Is it normal to think weed is overrated?

I think it's still getting a lot of hype because it's not completely legal yet. People are trying to get the word out and get it legalized and regulated. Anything that gets all this attention is bound to get annoying so I understand how you feel about that. You really should try it before you assume your disposition though. I had a friend that was the same way. He pretty much hated it and then he tried it for the first time and now supports it's use both medically and recreational.

Could I please have your take on driving a space shuttle; I assume you haven't tried that yet either?
Or how about travel advice for Russia? Could you please tell us how to take out a gall bladder?
It's pretty silly to make decisions based on experiences you haven't had. Not that I'm not advocating you use pot, just saying you have absolutely no basis upon which to formulate an opinion.

I am in total agreement. I have gotten so fucking sick of how glorified drugs are these days. I mean, it's just sad. Truly, utterly sad that so many people are turning to drugs instead of simply enjoying life. I would NEVER wake up one day and decide to use them, and I have no idea why anyone else would. If you do them, fine, but what annoys me if the sheer amount of people who have to bring it up.

In my opinion, most people who do drugs have a gaping hole in their life that they can only fill with drugs - that's my hypothesis, and if they DON'T, they were pressured into doing them by "friends". Also, many stoners I've met online are very arrogant, thinking that they're more intelligent and peaceful people for smoking weed and frequently recommending it to non-stoners as if it'll really change the life an ordinary person. It doesn't matter that weed can't kill you. That doesn't come into the equation. I just find the whole idea trashy and unsophisticated. That's how it looks, anyway, so I don't know how anyone can feel proud of themselves for doing something that is perceived negatively throughout the world.

Some of them actually say that they are "proud" to be a stoner. Even if it was legalised, which I'm sure it will be this decade, I would never try it, and I see absolutely no point in doing so. I just don't get it. So yes, normal, because I am so sick of cannabis culture, it's one of the many cultures which are always in my face constantly online. And yes, I know I'm going to get bitched at for this by people who are going to defend their precious plant to the death.

As a sex addict that is together with a Cannabis addict I'M the one who suffers the worst from being without sex. My boyfriend only gets a bad case of sad for a little while and then he gets over it.

I believe that you are in your FULL right to decide that you don't like weed even if you haven't tried it. Just as there are some drugs that I wouldn't touch, Meth as one example.

I don't NEED to try Meth to have an opinion about it.

I smoke weed now and then, when others give it to me. I would rather not pay for more than ONE joint on rare occasions though since it's far too expensive for my liking AND alcohol gives me so much more.

Just as I want all drugs to be legalized to let stupid people do stupid shit I also want drug-users to accept and respect those who doesn't need/want to use substances.

If I KNOW that someone doesn't like drugs, I don't bring up the subject.

Here's the thing I don't get. People who smoke weed expect other people who don't, respect what they do, yet it's alright for them to insist non smokers to try it out and tell those non smokers their thought about it is unacceptable. Call me wrong, but that's what I have basically seen.

I've tried it, but I was not impressed. Not every drug affects everybody the same. And some people just love to have their minds altered by a drug. I once told a male friend that sometimes when I stand up too fast I get dizzy. He said he would love that - a free high. Seriously? You think feeling dizzy is a good feeling? And later I saw him huff, I guess you'd call it, from one of those cans of whipped cream. I think the gas in it just deprives you of oxygen or something. He said it gave a great, if brief high, and he laughed for 30 seconds or so after doing it. I have no interest in feeling like that. Now the feeling after a good workout where your endorphins are all good, that's a great feeling.

Don't know what you are talking about. All the kids these days are doing Ecstasy.

I've never been fond of it either.

Then again, I find it strange that you would make such an assertion when you haven't even tried it yourself. How would you know?

You have not done it = you do not know it

It's because it's not "normal" yet and as other posters have commented, you haven't tried it yet so you really don't know if all of the hype is true.

It's great shit and I love it but sometimes I think people get way too attached to the shit when in reality, it's not the end all be all to medicine or recreation.

i get paranoid as fuck

It's only because it's illegal you see it everywhere. People are finally getting facts instead of propaganda. As soon as it's legal in most parts of the world it will just be there like alcohol.

It's just like the 80's with Cocaine.. except Marijuana isn't AS harmful.

"I've never tried it and I think it's overrated."

When I smoke I become highly focused. I get mindblowing realizations about life and things around me. I become significantly better at making art. Music sounds so much cooler and food tastes so much better.

It just means you're a hipster.

I agree somewhat, but seriously try it. Then talk.

Nowadays, I think it is. When I was a teenager, I loved it. Opened up my mind. I'll never regret doing it.

And that's another description I'm told from each one of my friends. Since a lot of people tell me I should try it, I don't want to at all. Why should I try it besides that "amazing" experience you get? Because everyone does it? Why tell someone that doesn't like that do that? Because they don't know? Because their opinion is invalid? It's also like a rapist telling their victim you don't know until you try it......

So I'm guessing the same thing goes for alcohol heroin meth cocaine etc. We can't say we don't like it unless we try it too. That is what you all are saying right? Or we can't say we don't like to touch a HIV infected needle unless we try it. That makes sense. Guess so....

Just because I don't do it doesn't mean I don't know. I've seen the effects it makes on my friend which typically makes them mellow, other times hyper, emotional, annoying, etc depending on their personality. The common description I'm told when they get high is everything looks serene, but I don't know like you all said.