It's definitely far less potent than ∆9 and it doesn't do nearly as much to me in terms of the head fuckery but it will absolutely put even the most seasoned stoner on their ass for a solid day if they take enough of it in one sitting, especially in edible distillate form. I say that having smoked for over 25 years. The diluted vapes are shit, though.

Eh, kind of but not really. This is where it starts to get complicated and where I'm out of my chemical depth.

While (some) cannabis does contain at least trace amounts of many of these compounds, all of the intoxicating cannabinoids produced other than (most of) the delta-9 is actually semi-synthetic, originating from hemp-extracted CBD. Now, as long as the product of the reaction (iirc isomerizarion involving heat and something like citric acid) is pure, the fact that it was synthetically produced does not in and of itself make that resulting compound unsafe. Where it gets hairy is the fact that even delta-9 remains poorly studied today thanks to over five decades of prohibition, and we have basically no idea what ingesting large quantities of any one of these 100+ minor (think something on the order of <1% in the average plant) cannabinoids is actually doing to our bodies.

The real issue, though, is that the lack of any regulatory oversight whatsoever allows shady, greedy distributors to cut an already dirt cheap product with even cheaper and potentially deadly chemicals like vitamin K. You'll likely hear a disproportionately loud amount of "delta-8 bad" talk (and I'm not trying to promote its use, either) but the most serious harm probably has less to do with the compound itself and more to do with such toxic adulterants. That said, scientifically tested or not, there are reputable and entirely legal sources for many of these substances, although they aren't necessarily gas stations.

Weed isn't a single drug, it's a complex plant that contains many psychoactive compounds called cannabinoids. The best known and (probably) most intoxicating of these is what's commonly called THC, technically delta-9-THC, though over 100 others have been identified so far. Some of these are highly (pun intended) psychoactive while some appear, at least to the user, to be pharmacologically inert. Regardless, a hastily-written 2018 federal farm bill which was partially intended to legalize commercial hemp essentially legalized all of them including even tiny (<0.3%) concentrations of delta-9. That has allowed for a massive market of legal (in states which haven't since passed their own laws saying otherwise) weed. It's not the same weed sold by regulated recreational/medical dispensaries in legal states, though. Rather, these are the products you may have seen in gas stations and head shops, most of which contain at least some delta-8-THC, a compound that is very closely chemically related to delta-9. The key thing to understand, though, is that despite very similar chemical structures, two related drugs can vary substantially in terms of their potency and subjective effects.

I think that's about as simple as I know how to make it but I'll be over here spending my Thanksgiving evening in bed with my dogs and a bottle of wine if anyone has questions.

edited because grammar and ADHD are hard

It also helps to not be the only one who is high.

Learning to harness that anxiety helps, too. It's my fuel and my brakes at the same time.

Yes.

About half of the US population still can't even agree on events that happened just 4 years ago which we all saw with our own eyes.

Update: to the surprise of no one, the tape has already failed after two hours at room temperature.

Yes, you're both right. Here's the cheapo card in question.

Lol, hopefully temporary in the sense that I only need it to work for a couple of minutes, long enough to boot a test system with the card installed in order to find out if the motherboard for which I can't locate a manual supports PCIe bifurcation. If the board recognizes all the drives then I'll shut it down and properly install 4 full-length (2280) Samsung drives which I have yet to order.

Yes but slaves who pick cotton learn valuable, marketable skills!

(big fuckin /s just in case)

Is it really worth going to the authorities when there's only 300 lbs to turn in?

The only time Arch is up to date is when it just finished updating.

I'm proud of Lemmy today. 45 comments and not a single joke about OP's mom.

applies super glue

While I agree, for any outsider reading this, it's less about government mandated yard work and more about the fact that we keep allowing HOAs to exist.

Definitely. We need some smarter people in office.

I guess it's just you and me, then. Good thing we have 800 lbs of cocaine to split between the two of us.

Same, but holy shit is it ever a relief when I do get sad enough to burst into tears.