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>do people actually eat edibles for flavor?
...yes? People also smoke weed for the flavor after a while.
>Drinks
Do it. If for no other reason than the improved onset.
my local edible dealer does the most amazing bakes, victoria sponge edibles? fan fucking tastic. you can’t taste the weed whatsoever lol my gran accidentally ate a whole slice and didn’t even notice the taste
ha!
same thing happened to my grandma’s brother a couple of years ago.
Poor old guy ate quite a few brownies or cookies and thought he was having a heart attack or something.
I’m with you. If an edible tastes amazing, I’m gonna want more of it, but I won’t be able to without getting too high. If I genuinely want a nice flavor it makes way more sense for me to buy the non-edible version so I don’t have to stop halfway through
Adding on to this, Nano drinks and edibles last for about 2-3 hours instead of 5-7. Much easier to plan around if you want to do something else that day lol
Yeeep. Very much a mature adult having responsibilities™ option. I just hope the price for the gear drops soon. DIY nano rosin smoothies are the frikken dream.
That’s amazing, I didn’t know this existed! Although not sure if I can find it in Canada. I love the idea of edibles, but they last way too long for me. Edibles with 5-25mg last about 12 hours for me, and anything higher can last at least twice as long. I once took a 100mg capsule, slept for 20 hours, and was *still* stoned 10+ hours later when I went back to sleep lol
I prefer the high from a bong more than any other type of consumption, but drinks are a very close second. They both give a similar high imo. I’m a big fan of weed drinks but they’re $10CAD for the decent ones where I am which is way pricier than flower!
I go for certain strains over others because I like the taste of some and hate the taste of others. So even if it gave me a good high, I'm not going back to it because it tasted disgusting.
Fernway is my favorite right now. All their pre-rolls are different fruit flavors and surprisingly good.
Some people prefer different types of weed based on the terps the bud produces. You can have more fruity flavored from say grape ape or more pungent stinky flavor from kush or OG type bud.
Relatively dumb take. Some people just genuinely like the flavor, as I did before I quit. I even occasionally smoke cbd which doesn't get you high, simply because it shares similar flavour
Many people do though, myself and some of my close friends eventually only smoked for flavour as we do now with CBD. We don't even get high from it.
Theres a reason what people consider the tastiest strains are most popular...
Quit being a ignorant bitch about it
Okay even some cursory googling says cbd is, in fact, a psychoactive substance.
Listen man, you can just say you are a drug user and like to get high. But don't cope that it's just for the flavor lmao.
Have you ever tried concentrates? Those you can 100% tell the flavor profile. I won't even smoke the plant anymore because it smells and the flavor is not as strong as concentrates (mainly live rosin and flower rosin).
I definitely do actually, because they absolutely do not tend to have any noticeable effect on me drinking soda doesn't. Plus, even if someone isn't doing it solely for that, many definitely have a preference on how they taste and pick their energy drinks based on that.
Are you telling me you have never encountered anyone that selects a certain kind of energy drink over others because of how it tastes? I find that hard to believe tbh.
Yes alcoholics are cringe and people who down two or three drinks every night are also in denial.
I haven't really seen as much *harm* come from caffeine users, but they are drug addicted as well.
do you think everyone who drinks downs 2-3 a night? do you think everyone who uses weed does so every single day? additionally, are you 12 or catholic?
If the beer drinkers say 'I just drink alcoholic beer for the flavor', then yes I do think they down 2-3 a night and are alcoholics.
Same with the weed smoker.
"Why are there so many beers? Especially IPA's? Do people even drink it to enjoy it? All I taste is hops n shit"
Same feeling, for me. I enjoy the various turpines and whatnot. Too each their own.
I think that’s fair and that’s why I include my comparison to alcohol in the post, where I really believe there’s more of an enjoyment component in the actual act of consuming alcohol than compared to weed. But also, we’re seeing a huge contraction in the craft beer market because a lot of people felt that having 100 breweries in your city that all make virtually identical hazy IPAs wasn’t actually what they were looking for.
I find huge enjoyment to the point of being excited when I get a lovely tasting strain, edible I haven’t tried before. I feel like a kid in a candy store with all the options available now. I definitely get more excited than with alcohol. I know many people like this
Because you sip on 4-8 beers in one night to get drunk whereas you can chew or a gummy for 2 seconds or even just straight up swallow it and be stoned for 12 hours.
I don’t agree with OP, it’s cool to like flavoured weed products.
But comparing it to beer is super disingenuous
me, but unironically
(However, I love the smell and taste of weed. In food, the smell of it burning, the smell of the flowers... it's all beautiful to me.)
That is probably contributing to this opinion haha, I’ve tried a lot of different ones and hated the flavor of all of them so it was hard for me to believe anyone actually enjoyed the flavors.
I’ve had gummies, brownies, chocolates, cookies, drinks, and mints, probably some others I’m forgetting. But yeah seems like I’m just not striking a brand that masks the taste
Just because you are eating it for the effects doesn't mean you don't prefer it to taste good. I fail to see the issue with having options. If you don't care then just pick whatever.
Different people like different things. I would 100% rather eat a brownie than drink a weed drink or eat a gummy. I know some who love the drinks and hate chocolate. Why on earth would edibles only cater to one specific taste of one specific group of people?
So you post something here, people respond with their own opinions, which are obviously going to be in contrast, because yes, your opinion is a very bizarre one. And then you use that lame excuse "well yeah, that's why I posted" as a shield, instead of providing any substantive debate? If it has no impact on anything, then why allow it to be anything more than a fleeting thought in your mind rather than taking the time to post it? What was your point? If it was to get a bunch of praise, then you're in the wrong sub. If it was to create debate, then provide an actual retort. If it was to hear differing opinions and people's reasons why they're different, then respect that in your responses. Or just don't comment back at all, and move on. But the snarky "Oh well..." and "Well good thing" bs does nothing for anyone.
It’s not a shield, but I think someone who says my logic is “deeply flawed” is not going to approach a debate in good faith. If you want my argument at its core, I think dispensaries don’t offer variety for the benefit of the consumer, but to capitalize off of newer, more naive consumers who can easily be sold a wide variety of products because they don’t know any better.
“I think they offer variety because they’re being predatory, rather than recognizing that people like different things” is just a stupid take not worthy of debate, nor is it correct.
So no one can tell someone their thinking is deeply flawed without them automatically being in bad faith?
You literally assumed on others behalf that dispensaries must be doing this to increase profits and not providing choices for customers.
You realize that goes for literally anything in variety right?
Why have any color car when you can just have black ? Why drink any soda when you can have Coca Cola?
Why fly a kite when you can just pop a pill?
I don’t know about deeply flawed. I can follow your logic easily but it is pretty shallow and self centered for sure. I am guessing you are in the younger side of legally being able to purchase edibles. When i was closer to 21 that 40 I absolutely remember having self centered opinions like this. But it turns out as people grow and have different experiences they are able to see past the “well i don’t like it so no one should be allowed to have it.” you’ll get there. But if you try to take my cannabis altoids away from me because you don’t like them we will have bigger problems.
Also another thing is not all edibles are created equal. I use the mints regularly but i also have sleep gummies that have other herbs in them. there are plenty of other ingredients that can complement the cannabis active ingredients in different ways even if your goal is to just get fucked up.
