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  1. 4 hours ago, Neonmoon said:

    Religion is a ghost story used by man for control. Nothing more. Nothing less. 

    Small quibble: religion is much more nuanced than that. It’s kind of an amalgamation of a bunch of weird evolutionary quirks, like the net benefit of hyper alertness to the possibility of a nearby unseen agent (which might be a gust of wind in the grass, but might also be a tiger), the ability to mentally plan for a future that does not yet exist (of which an afterlife is a natural extension), and the group survival benefits of the Us/Them dichotomy. 

    But I agree with you that it’s all hocus-pocus bullshit and a net detriment to mankind. That’s for damned sure. 

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    4 hours ago, Buzzrock said:

    I’ve heard good things about the sodas but the logistics are a problem (can’t really throw a case in my carry on when I’m coming home from legal states).

    No need to smuggle. You can buy Delta 9 THC sodas here. 

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    42 minutes ago, thunderlounge said:

    Hometown Hero seems to have their shit together.

    Best I can advise is to do your homework. If it’s something obscure from a gas station, you may want to pass. 
     

    I’m not saying there aren’t some legit companies out there, but buyer beware. I’d hate for someone to get hurt with a “product” they’re consuming on good faith. 

    Totally with you on that. And I’m hardly opposed to regulation and oversight on stuff like this. My point is (trying not to stray into CR territory): the status quo on weed is most consistent with Texas’s attitude towards business. Let entrepreneurs do their thing, safety and shit be damned. But in this case, it conflicts with the state’s general moral opposition to marijuana. 

    So, which will win out? Texans’ unregulated commerce fetish or their puritanical bias?

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    18 hours ago, thunderlounge said:

    Right now you have options, but are they quality options? And by quality I don't mean "it works well", I mean quality ingredients, potency testing, quality of the grow, etc. 95% of those "hemp products" have one goal in mind: to separate you from your money. It's made as cheaply as possible, all in the name of turning a profit and to hell with the long term effects on the consumer.

    Are there any hemp-derived brands you think are legit? 

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    I am fascinated by the legal and business angle to hemp in Texas. At this point, full legalization might end up more restrictive than the status quo in many regards.

    Where recreational weed is legal, the state typically (exclusively?) regulates retail sales so that you have to go to a licensed dispensary, show your ID, etc. But currently in Texas, hemp-derived THC products are sold OTC in all kinds of random places: head shops, smoke shops, gas stations, hipster grocery stores. There’s even a fucking weed trailer downtown. And tons of companies have popped up to offer a wide range of edible products. 

    If we “legalize,” does all that free market, small business entrepreneur shit get shut down? In other words, would legalization actually make the Texas THC market less free than it currently is?

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  2. 7 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

    Sure, but I took it as "founding member".  @Brickhorn is taking it further to "most important member".  (lulz)

    I interpreted “started” to mean more than just “was recruited by others to join the band from the beginning.” Starting implies to me some creative spark: who had the idea to start the band and worked to make it happen. Clapton was not that guy when he was playing good music.

  3. 2 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

    Doesn't matter.  The standard was "sales". 

    Thats ambiguous. My point is Clapton was a guitarist-for-hire for the best parts of his career, and kind of just along for the ride. He certainly wasn’t remotely the leader of any of his first (and best) three bands. That’s why he kept quitting: if he had a disagreement, he lost and had to move on. 

    So yeah, Clapton was in a bunch of successful bands. But most of them weren’t his band. 

  4. 2 minutes ago, DixonHur said:

    Never heard of them, did they sell over 1 million albums?  aka go platinum?

    Either way, thanks, I'll check them out, because that's the point of this thread for me...discovery.

    Fuck if I know, but they fucking rock and were massively influential in the stoner / desert rock scene.

     

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  5. 6 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

    Well, even if you don't count The Yardbirds, Eric Clapton formed Cream, Blind Faith and Derek & The Dominos, and obviously had a massive solo career.

    Clapton was the second name that came to mind. But his best work was as a free agent with Mayall, followed by Cream and Yardbirds. Generally, the quality of Clapton’s output was inversely proportional to the amount of control he had over it. 

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  6. Just now, DixonHur said:

    Eagles of Death Metal and Queens totally, but I should have mentioned I don't think we should include super groups, so Crooked Vultures probably shouldn't count.

    He was in Kyuss. 

  7. 14 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

    Whitlock seems to think it was cool when, prior to 1920, women weren't allowed to vote.  Why not just roll back the clock to pre-1870 when Black men were granted the right to vote, Jason?  It's only 50 years.

    MAGA is devolving into a game of oppression hot potato. You’ve got a black dude speaking against women’s suffrage. Women (Boebert and MTG) freaking out about Latino immigration. A Latino (Fuentes) calling for an American Inquisition. Jewish guys (Miller, Shapiro) wanting to oppress everybody. 

    The GOP is the most awkward party since Michael Scott and Jan hosted dinner. 

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