Pothead Ph.D. - This is most definitely not a cautionary tale

Re:Pothead Ph.D. - This is most definitely not a cautionary ... by josefresco on Monday July 07, 2008 @11:10AM (#238666)

I'm grown up, have kids, mortgages (3 in fact!) and car payments and this weed ignorant college kid didn't strike me as whiny. Just slightly ignorant as I pointed out above.

Let me guess edw519, you probably drink, both coffee and alcohol, you probably also consume your fair amount of sugar and possibly (although unlikely) smoke cigarettes. Why is it that smoking weed (to help you work/play) makes you winy and a pothead but it's ok to be a raging asshole if you miss your morning coffee/cig?

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Re:Pothead Ph.D. - This is most definitely not a cautionary ... by edw519 on Monday July 07, 2008 @01:53PM (#238885)

"Let me guess edw519, you probably...*

You guess wrong, josefresco. But it doesn't really matter anyway because I never "advertised" my habits to the world. This guy did.

Just slightly ignorant as I pointed out above.

Ignorant I can live with. But this was also irresponsible.

This is hacker news, where people post and learn and share together about doing difficult and exciting work. I realize that OP had no idea where his essay would end up, but it ended up here (at #1 no less) so that's where it warranted a response.

I really don't care what anyone's personal habits are, but as soon as you write about how you use drugs to take the easy way out, and that post ends up on a site where people bust their butts to do good work and add value to other people's lives, you're fair game.

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Re:Pothead Ph.D. - This is most definitely not a cautionary ... by radu_floricica on Tuesday July 08, 2008 @06:13AM (#239732)

As far as I can tell, "to take the easy way out" is not the right description for the OP. He just did something that helps him, just like exercising or listening to music or having sex. To take the easy way out as you put it probably means to give up higher/future goals for an immediate rewards. His point is that he didn't give up anything. If you want to attack him, do it there, we're more then eager for good arguments here.

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Re:Pothead Ph.D. - This is most definitely not a cautionary ... by jrockway on Monday July 07, 2008 @02:23PM (#238955)

You guess wrong, josefresco.

You've never had a cup of coffee or tea, or a soda? Yeah right.

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Re:Pothead Ph.D. - This is most definitely not a cautionary ... by josefresco on Monday July 07, 2008 @03:00PM (#239031)

My point as that THC is a 'substance' and should be considered like any other substances which are both beneficial and harmful to our bodies. Our society gives a pass to some substances and not others based on no real data. It seems a bit hypocritical to rail against marijuana yet we have no issues with other substances that many "rely" on to function (nicotine, alcohol, caffeine, sugar etc.)

I'm more concerned with my Coca Cola (sugar/acid) intake than THC. I, unlike many Americans don't compartmentalize these substances and don't prescribe to the drugs=bad (unless Pfizer prescribes them) thinking.

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Re:Pothead Ph.D. - This is most definitely not a cautionary ... by edw519 on Monday July 07, 2008 @02:39PM (#238989)

No. Beer yes. But coffee, tea, or soda, why bother?

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Re:Pothead Ph.D. - This is most definitely not a cautionary ... by mrtron on Monday July 07, 2008 @03:03PM (#239033)

I enjoy coffee, tea and soda. However - my body seems to have a really high tolerance for caffeine, and I dont usually have much of them during the day. So I enjoy the taste of all 3, but don't get the caffeine boost some people do.

A friend of mine has the opposite situation - she can't have any caffeine after noon or she will be up all night.

Anyways...I enjoy consuming all 4. I suppose my vice is tasty liquids.

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