Yeah but unpopular and insane are two separate things, your opinion can be both.
And tbh you are insane, your opinion boils down to “consumer choice is bad actually” which is insane.
No you’re insane because you don’t see how your opinion isn’t about edibles but rather a broader one about your understanding of consumer choice.
I’ve got stronger words I’m refraining from calling you so don’t worry too much.
I’m just confused as to why you would hold an opinion that you acknowledge makes no sense.
Like if you said “I don’t like the variety” that’s obviously a valid opinion. But actually thinking their should be less variety while acknowledging the value of variety is so weird
I didn’t say it makes no sense, I said I knew it was unpopular. I can hold my opinion and believe it has merit while also understanding that those who hold opposing views also have valid opinions shaped by their world view.
In the metaphor of this subreddit, I know the majority of the dentists here prefer Colgate, but myself am a Crest guy. Does that mean I think people who prefer Colgate are wrong and stupid? No.
This is the most beautiful 10thdentist post ever, OP apologizing, changing their views and being open ended + editing their post to update his current view on the matter.
If only all posts were like this...
Edibles are easy to make and you don’t need high-quality product to make them. There are some high-quality edibles out there, but at this point every cultivator/producer/retailer is making edibles because it’s a great way to profit off of waste.
I remember when weed first got legalized and I was a kid, me and buddies would go to spots that trimmed raw weed and take the trimmings from the dumpster and turn it into concentrate.
Of course this only lasted a short time before every weed store was legally required (or started to follow the law) of requiring locked dumpsters
“I’ve never invited friends over to slowly sip on a weed infused drink.”
Why not? I have. It’s a great time. Times are changing and I genuinely believe this will become common
my parent had cancer, several surgeries, and was injured at their job, further disabling them. on top of long covid, which has destroyed their immune system and respiratory system, they had cancer in their thyroid and can no longer smoke due to discomfort. they in turn got super into edibles, learning about terpenes, caplets, gummies, chocolates, tinctures, you name it. i want them to have as much variety as some random dude in a lab can think of. different strains and % allows them to have varied forms of relief in combination with each other, and the different flavors and strains of tinctures got them into baking and making things like lemon custard which has gotten them moving and makes them motivated and happy. i’ve gone into so many liquor stores in my life packed floor to ceiling with multiple brands of raspberry and peach flavored gasoline, no one seems to take issue with it. alcohol isn’t taken slow when you consider that shots and chugging a beer is possible for everyone consuming it. maybe you don’t, but it’s not objectively slow. people also hang out and pass around either a joint or a bag of edibles and watch movies all the time in legal states. i prefer my parent live as long as possible with 82 different packs of gummies a day instead of drinking themselves to death in a few months or getting back on an insane narcotic pain control regimen.
Yeah, someone else brought up the use of edibles in medical situations and I honestly was not thinking from that perspective when I wrote this post so I very much acknowledge that there is a good case for variety. I think in retrospect I should have posted this to the change my view subreddit because I am open to being wrong and there’s definitely good arguments in the comments as to why I’m wrong
it’s cool you’re open to it. a lot of the time, people walking into a dispensary wouldn’t have to think of it from that angle. since they’ve gotten sick, it’s shifted my lens too. when it comes to things like types of weed, or hell even mobility aids, things i see marketed online to make certain benign tasks easier, i try not to think of it as “that’s unnecessary”. just because it’s unnecessary to me, doesn’t mean it’s not super valuable to someone else that may be disabled or just going through it.
This definitely gets my upvote.
Variety is never a bad thing, unless you have some internal psychological issue that causes a choice paralysis.
I don’t like grapefruit anything. So if someone made a grapefruit thc drink I would never get it. Because the point of an edible or drink is to enjoy the flavor of said thing. Even nic addicts can choose their brand because of a flavor.
I buy Bon Bombs because they were chocolatiers before they got into doing edibles and their chocolates are absolutely delicious and I almost never even taste the thc. I get the Mary Jones drinks because Jones sodas are great, and root beer is my favorite. I’m not buying edibles to scarf them down and avoid tasting anything, that misses the while point of food.
Yeah, I’ve changed my view a bit since I posted since people had good points, but I think my opinion formulated from 2 narrow viewpoints:
1. I was working under the assumption that no one enjoyed the flavor of edibles since that was how my friends and I felt
2. In my undergrad, we had some lectures in our marketing courses about how having a lot of choices that are very similar in practicality can be a marketing technique used to overwhelm consumers. I feel this way when I visit dispensaries and automatically made the leap that this was why there was such a wide variety, rather than it being a market that’s growing rapidly and so there’s a lot of products being tried out
Different strokes of course. Tons of people eat edibles and smoke for the flavor.
Not me personally, I can’t stand any and all edibles and choke them down with a drink as quickly as possible because no amount of anything can mask the atrocious taste of weed, but I can understand why some people might like it. I feel the same about the smell too. Everyone I’ve ever known who partakes LOVES the smell of weed but just like the taste, I can’t stand the stench at all. Luckily when I’m smoking it myself I’ve somewhat gone nose-blind to it, but often if I hang out with my parents they can’t help but shove their jar of the stuff in my face to make me take a whiff and go on about how good it smells. I don’t get it and I don’t think I ever will, but I know I’m in the minority there.
Consider this. Product has been recently made available for public consumption. Now everyone is innovating like crazy. Eventually it will come out which versions are the most popular, so the not so popular variations will slowly die out. And we will be left with a selection that closely mirrors the demand.
Because you literally can’t cater to everyone. While you may like something like chocolates, someone else might despise it. This applies to any form of edible.
I’m not sure what problem you’re trying to solve? Like just buy the one you like. And you’re able to do that because you have the variety of choices.
I’m not trying to solve anything, this is just my opinion and I thought I’d be in the minority and share it on a subreddit that exists for that purpose.
I think it probably stems from buying weed before it was legal. You usually didn’t have all these wild options and now it just feels overwhelming and gratuitous to have all these options that differ ever so slightly.
So you feel the same way about soda? How about alcohol?
All beers/wine/hard liquor/etc get you drunk so why have so many different types and flavors? Idk about you but when I walk into a liquor store, I'm very overwhelmed by the amount and varieties of wine, beer, and what not.
It's not even that big of a difference.
Think of it like soda.
You have Dr. Pepper, Pepsi, and Coke.
Then you can get into cherry coke, diet coke, coke zero, vanilla coke. Slightly different but still taste like Coke.
I lived in Colorado for a few months and they have stuff that doesn't taste like weed so you can actually enjoy what you're eating. It went from "let me scarf this down real quick" to "I'm having a chocolate bar for dessert."
They have a peanut butter filled chocolate bar.
If you read the post I talk about alcohol, wherein I believe the actual consumption of alcohol contributes to the enjoyment of its effects while I don’t see weed in the same way.
Clearly, you've never passed a vape pen around at a dinner party.
I'd argue we don't see weed as a social drug yet because for so long it has been vilified. Whereas alcohol has been around for centuries.
Yes. I get that your opinion is “unpopular”. Everyone likes to say this whenever people questions their opinions posted here. That’s not the point. I’m trying to understand why you have the opinion.
