Why does it demand local legality?
Why does it demand local legality?
'States' rights' is the pat answer, 'overprotective parents who'll never again vote for the senator/governor/legislature that past it' is more likely the real answer.
Also the logging industry still needs to diversify since non-drug hemp can be used to make paper.
Why does it demand local legality?
Claire's so wrong. The best English words are "groovy", "rapscallion", and "bizarre".
Why does it demand local legality?
Why does it demand local legality?
Because a random drug test at work could then cost me my livelihood as well as removing other rights.
I use that livelihood for things like food, shelter, and putting two daughters through college.
Why does it demand local legality?
Because a random drug test at work could then cost me my livelihood as well as removing other rights.
I use that livelihood for things like food, shelter, and putting two daughters through college.
You get drug tested at work? Jesus.
Seems pretty Orwellian. I can understand it for jobs with some kind of privilege or precision involved - like a lab for example.
But why the hell should I get drug tested to stack shelves at Walmart??
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Seems pretty Orwellian. I can understand it for jobs with some kind of privilege or precision involved - like a lab for example.
But why the hell should I get drug tested to stack shelves at Walmart??
Didn't Walmart used to stock firearms?
But yeah, I've never been drug tested, but I have been breathalysed at work. I was working at a distillery at the time and I was assigned to the warehouses, which meant we were checking on several hundred thousand litres of highly flammable alcohol, so it was to make sure that (i) no one was sampling the stock but more importantly (ii) you had competent and sober people in case there was an incident.
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Walmart is a bad example then. But also, Jesus Christ guns in supermarkets.
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Flooooooooong
:-D
One of these days I wanna try pot brownies. Just to see what the whole deal is.
One of my friends at college used to try and get the word "snoodaard" in every conversation.
Yeah, drug testing is a feature of many professions. I got regularly tested as a software developer working for a major corporation.
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There are at least three reasons. One is uniformity: if you test and fire fork-lift operators, you need to treat your software developers the same way. Just saying "Well, it won't matter" is both unfair and possibly untrue. You don't actually know what downstream consequences your policy might have. The second is liability mitigation: on-premise intoxication is closely associated with an increase in HR violations, ranging from misuse of company resources...like, you know, a fork-lift?...to increases in impermissible harassment. The third is information and physical security: if you are using a controlled substance incorrectly, then your risk of activities which impair site or information security rises due to impaired judgment.Yeah, drug testing is a feature of many professions. I got regularly tested as a software developer working for a major corporation.
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I can see random drug testing for occupations that have a strong safety aspect, but a software developer? Really? What are you going to do, program some really laid back code?
Yeah, drug testing is a feature of many professions. I got regularly tested as a software developer working for a major corporation.I was a school bus driver until just a couple of months ago, and anybody who wants a Commercial Driver's License has to submit to a DoT physical which includes a drug test - DoT is a federal body. Even though weed's legal here in Oregon.
I certainly wasn't deliberately giving a hard time to anybody.
BryanP, if you're feeling jumped on here, then I apologise. My original question was mainly because the legality aspect hasn't stopped 99% of the people I know. I was curious as to why it stopped you in particular, and then my aghast responses were at American employment policy and law, certainly not at you.
The off-topic point is definitely noted, so let's all - including me - get back to the comic, eh?
If anything I see sympathy for being bound by laws and their enforcement which many people would rather see changed.
Walmart Supercenters are a type of hypermarket, really - both a department store and a supermarket in one. (Meijer is another example in the US, and they also sell firearms. Which, at an event I was at in Kentucky, horrified a Canadian guy at the event, who learned that you couldn't buy alcohol on a Sunday at 8 AM, but you could buy firearms and ammo.)
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Yeah, drug testing is a feature of many professions. I got regularly tested as a software developer working for a major corporation.
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I can see random drug testing for occupations that have a strong safety aspect, but a software developer? Really? What are you going to do, program some really laid back code?
