Celebrating 4/20 When You Hate Being High

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Kaitlyn: I really hesitate to talk about weed on the internet. If I say I love the stuff, there are many who will mock me: Oh, you’re so COOL; you’re into DRUGS. If I say I hate it and have often wept because it makes me feel so bad, there are many who will mock me: nerd, cop. Well, these are the risks we take when we are being honest. I really do not like weed.

Until this past week, Lizzie and I had never celebrated 4/20 together before, for the simple reason that I had never celebrated 4/20 with anyone because I famously do not like being high. Regardless, we decided this would be the year to do it, because, first of all, weed is now legal in New York State, which eliminates some of the stress of procuring it, wandering around with it, talking about it on the internet, etc. (Not to say that I’m such a loser that I would have been really, really nervous before …) Second, the pandemic “created a new generation of stoners,” including our friend Claire, who pivoted her finstagram to stoner comedy for parts of 2020 and recently wrote about hiding weed from her landlord. It seemed like it might be fun to celebrate if we did it with her, and if we made it into a whole thing. Also, I’m always wondering if basic