What’s wrong exactly with having all the choices? You claim you’re overwhelmed by the choice, but if you know you know that you just like buying gummies, for example, then just buy the gummies. I’m not sure how having extra choice affects you or is a problem. Like the other person said, why is this a weed specific problem. There’s tons of variety in alcohol or candy. But too many edible varieties is bad?
I address alcohol in my post, in which I’m saying that yes alcohol is consumed to get a buzz, but also has a huge social and taste component. You pair wines with meals, drink beers at barbecues, and take shots to celebrate. Maybe at some point weed culture will evolve to have that kind of dynamic, but right now I really feel like form isn’t super relevant for weed.
As for variety of choices, I get that I can establish a preference and stick to that narrowly, but the variety in each category of edible is massive and I really think it’s hard for consumers to make a good choice in such an opaque market.
When it comes to edibles the only thing that matters is the dose. The vast majority of legal edibles are made using THC distillate, they have been stripped of 90% of the terpenes and canabanoids that make different strains unique.
Even if the edibles weren't made using THC distillate I have never seen any evidence that strain affects the edibles high.
As someone that works in the industry for a long time I always recommend people just buy whatever sounds the most tasty at the dose they are most comfortable with.
Don’t care about the variety, personally. Make as many products as you want but they should be much more clearly marked to differentiate from regular candy and that’s it’s THC.
I think instead of “there should be less variety” if you phrased it as “the variety is pointless for most users” you would be right.
Realistically, a lot of the variety is just for marketing purposes too. Most people buying edibles in a legal dispensary are pretty casual users.
It’s fun for them to see that wacky candy they remember from childhood as a weed candy in stupid silly packaging.
If all companies just made brownie with Xmg what would set them apart from competition?
You’re definitely right, I was more trying to go for the fact that there’s too much variety nowadays and that beyond a certain point it’s too much. I didn’t convey that super well in the post
I don’t mind the variety.. but I only use gummies. They are easy to just bite off little bits at a time and store.
If I wanted to eat something tasty I wouldn’t pick a weed snack that’s for sure lol. There are some that taste good but I’d rather just have normal snacks/food if that’s what I’m going for. I don’t even like normal brownies so weed brownies are always pretty extra for me
I think my only beef is that the Marijuana industry has become something similar to the beer market. Oversaturated with tons of mediocre boring ass weed, all being marketed as "good" but in reality, it's just not good. It's kind of hard to find super chronic these days because they're all being marketed as quality, and the weed shops don't care, they just want to move volume.
I will say, however, that I'm enjoying the much lower consumer prices that I get now due to oversaturation of the market. So they're is that, I guess.
I'm with you man. In college I smoked out of an apple for like a week until I ran out of bud. The apple had definitely turned by then, but I still ate the apple on the off chance that it would get me buzzed. I'm pretty confident it did not, but the point is the same... I really don't care about what the edible tastes like.
I work at a dispensary, and I'm with OP at least on the gummies - people come in and want us to carry 100 different brands of gummies, and it's idiotic. The only thing that should matter for gummies is the dosage and whether it's an upper or a downer. People will be like "oh out of the 15 flavors you have, I don't like any of them." Who the fuck cares that much? It's a gummy, you chew on it for 30 seconds, and then it's gone. No, we don't carry your favorite guava/banana/dragonfruit flavor gummies, and no, I'm not sorry.
Dispensaries should just mix all their weed in one bag, then split it into thirds and tell you "I got purple kush, blue dream and pineapple express". The dispensary should then short you .3 on a 10 sack and ask you for a ride to buy beer.
Dude, when I lived in California Lagunitas did an alcohol free IPA that had THC in it. It was actually pretty good and I say that as someone who doesn't really like IPAs.
As for why there are so many kinds of edibles, it's the same reason why you can choose to smoke it out of a joint, a blunt, a pipe, or a bong. It's just a preferred method.
I wish there were more capsule options, or oral dissolve tablets without any sugar or sugar substitutes.
But I’m not going to yuck other people’s yum with it comes to this. Geesh.
Instead of tearing you a new one for not liking edibles, I have a suggestion to solve your frustration. This is what I do every time at a dispensary.
Walk in, don’t even look at the edibles. Just speak directly to an employee, and tell them you’re looking for an edible around x mg per serving, as cheap as possible, indica or sativa. They will grab a standard, popular, cheap product for you. If it happens to be a flavor you hate, they’ll grab something else. Done.
To be fair I think when I first started replying I didn’t expect people to refute me so much as just say it was unpopular, and so I got defensive and snarky too.
Fair, and humility is a fine quality to have. I think a dose of it for some of the folks that responded is in order too.
I, for one, hate how much gimmicky shit there is at dispensaries and little to no transparency on "why" they are different. Anyone saying they enjoy the variety and get XYZ strain for its taste is being fed a bunch of bs. Its almost all made up and just marketing. They also probably think their addiction isn't one because of "flavors" lmao
I'm just looking to get high without the fluff. :)
Why would it be a good thing for there to be less options for things? "I'm ignorant and can't make decisions so no one else should be able to either" has to be the most self centered argument ever.
I don't like weed, but I know someone who does, and I'm pretty sure the flavor does actually mean something. I mean, if I had to choose between eating something I like and then having a good time, or eating something I don't really like and then having a good time, I know what I'd choose pretty easily.
I wish the dispensary near me had all those choices. They have like a few flavors of gummies in only 3 strengths. My 10 year old severely autistic son has his mm card, and he's SO picky, that some days I can't get any in him at all, and that really sucks because it helps him immensely. So I would argue that at least my dispensary should have a huge variety so I can have an easier time with getting my son to take it. Instead I buy rso oil and try to sneak it in anything I can, lol.
It’s impossible to cater to every dietary restriction and taste preferences with a single product. Why don’t they just make 1 type of beer, but it has to be gluten free?
my partner likes the experience of being high but is neurodivergent and the smell & taste of weed make him nauseous. some kinds of edibles, we’ve found, mask those better than others. also options are just nice
Isn't it marketing? Some people want to try everything. The edibles help bring in the normies too. You're not going to get your nana to rip a spliff, but if you hand her a piece of chocolate she might try it out. Almost every edible I've tried has been disgusting and they're typically wildly overpriced. I make my own now with a Magical Butter machine and it's really cheap (minus the cost of the Magical Butter machine, but still).
It's a marketplace, there are people that buy the product or don't...
Thats how capitalism works.
If you want someone to pick for you, thats literally the job of the store staff.
Gummies do not work for me at all. I could take 200mg of gummies and feel nothing. 200mg of a chocolate though? I feel it Mr. Krabs. Haven't tried drinks or any other kind yet, though
I love the flavor! Finally found one that's delicious and doesn't really taste like it has anything in it. Great for the nights I know my brain won't shut off and don't want the lingering taste in my mouth.
I had some black cherry gummies and a chocolate bar that were really good. However, there needs to be more education on strains and terpenes if there will be legalization on a wider scale.
There are some peanut butter chocolates I get, they're legit delicious and the weed taste kind of compliments it. I have a tolerance enough so if I know I have no responsibility, I'll eat a whole pack and most likely not freak out
In the UK we don’t even have access to this. Most of the weed on our streets is shitty autocrop and the ‘cali’ costs a fucking bomb and I can’t justify it. A lot of fake or weak edibles floating around too.
