reputations...

[djaio]

when I first started smoking, I was one of those annoying "I'M SO HIGH!!" guys, and it's created a reputation of a stoner. which, i'll admit, i am, but it's gotten to the point where my non-pothead friends rarely see beyond that; i'm just the guy who smokes too much pot. many of them smoke pot as well, but on an occasional basis. also, i'm almost never stoned in public, and i always get rid of all evidence i've been smoking, but people talk(even though i'm over 18 and could go to jail just for possession...) and word gets around, mostly about my long-gone irresponsible habits. i'm past the childish, clumsy naivete of the beginning stage of smoking, but the effects of it have lingered on. i stopped talking about my smoking, but that doesn't seem to matter.

i could just abandon my non-stoner friends - you know, "the only friend i need is a friend with weed", but they're my longest-known friends and it'd be too painful to just disconnect from them. i'd much rather just set my record straight and "fix" my reputation of an irresponsible drug abuser. anyone have any experience with this? thanks.

djaio Reviewed by djaio on 01-28-2005. reputations... when I first started smoking, I was one of those annoying "I'M SO HIGH!!" guys, and it's created a reputation of a stoner. which, i'll admit, i am, but it's gotten to the point where my non-pothead friends rarely see beyond that; i'm just the guy who smokes too much pot. many of them smoke pot as well, but on an occasional basis. also, i'm almost never stoned in public, and i always get rid of all evidence i've been smoking, but people talk(even though i'm over 18 and could go to jail just for Rating: 5

[bONgRiPs]

yea it sucks. i still have a reputation being a cokehead. if i say im not hungry some1 will be like, OH YOU'RE BLOWING and im like no fuck you im just not hungry. or ill blow my nose and people will give me a look, i say im sick and they dont beleive me.

but then again... when i was blowing i lied to every1 about my use and my excuse about my nose was that i have alergies so i wouldnt trust me neither

[djaio]

yea it sucks. i still have a reputation being a cokehead. if i say im not hungry some1 will be like, OH YOU'RE BLOWING and im like no fuck you im just not hungry. or ill blow my nose and people will give me a look, i say im sick and they dont beleive me.

yeah, one time in school i was kind of tired and i mentioned that i was "a little out of it". this guy i know said "so are you drunk, or stoned, or what?" i never do substances in school.

[Climbing High]

i get the exact same shit in school. pisses me off so much.

[AstroBoy]

All I have to say is that if you admit that you have smoked pot, they can't arrest you. It's after the fact. The statute of limitations on marijuana use ends after it wears off. Even if they find it in your system, they can't do shit. Just don't get caught with it. And about your friends, real friends don't do that shit.

[imagoober]

damn i hate that shit thats the same thing i get from my friends, not so much my good friends, they have started to accept the fact that im a stoner and they now let me even smoke in there car! these are he kind of people that will never touch the stuf eirther but eveyone else is like oh never mind him hes a stoner! that shit pisses me of it kill the mood when you are stoned and people talk down on you or act like an ass cause you stoned and they think you are so messed up that you have no clue about reality. well fuckum

[adh endo]

people nicknamed me the stoner BEFORE i started toking..

i think everyone starts as annoying and "im so high"


"stoner" has negative connotations to it now..
(i prefer to call myself a blazer instead, got a nicer ring to it)

anyway, hate ppl who blame mj as the reason for everything wrong with me, everything ive ever done wrong, etc..

One chick REALLY pissed me off when she says something like
"because you were stoned"
-when that had nothing to do with anything and i wasnt even high at the time in question, or even shit that happened before i started toking!

but they probably hate all my "alcohol kills youre braincells and gives you cancer"
kind of comments,
but i still offer her a session each time i can, just to be ncie.

if she took it id be surprised-
although people who are anti and then try a few times often quickly change opinions.

[Encatuse]

One of my friends started spreading rumors that I dropped out of school and was stealing so I could smoke pot. -laughs- The facts were that I graduated at 16 and I smoke alotta pot. Who knows where the stealing thing came from. I haven't ever really stolen in my life. He had been my friend since kindergarten and there he goes making all sorts of judgements.

I saw fuck em. If they won't accept you for you then fuck em. Smoke pot and be proud and sarcastic. If someone says "are you high?" and you arent, just say "yes. Im always high. bugger off." My favorite thing to do is when a non-stoner is being a dick is to blow smoke in their face. Literally and metaphorically.

[lukivah]

1. You should never have needed to stop talking about anything with your friends. It is marijuana, it is less dangerous for you than smoking a CIGARETTE!!!(I think)

People love to complain about stuff. You complain, I complain, your mother complains. People will always find something to complain about and the easiest things to attack are the "wrong" ones like illegal products =) But in this case we all know it should not be illegal!

This is how I deal with bullshit. If somebody bothers you about smoking marijuana you ask them if they have gotten high before. Not smoked it, gotten high, I did not get high the first time I smoked it. I didn't even know that just breathing it into my mouth wasnt technically inhaling it. If the answer is no, they haven't gotten high, then ask them what they know about marijuana. Chances are it will be nothing because I have met very few people who know about marijuana and would still get on your case about it. If they know nothing about it then tell them straight up that until they can come to you with more indepth information on why you should stop smoking that you don't want to hear about it again. It is that simple with non-hostile non-friends.

You cannot come across weak, ever. Just reading your original post you came across very weakly. "oh no, should i give up my life long friends to avoid a little taunting, please help me" Fuck that. If you have seriously talked to them about smoking and made them understand how you feel about it and they keep bothering you then turn the tables around. If they're overweight get on them about that, everytime they make a comment about smoking make 3 comments about their weight in the next 30 minutes, but keep the tone the same. If they make jokes, you make jokes. If they nag, you nag.(Oh look, Djaio is smoking again! -your response- Oh look, "insert name" is eating again!" sometimes friends think they're being good friends when they're just being annoying.

But this all assumes you believe smoking is RIGHT for you. That you believe you are simply having a good time in a way of your choosing. If you're the type of guy who is smoking a joint and sees his best friend coming and feels the need to hide it out of shame(i know some of us dont like to share =) ) Then maybe you should stop smoking. Do a little research on the drug and then start back up with the knowledge that there is nothing wrong with it other than the fact that somebody long ago decided to outlaw it. They could have chosen Apple Juice.

But of course I'm one of the people who hotboxes in their car and when my mom walks out to go somewhere I roll down the window, with the blunt in my hand, and wave her off while blowing smoke out the window =) If you can tell yourself that there is nothing wrong with smoking you can tell somebody else that. And in this instance they would be lying if they said otherwise. (other than whatever smoke you inhale, breathing smoke in is never good for you) This isn't crack. 3 days off of this and you won't be shaking down bums for spare change.

[juggalo420]

if their good friends theyll accept what makes you happy, i mean for christs sake your smoking pot not shooting up heroin. tell them your the same person as before you started smoking. also you can lie and say you dont smoke any more, and just smoke pot on the down-low.