Why Are Stoners Typically Depicted as Stupid?

[Nuke_em_05]

When you are high, that is how you seem. The characterization of a "stoner" is someone who is high all the time. If you are high all the time, you would look like that all of the time.

Also, Cheech and Chong might have something to do with it...

 

[-Samurai-]

I believe that anyone that spends their money on an illegal substance because it "makes them feel good" is stupid.

I don't care about your intelligence. You got sucked into buying and using something that's against the law(at least where I live). You're stupid.

As for media. Probably for comedy, and a bit of propaganda.

 

[CapnRaccoon]

Do drunk people hiccup all the time?
Nah, it's just an easy image to get across in the media.

 

[7ru7h]

Last I checked, spending your money on addictive, illegal substances isn't a sign of intelligence.

Well, first of all, pot isn't addictive. You may develop a psychological craving for the drug, but it is not addictive. As for the second bit of that (illegal substance), there are other substances out there that are even more addictive and worse for you (see tobacco and alcohol). If anything, it would make more sense to waste your money on the non-addictive, mind-altering illegal substance, rather than spending money on actually addictive substances that will give you many more problems quicker.

weed kills your brains cells which has for consequence the effect of making you stupid, simple as.

Source? Because I would love to see the proof that pot kills braincells (kinda like alcohol does - but wait, that doesn't count because it's ok since it is legal), especially since they have done studies that say that pot can slow the advance of Alzheimer's (that's the funky disease that kills your brain cells, and destroys your memory)

I believe that anyone that spends their money on an illegal substance because it "makes them feel good" is stupid.

I don't care about your intelligence. You got sucked into buying and using something that's against the law(at least where I live). You're stupid.

You can say the same thing about people who knowingly buy legal substances that are known to destroy the body and mind.

 

[Red Right Hand]

Because succumbing to the temptation of drugs is a sure sign of a weak mind and will.

And because people aren't exactly in their most clever state when they are high:

This.
Can't people just be happy without shoving poison in their blood 24/7?

Why is it weak minded to challenge the moral barriers created by goverments?
IMO, its weaker just to accept what you're told.

Its not weak minded to challenge the standards of society. I'm a gay rights activist, a Libertarian, and an Atheist myself.
Drugs are for weak minded fools because most people do them to be more popular, to be rebellious, or to escape reality. Drugs, including Pot, have serious side effects and damage your health and/or mental capacity. Pot causes cancer, kills many brain cells, and is addicting.
Drugs hurt you so they are bad

That is one incredibly weak argument against drugs. They hurt you so they are bad? Therefore any contact sport like rugby, football, boxing, ultimate fighting competition etc should be banned as well yeah? Weak-minded fools playing a sport that could potentially injure them for life, possibly kill them, just for the sheer pleasure of playing their preferred sport. Why is there no choice? If people were allowed to smoke pot there would be nothing forcing you to start smoking it, so why are you so against others getting high?

 

[The Diabolical Biz]

The intelligent people I know who did dope have quit because they decided it was f*cking with their minds, and they didn't want to become potheads...

So in answer to your question, yes, I know intelligent stoners, although they are no longer stoned...

 

[TheTaco007]

Lots of the things they put in their bodies kill brain cells, which don't grow back. They're making themselves stupid, and therefore the portrayal is accurate.

 

[Yoshemo]

Because succumbing to the temptation of drugs is a sure sign of a weak mind and will.

And because people aren't exactly in their most clever state when they are high:

This.
Can't people just be happy without shoving poison in their blood 24/7?

Why is it weak minded to challenge the moral barriers created by goverments?
IMO, its weaker just to accept what you're told.

Its not weak minded to challenge the standards of society. I'm a gay rights activist, a Libertarian, and an Atheist myself.
Drugs are for weak minded fools because most people do them to be more popular, to be rebellious, or to escape reality. Drugs, including Pot, have serious side effects and damage your health and/or mental capacity. Pot causes cancer, kills many brain cells, and is addicting.
Drugs hurt you so they are bad

That is one incredibly weak argument against drugs. They hurt you so they are bad? Therefore any contact sport like rugby, football, boxing, ultimate fighting competition etc should be banned as well yeah? Weak-minded fools playing a sport that could potentially injure them for life, possibly kill them, just for the sheer pleasure of playing their preferred sport. Why is there no choice? If people were allowed to smoke pot there would be nothing forcing you to start smoking it, so why are you so against others getting high?

Cutting yourself also has its uses. But its bad because it hurts you. Same with suicide and seeing how long you can hold your hand on a hot stove

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

In my experience, most stoners are dumb. A lot of people I know who smoke weed are very intelligent, but the people I know who smoke all the time are sort of idiotic except for in their own little artistic areas (I know a few stoners who are great actors for example).

As for me, I'm straight edge, but I don't care what other people do. If I had to do one drug, I would definitely be marijuana because you can eat it and avoid lung damage, you can't overdose and it doesn't make you nearly as impaired as alcohol, but I don't do any. I do think it should be legal though, so I guess I'd say my feelings towards it are mixed.

 

[Angel_0A]

Most people are using the word stupid to mean 'non academic'.

It's the artist vs. the scientist, or passion vs. logic.

If you can't see that then YOU, are stupid, sir.

