Live Stoners Live Stoner Chat - Apr-Jun '22

[Cerebral Goo]

Thank you!!!

 

[Cerebral Goo]

Fuck you!!!

 

[JP1]

Good morning stoners! Happy memorial day!

 

[Dr Fluff]

 

[Bill.de.Cat]

Waiting on daughter to finish getting ready......devising a way to make a buchner vacuum filter funnel out of stuff around the house......want to have all my ducks in a row before I start in on making hash and wasn't happy with the time frame or process of drying in pizza boxes.....

 

[Dr Fluff]

 

[WildBill]

It's a slav thing.
Gopota are often seen squatting in groups "in court" (на кортах, na kortakh) or "doing the crab" (на крабе, na krabe) outside blocks of flats or schools with their heels on the ground. It is described as a learned behavior attributed to Russian and Soviet prison culture to avoid sitting on the cold ground.
When performing a “Slav squat”, the heels must stay on the ground. Raised heels are the hallmark of a “Western spy”


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Asian squat

The Asian squat is a deep squat performed by people living in Asian countries for both practical and cultural reasons. People from Asian countries are raised to sit in that position for resting, or in substitute for either standing or sitting in a chair.

Just like the slav squat, the whole foot is flat on the ground,

Why can't Westerners squat?
It may be used as a posture for resting or working at ground level particularly where the ground is too dirty or wet to sit or kneel. Most Western adults cannot place their heels flat on the ground when squatting because of shortened Achilles tendons maybe caused by habit: sitting on chairs or seats.

I think it's funny that rappers adopted something Slavic.
The Asian squat is much deeper. I saw many examples in my early Naval career. My oldest boy and I were walking along Waikiki Beach, when we met this little Japanese tourist lady, waaaaaaay too pale to be Kama'aina. We greeted her and you can tell she was enamored with my boy. Yeah, he was a cute little fugger, takes after his Dad, but this was a cultural thing. Ya see, my boy is a Ginger with my blue eyes. Japanese think redheads are 'good luck'. My boy's shoe laces needed attention and she spotted it.
"Me do?". she asked as she did that deep squat and looked up for my approval. I gave her the nod, her face lit up and she went to work! She finished the shoes, smiled at my boy, brushed the hair from his eyes and said, "Pretty boy!" She stood up and bowed. I returned her bow. My Boy saw me bow and he faced her and did the same. LOL! He was around four at the time. I thought it was cute as hell that he bowed also. The little lady loved it too.
She was easily in her 70s. I suspect she had many an hour in that position. I suspect that squatting in Japan has become less prevalent with it’s Westernization since WWII.
My Boy still remembers that happening. We were touring the island that day with one of my RARE days off at that time. The only other thing he still remembers was me asking him where he wanted to eat while taping him with one of the Japanese cemeteries in the background. His answer? A very enthusiastic "Popeye's Chicken!"
It was one of the highlights of a vid I made of that little tour and some taken when his 'Nanny' came out for a visit. Another quite humorous highlight was a family trip to the beach. Mom hadn't been in the ocean since the late 60s and that was at Galveston. The boys were making sand castles with Mom's directions and running in and out of the tiny surf. Mom ventured out a bit into the surf. I had told her many times to not turn her back to the ocean. I heard both boys tell her, "Nanny watch!" I think she thought they wanted her to 'watch' what they were doing. Next 30 seconds, a nice little wave came in and caught her by surprise with her back to it. Classic splat by a wave.,,,,,,,,,,,,,and I caught it on tape.
I had taught the boys to watch and holler 'Wave!' when a wave was coming in. When I first taught them, they were very sharp and would give plenty of notice. Some way they figured that waiting until AFTER the wave hit, was much more funny.......and they were right! Both boys yelled at the same time, "Nanny! Wave!" as she is recovering from being knocked down. I lost it!

 

[Dr Fluff]

 

[Lil Dab]

Morning stoners to all that have served

 

[WildBill]

Morning stoners Happy memorial day to all that have served

Sorry man, but it's not intended to be a 'happy' celebration. It's really a somber remembrance of those that gave the ultimate sacrifice for their fellow countrymen.
Veteran's Day is the 'celebration' day.
It's a common misconception of non-Veterans. I don't and no one I know takes offense to people saying "Happy Memorial Day" and just take it as it's intended by the person saying it. That's not to say that there are not those that would take it as an offense. For many Vets, this is a rough day. Bonds made while serving can be quite strong and can last a lifetime.
To sorta put it into context, it would be like saying, "Happy Day you lost your Mom.........Dad .....best friend......ect

Again, thanks for the well intended sentiment! I'm just educating a bit.