# Stop saying "meth!" It is stupid! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 10, 2013, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-saying-meth-it-is-stupid/655310 "2013-04-10T09:39:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**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:** [July 4, 2017, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-saying-meth-it-is-stupid/655310/221 "2017-07-04T01:18:00Z")
> [@steatopygia](#): > > A member for almost 10 years. > 4 posts. > And one of them was that nonsense. Meth does weird shit to people! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-saying-meth-it-is-stupid/655310/222 "2017-07-04T01:18:51Z")
> [@steatopygia](#): > > A member for almost 10 years. > 4 posts. > And one of them was that nonsense. Nonsense? It was poetry. šŸ˜• ETA: _meth_ poetry AdditionalETA: meth made John Mace post a fraction of a minute faster than I did. ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-saying-meth-it-is-stupid/655310/223 "2017-07-04T01:45:13Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Meth users vs grammatical pedants: \*\*thereā€™s \*\*a Venn diagram Iā€™d like to see. They loathe to death being pithy with meth. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-saying-meth-it-is-stupid/655310/224 "2017-07-04T02:06:29Z")
> [@steatopygia](#): > > A member for almost 10 years. > 4 posts. > And one of them was that nonsense. Heā€™s been busy! Very, very busy! Whatever else you can say about him, he knows Vancouver, Wa. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-saying-meth-it-is-stupid/655310/225 "2017-07-04T03:02:10Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > AdditionalETA: meth made John Mace post a fraction of a minute faster than I did. ā˜¹ So **John Mace** is using meth? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-saying-meth-it-is-stupid/655310/226 "2017-07-04T04:07:02Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > So **John Mace** is using meth? I donā€™t see anyone claiming that.šŸ˜• ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-saying-meth-it-is-stupid/655310/227 "2017-07-04T12:12:20Z")
> [@Eliahna](#): > > Iā€™m going to go ahead and guess that youā€™ve got yourself an undercover cop there. Real meth heads never call it meth - I learned that right here on the boards. > > Meanwhile, am I the last person to get the memo that ā€œspeedā€ and ā€œmethā€ are the same thing? All this time Iā€™ve been thinking meth was some new super drug, and I never even realised people had stopped talking about speed. Last I heard, speed was amphetamines, not meth (or, um, whatever). But that was in the 1970s. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-saying-meth-it-is-stupid/655310/228 "2017-07-04T14:01:17Z")
> [@markdash](#): > > Sounds like _someone_ didnā€™t get their meth this morningā€¦ On the contrary, Iā€™d say the OP seems pretty darn cranky. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-saying-meth-it-is-stupid/655310/229 "2017-07-04T15:03:12Z")
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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-saying-meth-it-is-stupid/655310/230 "2017-07-04T15:14:26Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Iā€™m surprised no one has come in touting Salvia yet. That stuff is still legal right? I keep getting that confused with [stevia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevia). > [@brujaja](#): > > Most commonly, they just call it ā€œdope,ā€ Seriously? I havenā€™t heard anyone use the term since the 1970s, excepting the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers. ---
**Author:** ![Crazy\_Canuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazy_canuck/32/5282_2.png) [@Crazy\_Canuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazy_Canuck)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-saying-meth-it-is-stupid/655310/231 "2017-07-04T23:55:42Z")
Is this the difference between slow and fast zombies? The fast zombies just smoke a little meth before they go on a cannibalistic rampage or resurrect a four year old thread? As for meth, yeah, itā€™s usually called meth. Meth-heads are not known for being particularly smart or imaginative. The most common slang terms Iā€™ve heard is jib or crystal, but both together are still less common than just calling it meth. Dope is heroin or another downer. You might call weed dope if youā€™re over fifty. Iā€™ve never seen anyone in the scene call an upper like meth or coke dope, and my experience comes first-hand from actually selling drugs. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-saying-meth-it-is-stupid/655310/232 "2017-07-04T23:59:42Z")
