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Man went to gardaí to complain over quality of his drugs

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  • #52
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMV2tfk3PXQ


  • #53
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,869 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »
    How is it a contradiction?

    You said "all users" of a drug are junkies, then linked to a definition which stated "people who cannot stop". So is it everyone, or just those with a habit?

    Similarly, if you go out for a few pints of a weekend you're a dipso, going by your first definition.


  • #54
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »
    I'll go with the dictionaries description of the word over some random person on here. You may not like the description but that doesnt mean it's wrong.
    the dictionary definition of junkie is a drug ADDICT. You call all users junkies wether addicted or not so youre not sticking to the dictionary definition.


  • #55
    FTA69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,252 ✭✭✭FTA69


    Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »
    I'll go with the dictionaries description of the word over some random person on here. You may not like the description but that doesnt mean it's wrong.

    https://www.dictionary.com/browse/junkie

    “A drug addict, especially someone addicted to heroin”

    Not every user of illegal drugs is an addict. You’re just digging in now and being deliberately obtuse because you’ve been caught out waffling.

    Story of boards.ie in a nutshell.


  • #56
    Timberrrrrrrr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,653 ✭✭✭✭Timberrrrrrrr


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    You said "all users" of a drug are junkies, then linked to a definition which stated "people who cannot stop". So is it everyone, or just those with a habit?

    Wrong! I said
    all users of illegal drugs are junkies.
    Similarly, if you go out for a few pints of a weekend you're a dipso, going by your first definition.

    Again wrong!

    Couple of pints at the weekend is fine


    Pints/wine every night is imo an alcoholic.


  • #57
    Cordell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,168 ✭✭✭Cordell


    Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »
    You're entitled to your opinion, I'm entitled to mine. In my opinion he is a junkie.

    Your opinion is in direct conflict with the definition, but that's ok, since you're entitled to your opinion then your opinion and the actual definition are both equally true and perfectly valid.
    That's one of the things that are so wrong today, but that's ok.


  • #58
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,869 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »
    Wrong! I said

    Again wrong!

    Couple of pints at the weekend is fine


    Pints/wine every night is imo an alcoholic.

    Now you're just being pedantic, I am, of course, talking about illegal drugs here......but you knew that.

    So, to make it absolutely clear here......all users of an illegal drug are junkies, but all users of a legal drug (such as alcohol) are not alcos.....correct?

    Also, you didn't address the part where the definition you provided makes the distinction between all users and those who cannot stop. Would you care to explain that?


  • #59
    Odyssey 2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,065 ✭✭✭✭Odyssey 2005


    I'd have to say that there didn't seem to be anything wrong with the quality of his drugs.:)


  • #60
    Timberrrrrrrr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,653 ✭✭✭✭Timberrrrrrrr


    suicide_circus wrote: »
    the dictionary definition of junkie is a drug ADDICT. You call all users junkies wether addicted or not so youre not sticking to the dictionary definition.

    https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/junkie
    person with a compulsive habit or obsessive dependency on something.

    https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/dictionary.cambridge.org/amp/english/junkie
    someone who cannot stop taking illegal drugs

    someone who wants to have or do something all the time


    Not all dictionaries agree with you, as i said previously it seems a lot of people have an issue with the word becaise they themselves may partake in a bit of illegal drug use themselves.

    In my opinion anyone who uses illegal drugs are junkies, this may not be to everyones liking but it's my personal opinion that i am entitled to hold.


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  • #61
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,869 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »
    Couple of pints at the weekend is fine
    Pints/wine every night is imo an alcoholic.

    a - Couple of joints on Friday is fine.
    b - 2 joints a night, every night = junkie.

    That is the contradiction I was getting at. You have stated that person A is also a junkie if the drug is illegal, but if the drug is legal then it's all good in the hood. That's a bizarre stance to have.


  • #62
    Timberrrrrrrr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,653 ✭✭✭✭Timberrrrrrrr


    Cordell wrote: »
    Your opinion is in direct conflict with the definition, but that's ok, since you're entitled to your opinion then your opinion and the actual definition are both equally true and perfectly valid.
    That's one of the things that are so wrong today, but that's ok.

    Which definition? Some dictionaries say "drug addict" and some don't.


  • #63
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,869 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »
    In my opinion anyone who uses illegal drugs are junkies, this may not be to everyones liking but it's my personal opinion that i am entitled to hold.

    You are entitled to hold it, however that doesn't make it valid or true. In my opinion, everyone who drinks cider is a guinea-pig smuggler. Doesn't mean I'm right.


  • #64
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,653 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »
    I haven't

    https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/dictionary.cambridge.org/amp/english/junkie




    I feel the same way about alcohol. Have a few pints at the weekend? Grand so.

    Have a few pints or a bottle of wine every night? Imo you're an alcoholic.

