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I keep getting made fun of by my smoking friend for how I hold them. It just feels more comfortable to hold them between your index and middle fingers like a cigarette rather than pinching it with your index and thumb. And it seems easier to control how much air reaches your mouth when you're drawing.

Lemmy doesn't have built-in polls, so sound off. How are you holding yours?

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[–] Widdershins@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] dadarobot@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 3 days ago

either way is fine. fuck the haters.

[–] Vespair@lemmy.zip 14 points 3 days ago

Damn how lame is your friends if this is the kinda stuff they're focusing on?

[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 days ago

Who gives a fuck

[–] potter297@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Same as you, same as a ciggy

heel ya bröther

[–] Tekeli-li@piefed.social 6 points 3 days ago

Sounds like your friend's too young to smoke.

[–] EyIchFragDochNur@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Your friend has a crush on you.

And it's between index and middle because I'm not a pirate or wannabe

Your friend is a child. Ignore them.

[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago

Either or, the weed works the same either way.

[–] neonmagician@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

rolled with a filter paper, like a ~~dart~~ cig. rolled old school, index/thumb

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

makes sense if you handrolling, you would keep finger and thumb that rolled them together, If ya let off it's gonna spring open.

i am but a pampered city child who was born into the land of legal weed and just buys prerolls out of laziness.

[–] neonmagician@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 days ago

Oh I have easy access to wonderfully legal pre rolls, but rolling my own is soothing and ritualistic. I absolutely love doing so

[–] django@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 days ago

I use a vaporizer and I don't care how you hold your joint. Just don't let it fall to the ground, don't burn yourself and you are good.

[–] Codilingus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Next time make a middle finger, and hold it between your middle finger and curled index finger.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 3 points 3 days ago

In between my fingers but with my hand in a ball and the joint resting on my fingers. Its gremliny but comfortable. Its similar to how the guy smokes in tarkovsy's stalker movie smokes (just watched it last night)

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

If you care you're not high enough.

[–] xcutie@linux.community 2 points 3 days ago

Only a barbarian would hold a joint like a cigarette. But who cares really? Be yourself, get high the way you want.

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 2 points 3 days ago

I've been made fun of for the same reason ! that was years ago, I was somewhat more impressionable. I did care a little. I stopped caring some time later, by virtue of wising up.

I don't smoke anymore, I don't even vape in fact - I order gummies from the shop. But back when I did ? I'd say it was a 50-50 mix between index+middle and index+thumb.

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I hold it differently every time. Do you, boo.

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Lol you can usually tell what people smoked first on how they hold a cig or joint.

I think the reason why most use index/thumb for joints is from manually rolling them vs cigs where there's a filter and such, as it keeps it together better/prevents scooby snacks.

[–] mrmaplebar@fedia.io 2 points 3 days ago

Thumb and index, palm facing out. Interestingly my brother does thumb and index, palm facing in.

Honestly though, nobody should care about something so superficial.