Anyone ever heard of ā€œboyā€ as a slang for heroin? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-saying-meth-it-is-stupid/655310/233 "2017-07-05T00:30:55Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Anyone ever heard of ā€œboyā€ as a slang for heroin? Jeremiah, I for one have not heard of this slang, I think some dick punching is in order. Also, is your name even Jacksonville Platinum? :dubious: You look more like a Frank to me. :dubious: Maybe even a Zach. So, Zach, which do you prefer, a hotdog or a hamburger? Did I even spell Zach right? I guess. I personally like both. One or two of eatch. (Is that how you spell eatch? It looks all fagurguled to me.) Jeremy, help me out here brah. Iā€™m sorry for calling you names. I donā€™t know you, Jemeriah. Shit balls even Jeremiah, looks wrong. (People who are in the know is that the correct spelling? It still looks all jacked.) Franklin, I love you. You are a beautiful person, and I hope that you will continue on and keep being you. Fuck all these not nice people, because you are a cool dude. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-saying-meth-it-is-stupid/655310/234 "2017-07-05T00:32:52Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Jeremiah, I for one have not heard of this slang, I think some dick punching is in order. > > Also, is your name even Jacksonville Platinum? :dubious: > > You look more like a Frank to me. :dubious: > > Maybe even a Zach. > > So, Zach, which do you prefer, a hotdog or a hamburger? > > Did I even spell Zach right? I guess. > > I personally like both. One or two of eatch. (Is that how you spell eatch? It looks all fagurguled to me.) > > Jeremy, help me out here brah. > > Iā€™m sorry for calling you names. I donā€™t know you, Jemeriah. Shit balls even Jeremiah, looks wrong. (People who are in the know is that the correct spelling? It still looks all jacked.) > > Franklin, I love you. You are a beautiful person, and I hope that you will continue on and keep being you. Fuck all these not nice people, because you are a cool dude. The above is one of the perils of smoking meth. The more you knowā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-saying-meth-it-is-stupid/655310/235 "2017-07-05T00:50:00Z")
thereā€™s no meth-od to this madness ---
**Author:** ![Weisshund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba8739/32.png) [@Weisshund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weisshund)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-saying-meth-it-is-stupid/655310/236 "2017-07-05T01:09:56Z")
You want me to dedicate the time to say Crystal Methedrine rather than use just 4 letters to refer to something i could care less about, or youā€™ll get mad? :smack: Yea, iā€™m ok with that. I suppose i could call it crank if you like? but that is really more effort than itā€™s worth. ---
**Author:** ![Ispolkom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47774/32.png) [@Ispolkom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ispolkom)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-saying-meth-it-is-stupid/655310/237 "2017-07-05T02:47:23Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > If youā€™re pithy 'bout meth, > Just take a breath, > Conthider the thtakes of the game. > Youā€™re not playing with death, > It ainā€™t Thakethpeareā€™th McBeth, > Itā€™th jutht the drugā€™th thilly thtreet name. > > But if I had to gueth > What was making this meth > Iā€™d thay itth what futhinethā€™ bringth. > Trying to show clath, > But jutht being an ath, > Ith juth one of thothe mad Doper thingth. > -Bryan Ekerth, 2013 Since in four years no one else has bothered, let me salute you for a great Gavin Ewart pastiche. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-saying-meth-it-is-stupid/655310/238 "2017-07-05T06:16:10Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I miss the OP. ā˜¹ > > Think he is on a bender? I hope in the ensuing interval everything came up all Twiggy for the unfortunate, beleaguered OP. Thatā€™sā€¦Twiggy, in a sprightly, insouciant way, not in a skinny-to-the-point-of-looking-all-meth-y/crack-y way. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2017, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-saying-meth-it-is-stupid/655310/239 "2017-07-05T13:02:33Z")
I think the OP meant ā€œmehā€. Stop saying ā€œmeh!ā€ Itā€™s stupid! > [@kayaker](#): > > AdditionalETA: meth made John Mace post a fraction of a minute faster than I did. Meh. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-saying-meth-it-is-stupid/655310/240 "2017-07-05T13:44:05Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I think the OP meant ā€œmehā€. Stop saying ā€œmeh!ā€ Itā€™s stupid! > > Meh. Ohā€¦ never mind! [/Litella] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-saying-meth-it-is-stupid/655310.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-saying-meth-it-is-stupid/655310.md?page=13)