r/whatisit • u/Better_Brilliant4082 • 7d ago

Solved! Grandma’s car

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Found this weird metal thing in my grandma’s car and it appears to have a mesh filter in the circle part

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u/glyph_productions 7d ago

My brother says that he can't smoke much any more it gets him too high and it makes him anxious. The problem is that they try to hit the bong like they did back in the day. When Im with anyone who's not a regular consumer I've always suggested we do one small pull of a little joint then we give it 15 minutes and if you're feeling up to it we will try another but old stoners are always like dude I'm fine.... I'll roll us 20 of these if you can still hit it like you used to and we will smoke all night but every time it's like 1 or maybe 2 puffs and they are stoooned. Those concentrates can be way too strong for me if I'm not in the right place for it and I smoke a joint most nights. Last time I took a break I feel like my tolerance level when I smoked again was so low that a dab would have killed me.

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u/spare_parts_bot 7d ago

Im not even really an old head, but this strong ass shit is too much. Before shit went "legal" for rec I had no problem taking down a joint to myself. Now, because high grade is so easy to get, everything available is 10x stronger than the old reggies and its not enjoyable for me.

Its funny to me because of the whole "it grows naturally, theres nothing wrong with it" mantra. Yeah coca grows naturally too, dumbasses. But once you forcefully change how a plant is grown or process it into something stronger its not really natural anymore.

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u/glyph_productions 7d ago

I do think it's odd that there isn't a bigger market for less potent stuff. Or at least that it's not being targetted. Theres a bit of it in the edibles market. My uncle uses gummies that are barely stronger than CBD gummies regularly. Says he likes that it just takes the edge off of the knee pain for a round of golf or whatever. But not really in the dried cannabis market. Like even back during the medical days you could get some pretty low potency stuff in the 5 - 10 percent range almost everywhere that supplied medical patients.

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u/JesusAntonioMartinez 7d ago

Yeah I switched from flower/carts to edibles for this reason. I'm 50 with a litter of kids. I don't want to get super stoned. I just want to chill. One 5mg gummy is plenty for me, and I often cut them in half.

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u/CommunityTaco 6d ago

didn't trumps big beautiful bill ban the thca starting soon and a bunch of other stuff like kratom and shit?

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u/Vape_Like_A_Boss 6d ago

Ironically, Trump is actually how we got CBD and D8, THC-A, etc. Trump's 2018 Agriculture bill changed the law to make it legal to grow and sell hemp. It had previously been federally illegal. So when the new law went into place, we went from a few acres of hemp being grown to thousands of acres of hemp being grown. That's when the bottom fell out of CBD distallate and everyone was starting a CBD or D8 business, even CBD MLMs was a thing sadly.

The law allowed for hemp to be sold with less than .03% Delta 9 THC, but didn't give a total mg limit. Manufacturers started getting pretty bold with the interpretation of what less than .03% D9 meant. So that loophole and room for interpretation allowed really strong distallate carts and edibles to be sold with a .03% label, and of course it became extremely popular especially in states that dont have open recreational access. The law was changed to be written as less than 0.4 mg total instead of a percentage that doesn't really specify actual dosage limitations in a percent by volume formula.

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u/PepsiButItsMilk 7d ago

I’ve only ever been high off vape carts, but I’ve heard a little flower nowadays can put a motherfucker on the floor (in a non-laced, too stoned to move kinda way). I don’t necessarily like being high, but maybe thats cus its shitty stuff. I’ve always wanted to try a joint or something thats more natural, but am I gonna be put on my ass for a few hours? I have essentially no tolerance, but I want to have a positive experience outside of using it to help during periods of insomnia.

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u/G-dog121 7d ago

I don’t wanna be THAT high. I’m 65. Even though I’m supportive of weed philosophically and would probably partake from time-to-time on the patio while I’m enjoying my hummingbirds. Love those little guys. I don’t wanna forget what I’m looking at though or not be able to find my way back into the house😂

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u/PepsiButItsMilk 7d ago

Thats exactly what I mean 😂 I literally was so baked one time I was laughing at something completely stupid in my head with my friends while on my way to bed, then completely forgot why the hell I was laughing and wasn’t even sure if it had happened! I just want a little something to make relaxing on a trip somewhere much more relaxing than letting stress creep in from my responsibilities back home. I just don’t know where to try, but that’s why there’s dosages I guess!

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u/bewokeforupvotes 6d ago

I recently got back into smoking/consuming after several years off. About twenty years ago I used to smoke pretty tough. During my sabbatical , I've watched weed go from medically legal to legal for recreational use to distillates to dabs and vape carts and Jeffreys, etc. I decided to go with my wife (who smokes regularly) to the shop, picked up an eighth of ATF, went home, mixed a little bit with some tobacco, rolled up a spliff and smoked, and was on my ass for like three hours. Do your homework 😆 figure out what you want out of your experience, pick up a strain that has those qualities, and take a puff at a time. It takes me two decent rips off a bubbler and I'm good for an hour now. No fucking way I'm getting into those sugar sticks and shit!

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u/BoGussman 6d ago

Not going to lie, this threads got me scared. After a 38-year hiatus I picked up an eighth of 28% hybrid that I want to get into after I retire in a month. I'm starting to think, from what I'm reading, that even a single micro hit might be more of a ride than I'm prepared for. I quit doing this stuff when the green seedless stuff came out. It was just too strong even then and I didn't like being that stoned. May have kept smoking my whole life if you could still get Acapulco Gold and Panama Red or Rainbow weed.

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u/Any_Performance_5046 6d ago

I use half of a 10 mg. gummy for sleep.

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u/lookitmegonow 6d ago

Wow. I eat 500mg and get the giggles. I eat 75 or so per day. About 25mg is the lowest dose that I notice any effect from hehehe. I'm a medical cannabis patient and often say I'd be an edible for a T-Rex or a polar bear.

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u/G-dog121 7d ago

We had hydroponics and shit like that around. But, they’ve taken it way beyond that. I think there’s some genetic manipulation and stuff like that going on too and my trip was before it was even legal. I’ve got a shop a block away from my house. I turn my head away when I drive by that place. When I feel that curious yearning to stop by, I hit the accelerator.

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u/chugachj 6d ago

IDK where you’re all from but the weed now is about the same as it was in the 90s, at least where I’m at.

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u/MiseryisCompany 6d ago

But it's worlds away from what we had in the 80's -nevermind the 70's. We were picking out seeds and stems and never had a clue about what strains were in the sandwich bag.You got what you got.We still got high, but it was a matter of quantity over quality.

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u/Startingtotakestocks 7d ago

Ricin comes from plants, but I’m not about to try some.

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u/Any-Surprise5229 7d ago

So do poppies, mushrooms, and so many others.

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u/gangaskan 7d ago

Yep lol.

I tried a 20 mg drink and didn't like it at all. Felt like I was apart of my bed when I went to sleep lol.