stoner in 1976: i just smoked 12 joints in a row and now i like bluegrass music 10% more
stoner in 2026: i did a dab and gave myself wernicke’s aphasia
think the worst archetype of online pop sociologist is the ‘people expert,’ the person who has everyone figured out, reduces everything and everyone to merely caricatures devoid of interiority or multi-dimensionality, the red-flag spotter. you cannot get one over them as they will almost certainly foresee it (and spot them for their friends and internet strangers as well). some of the most rigidly incurious people imaginable!