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“Youth” or drug use as the issue?

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December 14, 2022, 10:51 AM
Aglifter
“Youth” or drug use as the issue?
We either have really sharp, great young kids - who make ridiculous amounts of money per hour for their age - or scatter-brained asocial and barely functional.

The mentally functional do seem less attached to their phones, but I’m not sure if it’s the phone, or the mindset which frees them from it.

They are far less interested in substances.

We already have a shrinking working population - if half the kids have destroyed their minds with pot from a young age I don’t know what the heck they’re going to do.

Getting ready to let an intelligent pot head go, who never shows up to work on time, gripes about working, then says they need a different job because the $18 an hour they make for scooping ice cream isn’t enough - but pothead refuses to work more than 20 hours a week, and only afternoons during the week…

Not an isolated person. We pay well enough that I can wash the potheads out the prior management hired, but there’s a large section of the population which never seem to shake off the effects of that junk.
December 14, 2022, 10:59 AM
SIGnified
Yeah, all dopers are slow, stupid and no work ethic.

Can I get you a broader brush? Lol


I see plenty of stupid, even without the fucking dope.


What’s that old saying… Reality is for those who can’t handle their drugs. Wink


Maybe people should learn to read a fucking book or two.





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December 14, 2022, 11:46 AM
architect
quote:
Originally posted by SIGnified:
Yeah, all dopers are slow, stupid and no work ethic.
True, but which is the chickenm which is the egg? It is absolutely the case that, if you are already slow and stupid, Smokey the dope isn't going to make things any better.

quote:
Maybe people should learn to read a fucking book or two.
This still won't help them make change from a $5 bill.
December 14, 2022, 02:36 PM
trapper189
quote:
Originally posted by architect:
quote:
Maybe people should learn to read a fucking book or two.
This still won't help them make change from a $5 bill.

Not so fast, there’s a book for that:
Counting Money and Making Change
December 14, 2022, 02:40 PM
Georgeair
quote:
Originally posted by trapper189:

Not so fast, there’s a book for that:
Counting Money and Makeing Change


Holy shit, if it had actually been spelled like that it would be GOLD!



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December 14, 2022, 03:15 PM
Aglifter
I’m not sure if it’s pot, or regular use of intoxicants at a young age.

One of my friends is working on the effects of vaping pot between 12-14, and is really horrified by what it’s doing to their minds, livers and lungs.

I know the “internet” abounds with tails of the functional, high drive pot head - but I don’t know any.

I know lots of failed humans, who are habitual pot smokers. I know lots of failed drunks too.

I’m not saying pot heads cannot make money - I know a couple who were doing well, for awhile - but they’re both a long way from living anything someone would call a “successful” life.
December 14, 2022, 07:17 PM
Gibb
It's the education "system" we have.

Kids are not being taught to think, they are being taught to pass a standard test to compare them to the next town over.

Add in more more split families, working parents, and government systems telling them that the schools are fine... it's a receipe for disaster.

Just like the student loan situation, Social Security, home loans, and subsidized income... everything the .gov touches turns to shit. But creating crises keeps the .gov in business to come up with the next "solution". A dumb voter base that can't survive independently only solidifies the survival of this system.




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December 14, 2022, 07:22 PM
Sailor1911
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December 14, 2022, 07:45 PM
1s1k
Im not sure what is creating it. Most likely several things but it’s definitely sad and it’s not from a lack of diagnosis years ago.