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Exo 01-03-2020 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 2098463)
Really? Their prices are undercut by a good deal of the market. Overhead is in fact real, but on the customer's end, all that matters is the price point and the quality of what they're paying for.

I get that for some businesses but this is a brand new legal business model where the alternative is illegal purchasing through pretty shady people sometimes. I don't blame them for making a profit while also getting taxed out the ass. From what I know about California dispensary businesses, the license alone to sell is insanely expensive. I'd bet these new dispensaries aren't pulling in actual yearly profits for a few years at least. They also have the constant threat of shut down at a federal level. Dispensaries making money isn't something I'm even close to worrying about.

I'm also an idiot for not getting that joke.

Frownland 01-03-2020 02:27 PM

I don't blame them either, but I'm not about to be their customer because the price is whack.

Say, does anyone remember a few years ago when I was talking about corporate legislative influence in an environment with legal weed and how it would go after traditional drug dealers in order to establish a monopoly that reduces quality and drives up prices?

Psy-Fi 01-03-2020 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Plankton (Post 2098440)
**** a $70 eighth. lol Nope.

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Originally Posted by Psy-Fi (Post 2098446)
No more than $50 for 1/8th of top-notch weed in my neck of the woods if you buy from a local dealer. :pimp:

The dispensaries are a rip-off.

My $50 for an 1/8th price was a typo. That's the typical price for a 1/4 ounce.

An 1/8th is usually $25 to $30 at the most.

OccultHawk 01-03-2020 02:37 PM

Wow. That’s like going way back for me.

Exo 01-03-2020 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Psy-Fi (Post 2098477)
My $50 for an 1/8th price was a typo. That's the typical price for a 1/4 ounce.

An 1/8th is usually $25 to $30 at the most.

When I was buying/smoking weed a lot from 2005-2009, a gram was $20 in the North Jersey streets.

The Batlord 01-03-2020 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Plankton (Post 2098428)

Pete and Repeat are in a boat. Repeat jumps out. Who's left in the boat?

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2098418)
Thank god I'm too fat to be drafted.

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Originally Posted by Mindfulness (Post 2098420)

Unlike you, jarhead. Don't step on an IED.

Plankton 01-03-2020 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Exo (Post 2098479)
When I was buying/smoking weed a lot from 2005-2009, a gram was $20 in the North Jersey streets.

lol

Dudes were killing it with the nickel and dime mofo's.

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2098482)
Pete and Repeat are in a boat. Repeat jumps out. Who's left in the boat?

No one. It fuken sank after you jumped in it tryna slob some knobs.

The Batlord 01-03-2020 03:09 PM

I haven't jumped since 2006.

Exo 01-03-2020 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Plankton (Post 2098486)
lol

Dudes were killing it with the nickel and dime mofo's.

We'd weigh that sh*t when we got back too. If we got less than .8 or a bag full of seeds and stems, we don't call that guy no more. If we're gunna pay out of the ass for weed, I don't want to be f*cked in the ass while doing so.

The Batlord 01-03-2020 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Exo (Post 2098492)
We'd weigh that sh*t when we got back too. If we got less than .8 or a bag full of seeds and stems, we don't call that guy no more. I we're gunna pay out of the ass for weed, I don't want to be f*cked in the ass while doing so.

If I'm getting scammed I'd demand anal since I still want the weed.

WWWP 01-03-2020 03:33 PM

I will not pay more than $30 for an eighth, what a racket.

The Batlord 01-03-2020 03:35 PM

JWB was right nobody's willing to suck a dick for weed.

The Batlord 01-03-2020 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Mindfulness (Post 2098497)
shut up you wonk.

Imma be chillin in the hot tub with all the chubby bitches (except WWWP) while you're trying to figure out whether that's shrapnel in your scrotum or just a testicle.

Lisnaholic 01-03-2020 04:50 PM

The Art of the Deal by Donald Trump: Chapter 11- How to move from dialogue to terrorism.


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On October 3, 2017, Trump's then-Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee that Iran was adhering to the nuclear agreement. When Sen. Angus King, an independent, asked Mattis whether he believed the deal was in US national security interests, Mattis replied, "Yes, Senator, I do."

