What’s going on with this name?

  • deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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    18 days ago

    Cultural carryover from Reddit where they use trees because /r/marijuana has a shitty mod.

    • atro_city@fedia.ioOP
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      18 days ago

      Thanks. No wonder I didn’t understand. The exodus feels like forever ago and it disconnected me from reddit culture.

      • L0rdMathias
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        18 days ago

        Using the word tree to refer to reefer predates reddit culture. Idk why. Best guess is our ancestor’s lack of creativity regarding slang terms and it’s a leafy plant.

        • distantsounds@lemmy.world
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          18 days ago

          When fully grown, they do resemble small trees

          And, the buds also look like baby trees…

          Burning trees 🔥🌳

  • xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    18 days ago

    “trees” is a common slang for marijuana.

    e.g. “'Cause when I smoke out, I hit the trees harder than Sonny Bono” - eminem

  • Treetrimmer
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    17 days ago

    And it’s not really a weed either, and it is certainly not a grass. Do you take everything literally?

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      17 days ago

      Cannabis is not a weed? I think you’re mistaken about that, friend. It literally grows like a weed in Asia.

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        17 days ago

        It’s a native plant there. I wouldn’t really say it’s a weed. It is farmed throughout Asia for fibre, food, and drug… What other weed do you know of that is such a major agricultural cash crop?

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    17 days ago

    We insist on bringing all the dumb reddit shit over here with us for some reason.

  • jarmitage@mander.xyz
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    17 days ago

    Anything that was once illegal will have nicknames that survive into the future. For example, hooch.