# Fuck You, Pothead neighbor. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 28, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-pothead-neighbor/699778 "2014-09-28T14:54:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-pothead-neighbor/699778/81 "2014-09-29T11:20:49Z")
Must be difficult going through life with incurable red ass. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-pothead-neighbor/699778/82 "2014-09-29T11:45:08Z")
> [@even\_sven](#): > > I don’t get why you don’t just get an air filter. Sure you “shouldn’t have to,” but it’s a rough world out there. Exactly. If they were fond of burning incense or cooking Indian food, he’d have essentially the same problem, minus all the righteous indignation and toothless threats to rat them out to the highest authorities. I guess it’s all a matter of preference. Marijuana is certainly more _pungent_ than tobacco, but it offends me a lot less than cigarette smoke. Our (townhouse) nextdoor neighbor liked to smoke on his back porch—a particularly acrid brand of filterless European cigarettes—which wasn’t pleasant, but was within his right. When he did, we’d close our windows and wait a few minutes, then reopen them and go on with our lives. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-pothead-neighbor/699778/83 "2014-09-29T11:48:57Z")
> [@Ayatollah Yawuntz](#): > > I don’t know why people insist on rolling their weed when they could be vaping it, or vaping shatter. No odor, and better for the lungs. Better for everybody. Smoking rollies is so twentieth century. Once in a blue moon is ok, but not if you’re drenching your neighbours in skunk aroma. Vaping is free of smoke, but I would not describe it as odorless. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-pothead-neighbor/699778/84 "2014-09-29T11:56:50Z")
Sorry, I probably shouldn’t need to ask this, seeing how I’m not exactly new here and (s)he is practically a founding member, but: is the OP known to be mentally ill? ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-pothead-neighbor/699778/85 "2014-09-29T12:01:44Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Vaping is free of smoke, but I would not describe it as odorless. Well, you’re not going to smell it from one apartment over. That’s for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-pothead-neighbor/699778/86 "2014-09-29T12:31:27Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Vaping is free of smoke, but I would not describe it as odorless. I was over at the supermarket on Saturday night, and the vape shop next door was hosting some sort of get-together (or maybe it was just a normal night servicing the nicotine fiends). Even though their front door was open, there was a thick fog in the place, as people stood or sat around puffing out clouds of “vapor” laden with propylene glycol carrier, nicotine, fragrance, and whatever else the Chinese fill those cartridges with. I wouldn’t want to be an apartment renter living over a vape shop. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-pothead-neighbor/699778/87 "2014-09-29T12:47:35Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I was over at the supermarket on Saturday night, and the vape shop next door was hosting some sort of get-together (or maybe it was just a normal night servicing the nicotine fiends). > > Even though their front door was open, there was a thick fog in the place, as people stood or sat around puffing out clouds of “vapor” laden with propylene glycol carrier, > nicotine, fragrance, and whatever else the Chinese fill those cartridges with. > > I wouldn’t want to be an apartment renter living over a vape shop. “Vaping” cannabis and “vaping” nicotine are completely different things. Nicotine vaping consists of cooking nicotine-laced “juice” (propylene glycol, flavor, scent, etc.) on an electric heating element. It involves spewing a cloud of grape-scented droplets in the air. It’s better than smoking, but still kinds reeks IMO. A cannabis vaping system heats marijuana at temperatures that are below combustion temp, but above the temp at which THC is volatile. The vaporizer usually dispenses into a plastic bag, from which the person inhales. It’s literally smokeless, and smells very little. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-pothead-neighbor/699778/88 "2014-09-29T12:51:00Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > The latter. He keeps playing 4’33" at full volume in the middle of the night, over and over. Even worse, he sings along. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-pothead-neighbor/699778/89 "2014-09-29T12:53:46Z")
Someone’s smoking pot in NYC. _Get me the fucking President!_ ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-pothead-neighbor/699778/90 "2014-09-29T12:59:13Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > Best of luck to you. I’m not sure where in NY you are, but one of the reasons we left NYC is because we called the police probably 30 times over the course of a year about stupid, horrible pothead neighbors and nothing was done. We called the Feds, spoke with the DEA, the whole nine, and no one did anything about it at all. I was sick of having headaches every day and knowing that no one would ever respect my desire to not have that shit smelling up my apartment and that my infant daughter was exposed to it. We are in Massachusetts now and haven’t had an issue. In the end moving is probably going to be your only option. That will make a massive difference, what with Massachusetts being a harsh totalitarian dictatorship where jackbooted thugs come marching down the street the minute you light up. ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-pothead-neighbor/699778/91 "2014-09-29T13:14:42Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > Sorry, I probably shouldn’t need to ask this, seeing how I’m not exactly new here and (s)he is practically a founding member, but: is the OP known to be mentally ill? Not that I’m aware of, no. This OP is not out of character for him. Put those statements together however you see fit. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-pothead-neighbor/699778/92 "2014-09-29T13:24:27Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > The smell of the stuff is why I am so reluctant to legalize it. IMHO, cigarettes smell like pumpkin spice compared to weed. How often do you run into tobacco smokers these days. though? In their own homes, sure, but I almost never see smokers when I’m out and about anymore. I think I saw someone smoke from their car once in the parking lot. Then again, when the highschool band was practicing on the practice field by parking lot, we could smell the smoke from the people who lit up in the parking lot. There is no way I would have smelled cigarette smoke that far away. Though I have wondered if it was something else–I’d never smelled pot before then, but people told me that’s what it was. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-pothead-neighbor/699778/93 "2014-09-29T13:50:07Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > The smell of the stuff is why I am so reluctant to legalize it. IMHO, cigarettes smell like pumpkin spice compared to weed. IMHO, pumpkin spice smells worse than any illicit (or licit) drug and anyone who makes me smell it can go to hell. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-pothead-neighbor/699778/94 "2014-09-29T13:53:12Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Though I have wondered if it was something else–I’d never smelled pot before then, but people told me that’s what it was. Pot smoke smells sort of skunky. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-pothead-neighbor/699778/95 "2014-09-29T14:16:16Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Someone’s smoking pot in NYC. _Get me the fucking President!_ We can take out a dozen oil wells in Syria, so I’m sure we can drone this neighbor’s ass to Timbuktu. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-pothead-neighbor/699778/96 "2014-09-29T15:12:15Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > IMHO, pumpkin spice smells worse than any illicit (or licit) drug and anyone who makes me smell it can go to hell. “Pumpkin spice… good to know. Seeya soon, **RNATB**!” _–Satan_ ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-pothead-neighbor/699778/97 "2014-09-29T15:34:23Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > Sorry, I probably shouldn’t need to ask this, seeing how I’m not exactly new here and (s)he is practically a founding member, but: is the OP known to be mentally ill? Well, [Help! Help! I’m being repressed by German neo-nazis!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=726360) [Colin Farrell should be charged with rape for kissing a co-star onscreen!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=355044) Judge for yourself. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-pothead-neighbor/699778/98 "2014-09-29T15:46:43Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > That’s not gonna work. There not going to go through the hassle of filing an eviction in court over a over some dude smoking pot. If they did that, they’d lose 40% of their tenants. I do, because I’d rather lose the 40% who smoke over the 60% who don’t (not that any of those %ages have anything to do with reality). Note, I’m not talking about pot smokers in general. I’m talking only about pot smokers who smoke in their rental units, especially in multi-family units. Hell, I avoid renting to smokers whenever possible, and any illegal activity is reason for eviction. I also don’t (usually) rent in NY, because evicting in NY is a pain in the ass, and in NYC even worse, but that would be a different rant better written by a NYC rental owner. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-pothead-neighbor/699778/99 "2014-09-29T15:56:08Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > Best of luck to you. I’m not sure where in NY you are, but one of the reasons we left NYC is because we called the police probably 30 times over the course of a year about stupid, horrible pothead neighbors and nothing was done. That’s just bad building management. _Statistically speaking_, small family will be an overall better renter than pot-smoking renters (and I don’t give an airborne rodents buttocks if you smoke pot and are a great renter - I will still play the odds). No good property manager should want frequent police visits nor one/two units causing other units to vacate. Sadly, there are plenty of not-good property managers out there. ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-pothead-neighbor/699778/100 "2014-09-29T16:03:16Z")
You are willing to command thousands of dollars in govt resources in order to take care of a problem that could be handled by maintaining a chat and/or speaking to the property owner. How selfish are today’s urban liberals? We have a clue to the answer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-pothead-neighbor/699778.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-pothead-neighbor/699778.md?page=6)