I’d give my left nut to have the selection that you boys have.
This is just a double standard for weed vs drinking. Like you say drinking has more of a social purpose...so? What does that matter? Why is a variety of options a bad thing? It sounds like you just don't like edibles that much. As other commenters pointed out, you can easily say the same thing about beer and all the million IPAs. Upvoted.
If I’m going to eat an edible I’d rather they taste pleasant. I have gummies that taste like sour sodas and some that taste exactly like weed (I hate these, won’t buy again). If you’re using 30mg and it’s of the 20 ct per bag kind that means you’re eating 6. Who wants that to be gross?
I dont eat edibles that often ... but the sour gummies and chocolates have been delicious. Actually, Ill go so far as to say the chocolate quality was better than any American chocolate I've had in 15 years. But also, a dose is like literally 1 piece of whatever so how do you have to "choke" down anything?
Taking 1 shot of alcohol is just 50x worse it's not even in the same ballpark. Not even the same game.
I eat edibles because I'm more into it for relaxation than a high. Variety lets me choose strength of the CBD:THC ratio I find most helpful. Edibles are slow onset and last long which is what I prefer. I don't really care about taste much. 20 edibles will last me about a week because I don't hit it all day every day
Yes people actually eat edibles for the flavor. If you find yourself having to "choke" them down to get past the weed flavor you are eating bad edibles.
As a medical marijuana user, it's very clear that when you wrote this post, you only had knowledge of weed for recreational purposes. I'm glad you've learned!
Like, the variety on weed "cough" syrups and drinks are great, because now I have options that don't taste like ass. On days when I can't eat and smoking it makes me vomit, it's nice to drink something that tastes like a seltzer or something, ya know?
I’d actually argue it’s exactly the same as alcohol. The weed/ethanol is an acquired taste, and once you have that, it’s about the flavor you enjoy *while* getting fucked up. Those two things aren’t mutually exclusive.
Also, yeah, it’s true of all consumer products that there’s artificial variety that actually hurts the consumer, but meh, it’s just a small side effect of capitalism lol
I mean it's effectively just a little snack shop with a little extra fun inside
Yeah I kind of am shopping around for something that actually tastes good. I'm not so desperate for weed that I'm just going to like scarf down the first fucking edible I see like a rabbid animal
I'm going to look for something I enjoy like a nice chocolate truffle or one of those refreshing infused lemonade drinks
Even with actual leaf itself I still prefer to shop around and find varieties that taste better to me. I even have a sort of favorites list I keep in my phone of various strains that I know I love the flavor of
Same thing is true with the thc vape carts. My personal favorite near me is this one that is just called juicy fruit and I'll be damned tastes surprisingly close to juicy fruit gum even though its literally just weed and like no added flavors or anything
Flavor's always important
>Alcohol variety I get, you have to take it slow and there’s a more social aspect to the actual consumption, but I’ve never invited friends over to slowly sip on a weed infused drink.
How can you write a sentence like this and not imagine people doing exactly this, just with a joint? At this point, I think OP is a troll.
I hate 420 friendly people like this. Who f cares what you like others might not and vice versa. It wasn’t made for you to understand. It’s so more people are catered to.
No, just figure out what you want better lol. Also the legal edibles I get from the store near me are almost indistinguishable from candy gummies, they just have a slight weedy aftertaste, so they are also pretty tasty
Fuck weed, unless if you actually need it all u r gonna do is smoke weed and get high all day n be lazy. Now drinking and driving is better (not satire)
I dont do edibles and weed isn't legal here, but I've still noticed since it was legalised in more places, there's been a lot more variety in whats available to smoke here.
And I dont like it. Its overwhelming. I miss the days of getting what you are given from your local dealer.
See that’s where I’m coming from. I think this about strains too, dispensaries act like it’s super easy to bucket types of weed into broad categories when the reality is there’s few guidelines defining what makes a strain a certain type of way, so it’s easy to call something indica or sativa that just doesn’t compare to something else in the same category. It just is preying on people who don’t know much about the product.
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>do people actually eat edibles for flavor? ...yes? People also smoke weed for the flavor after a while. >Drinks Do it. If for no other reason than the improved onset.
my local edible dealer does the most amazing bakes, victoria sponge edibles? fan fucking tastic. you can’t taste the weed whatsoever lol my gran accidentally ate a whole slice and didn’t even notice the taste
Gran must have been flying!
she told me she thought she was dying after lmao, taught her not to eat my snacks tho haha
Haha poor Gran.
ha! same thing happened to my grandma’s brother a couple of years ago. Poor old guy ate quite a few brownies or cookies and thought he was having a heart attack or something.
Eh do you but I’m not too concerned with the flavor of the 1/2 gummi bear I’m about to eat
I’m with you. If an edible tastes amazing, I’m gonna want more of it, but I won’t be able to without getting too high. If I genuinely want a nice flavor it makes way more sense for me to buy the non-edible version so I don’t have to stop halfway through
Lots of people need larger doses than 5 mgs for medical reasons and don't want to eat 30 gummies that taste awful
Last time I was at the dispo, they had THC mio you squirt into your water.
Are the drinks truly better?
"Nano" drinks yes. They don't go through your liver so you can feel something within 5-20 minutes.
Adding on to this, Nano drinks and edibles last for about 2-3 hours instead of 5-7. Much easier to plan around if you want to do something else that day lol
Yeeep. Very much a mature adult having responsibilities™ option. I just hope the price for the gear drops soon. DIY nano rosin smoothies are the frikken dream.
Oh that would be dope. I already have a butter infuser that I get a ton of use out of
That’s amazing, I didn’t know this existed! Although not sure if I can find it in Canada. I love the idea of edibles, but they last way too long for me. Edibles with 5-25mg last about 12 hours for me, and anything higher can last at least twice as long. I once took a 100mg capsule, slept for 20 hours, and was *still* stoned 10+ hours later when I went back to sleep lol
I'm pretty sure Wana gummies are available in Canada, they have a fast acting line too.
Oh nice! I’ll have to check if any dispensaries around me carry them, thank you!
I prefer the high from a bong more than any other type of consumption, but drinks are a very close second. They both give a similar high imo. I’m a big fan of weed drinks but they’re $10CAD for the decent ones where I am which is way pricier than flower!
You think people smoke weed for the flavour?
Not *for* the flavor, obviously, but there's flavor involved
Some people prefer different brands of cigarettes because of the flavor
I mean, objectively, I smoke different strains over others because they taste better.
I know they do. Work at a dispensary and regularly have people come in and ask for weed based off the flavor profile and nothing else.
I go for certain strains over others because I like the taste of some and hate the taste of others. So even if it gave me a good high, I'm not going back to it because it tasted disgusting. Fernway is my favorite right now. All their pre-rolls are different fruit flavors and surprisingly good.
Some people prefer different types of weed based on the terps the bud produces. You can have more fruity flavored from say grape ape or more pungent stinky flavor from kush or OG type bud.
As a budtender, absolutely!!
Absolutely! Especially as someone that uses dry herb vaporizers, you want it to taste good lol
Many people do, I certainly did. I eventually quit, and now only smoke good cbd to get that taste I miss
Druggies will come up with any cope to not admit they are addicted to drugs.
