• gonzo-rand19@moist.catsweat.com
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    2 days ago

    They’re wearing masks, so it’s 2020 or later in the photo, but weed was legalized federally in 2018. If cops in Canada did post this, they’re dumber than I gave them credit for.

      • gonzo-rand19@moist.catsweat.com
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        2 days ago

        Sorry, when have “munchies” been associated with drinking and driving? That’s a ridiculous stretch. This occurred outside because of the amount of space it would take indoors.

        • Omgpwnies@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 days ago

          Cannabis also causes impairment and, coincidentally, munchies. That being said, all of the potheads I have known absolutely do not drive after partaking, though I cannot say the same about friends who have drank more than legal limits…

    • yeehaw@lemmy.ca
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      2 days ago

      It’s not funny and actually cringe because what point is it proving? It’s kind of like sticking beer cans under there and asking if you’re thirsty…

      • d3lta19@lemmy.ca
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        2 days ago

        I agree, it’s not that funny. Who cares? I don’t imagine they were trying to make a point. A police officer is just about the most stressful job someone can have. Maybe they were just trying to have a little harmless fun. People are so uptight.

        • BlackJerseyGiant@beehaw.org
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          2 days ago

          Most years police officers don’t even rank in the top 20 most deadly jobs. Pretty much anyone in construction, logging, mining, agriculture, or fishing has much more reason to be stressed than cops, certainly more worried about dying at work. In America, they might be pretty worried because technically a state of civil war has existed for many years now with the cops killing more than 1000 civilians (over 1300 people in 2024) every year, but they made that bed, and they can lay in it. This is a picture of tax dollars at work. I don’t think it’s funny at all; to me, it’s a repulsive reminder that they want as many people in jail, for any and all reasons they can come up with. “To Serve and Protect.” I urge everyone to think hard about who they serve and protect , and why. Perhaps a more accurate slogan would be “Generating Revenue for the State”, or thinking about the fact that only about 7% of officers time is spent investigating serious crime maybe just “Wasting Time on the Backs of the Taxpayers”

          • d3lta19@lemmy.ca
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            2 days ago

            I disagree. Police go into unknown situations everyday. Potentially deadly situations. Farmers, tradesman, logging deaths are largely accidents. I am a tradesman and am not stressed out in the least about the potential of an accident. My opinion though.

            Also, you’ve never goofed off on the job and had a little fun? They are in Canada. It’s not a police state. People are allowed to have fun at work.

    • Arkouda@lemmy.ca
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      2 days ago

      Fucking eh. Admittedly the joke is low hanging fruit, but still worth a chuckle for the effort.

    • BCsven@lemmy.ca
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      2 days ago

      Anecdotely the stoners I know do eat shitty food. I believe their exists a blackhole that’s hard to get out of. You feel shitty or stressed, smoke, eat shitty food because motivation is gone to do other things, feel shitty the next day because your body is surviving on garbage calories, repeat.

      I had a family member that needed mental health care, first thing they did was alter the diet and check vitimin levels, because its hard to get mentally well if you aren’t physically well.

    • datavoid@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      2 days ago

      It kind of makes sense for people who only smoke occasionally, probably not accurate for stoners though

          • Pasta Dental@sh.itjust.works
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            2 days ago

            Must be why weed is legalized and most drugs have been decriminalized (in many provinces) in personal consumption quantities then. The war on drugs has ALWAYS been about entrapping the good people who are dependent or take in recreationally, and NEVER been about shutting down murderous organized crime networks. Never.

            • some_designer_dude@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              1 day ago

              Drugs were criminalized in response to increased freedoms of black people. Make their drug of choice illegal, and now you’ve got free access to slaves again!

            • Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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              2 days ago

              Must be why weed is legalized and most drugs have been decriminalized (in many provinces) in personal consumption quantities then.

              Are you confused?

              This is what great grandparent post said and you response indicated this was strongly doubted by you.

            • KittyKalledKarma@slrpnk.net
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              2 days ago

              You think it was police who helped push for legalization lol?

              You’re also having a laugh if you think it’s this black and white. Cops and politicians get high as shit too. They need their fixes as well.

              The war on drugs has always been about controlling the poors and justifying expanding police budgets while social programs and schos get cut down.

              Rob Ford was a literal Crack fiend that had protection at a high level. The police damn well knew what was going on, but how many of the people who enabled this were ever punished?

              If you’re a part of the ruling class then designer drugs are part and parcel but for poor people even just buying becomes incredibly risky as the market isint properly regulated.

    • nyan@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Since the total cost would be under $20 (for the snacks—everything else they would have had already or picked out of the trash), even at current ridiculously high grocery prices, I’m not overly concerned about that aspect.

      • lolo@lemm.ee
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        2 days ago

        Glad they were doing it in their off hours and not while getting paid. Or maybe they were getting paid, but they’re all caught up on real crime in their city and there’s literally nothing else they could be doing in this utopian paradise.

        • piccolo@sh.itjust.works
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          2 days ago

          If noone reports a crime, how will they know to respond to crime? This is like complaining about firefighters eating dinner while on duty.

        • nyan@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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          2 days ago

          Maybe part of the job of these specific officers is outreach, and they think staging a silly photo contributes to that. Or they could be waiting for something/someone else, and thought this was more interesting than just standing around talking about the weather. Or maybe they were indeed doing this after or before work, or while not on the clock for other reasons. Truth is, you don’t know any more than I do. And to be honest? Even if they had no excuse, how much pay do you really think they would have collected in the five minutes it took them to stage the shot?

          (Sorry, but it annoys me when people expect perfect efficiency from others. Hardly anyone is actually doing work every single second when they’re at work, and if you are, I’d advise you to ease off before you burn out. That applies to cops as well as everyone else.)

        • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works
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          2 days ago

          Oh FFS. If a boss were to whine about employees doing this on company time we’d be dogpiling on them. Let’s not have ridiculous double standards.