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[–] [email protected] 51 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (5 children)

I was buying some edibles a few weeks ago and the guy behind the counter told me this cheap brand was infused with "nano technology." I laughed a hearty laugh and replied, "I'm sorry, did you just say those are infused with nano technology?" He looked me right in the eye and said, "yes." I bought the $6, 'nano technology infused' edibles lol!

[–] Anticorp 26 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It doesn't surprise me to learn that the guy at the weed shop doesn't know WTF he's talking about.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago

Nobody at the dispensary knows anything about marijuana. You just get the same canned responses with every question.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I overheard a budtender say that at my local dispensary too lol. Must be a marketing incentive.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

"budtender" is that what we call weed dealers now?

[–] indepndnt 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I've kind of understood "dealer" to be someone who sells illegal drugs, and "budtender" to be someone who works the counter at a legal dispensary. I dunno for sure, I don't actually encounter these concepts often.

It does seem kind of silly, I mean we already have words that describe people who work in stores. On the other hand, it's specific and easily understood from the first hearing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

oh my god! it's a real word. I thought it was a typo. I have never heard of it before, since Marijuana is not legal where I live. I learned something. Thanks.

[–] bitchkat 1 points 7 months ago

A dealer is Packer and a budtender is Dwight.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago

This is how the gray goo end of the world happens. Nano tech infused weed brownies.

[–] gmtom 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I mean, he /could/ be right. He probably isn't but he could be.

Nano technology doesn't refer exclusively to like nano robots it could also just be infused with nano particles of something.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Well, there's a lot of particles that are "nano" in size. And "nano" isn't a size; nano is a unit prefix.

Even the earth is smaller than 1 nano parsec. So the meaning is irrelevant when earth is a nano "particle" (on the parsec scale).

Meaningless jibber jabber.

[–] gmtom 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

And “nano” isn’t a size; nano is a unit prefix.

Even the earth is smaller than 1 nano parsec.

Thank you for the pointless pedantry

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Pointless pedantry is a specialty of mine. I'm happy to be appreciated.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Pedantic. When people say micro-scale/nano-scale they mean "measured in micrometers/nanometers". So a nanoparticle is a particle with a size that makes nanometers the most convenient unit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Got that billy gates up in ya