our points.
It was the first time I had to get into the head of a Trump supporter. I just can't understand how you could support this guy.
We were both just working with a different set of "facts".
He felt like the economy was anemic under Obama and any economic gains during his tenure were only because he crashed the economy in his first year. I, on the other hand, felt like the economy crashed before Obama took over and, while it took a little longer than we hoped his policies and economic rescue package passed in his first year eventually pulled us out of the recession.
He felt like the Obama administration was one of the most scandal ridden administrations in recent times. I, on the other hand, felt like it was one of the most scandal free administrations in recent times.
We did at least agree that Fox News was biased but he felt like The Drudge Report was down the middle.
Up until about 30 I was very right wing. I loved Rush Limbaugh. I gave the GOP credit for balancing the budget during the Clinton years. They seemed like the responsible party.
But since then I have grown more and more to the left. Partly because I can understand how a community/government can provide some benefits more efficiently. Partly because I've been burned by so many private corporations I feel like they need more regulations not less. Mostly because the GOP has proven to be incapable of running our government. They are certainly not now, nor have they ever been, fiscally conservative.