Pot Smokers in the Media

Why is it that 90 percent of the people smoking pot on tv are portrayed as lazy, live at home at 40, no job motherfuckers? I mean I love stoner films just as much as the next guy. But after awhile stuff like that makes it harder to fight for legalization when people that are already brainwashed by D.A.R.E. and other bullshit government propaganda. I was watching Half Baked again the other day and damn.....I love dave chappelle but that movie is like the epitome of being a "stupid" stoner, and half baked is far from as guilty as other films like good luck chuck. Where (gorgeous) jessica alba's brother is a stoner ass loser. I mean I'm really looking forward to Seth Rogan's new movie Pineapple Express (look the trailer up) but.....I hope it doesn't portray us as retards as shit like that normally does....

Maybe I'm thinking it over too much....thoughts?

oh my god. I wanna see that movie while high. The music sounds great and its funny/serious.

I don't think all stoners in the media are like how you say, Harold from Harold and Kumar go to White Castle is basically a white-collar slave where he works and is really neat and uptight about things. And since we're talking about movies, heres the new Harold and Kumar 2 trailer

YouTube - Harold and Kumar 2 Explicit content

:stoned: blazzzzeee

yea a lot of movies makes weed smokers seem like lazy ass stoners and that they are retarded but w/e its funny sometimes. other times i get a little frustrated

just watch reefer madness (especially the musical one) and youll feel better about propaganda...:jointsmile:

reffer maddness is a funny ass movie

but the reason they do that is because pot heads arent really that interesting the high light to most of our days is the first bowl in the mourning

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Originally Posted by twitch

reffer maddness is a funny ass movie

but the reason they do that is because pot heads arent really that interesting the high light to most of our days is the first bowl in the mourning

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i've gotta say... some of the most compassionate, intelligent and altogether interesting people ive met over the years have AT LEAST been potheads - some were more serious drug users.

not to glorify it but... i feel like a lot of people that smoke or use rec. do so because they're bored with their everyday lives, no matter how 'impressive' they were to the world at large.

i know i first smoked because i was tired of just being a good, well-rounded, successful (and ironically, ultimately faceless) person. i wanted to experience everything i could while i was breathing, even 'drugs.' i was fascinated by 'user culture' and the profound effects substance use had on the human mind. i wanted to see what all the hype was about! i made lots of good decisions and a few bad ones too, but i don't regret any of it really.

im venturing out onto a proverbial limb here but hey: im pretty fckin interesting if i do say so myself. or at least i'm bat-shit crazy, which imo is a lot more worthwhile than being 'boring'.

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Originally Posted by 13Lack

Why is it that 90 percent of the people smoking pot on tv are portrayed as lazy, live at home at 40, no job motherfuckers? I mean I love stoner films just as much as the next guy. But after awhile stuff like that makes it harder to fight for legalization when people that are already brainwashed by D.A.R.E. and other bullshit government propaganda. I was watching Half Baked again the other day and damn.....I love dave chappelle but that movie is like the epitome of being a "stupid" stoner, and half baked is far from as guilty as other films like good luck chuck. Where (gorgeous) jessica alba's brother is a stoner ass loser. I mean I'm really looking forward to Seth Rogan's new movie Pineapple Express (look the trailer up) but.....I hope it doesn't portray us as retards as shit like that normally does....

Maybe I'm thinking it over too much....thoughts?

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Just like that commercial where that kid wraps him self up in a giant bud and comes out when hes forty, like marijuana made him do that. Though i know alot of cliche stoners, Weed makes me wanna get out in the world more and motivates me to better myself.