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smugtrain commented on Therapeutic use of cannabis and cannabinoids: A review   jamanetwork.com/journals/... · Posted by u/bookofjoe
epolanski · 6 days ago
The abstract of the review is interesting and honestly reflects my (negative) experience with cannabis.

I admit, I really like cannabis, and when I was a 20 year old occasionally smoking with friends at parties it was a "healthier" alternative to getting wasted on alcohol. Share few joins with friends, have fun, laugh a lot.

Then as I got financially independent and I started solo consumption (mostly to get rid of stress) I really started appreciating the cons: lack of energy, disruption of sleep, negative impact of my cognitive abilities, increase in anxiety. I'm glad the study confirms those to be statistically common.

I was very lucky to have a SO who really disliked me smoking and made me realize that I was just doing it to "not think", and it had really 0 positive effects on me. I'm sure I would've quitted eventually anyway, but support and criticism sped up the reality check.

Eventually this is all anecdotal experience, and I'm sure there might be occasional users who can have a mostly positive experience, but the fact that a review points out how statistically common are the negatives and how uncommon are the positives honestly reflects what I've seen on myself and friends.

smugtrain · 5 days ago
Confirmation bias

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smugtrain commented on Therapeutic use of cannabis and cannabinoids: A review   jamanetwork.com/journals/... · Posted by u/bookofjoe
cluckindan · 6 days ago
As an autistic person with ADHD and PTSD, this review heavily contradicts personal empirical evidence.
smugtrain · 5 days ago
That’s because the goal of these psychiatrists that wrote the study is to scare people, by using technically correct scientific terms that mislead people into thinking that their hesitation to accept “low-quality” studies is the same as their being evidence that cannabis does not work.
smugtrain commented on Report: Tim Cook could step down as Apple CEO 'as soon as next year'   9to5mac.com/2025/11/14/ti... · Posted by u/achow
s1mplicissimus · a month ago
Usually, there's a default blue bordered button and a non-highlighted grey one. Any chance the default blue button says "Share diagnostics"? Because that would still make it an opt-out
smugtrain · a month ago
Technically yes, but most would consider an opt-out some tiny little nearly illegible that confuses the user into allowing it without deselecting. This is a clear choice given to the user. No gimmicky opt-outs.
smugtrain commented on AI can code, but it can't build software   bytesauna.com/post/coding... · Posted by u/nreece
smugtrain · 2 months ago
Making it absolutely lovely for people who can build software, but can’t code
smugtrain commented on I tried OpenAI's new Atlas browser but I still don't know what it's for   technologyreview.com/2025... · Posted by u/devonnull
mdhb · 2 months ago
It’s designed for stealing your data, they can’t exactly list that as one of their primary use cases but it’s the truth. You are there to help feed their training models.
smugtrain · 2 months ago
Was Chrome browser designed for any other reason?
smugtrain commented on Healthy habits add up to 10 disease-free years to your life, study reveals   nhs.uk/news/lifestyle-and... · Posted by u/open-source-ux
smugtrain · 6 years ago
As an added benefit, being annoyingly healthy and so proud to announce your superiority to the world will make you smarts smell so fine, you will capture them in a sniffing glass, just to savor your good habits

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