Yeah, drug testing is a feature of many professions. I got regularly tested as a software developer working for a major corporation.I was a school bus driver until just a couple of months ago, and anybody who wants a Commercial Driver's License has to submit to a DoT physical which includes a drug test - DoT is a federal body. Even though weed's legal here in Oregon.
Yeah, drug testing is a feature of many professions. I got regularly tested as a software developer working for a major corporation.I was a school bus driver until just a couple of months ago, and anybody who wants a Commercial Driver's License has to submit to a DoT physical which includes a drug test - DoT is a federal body. Even though weed's legal here in Oregon.
So weed is legal in Oregon, but if you smoke some, you may loose your job, if you are a bus driver. How weird is that?
You can reasonably argue that the same concerns apply to alcohol, and you'd be right. That's one of the reasons that some companies impose a no alcohol policy on company events: they're limiting risk.A place I worked introduced a Happy Hour on Friday night where beer was served in the company canteen. Then, all too predictably, a couple of people were RBTed driving home, and lost their licences, so the company shut it down. Much better to never have started it, IMHO.
Editor wars... Don't make eye-contact, and just keep walking.ED IS THE TRUE PATH TO NIRVANA! ED HAS BEEN THE CHOICE OF EDUCATED AND IGNORANT ALIKE FOR CENTURIES! ED WILL NOT CORRUPT YOUR PRECIOUS BODILY FLUIDS!! ED IS THE STANDARD TEXT EDITOR! ED MAKES THE SUN SHINE AND THE BIRDS SING AND THE GRASS GREEN!!?
...how many Wal-Marts even have produce? To me, this is the sine qua non, with even a few convenience stores around me having onions, potatoes, and bananas, but not the local Wal-Mart, which doesn't have firearms, but if it did they'd most likely be between the mountain bikes and the fishing rods. Wal-Mart's a department store, not a grocery store, or even anything in between. Sure, they've got a few packaged foods, but even Staples has candy.
...how many Wal-Marts even have produce? To me, this is the sine qua non, with even a few convenience stores around me having onions, potatoes, and bananas, but not the local Wal-Mart, which doesn't have firearms, but if it did they'd most likely be between the mountain bikes and the fishing rods. Wal-Mart's a department store, not a grocery store, or even anything in between. Sure, they've got a few packaged foods, but even Staples has candy.
The Supercentres all have produce; they're pretty common here in Canada. But you don't buy guns in ours, to my knowledge.
Difference is, you only test positive for alcohol when you're actually drunk. Smoke up on a Friday evening after work, you can test positive even a couple of weeks later, even if you're cold sober when tested.Yeah, drug testing is a feature of many professions. I got regularly tested as a software developer working for a major corporation.I was a school bus driver until just a couple of months ago, and anybody who wants a Commercial Driver's License has to submit to a DoT physical which includes a drug test - DoT is a federal body. Even though weed's legal here in Oregon.
So weed is legal in Oregon, but if you smoke some, you may loose your job, if you are a bus driver. How weird is that?
Much the same as... "Alcohol is legal, but if you drink it then try to drive a bus, you'll lose your job.", I would imagine?
So weed is legal in Oregon, but if you smoke some, you may loose your job, if you are a bus driver. How weird is that?Yeah, drug testing is a feature of many professions. I got regularly tested as a software developer working for a major corporation.I was a school bus driver until just a couple of months ago, and anybody who wants a Commercial Driver's License has to submit to a DoT physical which includes a drug test - DoT is a federal body. Even though weed's legal here in Oregon.
Much the same as... "Alcohol is legal, but if you drink it then try to drive a bus, you'll lose your job.", I would imagine?
ed is a very very bad text editing program, long since superseded. Even vi is better. Anyone who really believed the above would be in serious need of psychiatric help.ED IS THE TRUE PATH TO NIRVANA! ED HAS BEEN THE CHOICE OF EDUCATED AND IGNORANT ALIKE FOR CENTURIES! ED WILL NOT CORRUPT YOUR PRECIOUS BODILY FLUIDS!! ED IS THE STANDARD TEXT EDITOR! ED MAKES THE SUN SHINE AND THE BIRDS SING AND THE GRASS GREEN!!?
ed is a very very bad text editing program, long since superseded. Even vi is better. Anyone who really believed the above would be in serious need of psychiatric help.ED IS THE TRUE PATH TO NIRVANA! ED HAS BEEN THE CHOICE OF EDUCATED AND IGNORANT ALIKE FOR CENTURIES! ED WILL NOT CORRUPT YOUR PRECIOUS BODILY FLUIDS!! ED IS THE STANDARD TEXT EDITOR! ED MAKES THE SUN SHINE AND THE BIRDS SING AND THE GRASS GREEN!!?