 

[Odoylerules360]

huh, almost all the stoners I've known made themselves retarded by getting baked off their asses all the time. weird.

 

[bad rider]

Publicly admitting to committing a crime really isn't in your best interests.

Did I say that I smoke weed?

Because I don't, I'm merely asking if anyone here does and it didn't seem like that much of a problem before. I've seen people here admit it.

And yet that doesn't change the fact that it's not a wise move.

No, I can agree that it isn't smart to come out and admit that you do illegal substances but back on that last thing you said something along the lines of "You act stupid when you smoke pot" (excuse my paraphrasing there). This is not always the case.

Some people actually use pot as a creative and intellectual stimulate and if it works for them, it's not hurting anybody, I say let them do it.

This isn't about my personal opinion about whether or not someone smokes pot. This is about whether or not it's smart to publicly admit committing a crime. Which, whether it should be or not, smoking weed is.

If you disagree with a law isn't the best course of action to publicly break it? I don't know if it's fair to draw a cross between famous political revoloutionists e.g Martin Luther King, but wouldn't this kinda fall towards that tendancy if you are pro marijuana?

 

[darkknight9]

Why Are Stoners Typically Depicted as Stupid?

Duh.

And now for something humorous on weed:

http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=164892&title=beer-vs.-weed-tompkins-on-weed

 

[BlumiereBleck]

This is something I've been wondering for a while now. In movies, TV shows, literature and even just the common image that comes to mind on this subject always seems to show stoners (or anyone who uses any drug of any kind) as being incredibly stupid and weak minded.

But why is this?

For me, it's the exact opposite. All the stoners I know are actually extremely intelligent and often times are brilliant in their own ways. So why is it that the general public and the media depict weed smokers as unintelligent and borderline retarded?

Is it because the media wishes to give drugs as much shit as possible, so in turn they show the users as stupid because of their drug use rather than just being stupid in the first place? Or is it actually true that most of them are just stupid and I am lucky to know the few intellectual dopers?

What does the Escapist think about this and do you yourself do any drugs of the sort?

Because pot decreases brain cells and makes you do irrational things

 

[darkknight9]

If you disagree with a law isn't the best course of action to publicly break it?

Um, no. Or people would beat each other just for being alive. Or shoot them. Or steal from them. Or evade paying their taxes. Wait...

 

[Captain Pancake]

So the media can hammer in the message that drugs are bad, mkay?

 

[Kair]

Maybe it is almost the same illogical argument as "Weed causes depression". If you see a depressed person drinking, will you then assume it is the Alcohol that made him depressed?

Stupid people smoke weed without thinking about it. Smart people smoke weed because they have thought about it.

 

[Arawn.Chernobog]

Stereotypes are funny.

Negroid Individuals are felons; The Irish are Catholic, Drunk and Poor; Women can't think; Men are sex-crazed wildebeests; Asian Individuals can't drive; People who smoke Pot are idiots; Accents are funny and always exaggerated

Hooray for TV.



Sarcasm detector has found: 110% Sarcasm

 

[Red Right Hand]

Because succumbing to the temptation of drugs is a sure sign of a weak mind and will.

And because people aren't exactly in their most clever state when they are high:

This.
Can't people just be happy without shoving poison in their blood 24/7?

Why is it weak minded to challenge the moral barriers created by goverments?
IMO, its weaker just to accept what you're told.

Its not weak minded to challenge the standards of society. I'm a gay rights activist, a Libertarian, and an Atheist myself.
Drugs are for weak minded fools because most people do them to be more popular, to be rebellious, or to escape reality. Drugs, including Pot, have serious side effects and damage your health and/or mental capacity. Pot causes cancer, kills many brain cells, and is addicting.
Drugs hurt you so they are bad

That is one incredibly weak argument against drugs. They hurt you so they are bad? Therefore any contact sport like rugby, football, boxing, ultimate fighting competition etc should be banned as well yeah? Weak-minded fools playing a sport that could potentially injure them for life, possibly kill them, just for the sheer pleasure of playing their preferred sport. Why is there no choice? If people were allowed to smoke pot there would be nothing forcing you to start smoking it, so why are you so against others getting high?

Cutting yourself also has its uses. But its bad because it hurts you. Same with suicide and seeing how long you can hold your hand on a hot stove

Yes and i'm saying I see no difference in playing sport or cutting yourself. Not that i'm going to run off and start cutting myself, i'm fairly certain I wouldn't enjoy that. But others might, who knows? There are some strange people in the world. I find it slightly ridiculous though that just because you don't enjoy something that's bad for you, it somehow gives you an imaginary right to tell people that they are not allowed to do it.

You also misunderstand the concept of "bad". It's not specifically things that hurt you but things that hurt you when you don't intend them to hurt you. In that sense, being run over when you don't notice the car coming, yes that's bad. Pumping drugs into your system when fully aware of the concequences, that's fine by me.

Also, I forgot to mention this in my last post, but people who take drugs to seem cool, they annoy me more than anyone, but as you should all know, that shouldn't define drug culture as a whole. That's not what it's about for a lot of the people. People who regularly take drugs like ecstasy, speed, acid, they are generally decent people who just want to enjoy things. Not some vain sense of pride that they take drugs to be cool. A lot of them don't give a shit what other people think.