    Actaully in your opinion, I'd be a junkie as alcohol is a drug. Legal statues doesn't matter and you can be addicted to things that are legal.

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



  • #65
    Timberrrrrrrr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,653 ✭✭✭✭Timberrrrrrrr


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    a - Couple of joints on Friday is fine.
    b - 2 joints a night, every night = junkie.

    That is the contradiction I was getting at. You have stated that person A is also a junkie if the drug is illegal, but if the drug is legal then it's all good in the hood. That's a bizarre stance to have.

    No, because thats illegal drug use. The fact you lads won't admit this says a lot.


  • #66
    Timberrrrrrrr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,653 ✭✭✭✭Timberrrrrrrr


    Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »
    Actaully in your opinion, I'd be a junkie as alcohol is a legal drug. Legal statues doesn't matter and you can be addicted to things that are legal.

    Theres the difference right there.


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  • #67
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,653 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »
    Theres the difference right there.

    So how do you know the guy in the news story was addicted? Might have been his first ever joint.

    And if he smoked it in a US state where cannabis is legal, would he still be a junkie?

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



  • #68
    Kivaro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,105 ✭✭✭Kivaro


    Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »
    So how do you know the guy in the news story was addicted? Might have been his first ever joint.

    Ah Jaysus. The guy knew enough about weed that he ventured into the Garda station to complain about the quality of the stuff that he just bought.
    So I would hazard a guess that it was not his first joint.

    I scratch my head sometimes..........


  • #69
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,653 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    Kivaro wrote: »
    Ah Jaysus. The guy knew enough about weed that he ventured into the Garda station to complain about the quality of the stuff that he just bought.
    So I would hazard a guess that it was not his first joint.

    I scratch my head sometimes..........

    I didn't mean he literally has smoking the first cannabis cigarette of his entire life, as well you know (or should) know; but for clarity: you can't cvall someone a junkie/addict without know how frequently they smoked!!

    In any case, the theory that he only did it in order to delay a deportation order could imply that what he knew about weed was irrelevant.

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



  • #70
    Kivaro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,105 ✭✭✭Kivaro


    Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »
    I didn't mean he literally has smoking the first cannabis cigarette of his entire life, as well you know (or should) know; but for clarity:you can't cvall someone a junkie/addict without know how frequently they smoked!!

    Ah yeah, agree with that.
    And then the frequency is up for debate.
    Is a person a junkie smoking one joint per day? Or every other day? Or once a week?
    BUT we digress ......


  • #71
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,869 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »
    No, because thats illegal drug use. The fact you lads won't admit this says a lot.

    The fact that you equate somebody smoking 1 joint per week with the skagheads zonked out on the boardwalk says even more, to be honest.


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  • #72
    corks finest
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,714 ✭✭✭corks finest


    Customer care needs to be upgraded at his law station


  • #73
    gormdubhgorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,912 ✭✭✭✭gormdubhgorm


    "Indicative of a cannabis-induced "psychosis".

    Is that what happens to auld wans when they drink too many cups of tea?
    Mad for the caffeine rush they are.
    'I'd love a cup of tea!' they say.

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



  • #74
    Berserker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,046 ✭✭✭Berserker


    myshirt wrote: »
    Equally, if you are a drug dealer you can get taxed on the profits.

    How does this work?


  • #75
    .Charlo
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 335 ✭✭.Charlo


    Berserker wrote: »
    How does this work?

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  • #76
    Timberrrrrrrr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,653 ✭✭✭✭Timberrrrrrrr


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    The fact that you equate somebody smoking 1 joint per week with the skagheads zonked out on the boardwalk says even more, to be honest.

    I just see junkies, you're the one who doesn't like me using that term. Do you partake in a little toke yourself by any chance?


  • #77
    Zorya
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭Zorya


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  • #78
    [Deleted User]
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    Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »
    I just see junkies, you're the one who doesn't like me using that term. Do you partake in a little toke yourself by any chance?

    Nope, but that's besides the point. I dislike you using that term because you are using it incorrectly. You might as well be calling them cokeheads. It doesn't matter if it is your own interpretation, it is still incorrect.

    Question: If it was legalised tomorrow, would you still see them as junkies?


  • #79
    KikiLaRue
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,283 ✭✭✭KikiLaRue


    Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »
    I just see junkies, you're the one who doesn't like me using that term. Do you partake in a little toke yourself by any chance?

    ANYONE WHO DOESNT AGREE WITH ME IS A DRUG ADDICT.


  • #80
    Zorya
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭Zorya


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Question: If it was legalised tomorrow, would you still see them as junkies?


    I wish they would hurry the feck up and legalise it. I don't partake in anything myself, unfortunately, not even the drink, as I don't have the constitution, but my husband's space cake recipe will make us a fortune! And I need that fortune for a pension plan! Hurry up for goodness sake.


  • #81
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »
    Do you partake in a little toke yourself by any chance?
    you seem awfully familiar with the junkie lingo, perhaps the lady doth protest too much?