But Trump had asserted for the past two years that the Iran agreement was the "worst deal ever," and so in 2018 he pulled out of the deal. He also added new sanctions that have devastated the Iranian economy and contributed to widespread street protests against the regime.

Then came Thursday's air strike, ordered by Trump, that killed arguably the most important commander in the Middle East, the Iranian general, Qasem Soleimani.

As global affairs analyst Max Boot pointed out Friday on CNN, the US has not killed a senior military leader of another country since 1943, when it shot down the plane carrying Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the mastermind of Pearl Harbor.

And Trump now faces what is likely the most significant foreign policy crisis of his presidency -- part of which he has created for himself. Indeed, on Friday, the United States urged the evacuation of all US citizens from Iraq immediately.
AFAIK, Trump has made these moves without proper consultation with Congress or international allies. If he now hopes that people like Boris Johnson will get in line to support him, tbh, I hope he will be disappointed.

The Batlord 01-03-2020 05:03 PM

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As global affairs analyst Max Boot pointed out Friday on CNN, the US has not killed a senior military leader of another country since 1943, when it shot down the plane carrying Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the mastermind of Pearl Harbor.
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Frownland 01-03-2020 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Exo (Post 2098479)
When I was buying/smoking weed a lot from 2005-2009, a gram was $20 in the North Jersey streets.

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Exo 01-03-2020 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 2098515)

I wasn't trying to burn anybody.

The Batlord 01-03-2020 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Exo (Post 2098517)
I wasn't trying to burn anybody.

He said with paranoid trepidation.

Frownland 01-03-2020 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Exo (Post 2098517)
I wasn't trying to burn anybody.

You've never heard the stereotype of selling overpriced mec to white boys? I've got the glasses too man, I know people always trying to pull that ****.

The Batlord 01-03-2020 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 2098520)
You've never heard the stereotype of selling overpriced mec to white boys? I've got the glasses too man, I know people always trying to pull that ****.

If there's one thing to make me hate black people...

Exo 01-03-2020 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2098519)
He said with paranoid trepidation.

I'm pretty stupid tonight.

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 2098520)
You've never heard the stereotype of selling overpriced mec to white boys? I've got the glasses too man, I know people always trying to pull that ****.

When I was travelling in Portugal, I got sh*thoused drunk in Lisbon and responded with curiosity to the drug dealer asking me if I wanted some hash. I was given the equivalent of mummified oregano dust in a hard packed "big league chew" style stick and they told me it was 60 euro. When I tried to back out they told me that we already had agreed to the price so I had to take it. There were four of them and one of me in a dark alley. I threw 60 euro at them, stuffed the "hash" in my pocket and ran away. I'm surprised I'm alive. Kicker is a week later I flushed it because the train I was on transferred and there were drug dogs.

Plankton 01-04-2020 06:37 AM

I used to buy killer hash from an African gentleman while I was in Germany. He was from Chad. There were Turkish dudes at the Bonhoff that were sketchy, so it was nice to have someone I could trust. We had to go to Amsterdam to get greens though.

jwb 01-04-2020 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 2098520)
You've never heard the stereotype of selling overpriced mec to white boys? I've got the glasses too man, I know people always trying to pull that ****.

yea that's why I hate ****ing with hood dealers cause you always have to negotiate. They assume cause you're white you don't know your prices

That's also why I got annoyed selling weed to people in the projects cause my prices were set. I didn't negotiate. The original price was reasonable. Beyond that it's not worth the hassle. I hate that trying to Nick and dime someone out of 5 bucks Everytime you sell. It's way better to just have a consistent price and if you don't want it then **** off.

Frownland 01-04-2020 02:04 PM

Ja probably AP, but it's better to learn how to recognize bad reporting than to trust one source.

The Batlord 01-04-2020 02:16 PM

lol Vice?

OccultHawk 01-05-2020 03:02 AM

On the BBC World Service Africa Today podcast they reported that 50 decapitated corpses were found floating in Lake Chad. Turns out it was the work of Boko Haram.

https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-africa-50987123

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Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed at least 50 people on an island on Lake Chad, bordering Cameroon and Chad, a local official told the BBC.

The militants, disguised as traders, attacked fishermen, local mayor Ali Ramat said, quoting a survivor.

