• fidodo@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      They mention cost of living a lot in the article. They also point out that there’s way lower drug use. On top of cost of living I bet a lot of people are getting their escapism from games and Internet instead.

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          5 months ago

          An ounce of weed is like $50 these days, a fraction of when I was a teenager. Just blaze.

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              5 months ago

              Weed is cheap as hell in Michigan. I wish it was true in Illinois. I’m in Indiana, where it’s illegal, but getting weed from Illinois is a 30-minute drive. However, it’s much more expensive and you’re limited to 14 grams as a non-state resident. Getting weed from Michigan is much, much cheaper and there’s no limit, but it is a 5-hour drive through Indiana for me and I’m not driving that far back through Indiana with a shit ton of weed in my car.

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                  5 months ago

                  I buy online too. And then I drive to the dispensary in Illinois and pick it up. How do they get it to you if you’re in a state where it’s not legal?

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    5 months ago

    GenX/millennial here, you ain’t missing much. It’s loud and impossible to meet anyone unless you’re already good looking.

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      5 months ago

      Elder millennial here, it’s supposed to be loud. Wear earplugs

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        5 months ago

        Of course it’s supposed to be loud, but wearing earplugs doesn’t address the main problem I have with loudness, which is that it makes it almost impossible to have a conversation. Whenever I go to a club (which is pretty rare these days), I always plan on just hanging out with the people I went there with.

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          5 months ago

          A loud club is not for conversation. You are to communicate through actions, and talk later.

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            5 months ago

            I have no idea how to do that. It’s fine with me if some people like to go to clubs to meet people, but it’s not part of my skill set, so they have a pretty limited appeal to me.