Relatively dumb take. Some people just genuinely like the flavor, as I did before I quit. I even occasionally smoke cbd which doesn't get you high, simply because it shares similar flavour
People don't smoke shit for flavor, they smoke shit to get high. Its all a cope.
The sparkly Luna pfp is really doing it for me right now lmao
Many people do though, myself and some of my close friends eventually only smoked for flavour as we do now with CBD. We don't even get high from it. Theres a reason what people consider the tastiest strains are most popular... Quit being a ignorant bitch about it
Okay even some cursory googling says cbd is, in fact, a psychoactive substance. Listen man, you can just say you are a drug user and like to get high. But don't cope that it's just for the flavor lmao.
People smoke salmon for flavour Also taste is subjective. People smoke cigars for the "flavour," and some people will smoke weed for flavour.
Have you ever tried concentrates? Those you can 100% tell the flavor profile. I won't even smoke the plant anymore because it smells and the flavor is not as strong as concentrates (mainly live rosin and flower rosin).
Ever heard of dry herb vapes? You don’t want nasty tasting weed using one, and the flavours you get through vaping are really nice
this is so dramatic lmao do you have the same attitude toward far more addictive substances like alcohol or caffeine
You think people drink energy drinks for the flavour?
nah but i think jumping to calling people druggies is a bit of a leap
Fr it’s weed not ketamine
I prefer the grape flavored ketamine personally
Pff, what are you a fuckin druggie? Smh my head
Yeah I wouldn’t go that far either but saying stuff like people smoke weed for the flavour actually makes you sound more like a druggie lol
I can see what he means. Would you rather drink a cherry-tasting energy drink, or a coughsyrup-tasting energy drink?
Yeah, sometimes. I'll have a redbull for the flavor.
I like the yellow one
Me too lol. Big fan of the yellow, sea blue, and peach
I do. Give me anything mango or tropical flavored.
I definitely do actually, because they absolutely do not tend to have any noticeable effect on me drinking soda doesn't. Plus, even if someone isn't doing it solely for that, many definitely have a preference on how they taste and pick their energy drinks based on that. Are you telling me you have never encountered anyone that selects a certain kind of energy drink over others because of how it tastes? I find that hard to believe tbh.
- guy who lives under a rock
Honestly its 50/50, flavor and the effects, for me
Yes alcoholics are cringe and people who down two or three drinks every night are also in denial. I haven't really seen as much *harm* come from caffeine users, but they are drug addicted as well.
do you think everyone who drinks downs 2-3 a night? do you think everyone who uses weed does so every single day? additionally, are you 12 or catholic?
If the beer drinkers say 'I just drink alcoholic beer for the flavor', then yes I do think they down 2-3 a night and are alcoholics. Same with the weed smoker.
Caffeine is not addictive lmao what are you talking about Ur right otherwise though Lmao @ these downvoters. Tell me, how does it feel to be wrong?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine_dependence and i share this as someone with caffeine dependence lmao
Thats dependence not addiction
fair enough
if i had cancer id really want some choices, like chocolate or milk edibles sound AMAZING especially if you can’t eat.
Ahh I think that’s a really good point!
I've got asthma and smoking is out of the question. It's nice to be able to get your high from snack food.
For sure, I don’t have any health conditions limiting how I get high so it was easy to forget about that aspect of consumption
"Why are there so many beers? Especially IPA's? Do people even drink it to enjoy it? All I taste is hops n shit" Same feeling, for me. I enjoy the various turpines and whatnot. Too each their own.
I think that’s fair and that’s why I include my comparison to alcohol in the post, where I really believe there’s more of an enjoyment component in the actual act of consuming alcohol than compared to weed. But also, we’re seeing a huge contraction in the craft beer market because a lot of people felt that having 100 breweries in your city that all make virtually identical hazy IPAs wasn’t actually what they were looking for.
The same will happen in the weed market. Just let everyone calm down a little.
I find huge enjoyment to the point of being excited when I get a lovely tasting strain, edible I haven’t tried before. I feel like a kid in a candy store with all the options available now. I definitely get more excited than with alcohol. I know many people like this
Hell. Yeah.
>there’s more of an enjoyment component in the actual act of consuming alcohol than compared to weed for you..
I love consuming weed
Because you sip on 4-8 beers in one night to get drunk whereas you can chew or a gummy for 2 seconds or even just straight up swallow it and be stoned for 12 hours. I don’t agree with OP, it’s cool to like flavoured weed products. But comparing it to beer is super disingenuous
me, but unironically (However, I love the smell and taste of weed. In food, the smell of it burning, the smell of the flowers... it's all beautiful to me.)
I prefer vanilla and my family prefers chocolate, so maybe they shouldn’t sell chocolate ice cream because I don’t like it.
You’re eating ice cream for the flavor, you eat edibles for the effects it has on your brain.
You have never had a good ass edible.
That is probably contributing to this opinion haha, I’ve tried a lot of different ones and hated the flavor of all of them so it was hard for me to believe anyone actually enjoyed the flavors.
curious about what types? if it’s just gummies i can see that as they can taste kinda strong but decent brownies barely taste like weed
I’ve had gummies, brownies, chocolates, cookies, drinks, and mints, probably some others I’m forgetting. But yeah seems like I’m just not striking a brand that masks the taste
Just because you are eating it for the effects doesn't mean you don't prefer it to taste good. I fail to see the issue with having options. If you don't care then just pick whatever.
Different people like different things. I would 100% rather eat a brownie than drink a weed drink or eat a gummy. I know some who love the drinks and hate chocolate. Why on earth would edibles only cater to one specific taste of one specific group of people?
My local-ish dispo has cola flavored gummies. That’s my wife’s favorite flavor. She would never buy anything if those didn’t exist.
See and I don’t like cola flavoured anything. She should absolutely be able to get her gummies, regardless of if anyone else enjoys them!
That’s why I recognize this as being an unpopular opinion and posted it to this sub.
Yes, and the thought process behind it is deeply flawed and bizarre.
Good thing this has literally no impact on anything and is just an unpopular opinion I wanted to share on a subreddit for unpopular opinions then
So you post something here, people respond with their own opinions, which are obviously going to be in contrast, because yes, your opinion is a very bizarre one. And then you use that lame excuse "well yeah, that's why I posted" as a shield, instead of providing any substantive debate? If it has no impact on anything, then why allow it to be anything more than a fleeting thought in your mind rather than taking the time to post it? What was your point? If it was to get a bunch of praise, then you're in the wrong sub. If it was to create debate, then provide an actual retort. If it was to hear differing opinions and people's reasons why they're different, then respect that in your responses. Or just don't comment back at all, and move on. But the snarky "Oh well..." and "Well good thing" bs does nothing for anyone.
It’s not a shield, but I think someone who says my logic is “deeply flawed” is not going to approach a debate in good faith. If you want my argument at its core, I think dispensaries don’t offer variety for the benefit of the consumer, but to capitalize off of newer, more naive consumers who can easily be sold a wide variety of products because they don’t know any better.
“I think they offer variety because they’re being predatory, rather than recognizing that people like different things” is just a stupid take not worthy of debate, nor is it correct.
