In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled Q ~ Trust Trump's Plan ~ 06/13/2024 Vol.494, Q Day 2421, cherry wrote: whether people want to believe it or not, weed use has been horrible for our society....so has porn...but everyone wants to think these things are victimless....they are not....
It's hard to have any sort of conversation about this with people I know because they automatically jump to the conclusion I'm judging them, think I'm superior because I dont' smoke it. Doesn't matter how indirect or gentle I am.
ransomnote: You know, I just read some really sad news about how Colorado's weed laws are impacting high school students too young to buy it. Talk about unintended consequences!
them: Why are you blaming high school students' issues on legal, law abiding weed users?
ransomnote: Actually it looks like fallout from Colorado's legislati...
them: Oh, you're reading anti pot hysterics. SOME people (looking at me) believe anything they read and jump to the conclusion pot is bad.
ransomnote: Legalizing pot in Colorado has obvious consequences. For example...
them: I can give you 12 articles proving pot has benefitted Colorado for every one you find blaming 'fallout' on innocent weed users.
ransomnote: I haven't said anything about 'innocent weed users' in our conversation. I'm saying kids are caught in the..
them: I'll send you some articles to help you catch up to the truth because you're being mislead...
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I've posted articles which talk about rise in crime ('unlicensed weed growers') and kids in highschool too high to study but not reported to police, instead kept at school so no one gets the impression that weed is reaching them.
I think the level of angry responses I get is equivalent to early Q days. You can't say there are ANY negative consequences.
Same with porn - 2 of my friends essentially lost their husbands as those men became so absorbed with limitless porn they had no more time for their children, and eventually their wives. Oh and then their relatives were catty to the women, sneering that they 'failed' in their marriages somehow (not a good wife).
Does anyone believe the hyper sexuallization of children via online porn is good for them? Even if you take their phone they hang out with kids who have access. Some teenagers are naturally intrigued and prefer 'adult entertainment' to Algebra - who could have seen that coming? /s
I know it's just a piece of the puzzle of the attack on our kids, but our society shouldn't help furnish attackers with resources.
I tried to comment on an article in the forum and ended up writing a thread length response. I can't take me anywhere!
When I set off to investigate FDA recommendations for vitamins and minerals, there seemed to be so much wrong I got lost in the bunny hole metropolis. Below, some of those digs wound up in a long post on a related forum thread.
I will just exerpt it. I think the part some might be interested in is portions of information from a Brian Cates article.
In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled How the ketogenic diet improves healthspan and memory in aging mice, ransomnote wrote: I think Keto and Low Carb are among the strategies the public has attempted to cope with bad nutritional advice from the FDA. Below, I bounce around some bad advice from the FDA and note that low carb and Keto people might be on to the problem of 'enriched' foods (looking at you, FDA).
::I know it’s just a piece of the puzzle of the attack on our kids, but our society shouldn’t help furnish attackers with resources.::
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Hear, hear!