stereotype #3

Our next stereotype might seem, as a bit of a sensitive matter, but as our mission to inform about stereotypes, it must be mentioned. Our next stereotype is none other than “potheads.” Have you ever caught yourself looking at someone and hearing that little voice in the back of your head say, “yup, that dude’s a pothead.”

            Now ask yourself, what exactly caused you to say that? First thing is first; you probably made this prejudgment by the way this certain individual looked. Potheads tend to look, how should I say this, a little on the unkempt side to say the least. They tend to have long messy hair, if it were a male, then maybe this individual might have a bit of facial hair that looks like a five’ o’clock shadow all though its 11AM. They might have some sort of hat or beanie on, probably to cover up their untamed hair. And of course no stoner is ever dressed to impress, they tend to be quite the opposite; wearing loafers instead of shoes, shorts or ripped jeans, and a tee shirt or hoodie of some sort.

Now that we have a stereotypical physical aspect down packed lets just make one thing clear, and that is, what exactly is a pothead. A pothead is someone who is addicted to marijuana and consumes it regularly. I would also like to make something else clear; there is a total difference between a pothead and a hippie. All though the two might look similar, a hippie is an individual who experiments with various harmful drugs such as Molly, cocaine, pain-killers, acid, LSD and others, a pothead simply smokes a lot of, well, pot!

Also, if you happen to interact with a stereotypical pothead, and asked him/her, lets just say, “What music do you listen to?” you might get reggae or classic rock as a response. Or “what do you do for fun?” they might say: just chill, or skate, or, play the guitar. But then again, this is just a stereotype, not all guitarist are potheads, or skaters potheads, nor are all potheads skaters or guitarist.

I have come across various potheads in my time, and I would have to say that they are all individuals, not all potheads are “brain-dead,” I have actually met very, very smart potheads. Nor are they careless and irresponsible individuals, yes there are exceptions to my comment but I have met people who say “yeah, I smoke everyday, but I use it as a self-reward at the end of the day when all of my work is completed.” No two potheads are alike, the same way that no two scene-kids are alike or muscle-car owners drive alike. They are just people like the rest of us, who simply enjoy to smoke weed to set their minds free and unwind every now and then. Just like your grandfather smokes a cigar every so often, or your dad drinks a beer to unwind at the end of the day.