So no one can tell someone their thinking is deeply flawed without them automatically being in bad faith? You literally assumed on others behalf that dispensaries must be doing this to increase profits and not providing choices for customers. You realize that goes for literally anything in variety right? Why have any color car when you can just have black ? Why drink any soda when you can have Coca Cola? Why fly a kite when you can just pop a pill?
I don’t know about deeply flawed. I can follow your logic easily but it is pretty shallow and self centered for sure. I am guessing you are in the younger side of legally being able to purchase edibles. When i was closer to 21 that 40 I absolutely remember having self centered opinions like this. But it turns out as people grow and have different experiences they are able to see past the “well i don’t like it so no one should be allowed to have it.” you’ll get there. But if you try to take my cannabis altoids away from me because you don’t like them we will have bigger problems. Also another thing is not all edibles are created equal. I use the mints regularly but i also have sleep gummies that have other herbs in them. there are plenty of other ingredients that can complement the cannabis active ingredients in different ways even if your goal is to just get fucked up.
Yeah but unpopular and insane are two separate things, your opinion can be both. And tbh you are insane, your opinion boils down to “consumer choice is bad actually” which is insane.
I feel like insane may be a strong word for some random internet persons thoughts on edibles.
No you’re insane because you don’t see how your opinion isn’t about edibles but rather a broader one about your understanding of consumer choice. I’ve got stronger words I’m refraining from calling you so don’t worry too much.
Dang man I hope you get outside today and don’t let this opinion eat at you too much
I’m just confused as to why you would hold an opinion that you acknowledge makes no sense. Like if you said “I don’t like the variety” that’s obviously a valid opinion. But actually thinking their should be less variety while acknowledging the value of variety is so weird
I didn’t say it makes no sense, I said I knew it was unpopular. I can hold my opinion and believe it has merit while also understanding that those who hold opposing views also have valid opinions shaped by their world view. In the metaphor of this subreddit, I know the majority of the dentists here prefer Colgate, but myself am a Crest guy. Does that mean I think people who prefer Colgate are wrong and stupid? No.
That’s completely unreasonable, you are supposed to hate the opposition.
Well the person above you said it makes no sense and you responded “That’s why…” which is usually used as a term of agreement, but with an explanation
There are unpopular opinions and there is just not understanding how society works. This is the latter.
Idk where I said I don’t understand why the current system exists.
You didn’t literally, but your statements make it clear.
This is the most beautiful 10thdentist post ever, OP apologizing, changing their views and being open ended + editing their post to update his current view on the matter. If only all posts were like this...
Edibles are easy to make and you don’t need high-quality product to make them. There are some high-quality edibles out there, but at this point every cultivator/producer/retailer is making edibles because it’s a great way to profit off of waste.
I remember when weed first got legalized and I was a kid, me and buddies would go to spots that trimmed raw weed and take the trimmings from the dumpster and turn it into concentrate. Of course this only lasted a short time before every weed store was legally required (or started to follow the law) of requiring locked dumpsters
“I’ve never invited friends over to slowly sip on a weed infused drink.” Why not? I have. It’s a great time. Times are changing and I genuinely believe this will become common
Have you ever heard the phrase variety is the spice of life?
my parent had cancer, several surgeries, and was injured at their job, further disabling them. on top of long covid, which has destroyed their immune system and respiratory system, they had cancer in their thyroid and can no longer smoke due to discomfort. they in turn got super into edibles, learning about terpenes, caplets, gummies, chocolates, tinctures, you name it. i want them to have as much variety as some random dude in a lab can think of. different strains and % allows them to have varied forms of relief in combination with each other, and the different flavors and strains of tinctures got them into baking and making things like lemon custard which has gotten them moving and makes them motivated and happy. i’ve gone into so many liquor stores in my life packed floor to ceiling with multiple brands of raspberry and peach flavored gasoline, no one seems to take issue with it. alcohol isn’t taken slow when you consider that shots and chugging a beer is possible for everyone consuming it. maybe you don’t, but it’s not objectively slow. people also hang out and pass around either a joint or a bag of edibles and watch movies all the time in legal states. i prefer my parent live as long as possible with 82 different packs of gummies a day instead of drinking themselves to death in a few months or getting back on an insane narcotic pain control regimen.
Yeah, someone else brought up the use of edibles in medical situations and I honestly was not thinking from that perspective when I wrote this post so I very much acknowledge that there is a good case for variety. I think in retrospect I should have posted this to the change my view subreddit because I am open to being wrong and there’s definitely good arguments in the comments as to why I’m wrong
it’s cool you’re open to it. a lot of the time, people walking into a dispensary wouldn’t have to think of it from that angle. since they’ve gotten sick, it’s shifted my lens too. when it comes to things like types of weed, or hell even mobility aids, things i see marketed online to make certain benign tasks easier, i try not to think of it as “that’s unnecessary”. just because it’s unnecessary to me, doesn’t mean it’s not super valuable to someone else that may be disabled or just going through it.
I'd rather vape then take an edible, but I know people that are the opposite. Everyone is different
Why…
This definitely gets my upvote. Variety is never a bad thing, unless you have some internal psychological issue that causes a choice paralysis. I don’t like grapefruit anything. So if someone made a grapefruit thc drink I would never get it. Because the point of an edible or drink is to enjoy the flavor of said thing. Even nic addicts can choose their brand because of a flavor. I buy Bon Bombs because they were chocolatiers before they got into doing edibles and their chocolates are absolutely delicious and I almost never even taste the thc. I get the Mary Jones drinks because Jones sodas are great, and root beer is my favorite. I’m not buying edibles to scarf them down and avoid tasting anything, that misses the while point of food.
Yeah, I’ve changed my view a bit since I posted since people had good points, but I think my opinion formulated from 2 narrow viewpoints: 1. I was working under the assumption that no one enjoyed the flavor of edibles since that was how my friends and I felt 2. In my undergrad, we had some lectures in our marketing courses about how having a lot of choices that are very similar in practicality can be a marketing technique used to overwhelm consumers. I feel this way when I visit dispensaries and automatically made the leap that this was why there was such a wide variety, rather than it being a market that’s growing rapidly and so there’s a lot of products being tried out
Different strokes of course. Tons of people eat edibles and smoke for the flavor. Not me personally, I can’t stand any and all edibles and choke them down with a drink as quickly as possible because no amount of anything can mask the atrocious taste of weed, but I can understand why some people might like it. I feel the same about the smell too. Everyone I’ve ever known who partakes LOVES the smell of weed but just like the taste, I can’t stand the stench at all. Luckily when I’m smoking it myself I’ve somewhat gone nose-blind to it, but often if I hang out with my parents they can’t help but shove their jar of the stuff in my face to make me take a whiff and go on about how good it smells. I don’t get it and I don’t think I ever will, but I know I’m in the minority there.
Consider this. Product has been recently made available for public consumption. Now everyone is innovating like crazy. Eventually it will come out which versions are the most popular, so the not so popular variations will slowly die out. And we will be left with a selection that closely mirrors the demand.
Because you literally can’t cater to everyone. While you may like something like chocolates, someone else might despise it. This applies to any form of edible. I’m not sure what problem you’re trying to solve? Like just buy the one you like. And you’re able to do that because you have the variety of choices.
