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EDIT: oh, I realized I have a question for you, too - so, I bought this like disposable USB-chargeable vape pen, and it has a lot of juice left, but I've noticed when I suck to get it started, it just won't "hit" or heat up ... it's like there is oil clogging something that is necessary to get it started?

Sometimes I have to suck really hard for minutes to get it going (there is no button as far as I can tell to get it started).

Any suggestions on how to get it to work more reliably? Am I supposed to be cleaning or maintenance-ing this pen in a way I don't know about?

Thanks!

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[–] Widdershins@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 hour ago

who can say, really?

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Cheap vapes need to heat up. This is preferable to overdrawing current and starting a fire.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 55 minutes ago (1 children)

any idea on how to get it to heat up when it only starts to heat based on suction? I can't suck hard enough to get it going, it seems.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 54 minutes ago (1 children)

No. You gotta suck. If there's a button you can use that.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 52 minutes ago (1 children)

there is no button :-(

any tips on how to get it started?

maybe there is some kind of device that can suck for me, or would be able provide more pressure?

or maybe ways to heat the oil?

Maybe I could like microwave dry rice or something and then stick the pen in the rice to pre-heat the pen?

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 51 minutes ago (1 children)

If it takes more than 10 seconds to heat up it's broken.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 31 minutes ago (1 children)

it's not about timing, when I try to suck it's clogged and it can't initiate heating at all - it's not like it's slow to heat, it just doesn't know to heat. So I have to suck really, really hard (to the point that it hurts), and suck for minutes before it finally clears enough that it can initiate heating (and then it works fine).

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 15 minutes ago

Then it's broken

[–] Toes@ani.social 3 points 3 hours ago

Did you have fun?

If it's a 510 thread style try cleaning the contacts.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 11 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

What's your favorite dinosaur? 🦕

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Ankylosaur, the armoured tank dinosaur!

[–] Widdershins@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

Clankety clank, clankety clank, anklyosaur was built like a tank

[–] neatchee@piefed.social 10 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Answering YOUR question:

This is common with disposables and low-quality cartridges.

What's happening: some of the "oil" (which is really more like wax) is getting pulled/dripping into the airflow channel, and when it dries between uses becomes too solid to be cleared easily, blocking airflow

To prevent it next time: don't "chain vape". Take one, maybe two hits tops and let it cool fully before using again

What to do with this one: You can't really fix it unfortunately. So when you experience this, do quick, short, hard pulls repeatedly until it clears. You're trying to activate the coil so it heats up the oil/wax until it's soft enough that air pressure can clear the blockage temporarily. To save your cheeks, you can also suck on it hard, creating negative pressure, then, without letting go, block the hole with your tongue. This will create suction inside, and if you leave it like that for 10-15 seconds it should clear the clog temporarily.

[–] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 10 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

What is your ratio of high:sober?

24 hrs:

6 mos:

Lifetime:

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

I have no idea how to estimate a high to sober ratio.

I'm probably sitting at a 4 - 5 right now:

If you're asking in the last 24 hours how many hours I've spent high vs sober - almost all of them sober (only the past few have been high), so roughly 92% of the last 24 hours has been sober?

Last six months is probably more like 99% in terms of hours - I've had alcohol maybe two - three times this month, weed maybe 3 - 4 times, coffee / caffeine only twice.

Lifetime is 99+%, there are just so few hours I've been high - it's probably less than 30 days a year.

[–] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Blaze-on my friend. Climb every mountain.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 22 hours ago

currently struggling to cook this pesto pasta dish - I got the potatoes sliced! 🙌

[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Huh. I guess I almost never go past 4 on this chart. Only rarely do I hit 6 and I think I’ve only been at 8 a couple times.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 22 hours ago

I've been so high I significantly struggled to coordinate moving my limbs, very difficult head spaces - tbh I find cannabis much less psychologically safe than other psychedelics like psilocybin

[–] kbal@fedia.io 8 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Can you remind me, am I high right now as well?

