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[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

Uhh larger leaf means it's stonger because it's more weed per weed bro

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 9 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

"more weed per weed"

We can write that as "weed/weed", which obviously reduces down to 1, because dividing something by itself = 1

1 = True

So therefore you are right. Congratulations.

[–] compostgoblin@piefed.blahaj.zone 24 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

Indica and sativa are pretty much meaningless now, aren’t they? Like, strains have been crossbred so many times that now “indica” vs “sativa” refer to the effects experienced more so than any real genetic distinction?

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

That, plus there's a whole diatribe on what the naming even actually is, to the point where they proposed C. sativa L. subsp. sativa var. sativa to "clear things up" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis#20th_century

ETA: Part of it is trying to (artificially) discriminate "hemp" and "weed"

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 2 points 19 hours ago

Imagine the buzz

[–] Ageroth@reddthat.com 4 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

I thought I had read something that said there never was a genetic or even chemical difference between sativa and indica, just the terpenes are different. Like how there's all these different dog "breeds" but if you compare genetics they're like 99% the same.

https://bedrocan.com/international-research-shows-no-genetic-distinction-between-sativa-and-indica-cannabis/

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-021-01003-y

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 20 hours ago

Yeah, but the terpenes and cannabinoid profile is the whole point. Same way as dog breeds are quite different in size, fur, ear shape etc even if the genetic difference is <1%

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Originally there was Ruderalis from Russia, Sativa from the (South?) Americas and Indica from India

Each with their own unique characteristics

But now Sativa and Indica have been crossbred so much practically everything is a hybrid, and it'd be extremely difficult to find original seeds from when they were separate. Except for Ruderalis, still very different, like with auto flowering instead of being seasonal

Nowadays stoners call energetic weed sativa, and sedating weed indica

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 4 points 21 hours ago

Excepting a landrace but those barely exist anymore either

[–] Dogiedog64@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago

I care not for the genes, only that it makes me giggle on the couch uncontrollably for 6 hours.