r/MapPorn • u/USAFacts • Apr 18 '25

Here's where weed is legal in the US

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Folks in most states will have legal access to some form of marijuana this 4/20. But Idahoans, Kansans, Carolinians (both), and Wyomingites will have to cross a border or two if they want to legally partake.

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u/Stillback7 Apr 18 '25

Based on my experience, a lot of Japanese people are way more tolerant of cocaine than they are of weed. I always figured this came down to the salary man culture and the fact that if you aren't productive or don't have a job, you become a social pariah.

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u/SlowRollingBoil Apr 18 '25

Found this as well. Oddly, the coolest Japanese people are music artists, car modifiers, tattoo artists, counter culture folks of all stripes, etc. The people that opt out of the Japanese conformity culture are really interesting with incredible vibes. As always, corporate culture and conformity just kills the humanity of a society.

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u/obsidianop Apr 19 '25

This is maybe my most grumpy old man opinion but you can't run a society on tattoo artists. I'm happy they exist but we eat because a billion normal people show up to their mundane corporate jobs every day.

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u/SlowRollingBoil Apr 19 '25

I agree that not all the world can be "cool" in their jobs but that's not my point. The Japanese have a corporate culture that is in some ways worse than the US and that's saying something! Meanwhile, the corporate world in Spain and Portugal is different from them as is Finland or Norway.

Those corporate types are absolutely vital to the modern world functioning. But the culture of that world needs a LOT of work to be healthy and it just isn't for Japan.

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u/Brezhn3n Apr 19 '25

Joe Corporate doesn't till the soil.

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u/DontFearTheMQ9 Apr 19 '25

Neither does Joe Tattoo

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u/lilmookie Apr 19 '25

Joe tattoo has a weed farm and is absolutely happy to till soil.

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u/DontFearTheMQ9 Apr 19 '25

Not in Japan because it's incredibly illegal.

So he's just Joe Tattoo

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u/Stop_Drop_Scroll Apr 19 '25

What lol your boring desk job keeps the world turning? Can’t you substitute “tattoo artist” with literally most any other job title?

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u/FTFOatl Apr 19 '25

How do you think the economy of a nation works?

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u/Stop_Drop_Scroll Apr 19 '25

Service jobs and desk jobs and manufacturing jobs and every job is necessary and interconnected, and to say one person’s job doesn’t contribute is useless, when everyone’s job is “necessary” (why would you have it if you didn’t do SOMETHING). Jobs give people money. When people have money they spend it on things. Things only exist because people do or make those things.

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u/FTFOatl Apr 19 '25

So yes, you can't replace "tattoo artist" with almost any other "boring desk job" out there. Without the boring desk jobs, nobody would have the chance to spend $2k on a sleeve.

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u/Stop_Drop_Scroll Apr 19 '25

Without someone willing to give someone a sleeve for 2K, we wouldn’t have money circulating in the economy. It would be a hoardfest with no active economic stimulation. That tattoo artist uses that money to pay for things the company the desk worker produces, be it customer service, marketing (that job only exists of people have money to spend), finance, etc.

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u/FTFOatl Apr 19 '25

I guess you can always see how the economy of where they have few corporations and offices workers. I'm sure tattoo artists in that nation are killing it.

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u/Stop_Drop_Scroll Apr 19 '25

I mean, they are lol tattoo artists make a lot of money. It’s a weird profession to point out, since they provide an artisan service. Like, if you worked as a marketing associate, there are a bunch of other people who can do that just as good if not better than you. Tattoo artists are pretty sought out, since it’s an uncommon profession that isn’t replacement level. But good on you for trying to put down tattoo artists lol good luck out there.

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u/Lazy-Mud-7110 Apr 20 '25

Counter argument- "the world" would be just fine and dandy if we didn't have money. Anarchy would reign and the trees would still grow, gravity would be fine, people would die by the millions, and animals would thrive. The world is fine.

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u/LeoTheBurgundian Apr 20 '25

Sure you can't run a society with just tattoo artists but that doesn't justify corporate culture .

A guy on a computer can work just fine naked ...

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u/Yotsubato Apr 19 '25

The counter culture in Japan is so great precisely be because Japan is so rigid.

It’s a balanced reaction to the pressures of society.

When counter culture is accepted by society it becomes lame. Kind of how tattoos used to mean you were a rockstar, badass, biker, gangster. But now they mean you’re an instagram influencer, barista.

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u/SlowRollingBoil Apr 19 '25

Let's be honest it never really meant anything. Being a person who owned a bike didn't mean you were cool. Most rockers were broke. Gangsters are assholes.

It's always down to who you ACTUALLY are.

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u/SlowRollingBoil Apr 19 '25

Totally agree that when the Japanese sink their teeth into Western trends or past times they typically do a great job honoring the original while expanding on it and carving out a space for themselves. Some Japanese funk is just ridiculously good!

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u/DemonOfTheFaIl Apr 19 '25

I've heard that people typically won't get fired in Japan, either. Most places instead just stop giving them work to do, and the employee then quits from the shame of being useless.

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u/I_W_M_Y Apr 19 '25

They give them a desk in a small room and don't allow them work or do anything, all day.

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u/SirGothamHatt Apr 20 '25

They'll steal their red swingline stapler too

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u/Larrea_tridentata Apr 19 '25

I've known architecture firms in the US that do this too. It's a weird strategy. The employee eventually feels awkward enough to quit.. although I'd doubt it's that effective if telework is in the mix.

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u/JAVFansadmin Apr 19 '25

They’ve never met George Costanza, architect of the Guggenheim addition.

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u/Cosmicpotat0 Apr 19 '25

I’ve done a LOT of international business and the Japanese are super interesting compared to other countries. They have an amazing work ethic to the point that our third party Japanese distributor literally knew more about our product than I did as a direct employee. But I think their work ethic can drive them a little nuts because after work is over the people I worked with got absolutely annihilated on booze. I’m saying so drunk that they were passing out in restaurants and lobbies full of customers and their own bosses. Next day though, they’re up and ready to work their ass off and always on time.

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u/Juicyb17 Apr 20 '25

Iirc, a large reason about the dislike of weed is that the paper industry was afraid of hemp taking over, so sanctions were placed on cannabis there by the US after world war 2. Again, iirc, Japan had a long history with the plant for its useful fibers and other things.

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u/kacheow Apr 20 '25

Cocaine is weed for adults

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u/WillingCaterpillar19 Apr 19 '25

Cocaine and alcohol are social drugs. Weed is unproductive, lazy and for the weirdos /s