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[–] 45 points 6 months ago

The monks were mostly young students from temples across Sri Lanka and had been on a holiday sponsored by a businessman

Maybe put a travel flag on that business man...

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  • [–] 71 points 6 months ago (13 children)

    in 2026 NO 21+ ADULT should get a second look for possessing cannabis.

    Come at me.

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago (11 children)

    I like food and sex.

    Come at me.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago* (6 children)

    But do people like sex with you?

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago

    You can't spell "enlightenment" without weed.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    "242 pounds of powerful cannabis, officials said."

    Lmfao Asian countries are so crazy with the reefer madness mindset. Go after all the meth that runs rampant and maybe if you let people smoke pot and controlled it you wouldn't have so many people on meth.

    But nah, keep going after that super scary powerful cannabis that's never killed anyone because it isn't lethal.

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    What is powerful cannabis and how does it differ from powerless cannabis?

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    People are aware cannabis isn't a narcotic right!?

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    This is cultural erasure!

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    CBS article very reefer madness-ey. Poor monks arrested for some weed.

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  • [–] 22 points 6 months ago (11 children)

    THC is a drug. Like caffeine, alcohol, CBD, Tylenol, Nicotine, etc.

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  • [–] 15 points 6 months ago (8 children)

    unlike caffeine or Tylenol, nicotine, etc, it doesn't boost productivity, so the oligarchs don't want you on it at work.

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  • [–] 19 points 6 months ago* (6 children)

    Alcohol is legal, and it is not acceptable to be drunk at work.
    Weed being legal similarly doesn't mean it has to be acceptable to be high at work.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    I've been to many dinner business meetings with plenty of drinking. To the point that rides are needed to get people home.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    And I've smoked weed with a CEO. The fact that outliers exist doesn't change anything.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    My point is that it's "normal" to have a drink or two at a business meeting. So it is completely acceptable to drink at work, you just have to have the right job I guess.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    there's a reason I left it off.

    but it also kind of depends on where you work. I've known plenty of "functioning" alcoholics that aren't reprimanded until it becomes a problem.

    societal acceptance of booze is mostly because it's been around for about as long as we have- its production certainly goes into the neolithic period; coupled with the belief that it's effects only last through being hung over.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    Its also been proven that people who've had alcohol, just the proper one or two glasses, form better and longer-lasting bonds and are less inhibited, reducing social anxiety. In the context of a business dinner, that IS a productivity boost. Even if no one loses themselves completely, that sales client or coworker thinks better of you and knows you better, because of that.

    Booze has been key in human social interactions since the beginning. Shame its literally poison.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago

    Saw another post about monks playing video games…. Didn’t know they were so cool ;)

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