There are at least three reasons. One is uniformity: if you test and fire fork-lift operators, you need to treat your software developers the same way. Just saying "Well, it won't matter" is both unfair and possibly untrue. You don't actually know what downstream consequences your policy might have. The second is liability mitigation: on-premise intoxication is closely associated with an increase in HR violations, ranging from misuse of company resources...like, you know, a fork-lift?...to increases in impermissible harassment. The third is information and physical security: if you are using a controlled substance incorrectly, then your risk of activities which impair site or information security rises due to impaired judgment.Yeah, drug testing is a feature of many professions. I got regularly tested as a software developer working for a major corporation.
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I can see random drug testing for occupations that have a strong safety aspect, but a software developer? Really? What are you going to do, program some really laid back code?
You can reasonably argue that the same concerns apply to alcohol, and you'd be right. That's one of the reasons that some companies impose a no alcohol policy on company events: they're limiting risk.
There is no editor. There is only Emacs.ed is a very very bad text editing program, long since superseded. Even vi is better. Anyone who really believed the above would be in serious need of psychiatric help.ED IS THE TRUE PATH TO NIRVANA! ED HAS BEEN THE CHOICE OF EDUCATED AND IGNORANT ALIKE FOR CENTURIES! ED WILL NOT CORRUPT YOUR PRECIOUS BODILY FLUIDS!! ED IS THE STANDARD TEXT EDITOR! ED MAKES THE SUN SHINE AND THE BIRDS SING AND THE GRASS GREEN!!?
Of course. Nano is the true path to enlightenment.
Something else has to happen other than them getting high and enjoying themselves. Even if not immediately, later.Conversation, even 5t0n3d conversation, can still move the story forward.
Something else has to happen other than them getting high and enjoying themselves. Even if not immediately, later.
It's going to love, and cookies.
For those of you familiar with smoking, how quickly can the experience go from pleasant (like Claire's having now) to a panic attack (like Claire had last time)?
I can see that being the next "conflict" (i think thats the wrong word) in the comic but im not really sure if trips that start positive can turn that quickly.
I'm confused now. Weed doesn't normally cause hallucinations like this...
What has Jeph been smoking?
Was it just cannabis in that vape?
I'm just going to put it out there that I've never had a single encounter with Mary Jane.
Judge away.
I'm just going to put it out there that I've never had a single encounter with Mary Jane.Likewise, and given my hippie-like attitude and appearance, people always assume that I DO partake. I've had it passed to me and immediately kept it moving.
Judge away.
I'm just going to put it out there that I've never had a single encounter with Mary Jane.
Judge away.
Do you think so? What makes you say that?
Anyway, let's get back to the comic. Random observation: that is rather long hair, and a quite dapper hat, in panel one.
Anyway, let's get back to the comic. Random observation: that is rather long hair, and a quite dapper hat, in panel one.
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and Jeph has decided to reference the current Wondermark series oh god
I'm just going to put it out there that I've never had a single encounter with Mary Jane.
Judge away.
I'm still not sure why you're convinced that others are judging people for not partaking on this forum. I've seen no evidence of any such judging.
I guess the point I'm trying to make is that one should be prudent about the use of psychoactive chemicals. Humans vary in their responses. A dose that is safe for 99% of the population might be very unsafe for some of the other 1%. Best is to try microdoses first under medical supervision, or, if known to have anomalous responses like me , steer clear unless necessary.
"The number you have reached is an imaginary number. Please hang up, rotate your phone 90 degrees clockwise, and try again."