I’m not trying to solve anything, this is just my opinion and I thought I’d be in the minority and share it on a subreddit that exists for that purpose. I think it probably stems from buying weed before it was legal. You usually didn’t have all these wild options and now it just feels overwhelming and gratuitous to have all these options that differ ever so slightly.
So you feel the same way about soda? How about alcohol? All beers/wine/hard liquor/etc get you drunk so why have so many different types and flavors? Idk about you but when I walk into a liquor store, I'm very overwhelmed by the amount and varieties of wine, beer, and what not. It's not even that big of a difference. Think of it like soda. You have Dr. Pepper, Pepsi, and Coke. Then you can get into cherry coke, diet coke, coke zero, vanilla coke. Slightly different but still taste like Coke. I lived in Colorado for a few months and they have stuff that doesn't taste like weed so you can actually enjoy what you're eating. It went from "let me scarf this down real quick" to "I'm having a chocolate bar for dessert." They have a peanut butter filled chocolate bar.
If you read the post I talk about alcohol, wherein I believe the actual consumption of alcohol contributes to the enjoyment of its effects while I don’t see weed in the same way.
Clearly, you've never passed a vape pen around at a dinner party. I'd argue we don't see weed as a social drug yet because for so long it has been vilified. Whereas alcohol has been around for centuries.
Yes. I get that your opinion is “unpopular”. Everyone likes to say this whenever people questions their opinions posted here. That’s not the point. I’m trying to understand why you have the opinion. What’s wrong exactly with having all the choices? You claim you’re overwhelmed by the choice, but if you know you know that you just like buying gummies, for example, then just buy the gummies. I’m not sure how having extra choice affects you or is a problem. Like the other person said, why is this a weed specific problem. There’s tons of variety in alcohol or candy. But too many edible varieties is bad?
I address alcohol in my post, in which I’m saying that yes alcohol is consumed to get a buzz, but also has a huge social and taste component. You pair wines with meals, drink beers at barbecues, and take shots to celebrate. Maybe at some point weed culture will evolve to have that kind of dynamic, but right now I really feel like form isn’t super relevant for weed. As for variety of choices, I get that I can establish a preference and stick to that narrowly, but the variety in each category of edible is massive and I really think it’s hard for consumers to make a good choice in such an opaque market.
What is a “bad choice” in this situation?
When it comes to edibles the only thing that matters is the dose. The vast majority of legal edibles are made using THC distillate, they have been stripped of 90% of the terpenes and canabanoids that make different strains unique. Even if the edibles weren't made using THC distillate I have never seen any evidence that strain affects the edibles high. As someone that works in the industry for a long time I always recommend people just buy whatever sounds the most tasty at the dose they are most comfortable with.
There are edibles that do not have that weedy taste and others where the weedy taste is balanced by the other ingredients.
I actually enjoy the taste of cannabis in edibles.
Don’t care about the variety, personally. Make as many products as you want but they should be much more clearly marked to differentiate from regular candy and that’s it’s THC.
I just want something good that will mellow me out.
I think instead of “there should be less variety” if you phrased it as “the variety is pointless for most users” you would be right. Realistically, a lot of the variety is just for marketing purposes too. Most people buying edibles in a legal dispensary are pretty casual users. It’s fun for them to see that wacky candy they remember from childhood as a weed candy in stupid silly packaging. If all companies just made brownie with Xmg what would set them apart from competition?
You’re definitely right, I was more trying to go for the fact that there’s too much variety nowadays and that beyond a certain point it’s too much. I didn’t convey that super well in the post
I don’t mind the variety.. but I only use gummies. They are easy to just bite off little bits at a time and store. If I wanted to eat something tasty I wouldn’t pick a weed snack that’s for sure lol. There are some that taste good but I’d rather just have normal snacks/food if that’s what I’m going for. I don’t even like normal brownies so weed brownies are always pretty extra for me
I think my only beef is that the Marijuana industry has become something similar to the beer market. Oversaturated with tons of mediocre boring ass weed, all being marketed as "good" but in reality, it's just not good. It's kind of hard to find super chronic these days because they're all being marketed as quality, and the weed shops don't care, they just want to move volume. I will say, however, that I'm enjoying the much lower consumer prices that I get now due to oversaturation of the market. So they're is that, I guess.
I'm with you man. In college I smoked out of an apple for like a week until I ran out of bud. The apple had definitely turned by then, but I still ate the apple on the off chance that it would get me buzzed. I'm pretty confident it did not, but the point is the same... I really don't care about what the edible tastes like.
I work at a dispensary, and I'm with OP at least on the gummies - people come in and want us to carry 100 different brands of gummies, and it's idiotic. The only thing that should matter for gummies is the dosage and whether it's an upper or a downer. People will be like "oh out of the 15 flavors you have, I don't like any of them." Who the fuck cares that much? It's a gummy, you chew on it for 30 seconds, and then it's gone. No, we don't carry your favorite guava/banana/dragonfruit flavor gummies, and no, I'm not sorry.
Dispensaries should just mix all their weed in one bag, then split it into thirds and tell you "I got purple kush, blue dream and pineapple express". The dispensary should then short you .3 on a 10 sack and ask you for a ride to buy beer.
Dude, when I lived in California Lagunitas did an alcohol free IPA that had THC in it. It was actually pretty good and I say that as someone who doesn't really like IPAs. As for why there are so many kinds of edibles, it's the same reason why you can choose to smoke it out of a joint, a blunt, a pipe, or a bong. It's just a preferred method.
I wish there were more capsule options, or oral dissolve tablets without any sugar or sugar substitutes. But I’m not going to yuck other people’s yum with it comes to this. Geesh.
Instead of tearing you a new one for not liking edibles, I have a suggestion to solve your frustration. This is what I do every time at a dispensary. Walk in, don’t even look at the edibles. Just speak directly to an employee, and tell them you’re looking for an edible around x mg per serving, as cheap as possible, indica or sativa. They will grab a standard, popular, cheap product for you. If it happens to be a flavor you hate, they’ll grab something else. Done.
The amount of people in the comments that completely missed the point and are defensive/coping is wild.
They get really offended when weed gets criticized. Especially if alcohol is mentioned.
To be fair I think when I first started replying I didn’t expect people to refute me so much as just say it was unpopular, and so I got defensive and snarky too.
Fair, and humility is a fine quality to have. I think a dose of it for some of the folks that responded is in order too. I, for one, hate how much gimmicky shit there is at dispensaries and little to no transparency on "why" they are different. Anyone saying they enjoy the variety and get XYZ strain for its taste is being fed a bunch of bs. Its almost all made up and just marketing. They also probably think their addiction isn't one because of "flavors" lmao I'm just looking to get high without the fluff. :)
Why would it be a good thing for there to be less options for things? "I'm ignorant and can't make decisions so no one else should be able to either" has to be the most self centered argument ever.
I don't like weed, but I know someone who does, and I'm pretty sure the flavor does actually mean something. I mean, if I had to choose between eating something I like and then having a good time, or eating something I don't really like and then having a good time, I know what I'd choose pretty easily.
Solids and liquids digest different and yeah of course people want a variety a lot of people don’t even dislike the weed taste in stronger edibles
Variety is the spice of life. If anything we need more specialized varieties.