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  • #82
    Timberrrrrrrr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,653 ✭✭✭✭Timberrrrrrrr


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Nope, but that's besides the point. I dislike you using that term because you are using it incorrectly. You might as well be calling them cokeheads. It doesn't matter if it is your own interpretation, it is still incorrect.

    In your opinion.

    Question: If it was legalised tomorrow, would you still see them as junkies?

    Ask me when/if it ever is.


  • #83
    Timberrrrrrrr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,653 ✭✭✭✭Timberrrrrrrr


    KikiLaRue wrote: »
    ANYONE WHO DOESNT AGREE WITH ME IS A DRUG ADDICT.

    Strange stance to have but everyone has thier own opinions.


  • #84
    Timberrrrrrrr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,653 ✭✭✭✭Timberrrrrrrr


    suicide_circus wrote: »
    you seem awfully familiar with the junkie lingo, perhaps the lady doth protest too much?

    It was used earlier in the thread, try again.


  • #85
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,869 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »
    In your opinion.

    In the opinion of the vast, vast majority of practically everyone who has ever had an opinion on this. Even the dictionary you quoted differs wildly from your opinion.
    Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »
    Ask me when/if it ever is.

    Do you not have an opinion on this already? Surely you do? Humour me, what would your opinion be if this changed overnight?


  • #86
    Kimbot
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 18,693 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kimbot


    Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »
    I just see junkies, you're the one who doesn't like me using that term. Do you partake in a little toke yourself by any chance?
    junkie


    nounINFORMAL

    a drug addict.
    a person with a compulsive habit or obsessive dependency on something.

    ;)


  • #87
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,305 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    myshirt wrote: »
    Equally, if you are a drug dealer you can get taxed on the profits.
    Oddly, Americans fear he IRS more than the feds.


  • #88
    imme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭imme


    From the indo

    "The accused, who'd had a "very difficult upbringing", was now clean of cannabis."

    What a bunch of crazy, how is Ireland entertaining this man.

    A difficult upbringing now forms the case for any defence.

    In terms of this man forcing himself on Ireland and Ireland accepting it,

    You only have yourself to blame Ireland.


  • #89
    Sonny noggs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,523 ✭✭✭Sonny noggs


    imme wrote: »
    From the indo

    "The accused, who'd had a "very difficult upbringing", was now clean of cannabis."

    What a bunch of crazy, how is Ireland entertaining this man.

    A difficult upbringing now forms the case for any defence.

    In terms of this man forcing himself on Ireland and Ireland accepting it,

    You only have yourself to blame Ireland.

    But it is racist to point that out.


  • #90
    Crusty Jocks
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 81 ✭✭Crusty Jocks


    imme wrote: »
    From the indo

    "The accused, who'd had a "very difficult upbringing", was now clean of cannabis."

    What a bunch of crazy, how is Ireland entertaining this man.

    A difficult upbringing now forms the case for any defence.

    In terms of this man forcing himself on Ireland and Ireland accepting it,

    You only have yourself to blame Ireland.

    RACIST


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  • #91
    imme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭imme


    Crusty Jocks wrote: »
    RACIST

    Why are you making this about race.

    Do you want a free for all, no questions asked, kind of approach.

    That is looking like what we have now.

    You can fetch up in the island of Ireland from any far flung corner and claim asylum it seems.

    Do you know where Malawi is.


  • #92
    Sonny noggs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,523 ✭✭✭Sonny noggs


    16 days and counting. Our loss is Malawi’s gain.


  • #93
    Berserker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,046 ✭✭✭Berserker


    Sonny noggs wrote: »
    16 days and counting. Our loss is Malawi’s gain.

    Nice weather over there at least. Mid twenties, clear blue skies and wind is 6km/h.


  • #94
    Sonny noggs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,523 ✭✭✭Sonny noggs


    Would love to see the response if he tries this stunt on his return to Malawi.


  • #95
    Crusty Jocks
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 81 ✭✭Crusty Jocks


    imme wrote: »
    Why are you making this about race.

    Do you want a free for all, no questions asked, kind of approach.

    That is looking like what we have now.

    You can fetch up in the island of Ireland from any far flung corner and claim asylum it seems.

    Do you know where Malawi is.

    I was just taking the mick out of the previous post.

    I dived in the lake there many moons ago, visibility was sh*t, but the first time I used a sea scooter so it was fun. Nice people, lovely country and great weed.


  • #96
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,413 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Always Tired wrote: »
    Yeah, pretty sure everyone knows that without having to google it. Just like ppl with anger issues started being called 'rageaholics'.

    It comes from junk the slang term for H, and is not used to refer to people who smoke marijuana, unless you want to sound like a completely out of touch eejit.

    If people try to go through life thinking every word can have only one meaning, they are going to struggle with the English language.


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