No, no one in my social circle “partakes”. We just don’t like it. And we’re not boring, or hyper-religious, or cops. I don’t need to toke up to enjoy Pink Floyd, man.
Probably no one in my work circle smokes, either, because it’s a very conservative industry, and also subject to random drug testing (at least, it used to be.), but I admit I can’t guarantee that one.
It (obviously) must surprise people, but not everyone like it or want to do it. I’m honestly confused by this thought pattern. Do cookers automatically assume everyone drinks coffee, smokes cigs, votes the same way, likes the same movies, eats the same foods? I bet not. But when it comes to pot, the default is “everybody does it”. Why is that? Do y’all start to feel guilty (paranoid, maybe;)) unless you can justify it because “everyone does it”?
My college buddies had no problem with me not “partaking” with them. So why do adults all think you have to be a cop to not want to smoke? I mean, after all, everyone knows cops get all the best stuff!
What are “cookers”? But no, it isn’t that I think everyone does it, or has done it. But it’s just as silly for you to think that NONE of your friends or coworkers do. I would assume that pretty much in any group the percentage of current partakers is between none and all, and it wouldn’t be apparent who is in which group.
We had a dorm mate in college, JK. He was a real burn out. After dinner, JK would come by and ask, “Cook some up? Cook some up?” Then he’d proceed to smoke all he could, and pass out on your couch. He’d zonk out for hours, and I don’t think he would have woken up if the building was on fire. Good times, good times. Unless it was your couch.
So we started referring to people who “partaked” as “cookers”.
Well I did. And I stand by that statement. (except for coworkers - I said I can’t prove that one, only that I suspect the percentage is low)
And I honestly can’t imagine why you all have trouble with that. Must you imagine everyone is secretly a toker? As if you can’t imagine that there are people that don’t like what you like? You know, there are lots of people out here that don’t partake, for no other reason than they just don’t want to.
It’s like you all picture yourselves in this secret club, but you can’t be comfortable unless everyone else is in the club, too.
Funny being that druggies when they get busted, usually turn out to be the rats more often than anyone else, yet I’m sure they were once thought of as “cool” by their friends. It happens every day somewhere. I’m also reminded of my friend’s uncle who thought another guy was cool too, till he realized his cool new friend was undercover and the reason he was in front of a judge.
Lol, I don’t care what some college aged druggie that works at Rally’s thinks about me so long as she doesn’t forget my fries. Yeah I’ve seen her before in her Rally’s uniform.
Except beer is legal in my town. Big difference there. That’s not really any different than someone yelling:
“HEY GUY WITH T SHIRT ON, WANNA COME OVER AND PRINT OUT SOME COUNTERFEIT MONEY!!”…lol, I mean might as well.
That’s not neighborly, that’s just stupidity mixed with naive arrogance. I don’t care what others do, but being discreet about something that could cost you a lot of money and time from a legal standpoint would be the smarter approach.
Druggies can be as annoying as Jehovah witnesses sometimes, some let their addictions screw over their friends and families too…seen it, dealt with it, so last thing I need is druggie friends or even druggie neighbors. What good is to come of that? My property value going to rise? LOL
Of course, not everyone has tried pot, let alone uses it now. But the studies seem to show that about 40-50 percent of adults have tried it at one point, and 10-15 percent currently use it. So, yeah, the percentage of any group of people is probably low for current use, but also probably not zero. And the percentage for “ever used” is probably not all that low.
