It is my intention to have a recreational group smoking session with members of this community. I think that it would be a lot of fun to do. In the past I have been in one or two group video chats with some members and it was a lot of fun.

And I think adding cannabis (and/or alcohol) to the mix will be even more fun. I also think some people would get a kick out of seeing me high, and I would get a kick out of seeing some of you high.

Nothing has yet been decided. And it doesn't have to be a one-time thing. If it's a hit I think that we should make it a pseudo-regular event (weekly, monthly, or yearly) for as long as we're motivated to do it.

That said, I recognize that cannabis is not legal everywhere, and that introduces a certain amount of risk for members that must access it outside of the law... I don't have a solution to that. I don't think that one exists. That's probably going to have to be "enter at own risk". That said, I would ask that participants not record the session, and not otherwise report or release information about who participated or from where.

I think that it also needs to be a private link so that only trusted "insiders" are able to get in. There are likely free/libre solutions that could host a pretty private technology, but I don't personally know how to do that and I somewhat doubt that it'll be trivial to pick up. The easiest thing would be to just use an existing service (preferably secure and private, preferably free).

I was going to buy a Web cam for this, but my wife pointed out that I can just use her laptop... Today (Saturday in ET) doesn't work for me, but Sunday could. That may be too soon to go so the first date is still negotiable, as are all other details. Share ideas via PM (or any other means you know how) if you're concerned about legality, or else just express them here if you aren't.

P.S. I'm really stoned right now.

Append:

The name is also, of course, negotiable.

@Edgar Reynaldo :
Cancer is dead after a puff.

Be there or be ■

Now I know all the secrets!

Hey man, I was ready an hour early. But that's just enough time to fall asleep and miss it all. :/

</confessions of a ■ >

WTF IS ■???

■ is u25a0 (Unicode character)
25A0 - BLACK SQUARE
UTF-8 sequence: e2 96 a0
UTF-8 sequence (Decimal): 226 150 160
Table: (85) Geometric Forms (u25a0~u25ff (+0x60 characters))

Although being square means being stupid, not uncool.
Is this a meme widely used in the USA?

We should have another session tonight. I propose around 7 PM EDT (2020-07-17 23:00Z).

Some of us have to work sober.

Reminder that it's starting in 20 minutes. I'm already in the meeting if anybody wants to join early, but I'll just be screwing around until 7 (you can probably watch me like a creeper without me realizing you are).

Append:

We got a short call accomplished once Edgar showed up 45 minutes late. It was still fun (though we may need to start a GoFundMe page to speed up his Internets).

So far two calls in a row we only got two participants, and tonight's was 45 minutes late. This is looking like a failed idea, at least for 2020.

We discussed having another call on the weekend to hopefully get more participation. It's slightly more notice than we had tonight, and also it's on a weekend which is helpful for other timezones.

Let's try again on Sunday at 5 PM EDT (2020-07-19 21:00Z).

I'm going to go ahead and suggest another one a week from Saturday (2020-07-25 21:00Z).

Append:

I'm sorry, I missed the meeting tonight. My wife wanted to play with power tools (she cuts better than I do) and start working on a work bench for our garage.

I haven't seen any noise here or on IRC about my absence so I assume that means nobody tried to connect. On the plus side, I guess I didn't stand anybody up. On the downside, still very little interest in online meetings for this community (weed or alcohol are entirely optional; EVERYONE welcome^[1]).

The meeting for next weekend is still planned, and I'll inform my wife of that one so that we can work our craftsmanship activities around it. See you then. Or else...

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That is correct.

That's the second time I've heard that. Which is promising because I inadvertently told my brother that I would come visiting on Saturday. It might work better for those I've heard interest from if we push it back a few hours then. Maybe instead of 21:00Z we make it Sunday at 01:00Z (Saturday at 9 PM EDT). If you are planning to join and that doesn't work for you please let us know.

Okay, guess everyone else here haxored a real life. Just pick a time and stop changing it.

And in case anyone wondered, I'll just leave this here :