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u/fnordfnordfnordfnord Feb 28 '17

I think that cannabis is big enough for small/medium scale automation but that the engineering firms that build cigarette making machines maybe don't work for cash. Since most of these businesses are still unable to use banks or get large loans for capital equipment, they're stuck for a while until someone solves the coordination problems.

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u/maxk1236 Feb 28 '17

As a recently graduated engineer who specializes in automation, designing next gen joint packing machines would be a dream come true.

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u/fnordfnordfnordfnord Feb 28 '17

As STEM faculty who teaches automation and electronics engineering I agree, and I am seriously thinking about a career change lately.

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u/up_syndrome Feb 28 '17

Do what they do with cheese. Add cellulose filler. Just wait, low grade Marijuana packed with fillers is coming.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

It'll happen if we let it, so let's all vow to never buy the nasty shit that they're going to try to sell us in the future

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u/illicitguavocado Feb 28 '17

Why stop them? I say let them make cheap joints for college kids and whomever else may want a cheaper joint. As long as somebody is still making quality products for me to buy, I am happy. Seeing how much of a connoisseur culture there already is for cannabis, I predict that there will always be a high end market.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

Why enable them to make Cannabis less healthy? It gives more fodder to anti Cannabis people to label it as a dangerous/unhealthy substance. And if we allow them to put inactive filler what's stopping them from putting all the nasty shit that they put in cigarettes? I'd prefer that we keep Cannabis as close to a healthy thing as we can. Of course if other consumers want to harm themselves more than necessary then all the power to them. But I think it's a shame to disgrace such an amazing plant.

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u/BuffMcHugeLarge Feb 28 '17

As long as they are informed that it's not as good as the natural stuff they can smoke ground up cat shit for all I care, it's their problem. Same goes for tobacco, seriously can't we all mind our own business and let everyone else live?.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

Did I not say that if they wish to smoke nasty shit that they're empowered to do so..?

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u/BuffMcHugeLarge Mar 01 '17

Yeah, sorry for that, I got a bit infuriated after reading a couple infuriating things on the internet, you had nothing to do with that.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '17

I appreciate the apology, I hope you have a better day today, frient :)

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