There was a time when weeds were cool.

Ten years ago, Stoner was considered a rebel, like the figure of James Dean, but with long, grossly, messy hair, a prime minister with patchy face, and a denim jacket over leather. Instead of motorcycles, they drove low-haired sedans with constant smoke emissions blown through tailpipes and windows. A friend who could land an ounce from a sketchy dealer who graduated from your high school almost ten years ago looked almost refined and wise beyond his years. (Subscribe to Mr. Right, a weekly newsletter on modern masculinity)

In college, cool kids took dub pens to class and hit every time the professor faced a whiteboard. Cool kids tore the bongs at parties and bought pots for friends with medical green cards they got due to chronic pain and anxiety. The cool kids ate homemade brownies on Sunday nights, watched the “Pineapple Express” and rolled the spliff before they left bed after waking up late Monday morning.

But that’s not the case anymore. Weeds are no longer cool in 2025. Either way, it’s Gauche.

Complex, a youth-oriented entertainment company; Posted 4/20 meme featuring famous stoner Bob Marley, rapper Wiz Khalifa, Snoop Dog and Seth Rogen. The meme shows the faces of Mount Rushmore, and perhaps in the 2010s children found the image edgy, rebellious, and even symbolic. Now it just looks lame. No one aims to emulate stoners, so he is lame.

Don’t yell at us, we smoked before making this.

Bob Marley. Wiz Khalifa. Snoop. Seth Rogen.

Who is missing? pic.twitter.com/jvnyf2qaen

– complex (@complex) April 20, 2025

For many – but not all, weeds breed unhealthy habits such as bulimia, vampire recovery levels, and Jeffrey Lebowski-esque lazy laz. It also links marijuana use to a variety of mental distress, including heart disease, stroke, psychosis, bipolar disorder, and depression. In an age of oblivious to our health, avoiding processed foods and seeds, exercising to gain the sun, and finding happiness and meaning without using substances, stoner lifestyles are not as attractive as it can get. Young people become obsessed with nicotine. Nicotine has its own health pitfalls, but is considered a performance enhancer and enhances your ability to focus in the workplace. With the exception of amphetamines or cocaine, it is probably the polar opposite of marijuana.

In general, children are becoming more conservative and rejecting the cultural norms set out by 10 years of liberalism. It’s not just about health issues, it’s about politics, religion and culture. For example, rebellion in the 1980s meant a fight against conservative facilities, a time when President Ronald Reagan’s back-to-back term was marked. The same can definitely be said for the Clinton era, but especially for the Bush era in the early 2000s. You were suffocating, talking to Southern Christianity, and the greedy Texan who wanted to glass the Middle East for all the oil in the world. But young children are not rebelling against conservative culture in 2025. They are rebelling against acronyms such as BLM, DEI, LGBT, and are defended by Hollywood and liberal media of all stars and stoners, from Seth Rogen to Snoop Dogg. (Related: New polls prove that Democrats are losing to the culture war)

🚨#BREAKING: Watch hundreds of people gather at Washington Square Park and stone sculptures get high to celebrate 4/20

📌#manhattan | #new york

Watch hundreds of people gather at Washington Square Park in Manhattan, New York. pic.twitter.com/nisynpky1t

– rawsalerts (@rawsalerts) April 20, 2025

And powerful, chemically enhanced products with a 20% north THC percentage will become widely available. For something to be cool, it must be difficult to achieve. Not everyone can have it. But while drug marketing is booming, legalization has led to clinics everywhere in 24 states. Online ads, TV ads, and even Billboards. Ten years ago, it may have been considered cool for the drug dealer, the risks that come with contacting him, and the ability to secure enough pots for friends at discounted prices, but now Denver adults can simply waltz into a clean, commercialized pharmacy and buy plenty of sealed sour trash bags. Even the idea that corporate experts have the advantage with weed-infused child candies is ridiculous.

On Easter Sunday, cool kids celebrated the holiday with friends and family, so at Washington Square Park in New York City we were able to hotbox a 5-gallon office jug. Very sick.

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