I find it interesting how many people come out of the wood work to make disparaging comments about people who use cannabis whenever the subject of cannabis use comes up on HN.

Having lived in a country where cannabis has been legal for about a decade now it's quaint seeing this kind of casual disrespect levelled by a stranger.

I wonder if this kind of mindset is still common here and people just don't vocalize it anymore, or if it's the kind of mentality that continued criminalization perpetuates.

Tech at some point shifted way too far to the right because the money started attracting the wrong crowd.

> how many people come out of the wood work to make disparaging comments about people who use cannabis

It's actually not even just HN. I've noticed this with many people in real life (US).

It's especially strong with the subset of Boomers who never used it. They make it part of their personality to have not used it, while often fully embracing alcohol and ignoring all of the personal and societal risks it brings. Surely they pass this mentality onto their kids with a 50% success rate.

Maybe it's some kind of inferiority/superiority compensation mechanism for not being a hippy like their rival sibling was, etc.