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WCDT Strips 19-23 November 2018 (3876-3880)
oddtail:
--- Quote from: KevxD on 20 Nov 2018, 02:50 ---This arc reminds me why I stopped smoking weed once I hit my 20s. Stoned people are boring as hell.
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I personally think it somewhat depends on who gets stoned? People I smoked weed around didn't act like the comic depicts Claire and her mom. At least, not most of the time. They weren't *that* dissimilar from how they were sober. Just more relaxed, slightly more open, maybe a *tad* silly, but with no drastic shifts in personality. And I'm told the stuff we smoked was pretty good and strong, by people who I assume have more experience with weed (and drugs in general, I suppose) than I do.
oddtail:
--- Quote from: Tova on 19 Nov 2018, 21:19 ---Is it true that weed warps your perception of time, giving you the illusion that it is passing very, very slowly?
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It's happened to me a couple times. Sort of. It was less "time passing slowly", and more time not feeling contiguous. It slowed down, sped up, I even had what I think were mini-blackouts. But in general, my perception gets slightly shifted sometimes when I smoke. I don't see anything that isn't there, I just focus on completely different things and notice stuff that I think I normally just ignore (mostly tactile sensations). This includes a somewhat warped sense of how much time passes.
For the record: I seem to be a real lightweight with respect to mind-altering substances (not that I tried that many outside of alcohol), so my experience may very well be exaggerated compared to what normally happens.
traroth:
--- Quote from: KevxD on 20 Nov 2018, 02:50 ---This arc reminds me why I stopped smoking weed once I hit my 20s. Stoned people are boring as hell.
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Only if you are not stoned yourself...
Case:
--- Quote from: oddtail on 20 Nov 2018, 03:49 ---
--- Quote from: Tova on 19 Nov 2018, 21:19 ---Is it true that weed warps your perception of time, giving you the illusion that it is passing very, very slowly?
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It's happened to me a couple times. Sort of. It was less "time passing slowly", and more time not feeling contiguous. It slowed down, sped up,
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Yeah, that. IANAD, but if I had to venture a guess, I'd guess it's connected to THC messing with memory-formation (afaik, that effect is well-documented, and the reason why young people and students shouldn't do it: It makes it hard for your brain to learn stuff. Or rather: to remember stuff it has learned).
Maybe the altered time-perception is the result of that - after all, you can only perceive the passing of time by comparing your experience of the present moment to your memories.
shanejayell:
Now, did Tai go for help, or just say 'Screw it, I'm gone.'? If it's the first one, good, if it's the second, my respect for her will have declined...
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