420: Being High Ain't Fly

If you thought you were about to see "happy 420" or any kind of text that promoted this stupidity you're on the wrong blog. After talking to my friend about how idiotic people sound promoting this day instead of positive subjects I realized I didn't even know how this day came about. Being the nosey person that I am I googled it.

What is 420?

wikipedia says:

420, 4:20 or 4/20 (pronounced four-twenty) refers to consumption of cannabis and, by extension, a way to identify oneself with cannabis subculture.[1][2]




The term was coined from a group of teenagers at San Rafael High School in San Rafael, California, United States in 1971.[3][4] The teens would meet after school at 4:20 p.m. to smoke marijuana outside the school.[5]


According to an April 2009 article on the The Huffington Post, the group called itself the Waldos because its members hung out by a wall after school. Writer Ryan Grim, citing interviews with anonymous Waldos, claims that the group met by the statue at 4:20 p.m. to begin a search for a crop of abandoned cannabis growing near Point Reyes that they had heard about. They never found the stash, Grim writes, but smoked plenty of marijuana while looking for it.

I still don't see the big deal nor why it has lasted almost 40 years. Just remember that it's also Hitler's birthday and the day the Columbine shooting occured so in my opinion it's really not a great day to be celebrating.

Being High Ain't Fly

♥ SailorWifey