Quote Originally Posted by shaitanx
Okay, I'm fairly new to this [a month or two] but whats wrong with shake?

I had a weird experience yesterday. I usually smoke like small nugs packed in a bowl. Usually just one or two nugs. Yesterday, I had a nug and some shake because he broke it down a lot. When I hit the bowl, I coughed so much my eyes were watering and I couldn't hold it in. He [a very experienced smoker] turns to me and says "I bet you wanna know why you coughed like that" because I always ask a lot of questions, and he tells me because its shake, and it burns faster so more smoke gets in your lungs. Isn't that good though? More smoke?

I hate coughing. I took two hits and I was out, stoned as a motherfkr.

Edit: as for the guy, yeah, he sucks.. next time, say, "It's Puff Puff Pass, asshole. Not puff wait puff wait puff wait puff wait puff wait puff wait wait wait.... pass" :jointsmile:
Shake burns faster because as the weed pieces are very small, there is more surface area. Though you can get some monster hits from shake, I'd say its usually less potent than regular bud. Shake tends to have a lot of leaves, because leaves easily fall off buds.

I think ettiquitte is really important. But smoking a lot of someone's weed isn't only bad ettiquette, its just not showing that person any respect. If everyone had mutual respect, we wouldn't need arbitrary rules like puff puff pass.