Comment on On Cancel Culture and the Dangers of Believing Things Without Knowing the Truth by saarnok

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saarnok · 3/18/2026, 11:53:04 PM · permalink

I actually have a bit of a problem understanding dumb people. No. I don't need to smoke. I've tried edibles. That sucked.  
  
And, yes, you are fucked up all the time and for all time. It's permanent damage.  
  
You think an alcoholic is fine after they sober up? Huh-uh. Got a few relatives who proved that solidly.  
  
They do regain some baseline level of cognition after they sober up. They can regrow some degree of rationality after they sober up.  
  
Pot users are permanently damaged, though it depends on the individual how that manifests, just like someone might get drunk on holidays or on weekends or maybe have a drink or three every single day.  
  
It's not until they begin choosing to get drunk over work or visiting a friend or driving safely that we realize they've got a real problem.  
  
I watched my friends in high school start smoking nearly fifty years ago and some of them didn't make it to graduation before they crashed out, others went on to lead perfectly normal lives, and at least one of them is the same age as me and wouldn't blink at restricting pot users entirely from any even slightly important job. He was a pot user, and he's not on your side.  
  
When someone "drunk" gets in a wreck it's not automatically his fault. But, that's the way to bet. Most people who drive drunk never get in wrecks, but when they do everyone realizes their capacity was impaired and things might have been different if they hadn't been drinking.  
  
Pot users capacity is impaired, everyone knows it, and most people are just pretending otherwise.  
  
And, just like people who use alcohol, some people (Scott Adams) have an incredible tolerance and bodies which apparently metabolize pot differently from the average person.  
  
But, for every Scott Adams there are thousands like my old friends who went off the deep end on pot.  
  
And, once you learn to see the characteristic "pot brain" response, you realize that even people like Scott Adams weren't free from it. They were just that damn awesome to start with. They could burn that much of their brains out and still be left with something worthwhile.  
  
You've been really, really consistent in your approach to reality. And it's a pot-brain approach. Bog standard.  
  
I'd have loved to know you IRL when you were growing up. I'd have fucking loved you like a brother. But I know what your capable of because I've seen the result IRL.

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