The real meaning behind 4:20 (916 hits)
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Submitted by erosion_rules (View user info) at 2006-04-20 16:48:27 EDT
No, it's not a police code for a marijuana related crime. It's none of this stupid conspiracy shit. It something stoners came up with out of the blue. It all started when they realized the temperature at which a joint keeps burning like a cigarette, or remains "cherried." Pot burns at 420 degrees Farenheit. Some revolutionary burn boy made the connection with numbers and...numbers by looking at a clock. "Hey, four twenty, B!"
Then the connection was noticed, and stoners started looking for it. Anything that gave the notion of 420 was something to smoke to, like a subcultural toast. Eventually, it grew into mere tradition, and in weaker groups, superstition.
For more casual and pedestrian potheads such as myself, it's merely a tradition, and it doesn't necessarily have to be followed. It's just symbolism that has been attained over years. And sadly, I have to spend the day sober, because I can't score any right now.
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Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2006-04-21 06:55:34 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Oxymoron (user info) at 2006-04-20 18:46:24 (#)
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Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2006-04-20 18:39:49 (#)
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The guy who ... you some weed.
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You should write a post about your friend Dave and his seemingly hilarious antics
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Naw. He's only interesting when he's sober. He's not sober much.
Submitted by sinna (user info) at 2006-04-21 03:07:52 EDT (#)
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Anything that gave the notion of 420 was something to smoke to.
So, twice a day then?
Sounds like a shitty excuse to me.
Submitted by malkavian (user info) at 2006-04-21 02:16:40 EDT (#)
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Hahahahaha! And we all know how much connections you can make while high.
The kid that discovered it must have freaked out by the very brilliance of it. Then sober off and realise it's pretty simple.
Submitted by erosion_rules (user info) at 2006-04-21 01:04:04 EDT (#)
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This post was basically a cultural explanation. So what if the exact history is flawed? Pretty much every other explanation given has been debunked on the same site so many people keep referencing. Every holiday has its mythology, even an unofficial one such as 4/20.
The main reason for posting this was to explain to the ones posting things like "I don't need a specific time to smoke a bowl. I don't need a weed holiday, it's stupid." Okay, well I don't need to open presents on December 25th, but I do. Why? Tradition. THAT'S the true spirit of 4/20. You all seem to have lost that.
Submitted by jgreening (user info) at 2006-04-20 23:52:50 EDT (#)
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Littledan is half right.
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Submitted by littledan (user info) at 2006-04-20 23:36:35 (#)
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Pot burns at waaaay less than 420 degrees.
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That however, is woefully wrong.
It burns at around 450. In Colorado (home of the biggest 420 celebration/protest in the country at CU Boulder) it burns around 455.
Yes, they tested.
Submitted by littledan (user info) at 2006-04-20 23:36:35 EDT (#)
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Pot burns at waaaay less than 420 degrees. Way I hear it, all the kids would smoke pot when they got home from school, which was around 4:20. Soon, weed smoking time, became weed smoking day. I don't know if this is how it actually started, but it's better than your reason.
Submitted by Oxymoron (user info) at 2006-04-20 18:46:24 EDT (#)
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Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2006-04-20 18:39:49 (#)
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The guy who takes care of the storage area where I keep my stuff for the house (while it's being built) gets first shot at anything left in the garages before they go to auction. Unofficially. A few weeks ago he got a substantial amount of weed from a garage that was auctioned off for non-payment. A substantial amount.
He's been quite happy since. He loves to say, "I found this in room 113 but it should have been room 420!" because to him, as high as he perpetually is these days, that's really funny. He lives in a trailer on the property, has nine teeth and a voice that sounds like peeling paint looks, recently burned all the skin off his arms by spilling ignited gasoline on himself the day after he celebrated his 50th birthday by getting a hooker, and is more interesting than almost anyone will give him credit for (when he's sober, that is).
His name is Dave, and he will sell you some weed.
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You should write a post about your friend Dave and his seemingly hilarious antics
Submitted by G-prime (user info) at 2006-04-20 18:42:46 EDT (#)
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And you know this because you personally witnessed it, yes?
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2006-04-20 18:39:49 EDT (#)
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The guy who takes care of the storage area where I keep my stuff for the house (while it's being built) gets first shot at anything left in the garages before they go to auction. Unofficially. A few weeks ago he got a substantial amount of weed from a garage that was auctioned off for non-payment. A substantial amount.
He's been quite happy since. He loves to say, "I found this in room 113 but it should have been room 420!" because to him, as high as he perpetually is these days, that's really funny. He lives in a trailer on the property, has nine teeth and a voice that sounds like peeling paint looks, recently burned all the skin off his arms by spilling ignited gasoline on himself the day after he celebrated his 50th birthday by getting a hooker, and is more interesting than almost anyone will give him credit for (when he's sober, that is).
His name is Dave, and he will sell you some weed.
Submitted by WookieSuave (user info) at 2006-04-20 18:21:18 EDT (#)
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Wrong
Submitted by goose (user info) at 2006-04-20 18:06:15 EDT (#)
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Well done, continuing to spread urban legend as truth without actually spending any time looking up the real answer.
<thumbs up>
Bravo.
Submitted by matnotharry (user info) at 2006-04-20 17:53:36 EDT (#)
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Submitted by BadAssJulie (user info) at 2006-04-20 16:56:31 (#)
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That's nice but I still don't care.
Submitted by dr_weazel (user info) at 2006-04-20 17:46:52 EDT (#)
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Complete bollocks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/420_%28cannabis_culture%29
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2006-04-20 17:28:42 EDT (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/10318
Submitted by Oxymoron (user info) at 2006-04-20 17:22:34 EDT (#)
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San Rafael High School students came up with the term.
Submitted by NerfHerder (user info) at 2006-04-20 17:18:07 EDT (#)
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There are so many rumors surrounding 4:20 and only one of them is right. Or maybe none.
High Times' 1998 article disagrees with you though. And so do I.
Submitted by precision (user info) at 2006-04-20 17:17:36 EDT (#)
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I always thought it was because back years ago (when I was a kid) school let out at 4:20, but then I've never been a stupid stoner so what do I know.
Submitted by Grim_Hippie (user info) at 2006-04-20 17:15:06 EDT (#)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/420_(drug_culture)#Refuted_urban_legends
Submitted by EchoBoxing (user info) at 2006-04-20 17:12:45 EDT (#)
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how come every 4/20 post except mine sucks
Submitted by MrSparkle847 (user info) at 2006-04-20 17:06:00 EDT (#)
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No solid -2 for you! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2006-04-20 16:59:29 EDT (#)
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yeah.....about that.....
Submitted by BadAssJulie (user info) at 2006-04-20 16:56:31 EDT (#)
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That's nice but I still don't care.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2006-04-20 16:50:27 EDT (#)
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