Apples and oranges.
Picture your average 27-year-old who vapes a THC pen every morning "to take the edge off," hits an edible at lunch "for focus," and dabs before bed "to sleep." He's not stumbling around drunk. He's not slurring his words or missing work with hangovers. He shows up and "functions."
That's what makes it so insidious.
With alcohol, you get drunk, you get sober, you get drunk again. Your body resets. But THC stays in your fat cells and drips out for weeks. So a daily pothead never gets a true baseline. Their brain is always running at 82%. And here's the cruel part: they don't feel impaired - they feel fine. They feel normal.
Ask why he hasn't finished the side hustle he swore would change everything six months ago. He shrugs. "I'll get to it." Too busy playing video games. Too busy with porn. The endocannabinoid system he's been hijacking all day was designed to reward real effort. Now a workout feels like a chore. A promotion feels like paperwork. And being perpetually stoned is now the natural state of things.
This is what weed does. It takes sharp kids and turns them into professional chillers. They still shower. They still pay rent (barely). They still post gym selfies. But the hippocampus that used to encode memories and ambitions is measurably smaller. The drive that used to say "build something" now just says "meh, scroll."
We've all watched entire friend groups turn into this (the stoner stereotype didn't invent itself).
And here's the tragedy: weed ends a life in ten comfortable years. It leaves behind a man who swears he's happy while his future evaporates in skunky smoke. No dramatic bottom. No intervention. No rock bottom moment that forces change. Just a slow fade into permanent potential that never becomes anything real.
OK, so now we know.
You can comfortably pack a swarm of 720 drones and their launch system into a single 20ft shipping container.
For context Germany + France + UK have about 800 tanks between them.
The world has changed.
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The Federal Reserve is screwing every single person trying to buy a home in America right now.
$2827 for a home with 7% interest
vs
$1791 for a home with 3% interest
FYI: Inflation is at 2% so they can’t use that excuse anymore. 🇺🇸
1. I know this weekend is difficult for those of you whose moms have passed away.
I also know this weekend is painful for those of you who have decided that it's not healthy to have a relationship with your mom.
Just wanted to let you know I'm thinking of you.
Back in 2004, Ricky Williams, the American football player, left the Miami Dolphins after a third strike for smoking weed and disappeared. He’d had a notable career besides, but this was the capper: He said goodbye to his coach from Hawaii and vanished off the face of the Earth.