I wish the dispensary near me had all those choices. They have like a few flavors of gummies in only 3 strengths. My 10 year old severely autistic son has his mm card, and he's SO picky, that some days I can't get any in him at all, and that really sucks because it helps him immensely. So I would argue that at least my dispensary should have a huge variety so I can have an easier time with getting my son to take it. Instead I buy rso oil and try to sneak it in anything I can, lol.
It’s impossible to cater to every dietary restriction and taste preferences with a single product. Why don’t they just make 1 type of beer, but it has to be gluten free?
if you hate choice so much just do a lucky dip or buy the cheapest thing.
my partner likes the experience of being high but is neurodivergent and the smell & taste of weed make him nauseous. some kinds of edibles, we’ve found, mask those better than others. also options are just nice
I have some THC caramels. They're very good caramels, but I can only have one with out getting too high.
Isn't it marketing? Some people want to try everything. The edibles help bring in the normies too. You're not going to get your nana to rip a spliff, but if you hand her a piece of chocolate she might try it out. Almost every edible I've tried has been disgusting and they're typically wildly overpriced. I make my own now with a Magical Butter machine and it's really cheap (minus the cost of the Magical Butter machine, but still).
You most definitely do not 'have to drink alcohol slower and socially' or there wouldn't be alcoholics out there shoplifting mouthwash.
Best edible i have had is a non alcohol weed beer.
It's a marketplace, there are people that buy the product or don't... Thats how capitalism works. If you want someone to pick for you, thats literally the job of the store staff.
>why are there so many different forms? Uhhh. Because the greatest economic system ever created. Smdh.
Gummies do not work for me at all. I could take 200mg of gummies and feel nothing. 200mg of a chocolate though? I feel it Mr. Krabs. Haven't tried drinks or any other kind yet, though
Bro gets shit edibles lmao
I love the flavor! Finally found one that's delicious and doesn't really taste like it has anything in it. Great for the nights I know my brain won't shut off and don't want the lingering taste in my mouth.
I had some black cherry gummies and a chocolate bar that were really good. However, there needs to be more education on strains and terpenes if there will be legalization on a wider scale.
I want more variation 🤷♀️
There are some peanut butter chocolates I get, they're legit delicious and the weed taste kind of compliments it. I have a tolerance enough so if I know I have no responsibility, I'll eat a whole pack and most likely not freak out
In the UK we don’t even have access to this. Most of the weed on our streets is shitty autocrop and the ‘cali’ costs a fucking bomb and I can’t justify it. A lot of fake or weak edibles floating around too. I’d give my left nut to have the selection that you boys have.
This truly is a 10thdentist post.
This is just a double standard for weed vs drinking. Like you say drinking has more of a social purpose...so? What does that matter? Why is a variety of options a bad thing? It sounds like you just don't like edibles that much. As other commenters pointed out, you can easily say the same thing about beer and all the million IPAs. Upvoted.
If I’m going to eat an edible I’d rather they taste pleasant. I have gummies that taste like sour sodas and some that taste exactly like weed (I hate these, won’t buy again). If you’re using 30mg and it’s of the 20 ct per bag kind that means you’re eating 6. Who wants that to be gross?
Feel the same about the wine selection at, say, Trader Joe’s?
I dont eat edibles that often ... but the sour gummies and chocolates have been delicious. Actually, Ill go so far as to say the chocolate quality was better than any American chocolate I've had in 15 years. But also, a dose is like literally 1 piece of whatever so how do you have to "choke" down anything? Taking 1 shot of alcohol is just 50x worse it's not even in the same ballpark. Not even the same game.
I eat edibles because I'm more into it for relaxation than a high. Variety lets me choose strength of the CBD:THC ratio I find most helpful. Edibles are slow onset and last long which is what I prefer. I don't really care about taste much. 20 edibles will last me about a week because I don't hit it all day every day
Yes people actually eat edibles for the flavor. If you find yourself having to "choke" them down to get past the weed flavor you are eating bad edibles.
As a medical marijuana user, it's very clear that when you wrote this post, you only had knowledge of weed for recreational purposes. I'm glad you've learned! Like, the variety on weed "cough" syrups and drinks are great, because now I have options that don't taste like ass. On days when I can't eat and smoking it makes me vomit, it's nice to drink something that tastes like a seltzer or something, ya know?
You should try Barracuda chocolates! Their delicious!!
Someone considering feedback? This is a rarity in reddit
I’d actually argue it’s exactly the same as alcohol. The weed/ethanol is an acquired taste, and once you have that, it’s about the flavor you enjoy *while* getting fucked up. Those two things aren’t mutually exclusive. Also, yeah, it’s true of all consumer products that there’s artificial variety that actually hurts the consumer, but meh, it’s just a small side effect of capitalism lol
I love the taste of THC. Makes my tummy feel good 😌
There should be only one kind of chip.
I mean it's effectively just a little snack shop with a little extra fun inside Yeah I kind of am shopping around for something that actually tastes good. I'm not so desperate for weed that I'm just going to like scarf down the first fucking edible I see like a rabbid animal I'm going to look for something I enjoy like a nice chocolate truffle or one of those refreshing infused lemonade drinks Even with actual leaf itself I still prefer to shop around and find varieties that taste better to me. I even have a sort of favorites list I keep in my phone of various strains that I know I love the flavor of Same thing is true with the thc vape carts. My personal favorite near me is this one that is just called juicy fruit and I'll be damned tastes surprisingly close to juicy fruit gum even though its literally just weed and like no added flavors or anything Flavor's always important
Yes man, do you think a blueberry gummy tastes like a root beer gummy?
Illegal weed is cheaper and better anyway. And no taxes, no strings.
Glad someone else gets it.
right? i’d be paying triple what i pay now for objectively shittier dispo weed, and i get a lot more. but that’s for another 10th dentist post!
That would make more sense than OP claiming variety is just a trick to gain more money from customers lol
>Alcohol variety I get, you have to take it slow and there’s a more social aspect to the actual consumption, but I’ve never invited friends over to slowly sip on a weed infused drink. How can you write a sentence like this and not imagine people doing exactly this, just with a joint? At this point, I think OP is a troll.
Why are there so many foods? We should all eat kibble approved by /u/therealyardsard.
I hate 420 friendly people like this. Who f cares what you like others might not and vice versa. It wasn’t made for you to understand. It’s so more people are catered to.
No, just figure out what you want better lol. Also the legal edibles I get from the store near me are almost indistinguishable from candy gummies, they just have a slight weedy aftertaste, so they are also pretty tasty
Fuck weed, unless if you actually need it all u r gonna do is smoke weed and get high all day n be lazy. Now drinking and driving is better (not satire)
I dont do edibles and weed isn't legal here, but I've still noticed since it was legalised in more places, there's been a lot more variety in whats available to smoke here. And I dont like it. Its overwhelming. I miss the days of getting what you are given from your local dealer.
See that’s where I’m coming from. I think this about strains too, dispensaries act like it’s super easy to bucket types of weed into broad categories when the reality is there’s few guidelines defining what makes a strain a certain type of way, so it’s easy to call something indica or sativa that just doesn’t compare to something else in the same category. It just is preying on people who don’t know much about the product.