Notices by TJ of the Side-Eye (tj@noauthority.social)

@thetruthaddict

"Brain health: Marijuana can cause permanent IQ loss of as much as 8 points when people start using it at a young age. These IQ points do not come back, even after quitting marijuana."

https://www.samhsa.gov/marijuana

(References at the bottom)

The key here is "at a young age". People who don't start pot until their late 20's have fewer mental side effects than those that start in their teens.

@thetruthaddict

Based on my housemate, they also kill brain cells.

Anyway, it will be a long time before this research leads to results:

"These studies are considered by the NCI as preclinical. They were all done using animals. According to them, no clinical trials of cannabis use for the treatment of cancer in humans have been published."

@thetruthaddict

This summary references several studies demonstrating pot use by youngsters decreases IQ and increases risk of certain mental health issues.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9255894/

There are also plenty of studies that show both those risks are significantly reduced in adults (25+).

Apparently you believe that pot is such an unmitigated good that one can't even make a joke about a truth that reflects poorly on it. I'm not interested in pursuing this further with a zealot.

@IceCubeSoup @eriner @Richard @Sum_ID

Joke's on them...

@Jonny @Alex @Twig

"What's that in your mouth?"

@Alex @Twig

According to wikipedia:

"In February 1998, De Niro was held for questioning by French police in connection with an international prostitution ring. De Niro denied any involvement, and later filed a complaint against the examining magistrate for "violation of secrecy in an investigation". He stated he would not return to France, but has since traveled there several times including for the 2011 Cannes Film Festival."

Links in wikipedia article.

@Alex @Twig

You are correct. The original article is no longer online, so I can't tell what sort of questions were asked.

Maybe he was guilty of having bad taste in friends. Maybe he he has some nasty habits. At this point, I can' tell.

@Sulla

He got hung up on the "socialist" part of "National Socialist".

An argument could be made that they were left wing, as they believed in many left-wing talking points.

https://medium.com/@The_LockeSmith/were-hitler-and-the-nazis-politically-left-or-right-wing-e9fcc9d3ab1e

@Sulla

Nazis were a mixed bag. It seems weird to call them centrists, but on average, it fits.

Calling them random extremists doesn't seem to quite do them justice.