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 7 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Can you point at your hands?

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

yeah, both hands can point at one another just fine (and I can alternate, too)

[–] toomanypancakes@piefed.world 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] CombatWombat@feddit.online 4 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

What is the coolest, awesomest, most mind-bendingest thought you’ve thought while high?

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I dunno, I've felt like full body geometric recursively folding-into-itself-and-expanding floral heart waves that felt like the immense happiness and love that I have for everyone in the world - but that was more like a feeling than a thought ...

[–] CombatWombat@feddit.online 4 points 19 hours ago

I’ll count it. Sounds like a great trip!

[–] noride@lemmy.zip 5 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

What is the worst thing humanity has ever invented?

I personally think it's running.

[–] determinist@kbin.earth 6 points 23 hours ago

religion, my dude. religion

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 23 hours ago

oh god, that's dark - I don't know, but there are many devices that were engineered to torture people, e.g. the Spanish donkey - if it weren't such a bad headspace I could probably come up with an approximate for the worst thing

but maybe I should just choose leaded gasoline since it poisoned so many people

or maybe agent orange, I dunno

[–] gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

You probably landed already but…

What do you notice about your mind while you’re high? Like, for me I notice two key things: First, I stop giving anything remotely resembling a fuck about anything political. Second, my wit gets really sharp and suddenly I’m the funniest mf in the room. What about you?

Hope you had a pleasant flight.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 19 hours ago

My brain seems to wander when high - I find it hard to concentrate, and every single thought is so expansive - it can make it both enjoyable and also very difficult to read a book, for example. Everything is so suggestive, and makes a deeper impression.

I can also get easily paranoid and anxious on cannabis - like I can get really scared that I won't know how to breathe right or that my tongue could suddenly choke me, etc. but also just like ... paranoid about other people and their intentions - I'll read a book and little ambiguities in the interpretation of the author's words can get me paranoid about whether the author is being ironic, or lying to me, or if they're being sincere or not, etc.

Weird thoughts.

[–] zabadoh@ani.social 3 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

What are you craving to eat right now?

And is the paranoia manifesting itself right now, or does that come after?

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 19 hours ago

I took 2 doses of a CBD tincture earlier in the day, which really cuts down on the paranoia for me - I haven't had much paranoia, but I definitely feel more "spooked" and easily can get pulled into paranoid-adjacent feelings (I have to be a bit more careful about my headspace)

In terms of cravings - I was cooking this pesto pasta earlier, and it did not turn out great, so I'm craving good pesto pasta 😭 You know it's bad when you don't enjoy it despite being both hungry and high 😄

I think the pasta needs way more salt, and I think it needs more and better pesto, tbh - it tastes bland.

And there are a bunch of leftovers, too 🙈

[–] PrimarilyPrimate@lemmy.world 5 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

When you get dressed is it sock, sock, shoe, shoe OR sock, shoe, sock, shoe?

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 8 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

How can it be anything else? Put your socks on in your bedroom, get ready to go, grab a purse or a bag and car keys and stuff, and then put your shoes on in the genkan or entryway or foyer or whatever.

Or are you telling me there’s people who wear shoes in the house?

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[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Clogged vapes are very normal. Try blowing into it instead of sucking.

I've noticed that the clogs happen more often when the oil gets cold.

[–] tourist@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I get annoying clogs/half-hits when I don't leave the cart upright

Some shit carts just straight up leak the oil out of the mouthpiece

Makes me miss herb extra hard

But my mom never shuts the fuck up about how much she hates the smell, so smoking a joint has to be an excursion downwind of my own home

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

Truth. Flower just works better, but you can't beat the convenience of a vape.

[–] emotional_soup_88@programming.dev 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (4 children)

oh, right - cannabis

(EDIT: I use it to cope from laser hair removal, which feels a bit like being poked with a hot iron over and over again)

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