• Flying Squid
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    7 months ago

    Before that, it was a Mexican person drug, which is why it’s called marijuana to many people. It was a scare tactic. “These Mexicans smoke MARIJUANA!” And why I will only call it things like ‘cannabis’ and ‘weed.’

    • @[email protected]
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      27 months ago

      And you can generally tell how scary the speaker wants it to be by how gutturally they pronounce the “j.”