are you more than just a "stoner?"

ive been thinkin about this lately. if someones describing me to another person, do they say, "ya hes this stoner at my school" ? do you feel that being a "stoner" or a "pot head" defines you? im not sure how i feel about this. Initially, i felt that i would want to be defined by something besides drug use, but using drugs is a "hobby" (if u want to call it that) of mine. and my thought process and who i am has led me to using drugs, so is it really a bad thing to be defined as a stoner? im not even stoned and im thinking this deeply... holy shit. has anyone else thought of this?

 

no matter how you look at it all of us are stoner's and pot heads

 

what does how people describe you have shit to do with who you are?

don't be a dumbass, man

you are you
nothing more, nothing less

 

there's so much name calling in these forums lately

 

Well, I surely hope people think of me as more than a stoner. I don't mind the word because I have my own interpretation...but its connotation in society isn't that great. I don't sit on the couch all day watching tv and eating, I'm more than that. I don't really have to worry though, I'm more thought as 'that weird vegan' anyway

 

when i asked if it was bad to be defined by being a stoner, i wasnt emphasizing the fact that other people call ya a stoner. i was asking if you thought it was bad that out of all the things u have done with ur life and out of all ur defining physical qualities and interests, that all you amount to in your OWN eyes is a "stoner/pot head etc." no need to be a jerk, Duck.

and 40 oz. i agree with this: "no matter how you look at it all of us are stoner's and pot heads." but what i meant was that if you could describe yourself in one word, would u use the word "stoner" or the like? that is what i was debating about, because initially i felt like this didnt describe my entire being, but im not completely sure that thats true. i realize that i have other intrests and defining qualities, but does the way that i act, dress, talk, and most importantly, think make me ONLY a "stoner?"

 

well of course not but if people you dont even know, or barley know you, are saying your the stoner of your school then obviously you are throwing out there that you ARE a stoner and if thats all people know about you then yea thats all they will think about you. of course they dont know what you think or what you do in your personal life but thats how the world is these days, they read how you dress/act/talk/and who you hang out with and label you as that. personaly i think your thinking about this way too deep. if you DONT want people to think all you are is a stoner then theres a few options you can choose. you can tell them yourself, which they might think your weird for. you can change the entire way you dress/act/talk/and who you hang out with. or you can turn the other cheek, know that what people think about you shouldn't matter if they barley know you...(which would be the case if all they think of you as is a stoner)((unless it's your true friends who are saying that then it may be true that your just a 'stoner')).... and know it would be too troublesome to change who you are just so they wont label you. which wil still happen either way.

as long as you think and KNOW that all you are isnt just a stoner, then your not.

 

I think what snoopdoggg means is that there's more that defines us than weed, but the things that define us can be connected to weed, which can all lump into the one category of 'stoner'. Or maybe it's that no matter what your interests, since you smoke, those things become 'stoner-like'. There could be a chick who's very materialistic and normally materialistic things are in no way related to weed, but since that chick smokes, materialism becomes related to weed and her entire being could be described as a stoner. I'm just being bored and rambling though...

 

and im saying that since you smoke weed and have a normal life then your not just a stoner. i thought this was just common sence

 

ya thats pretty much wat meant. i was just bored and rambling also lol

 

im not actually "torn" by this, i just thought it was an interesting thing to think about and i wanted to c ur guys' opinions. I kno that im more than just a stoner, but perhaps some people dont realize it.

 

yea the internet isnt very good for tones. it just sounded like that to me.

but if your asking my opinion about it then no i wouldnt sum up my whole life as a stoner. i dont think anyone should unless there is something terribly troubling with how they think. or if all they do is smoke ganja all their life and nothing eles.

 

thats woodstockchild girl comes to mind when i think of people who think that they are ONLY stoners.

 

tru dat

 

Yes I do hope I am more than a stoner lol

i dont know, it is kind of pejorative.

 

my schools filled with little pussies that say shit like drugs are bad, u shouldnt smoke weed- its bad for you, i just laugh at these robots- its irritating yeah, but im not too bothered about these idiots, i care about my friends and the people i like and they know i smoke weed, know i would do shrooms lsd or coke and know im a decent person and dont take the fucking piss cuz they know after 3 joints i dont go hospital or anything, just to the fridge. also everyone who i want to think about me in a certain way- i tell em that its not a big deal. many of my freinds that dont smoke regularly i pursuaded to try it atleast once since they saw it doesnt hurt me.

meh theres always dumb people, and always will be- u just need to shut them out, makes things alot more easier- just think of em as narrow minded, uneducated about stuff that MATTERS in life robots, cuz 99% of the time they are

 

I get what you're saying man, but I don't feel that people who think drugs are bad are pussies. Especially weed. I know plenty of people who have tried it, don't like it, or just don't do it anymore, and none of them are pussies. I understand that the people you're refering to aren't educated about it (I'm guessing...) but still, I wouldn't call them pussies for that. That simply makes "us" seem like the stereotypical stoner type; dumb. I'm ignorant about certain things, and so are you... and so are they. thats how things are. It doesn't make anyone pussies though, it just means they need to be more open.

But yeah, on topic... I've never refered to myself as a stoner. I don't think I'm above the term, but I just hate everything that goes along with it. I just say, "yeah, I smoke weed." Being high, for me, is about reaching a different place in my head and gaining something from the experience; the average person who doesn't smoke thinks of a stoner as a lowlife, so I try to stay away from that word when I describe myself and my friends, just because, well... like I said, people are ignorant.

 

theres this kid who thinks hes my friend and hes in special ed. whenever i blaze he calls me an idiot and a loser potead with no life, but its funny, because hes in special ed and i nearly doubled his PSAT scores. (not to mention he has no friends or life... he literaly has no hobbies or interests), then he goes and gets drunk and watches NASCAR with his dad, while i blaze with my friends and have a good time sneaking around the neighborhood, laughing about nothing, and figuring out whos paying for munchies tonight. fuck him.

 

Exactly.

 

i wouldnt say im a stoner.....more like kickass...yea you could say that