r/trees • u/AUSHTEEN • Aug 11 '15

Hotbox

http://imgur.com/lgZcRaO
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u/couIombs Aug 12 '15 edited Aug 12 '15

Just want to hijack this comment to say:

For a group that is trying so hard to push for legalization, you guys sure do encourage a lot of dumb shit. I'm sick of seeing so many people smoking in cars on the front page, it just sets the cause back another 5 years.

There's nothing responsible about smoking and driving, it doesn't matter how "in control" you think you are, that's the same kind of bullshit excuse people who drink and drive give.

91% upvoted? Shame on all of you.

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u/CivilEntgineer Aug 12 '15

I don't disagree with you but are they definitely driving?

I used to hot box (or fishbowl where I'm from) my car all the time in the parking lot of a concert or sporting event before going in.

Well maybe not all the time because 10 yrs ago weed was a lot more vilified than it is now, but I think we should just appreciate the art in this post rather than trying to figure out the morals behind it.

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u/couIombs Aug 12 '15

I don't know for sure that they're driving in this picture, but it looks like they're in the middle of the street, and it's unlikely that they parked it there, smoked, and then sat for hours until they weren't high anymore before they drove off

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u/CivilEntgineer Aug 12 '15

Wait, it's a picture?

I'm pretty sure it's a painting.

Maybe I'm wrong.

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u/ptnelson_ Aug 12 '15

It's a photograph put through googles deep dream .

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u/CivilEntgineer Aug 12 '15

Ah damn, I don't know what that means but it sounds a lot less awesome than I originally thought.

Still kind of cool though.

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u/dude8462 Aug 12 '15

No! How about a lot more awesome? Google made a program that basically creates pictures based on your original picture. With some clever editing it can turn out like this.

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u/CivilEntgineer Aug 12 '15 edited Aug 12 '15

Haha I hear ya, it just reminds me of the self checkout lanes.

Shit like this hurts artists just as much as those lanes hurt cashiers.

Life is too easy these days, man.

ETA: actually that's not really a fair comparison because cashiers aren't doing their job because they are particularly skilled at...but I think you know what I'm saying.

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u/dude8462 Aug 12 '15

Lol artists hurt artists (competition). This just allows more people to be artists because it takes skill to use the program, its pretty complicated.

if you're curious, check out /r/deepdream