They Aren't Smoking Enough.
June 6, 2024
I intend to set up a vlog to run in parallel to this blog. Since there will be some cannabis content (hopefully sponsorship!) I won't be able to use YouTube, Meta Reels or TikTok. You can literally get sponsored by gun manufacturers on YouTube, but not by cannabis companies. I guess it's okay if your product kills school children, but apparently it's not okay if it makes adults giggle and eat Doritos!
I'm going to try a newer service called Odysee. Haven't heard of it? You aren't the only one. It's been struggling along for a while. But, as far as I can tell, there is no prohibition on the site against cannabis, as long as it is legal in your jurisdiction… we'll see how they handle that. It could be the shortest run vlog in the history of the internet!
In order to acquaint myself better with the site, I went out today to see if there were any other cannabis creators on the site. There are several. There's more cannabis creators on YouTube, of course, but YouTube also likes to change the rules and screw their creators at every whim. Five or so years ago, a creator with a few hundred thousand subscribers could make a living on YouTube. These days accounts with millions of subscribers can't make a living on YouTube alone. Yet, there are more ads on YouTube than ever. I don't want to play their game. I want to see if I can play a better game on a different platform.
Anyway… I'm looking around at the cannabis creators on Odysee and I kept thinking, oh, this is great! I love this content! And then, bam, the creator would start talking right wing BS! This happened over and over. There was one long form piece about the benefits to soldiers using cannabis to treat PTSD, and then the presenters started talking about what a great military leader Donald Trump was. Ya know, the president who called members of the military suckers and losers for serving. But, these presenters felt that the Biden administration was working to reschedule cannabis only because it was an election year… !
I listened to those particular presenters for only as long as I could. But, then, like I said, a few others seemed to do the same thing. After I had my fill of this, I came to a simple conclusion; those people need to smoke more! They are already delusional but obviously unhappy. Find a nice indica, a good bag of chips, a comfy couch and some cartoons and give the rest of us a break!
I am very happy that I will be bringing some Liberal views to that platform in the near future.