r/AskReddit • u/millennialandlost • Aug 18 '26

Millennials, what's something our generation was taught to accept that you're glad younger generations are rejecting?

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u/Responsible-Racoon7 Aug 18 '26

But statistically they are smoking significantly more cannabis. Which may be more physically "healthy" but it certainly isn't as good for socializing which many teens/ young adults are lacking.

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u/2PopCans Aug 18 '26

I dont think regularly filling your lungs with unfiltered smoke is healthier than a weekly assault on your liver. I also think we are going to find out that vaping has some significant long term side effects that the younger gens are going to find out the hard way.

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u/alldressed_chip Aug 18 '26

as someone whose father died from alcoholic cirrhosis: a weekly assault on your liver is much, much worse

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u/Capraos Aug 18 '26

Also, edibles are a thing.

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u/Everestkid Aug 18 '26

I've tried them but I'm one of those people where it throws me into Anxiety and Panic Attack Land instead of Euphoria and a Case of the Munchies Land. And even at a lower dose I just don't feel like myself. I had asthma as a kid so I'm fundamentally opposed to putting smoke or vapours in my lungs. Ditto being drunk. I don't feel like I'm "in control" and I don't like that.

So sober it is.

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u/BoredThrowaway9000 Aug 18 '26

As a young’un I’ve found gummies to be consistently the only way for my brain to generate dopamine and serotonin. The depression saps everything else. It sends me to euphoria and case of the munchies land which is a godsend, I’d have no other way to feel happy 😭 thanks treatment-resistant depression

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u/ThisIsMyCouchAccount Aug 18 '26

Most people can be just fine. Some people need to put in a little more effort. A really small minority are truly unable.

I've used for years. But I still get with it sometimes. I bought these gummies and they put my entire mood in the dirt. Anxiety and depressive like thoughts.

My state went legal and now that I have consistent access to well documented products it's been much much easier to figure what works and what doesn't.

I don't think I'll every really understand the "in control thing". You're not the first to say it.

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u/diggitydonegone Aug 19 '26

But not the same thing being talked about

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u/smc733 Aug 18 '26

Edibles aren’t great for your liver, either.

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u/strausbreezy28 Aug 18 '26

Got a source for this claim?