The attack happened on 22 December, but news from the remote area is only just beginning to come out.
This is from four days earlier

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.blo...-governor-says

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Boko Haram is believed to have killed 14 fishermen in a village near Kaiga in the west of Chad, the governor of the Lake Chad province, Niki Charfadine, told reporters.
My theory is that Boko Haram is trying to monopolize all the fishing in Lake Chad.

This is from a month ago

https://reliefweb.int/report/nigeria...-november-2019

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Armed attacks persist in many localities across the Lake Chad Basin, uprooting thousands more people and prolonging displacement and adversity faced by millions of civilians across the region. Around 2.6 million people (refugees and internally displaced) are uprooted from their homes. Food insecurity and malnutrition remain high due to prevalent attacks and insecurity. Some 3 million people are facing food insecurity at “crisis” and “emergency” levels, and around 400,000 children are at risk of severe malnutrition. The region is facing a severe protection crisis. Many civilians have suffered abuse and rights violations and are deeply traumatised by the violence. The recurrent attacks and insecurity as well as security measures have restricted free movement. Farming, trade, transhumance and other activities have been significantly affected, depriving millions of people of their means of survival and limiting access to basic services. Displaced people are also unable to move freely in and out of camps. The violence has also forced more than 1,000 schools to close. The humanitarian community has requested US$1.3 billion to assist 7.8 million people. As of November 2019, just 50 per cent of the funds had been provided.
Obviously the area already has chronic problems with massive malnutrition. If Boko Haram can control and monopolize access to the area’s fish they’re going to make **** loads of money and they are the last people on earth any sane person would want to see grow in wealth, power, and influence. The people in that part of the world can’t catch a ****ing break.

OccultHawk 01-05-2020 03:29 AM

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...icide-n1110436

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Florida high school football star's death highlights rising suicide rates among black youth
Bryce Gowdy took his life days before he was to enroll at Georgia Tech on a football scholarship. Suicide rates are soaring among black youth.

Lucem Ferre 01-05-2020 04:51 AM

Man, the news is depressing.

OccultHawk 01-05-2020 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre (Post 2098658)
Man, the news is depressing.

The **** going on has me pretty shook up. War, climate change, poverty.

Psy-Fi 01-05-2020 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 2098667)
The **** going on has me pretty shook up. War, climate change, poverty.

Same as it ever was.

OccultHawk 01-05-2020 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Psy-Fi (Post 2098668)
Same as it ever was.

It really is. It feels like it’s all more up in my dickhole than it used to be for some reason.

The Batlord 01-05-2020 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 2098657)

If they start shooting up schools for non-gang reasons we'll know they finally caught up to whitey. Props to black people for making social progress in this economy.

jwb 01-05-2020 06:08 PM

:laughing:

The Batlord 01-06-2020 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Mindfulness (Post 2099016)

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OccultHawk 01-06-2020 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Mindfulness (Post 2099019)

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Lisnaholic 01-06-2020 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Mindfulness (Post 2099016)

^ That looks so cool, but they don't show the tedious bit of manhandling the bike down to the water's edge and pulling it into a bit of water that's deep enough to get the thing going. I'm going to wait for the version that works like a bike on dry land, then converts to water mode, James Bond style.
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On the news website that I visit, today's headline reads: "European leaders call for restraint". Anyone know where I can find the Wow I Could've Written That News Story Myself thread?

jwb 01-06-2020 07:02 PM

There's no pleasing some people

I'm waiting for the version where he can bike in the sky like ET

The Batlord 01-06-2020 07:18 PM

It's called a dock.

Lisnaholic 01-06-2020 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2099040)
It's called a dock.

^ And how would that work exactly, I wonder. If you tried tying it up like a boat it would probably fall over or sink.

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Originally Posted by jwb (Post 2099035)
There's no pleasing some people

I'm waiting for the version where he can bike in the sky like ET

^ :laughing: Yeah, you made me realise that the present model doesn't have a basket on the front for your shopping either. Total scam imo.

OccultHawk 01-07-2020 05:25 AM

-Stampede at Funeral Procession for Iranian Commander Leaves 32 Dead-

Damn


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