"Why clockwise?"
"If you go the other way you'll get negative results."
"And why exactly 90 degrees?"
"Well... otherwise things get complex."
I'm just going to put it out there that I've never had a single encounter with Mary Jane.
Judge away.
Oh, I know. I used to use ed (and later, the improved version, ex).Editor wars... Don't make eye-contact, and just keep walking.ED IS THE TRUE PATH TO NIRVANA! ED HAS BEEN THE CHOICE OF EDUCATED AND IGNORANT ALIKE FOR CENTURIES! ED WILL NOT CORRUPT YOUR PRECIOUS BODILY FLUIDS!! ED IS THE STANDARD TEXT EDITOR! ED MAKES THE SUN SHINE AND THE BIRDS SING AND THE GRASS GREEN!!?
One last comment on the drug testing debate: CDL drivers are actually mandated to have drug tests done annually.I've had my CDL since July/August 2017 and only been tested twice: onc as part of the DoT physical exam preparatory to getting my license, and once within a couple of hours after I ran the bus off the road into a ditch (not why I don't drive the bus now BTW.) Drivers for the company I worked for are subject to random testing, but my number never came up.
I'm certainly approaching the point where my impulse to regurgitate when I read that line is irresistible. I kept expecting that it would eventually circle around to being funny again after enough repetition, but (at least as far as I'm concerned) it still feels like it's been going approximately 14 billion years too long. I liked Wondermark, dammit!COMIC
and Jeph has decided to reference the current Wondermark series oh god
O God indeed! I can understand it, though. If you produce a comic strip and you've seen that sick elephant line as many times as Wondermark readers have, maybe the impulse to regurgitate it is irresistible.
Oh, I know. I used to use ed (and later, the improved version, ex).Editor wars... Don't make eye-contact, and just keep walking.ED IS THE TRUE PATH TO NIRVANA! ED HAS BEEN THE CHOICE OF EDUCATED AND IGNORANT ALIKE FOR CENTURIES! ED WILL NOT CORRUPT YOUR PRECIOUS BODILY FLUIDS!! ED IS THE STANDARD TEXT EDITOR! ED MAKES THE SUN SHINE AND THE BIRDS SING AND THE GRASS GREEN!!?
An unadorned "?" was ed's standard (and only) error message, hence my "comment".
The Unix philosophy: "If you don't know what mistake you made, you shouldn't be using ed. Oh heck, you probably shouldn't even be using Unix."
:D
"The number you have reached is an imaginary number. Please hang up, rotate your phone 90 degrees clockwise, and try again."
"Why clockwise?"
"If you go the other way you'll get negative results."
"And why exactly 90 degrees?"
"Well... otherwise things get complex."
Let's keep it Real, OK?
"The number you have reached is an imaginary number. Please hang up, rotate your phone 90 degrees clockwise, and try again."
"Why clockwise?"
"If you go the other way you'll get negative results."
"And why exactly 90 degrees?"
"Well... otherwise things get complex."
Let's keep it Real, OK?
Please be rational.
p.s. banana latte sounds awful
Does the doodle of a cat with a halo mean anything?
Welcome, new person!
The real question is whether he's a chocolate moose.
Thank you!Cookiemoose? You made an account to post about COOKIEMOOSE?
I have been lurking around here for years, but realised that I had postponed making a user several times for fear of the "this guy made an account for this"-effect. I finally stopped caring.
Never mind drugs, what about that blonde in 3875? Will we see more of her in future? :D
Never mind drugs, what about that blonde in 3875? Will we see more of her in future? :D
Would have tweeted this but Twitter reckons Jeph's blocked me, which is strange as I'm fairly certain I've never had any interaction with him before and certainly can't imagine why I'd be blocked! Ah well. :(
Never mind drugs, what about that blonde in 3875? Will we see more of her in future? :D
Would have tweeted this but Twitter reckons Jeph's blocked me, which is strange as I'm fairly certain I've never had any interaction with him before and certainly can't imagine why I'd be blocked! Ah well. :(